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            so hung won top chef.  what a bunch of crap!  i hate chef tom, he did the same thing to me last time.  correct me if i&#39;m wrong, but by the end of last season it was elan who looked like a total scumbag schemer and marcel who was egotistical, but a...
        
    
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            but as usual, too far out to sea to be much of a threat. 
        
    
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            imagine you are a poor kid who has to use a public defender cause you can&#39;t afford an attorney.  imagine you are accused of a crime that would result in you being a felon and having to register as a sex offender for the rest of you life.  you are ...
        
    
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            i was making smoothies this morning and hurt myself!  i had a bag of frozen berries that had gone from kinda mooshy and liquidy to solid as concrete overnight.  i was trying to smash them up on the counter but underestimated how hard they had beco...
        
    
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            is there anything super cool that the bay area is known for that we definitely shouldn&#39;t miss?  we&#39;re already planning on eating rice a roni on a trolley to the golden gate bridge--but what else?  we are bringing our dogs, and were hoping to wear ...
        
    
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            hahahaha, they brought back the clogging kid!  so awesome.  i love that some girl was crying in the audience.  it&#39;s the sanjaya effect!  i really think &amp; hope its sabra. 
        
    
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            i am officially too old to go to the movies.  which is sad cause it&#39;s not like i have some bumpin theater system to come home to.  quite the opposite really--i have a temperamental old dvd/vcr that has made two long distance moves and was already ...
        
    
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            i am studying for the bar exam right now, which is in less than a week (more like 5 days), so i have to be efficient about my breaks.  i must multitask!  so last night i watched SYTYCD while i rode my exercise bike and what an awesome workout.  th...
        
    
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