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December 2011 (11)
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November 2011 (11)
- 30: sometimes i geek out over movies (0)
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- 17: responses like that will get you nowhere (0)
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October 2011 (22)
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May 2011 (13)
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April 2011 (15)
- 30: those Saturday morning cartoons continue to be too convincing (1)
- 28: yeah, he doesn’t get that from us (0)
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- 20: sometimes it needs to be expensive (6)
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March 2011 (15)
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- 29: music makes the heart grow young (0)
- 29: look who got in the trash (3)
- 24: the sweetest “i love you”s on tv (2)
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January 2010 (15)
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December 2009 (6)
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November 2009 (9)
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September 2009 (16)
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December 2008 (16)
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