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Dispatch from the corner store

Posted on 20 Feb 2009 | Leave a comment

A couple of days ago:

scaffolding

Today:

Broken

You don’t make an omelette without breaking eggs.

Posted: Fri – February 20, 2009 at 07:45 PM

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