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It's just been a long week, that's all. It's monday night, Jess. My point exactly.

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Scott Westerfeld
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 5
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Dallas
Texas
Scott David Westerfeld
Monday
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Week
Point
Night
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