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1. kelly
   

   Bitchin’!

   27 Sep 06 at 11:12 am #
2. Charles
   

   Hoo effin ray!!! Will be interesting to see what this does to readership…room in your heart for more darlingones?

   29 Sep 06 at 3:01 pm #
3. the tthm
   

   apparently, all this has done is added ‘real animal sex’ and ‘nude young boys’ to your sight

   05 Oct 06 at 4:09 pm #
4. jodi
   

   hrmph. I usually do pretty well with the spam deletion, bu thursdays are tough.

   05 Oct 06 at 9:33 pm #

Even Here We Are

I'm Jodi Chromey, a writer who lives in Minnesota. This is the story of my life. You can reach me at jodi@iwilldare.com.

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• Things I Want to Tell You

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• Reading 2008

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  Books Read 2002-2007

• Minnesota Reads

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