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Tuesday, July 2nd, 2002
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9:36 am
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the place i do my laundry on court street off atlantic is an arab run joint that also sells shirts and knick-knacks. They might also do travel agent like stuf as well. they've been around in the 6 years i've lived here.
yesterday i was walking by when I noticed that i was walking alongside a few, maybe 5 dudes wearing FBI bullet-proof vests and windbreakers. they calmly, without saying a word, walked into the shop and pulled a dude out with his arm wrenched up behind his back and then frisked him.
It was surreal. nobody said anything and the FBI didn't bust out any movie-style theatrics like "FREEZE" or pulling up all fast and being all fly.
I didn't stay to look because I thought that it would be too humiliating to the laundry/shopkeeper guy. I have my HUGE doubts that these guys are fishy. My neighborhood has a fair 'arab'/middle eastern population that has been around for a LONG time. Including these guys. I remember them all hanging around and being freaked like EVERYONE else in the hood on 9-11 proper.
The other day, when doing my laundry, a local cop was having his lunch in the laundry-mat, hanging out and watching TV and bullshitting with the laundry guys. terrorists? hmmm. I am far from sold.
the ONLY thing i know, is that a few years ago, when I was in LA, they found a bunch of fellahs around here living in a basement apartment with drums of 'bomb stuff'. garden variety stuff tho. not nuke shit or anything like that.
did i just witness a 'kristal-nacht'? or am I naive? is this the way you smoke out the creeps in the year 2002? are their rights and dignity being stepped on for the 'good' of the whole? If there are 'arab' or middle eastern terrorists, what else is the U.S. supposed to do? are we going fucking nuts? these guys are shopkeepers for fucks sake. this is some ugly shit.
fp
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| Monday, June 10th, 2002
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10:21 am - My return
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I have returned.
Now calm down, calm down.
You may be asking - Why? I will tell you.
to have you all take a PERSONALITY TEST!!
http://www.advisorteam.com/ -click the 'take test' link.
This is actually kind of interesting. you will find that you are in fact one of the 4 catagories. It's fascinating. My friend FMGG and I have become obssesed.
I am curious to see what all yall ams.
DO IT! DO THE FUCKING TEST, ASSHOLES!
forever yrs,
FP
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| Friday, February 15th, 2002
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6:26 pm - I AM A STAR
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| Tuesday, February 5th, 2002
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9:14 am - The Inferno!
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I've been flipping through Dante's Inferno the past few days. It's something I've been meaning to do as it generally the basic framework of what we all see of hell. It's what the movies do, except for the really 'clever' movies that have hell as a post office waiting room or something like that.
The overall idea is this. The rings of hell. Each ring, as you go deeper, are made up of worse and worse people/sinners/whatever.
Another thing that prompted me to take a look see at the text is my 'obsession' with Limbo. I find this infuriating. Limbo, is essentially made up of good people who CAN NOT go to heaven because they do not have the enlightenment, for WHATEVER reason, of christ. They are not tortured, but they are in hell, and have NO HOPE of anything cool.
This is both illogical and not fair. Like somebody who has NEVER EVEN HEARD of christianity, but was a great person is stuck in limbo. In the first ring of hell. Even fucking worse, is ALL the motherfuckers from the OLD testament, those who FUCKING SERVED GOD are there. WHAT!? Christ wasn't even BORN!!!
It is implied, or stated outright, (sometimes in this old poet talk I'm never certain if what I think I read is what I actually read) that Moses, Adam and a few others where 'granted' grace at some point and allowed into heaven. Oh, how nice. Thanks dude. Good looking out. But they WERE THERE at some point. What is this bullshit?
It is not mentioned in the text that the prophets made it upstairs. Like Job. WHAT THE FUCK? So as it turns out, after all is said and done, Job was a knucklehead to keep the faith as he was shafted in the end anyway. What a bunch of assholes. He granted Moses a stay? Oh, gee, thanks. We were all tight and what not when you wanted me to free everyone and give them law, but now I have to hang in limbo while you decide if i'm worthy to join you up in eternal excellence? I was you main nig, motherfucker! Furthermore, YOU, God, MADE ME before christ and MADE ME ignorant of the messiah, and now I'M supposed to pay for that shit? Bullshit.
And that, my friends is what is commonly known as betrayal. The mortals that pull that kind of shit are mack chilling in the lower, ass-rape style rings of hell for that.
Furthermore, another thing I have NEVER understood about the concept of hell, or at least what I believe to be the great contradiction is this:
If the demons and Satan are evil, why do they punish the evil? Shouldn't they high five the wicked? Shouldn't they be having parties? Wouldn't it make sense that when Hitler arrives, that Satan himself is like: "Ladies and Gentlemen, the man we've all been waiting for, my nigger and fiend, my personal guest, the killer of 12 million people, HITLER!! A round of applause!"
If not, it then implies that Satan is not the great betrayer and anti-God dude, but instead DOES the work of God by punishing the evil. No?
Now I understand that this is a work of fiction and not the word of truth (this is working under the assumption that the Bible is the true word of god - for the sake of argument here) BUT it is the and has been handed down as the generally accepted framework of morality through the ages.
It's crazy.
This has nothing to do with the shortcomings of 'organized religion' but more about the way the western world views right and wrong. It is a product of western thinking, and it makes no fucking sense.
Simply, and literally put, it would appear that your damned if you don't and your damned if you do.
Frank "the philosophizerer" Pledge
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| Friday, January 18th, 2002
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11:24 am - KING OF COMEDY update
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We just received 1 hour of deleted scenes from KOC.
THANK THE LORD they were tossed. They suck ass. The woman, rita, the object of Pupkin's desire, is hands down the WORST actor I have almost ever seen. Scorsese SAVED the movie cutting that chick out. SAVED it!
HOWEVER.
What will in fact make it to the disc (upon Scorses's OK) would be the last 3 scenes.
1 - Langford monologue including reverse shots of the studio audience. Improved by Lewis, and BAD. Borscht belt stuff and a bit of "HEY LADY' style Lewis garbage.
2- Pupkin fantasy being on the show and interupting Liza Minneli (sp?) a lot.
3- pupkin fantasy on a boat or riverside restaurant proposing to Rita in front of Lewis and tony randal. Tony steals the scene in the end.
OH, and MAYBE bits from a scene where pupkin reads the letter that Masha gives him to hand to langford. It's crazy but not too funny.
kudos to Scorsese for cutting the junk!
Frank "obsessed KOC fan" Pledge
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| Monday, January 14th, 2002
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5:36 am - oh yes.
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my producer just spoke with that guy steve prince who was a 'coke' buddy of scorsese's back in the day. he's also one of the producerso the last waltz. he's ALSO the gun dealer in taxi driver. but that's niether here nor there. just giving background so that myself and you all will have some belief in what he says . it's VERY important.
Rumors have flown around that The King of Comedy is NOT liked by Scorsese. It broke my heart when I heard this because that movie is the shit. his best in my opinion.
SO.
he talks to my producer and finds out that we're doing "the King" next. So prince says- "That's great. Marty loves that movie and was personally hurt a little when it was not well received."
This makes me happy. Why? Probably because I'm a big dumb idiot. But it does.
Frank "validated" Pledge
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5:14 am - holy sheep shit.
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it is now 5:20 AM. I am at rockville Pictures. I have finished editing The last Waltz featurette. I have to record 6 copies. almost 1/2 way through. The featurette - "Revisiting The Last Waltz" is almost 23 minutes long. So I'm looking at 2 hours more of this fucking shit. THEN I have to return the very fancy digi-beta deck that we rented. THEN I go to drop off the tapes with the producer. THEN I go home.
I smell like feet.
I am one burned jewy jew. YO, I have been busting my ass all week and i want to ressssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
I also have NO money and am about to bounce my rent check.
Who wants to fight?
I never liked Jan. He was an asshole. Condescending and full of himself.
so there. fuck it.
TIRED.
keep this a secret though. I fucked up the first 2 tapes a little. no big deal, the picture, bars and tone hit where they should, there's just 30 secs too long of lead up to the proper 'tone in' mark. NO biggie. they'll never even notice. I hope.
Frank 'needs ressssssss' Pledge
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| Friday, January 4th, 2002
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7:38 am - Today
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1st off, thanks NKojak for the shout out last night. I was asleep by 11pm as I was one tired jew and I had to get to r-ville by 8am. You ASSUMED i was getting drunk. Good guess, but nien.
BUT here's what.
Lastmanstanding and I had a 'wake-up call' new years day (Her birthday. happy b-day). we bought this here 'jamCam' which is a fischer price style digital camera. fun stuff. HOWEVER. it holds 69 pics (with expander card) which gives one a license to ill when out drunk on new years eve. We boozed it the fuck up and hung at a bar (no parties in NYC this year! WTF!? either it was an off year or we are getting OLD. my spider sense says - old.) with her roomates and others ringing in the year. Our posse left, but we figured we'd keep the party going for a while being drunk and huggy kissy and all. we ALSO thought it would be excellent to take a bunch of photos of each other.
The next morning, we checked out the shots. When looking at the pics the name Charles Bukowski came to mind. We had a 'roll' of pics featuring a BARFLY COUPLE in need of intervention. We actually started screaming when we looked at the shots and BOTH went into panic mode. Are we a 'lush couple'? What the fuck is going on!?
Since that day we have been in "GET OUR SHIT TOGETHER" vibe. Enough of so much drinking for me.
So to answer your question left on my cell phone last night, was I getting drunk? No. But maybe a little tonight. HAHAHAHAHAHA. Shanky, deb, Tom, rachel, and a few others might get together for 'drinks'. I gotta keep it together yo. Besides I have to work in the morning. As a matter of fact, fuck this noise, I gotta get to work right motherfucking now.
AHA. Also for those in the know, M. Howe and C.Ingvorson were here at R-Ville yesterday and today. The "sultans" of film are putting the finishing touches on their new masterpiece - "The Bog People". They have made the leap into the horror Genre. OF COURSE they won't let me have a real good look see.
NOTE TO NKOJAK - it is confirmed that the 'big dummy' aka "you're KAYLEING me" was NOT killed in the WTC, although the Sultans thought he might have as well, but he has been acounted for.
Frank "Old Man Drunkie" Pledge
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| Thursday, December 27th, 2001
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11:01 pm - FINALLY
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A new pic. and one that I have been fighting for a LONG time.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
suckas.
Frank "the King" Pledge
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| Sunday, December 16th, 2001
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8:58 am - one of THESE fucking things
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I hate to do it, but it's driving me crazy. I'm sorry to do one of these tired assed shits, but here goes.
NK and I had a short list of the worst cliche lines in movies that once said, destroys the whole magilla. To boot, a movie, 9 times out of 10, is fucked once the title of the movie is spoken as dialogue. (I am guilty of this myself...oh well) Especially if it's used in a big dramatic climactic moment. I can't think of anything right now, but it's as if Luke skywalker were to say as he's climbing into his x-wing to blow the deathstar - "Time for a Star Wars!"
so. Please add the worst lines - non-specific, just generally - in the spaces provided below. I will start. and NK - please put in the other ones that we had come up with in the past.
"You just don't get it, do ya?"
When I hear this line, I walk.
Frank "on a movie geek fucking tear and user pic to match" Pledge
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| Friday, December 14th, 2001
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9:51 am - TRADITION!!
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It has become an almost annual event, and I wouldn't want to head into the holiday season without it.
What would this be?
My annual Sundance Film Festival Rejection letter. Like a chanuka card it arrives in the mail almost every year! MAZEL TOV!
I actually don't really give a flying fart. I had a feeling that this little short of mine would not get in. It's hard to read by many people, especially those in the "film industry". Not as a pat on my back, or artistic statement of any kind, just due to the nature of the piece, I think they have no idea how to read it and are afraid of certain 'people' involved. It's not racy or mean or anything, just a little off in terms of the 'normal' short.
aha, i go to see the wes anderson movie tonight w/ lastmanstanding. very good for me.
suckas.
Frank Pledge
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| Thursday, December 13th, 2001
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9:15 am - consider yourself warned
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quick quick.
I saw a FREE screening of 'Vanilla Sky' courtesy of lastmanstanding the other night. It is the grandest piece of shit I have seen in a while. The acting is student, the script is first draft student, and Jason Lee is not allowed to steal the picture. Cruz is shit. she is ugly and without charm. See ya Crowe! You were BARELY hanging on anyway.
fuck that movie. if you see it AFTER reading this, take me the fuck off your friends list.
well...don't do that. please. sorry.
Frank Pledge
Critic at Large
or
Critic IS large
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| Tuesday, December 11th, 2001
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8:27 am - Marty
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we FINALLY interviewed Scorcese yesterday for the "Last Waltz" DVD. We did the job in his screening room at his office on 57th and park. that screening room is fucking deaf, yo. It's 3 rows of plush 'couch chairs' and is super-fly. why is my man living MY life? Oh, right, cuz he's probably the bet US director alive. right. I forgot.
Yes, he's short. Yes, he LOVES talking about movies. and yes, he was a nice cat. He was pulled from the interview because Thelma - i can't spell her last name, but it's his kick ass editor, was ready to show him some new cuts. I assume that would be for "Gangs of New York'. Who knows.
If you think I exchanged words with this dude, you are wrong. Not really allowed to do that in the "professional interview crew" world.
BUT.
When his assistant introduced Stephen (producer) she told him he was doing Raging Bull and King of Comedy. His response to hearing King of comedy was - "yes, yes, that's important."
Hmmmmm. Now those of you that know me know that King of Comedy is my FAVORITE movie on earth. It is proof of a God that I am working on the DVD. ANYTHING he says about that movie I NEED to hear, know, and obssess over. Why is it 'important'? Is it possible that the rumors that he is not 'happy' with that movie untrue? Let's hope so. cross your fingers LJ people.
Now I must confess how totally film geeked out I got. The 'edit hallway' was just off of the screening room. There were film bins lined up along the wall with what I assume was "gangs of NY". being a fucking LOSER FAN I decided to touch a shot and did. Now, again, those of you that know me know that I used to do TV sound in NY for 5 years and have worked with TONS of famous people, and am a person that truly does not give 2 shits. BUT, every so often I get all giggly and silly. This was one of those times. Sue me.
Frank "showing his true film geek colors' Pledge
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| Wednesday, December 5th, 2001
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10:45 am - Calling all people!
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Tim Mcann has asked m to spread the word on this:
He is having a screening of his movie, new 35mm print, in LA. ALL THOSE who wish to see it FOR FREE on the big screen, should REALLY go. Show your support, yo. It's an industry screening, and he needs posse in LA to fill the seats. It's worth seeing, guys.
info:In Los Angeles
7:30pm, Thursday, December 6th
Raliegh Studios, Pickford Theatre
650 North Bronson Ave.
It would be a very nice thing.
Frank "helping a nigga' Pledge
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| Tuesday, November 27th, 2001
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11:35 am - for kojak...
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Mr. Kojak,
You might want to explore the idea of going to Bavaria as they seemed to have you in mind when they 'invented' their food.
grease, fat, grease and constipation is the most popular items on the menu. Sausages galore all served with 'kraut' for as far as the eye can see. They also have this thing you would like. I was on a 'tour' of the town that the festival set up for all the visitors. We ended at this 'bavarian' place where the guide ordered me a typical meal. Vass iss diss? Oh, you know, a LEG OF PIG swimming in gravey coupled with a softball sized 'bread ball' (very similar to the matzoh ball...hmmmm) that serves to soak up fat grease and gravy. You need it, pal.
My friend MORGAN has arrived, so fuck you all, I'm GOIN'!
FP
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| Monday, November 26th, 2001
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8:23 pm - live from NYC it's DOUCHE-LAND!!!!!
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My slaves.
SO. In Germany, they don't really allow me to post an 'update'. why? we have no idea. The festival internet access was crumby.
Quick story, as I must leave VERY soon to see a girl that found herself very well missed by your humble narrator while I was in monkey world.
I was walking around the first day in Regensburg, vibing on the INCREDIBLY quiant and VERY lovely middle ages style town. For those in the know, this little fucker of a city rivals Prague in it's sheer beauty and old-osity. Cobblestones streets, little winding strasse-s, euro style quaint assed buildings, etc. My hotel was also the bomb. Being in Bavaria, people STILL actually wear those fuzzy retard hats with the fan/feather in the brim. 'brim', is that right? This town was spared by the allies during ww2 so since then the government has poured TONS of cash redoing and preserving as it's one of the last remnants of the old germany. but ah-so, maybe not for long....
so I'm digging it hard. I feel cool and all worldy and excellent. THEN I happen upon a wall covered in grafiti (sp?). VASS ISS DISS!?!?
Ladies and gentlemen, albeit faded, but still recent spray paint i find the statement:
"Juden Raus"
Nigga said WHAAAAAAAAAAAAA....!?
Oy Gevalt. Do these knuckleheads ever learn?
BTW - And WHAT fucking jews were they refering to!? WHO!? maybe ME!? Who else!? What JEWS!? Achtung, fucksticks, please direct yourself about an hour south to Dachau. You'll find them all there!
They may soon have to kiss this little jewel of a town goodbye.
On the other hand, everyone in the town and festival was super nice, and really weirdly "good". I had a very good time. HAhAHa!
Frank "King of the Juden" Pledge
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| Monday, November 19th, 2001
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7:21 am - goodbye cruel world
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Today I am flying to what we Jews like to call "The Belly of the Beast" - Germany! At leat this Jew does. I am going to film festival in Regensburg, just north of Munich. All expenses paid! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Suckas.
I need a haircut and am thinking of getting it cut while I'm there. I hope the barbers there don't shave it too short!! Those daffy german haircutters have been known to go a little 'crazy' in the past! YIKES! Nothing like 'final solution' humor!
Flying. Out of JFK no less! From the people who brought you last weeks disaster!
I hope that this isn't some haunting 'last message' that will later appear on 'Dateline's' coverage of my Lufthansa disaster flight. OR, maybe I get to be a hero and wrassle a hijacker today.
HAHA no Thanksgiving for me!
Oh and there's a twissssssss. I will actually miss somebody new! A GIRL! She even let's me 'do her', to boot! WHAT!? you heard it right my faithful fans.
well, jinx, kojak, sweet, larran, star, slobber, and last man standing, you are all my slaves and I wish you well.
time to pack.
Good luck and guten tag (sp?).
Frank Pledge
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| Tuesday, November 6th, 2001
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9:18 am - Fine, I'll do it!
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Alright already, I'll be the one. I'll lead, once again. Jesus it's like pulling teeth out here for fuck's sake.
And now the question we've all been "dancing" around, and nobody but me has the balls to ask.
Who's better? Spock or Data.
There. It's done.
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| Monday, November 5th, 2001
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1:05 pm - one to grow on
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what is to follow is the phrase that has been bouncing around in my brain the past few weeks. it applies to nothing really in paticular, but should be thought of in a more general sense.
Phrase of the moment:
"Show some fucking class."
Thank you and good day.
Frank Pledge
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| Wednesday, October 31st, 2001
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11:59 am
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I found this at loser.org. I kinda feel that they should be on their own list. I don't find them funny as they are doing "down the nose" comedy which as we all know is really "funny". Fuck them. I find the links interesting because I love lunatics.
Even this right here.
http://members.iquest.net/~phillip/
Losers or fucking fascinating? They're comment:
"Okay, they COLLECT and TRADE ... SUGAR PACKETS. There's something WRONG there"
Your momses, is what I have to say. I love the Sucrologists.
Frank "Patron Saint of the Nudnicks" Pledge
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