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It's not like Alaska isn't wilderness - it mostly is. But most Alaskans don't live in the wild. They live on the edge of the wild in towns with schools and cable TV and stores and dentists and roller rinks sometimes. It's just like anyplace else, only with mountains and moose.

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Tom Bodett
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 23
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Champaign
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Thomas Edward Bodett
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