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I'm pretty good at putting up drywall and I'm an excellent kisser. That's pretty much all of my skills right there.

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Kisser
Excellent
Putting
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