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24 August 2011

Best first lines to open your bookstore missed connection with

You were looking at magazines,
But nobody is perfect.
Posted by Ellen at 12:49 PM
Labels: bookstores

1 comment:

8yearoldsdude said...

my braid was ill. thanks for noticing.

1:04 PM

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