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I seriously think I could have sat in the middle of the kitchen floor rubbing two sticks together over a pile of dynamite blocks and gasoline cans, and my parents would be oblivious, as long as I was keeping myself occupied.

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Jordan Sonnenblick
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 4
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