Archive for the 'July 2008'

Couching potato, tattered settee. Dear Word...
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And, of course, Princess Summerfall Winterspring....
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The Crying of Lot 43046. Dear Word Detective: ...
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Lather, rinse, forget. Dear Word Detective: I...
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