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[andyz] Diary of Minion andyz Updated/Posted: 2016-08-12 11:25:19

Current favorite quote:

"We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much for so long with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing." -- anonymous

Previous favorite quote:
"It's not my fault I'm mean to ya. Pinball got me addicted to smackin' little, dense objects around." -- Fred MacIntire in Something Positive, March 30, 2007.

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