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JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! AND GREAT HEAVENS TO BETSY!
We won!
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You're Aging??? What Staggering Luck!
Accidental Reader! Because you’re in the universe by a frickin’ fluke…. Because you understand that it’s sheer luck to be alive on this planet, at this…
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Holy Moly!
Divine Reader! What Is Your Version of Heaven?
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"Are You a F-ing Idiot?"
Peerless Reader! Should a man be allowed to come between two good friends?
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The Great Forgetting Tournament!!
Darling, What’s Escaping Your Brain Lately? It takes persons of great talent, beauty, orneriness, and pizzazz to forget.
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The Man Who Hates Advice Columns
Gleaming Reader! The Sportive Gods Are About to Call Upon You to Solve a Problem... Do. Not. Refuse. It was presented to me not long ago by a posh young…
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Winner!!
Lively and Daring Reader! Have you ever won a contest? What did you do to win it? And what prize did you win—a ribbon? A trophy? A plaque? A check? A…
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Our Magnificent Behinds
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Her "Affectionate" Husband Earned Four Times the Money She Earned; One Day He Lost His Job, and Their Lives Tumbled Into Disaster
Fair Reader! They were rich, honorable, and happy. .
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A Little Note To Say You Are Humongously Fabulous
Elegant Reader!
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Are You a Ficto-Sexual? OF COURSE You Are a Ficto-Sexual!
And So…..which gorgeous, moody, gallant, hot fictional character (book, movie) do you have a crush on?
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I Love My Dog More Than Any Guy I've Dated--Is Something Wrong With Me?
Resplendent Reader! Will you help me understand the young woman who signs herself “New England Nun?”
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Get Your Girdle, Myrtle!
Shrewd and Sylph-like Reader! Do you remember garter belts, my darling?
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"I Just Want To Be Pursued!"
Sweet and Indulgent Reader! Help me out here. I don’t have the patience.
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