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The thing is, I have a zillion apps, and I'm always looking for the perfect arrangement for them, so scrambling my home screen is part of that eternal quest.

Susan Orlean

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Susan Orlean
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: October 31
Journalist
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
Looking
Apps
Perfect
Arrangement
Part
Quests
Home
Quest
Thing
Arrangements
Always
Screen
Screens
Zillion
Eternal
Scrambling

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