Blogson Johnny-Oh! of Closet Extremist announces his impending marriage May 9th.

I haven't met "Sweetie" (which I believe is short for Sweetevnia, indicating the possibility that she's a Russian mail-order bride), but I know she's got herself a good man - once she's got him properly trained in the fine art of "yes, dear".

Johnny, feel free to borrow Love Notes as needed.

Congratulations.

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Hetero life-partner and Frizzen Family patriarch Graumagus of Frizzen Sparks is back.

Put away your shotguns, he's not a zombie. He just smells like one.

Update your blogrolls, though, because he ditched the .com address for a .org one.

As Grau likes to say, "less dot commie, more dot orgy".

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Long overdue on this one, and I have only myself to blame.

Somewhere around a millionty-billionty years ago, Blogson Contagion of Miasmatic Review conned some poor sucker into starting a blog, and he turned out to be an excellent writer, a prolific poster, and a worthy member of the Bad Example Family. It's [way past] time to celebrate the arrival of

Petey of Petey's Powderhorn

Let's take a look in the baby carriage...

Hmmm... not there...

... must've gotten out and walked to the liquor store to pick up a bottle of scotch. Kids grow up so fast these days.

Anyway, since he's got about 80,000 posts up already, we'll just have to skim for some highlights:

Some thoughts on gun control - love that picture.

"One of these days I am going to end up biting my lips off" - still struggling to control his craving for human flesh.

This only SOUNDS dirty - Petey's got wood 'cuz he likes a good paddlin'.

Puppy!

St. Patrick's Day - Lots of entertainment here.

Membership in the Bad Example Clan is also an option, if you're so inclined to jump through the requisite hoops, but is not mandatory.

And as Contagion's boy, you're also a member of the Frizzen Sparks Family, who's blogroll code is thus:

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Meanwhile you can look forward - with either anticipation or dread - to occasional visits and comments from me.

Welcome home.

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I updated the Bad Example Family blogroll. There were a few links that needed changing, but the big difference is that I went through and took out everyone who hasn't posted in the last six months. If you need to find one of them, they're now listed under the Milk Carton Kids blogroll.

Two discoveries - Alex of Alex in Wonderland is posting again. Johnny-Oh of Closet Extremist is not, although he dropped a couple comments recently. I'll give him another week to post some blah-blah-I've-been-really-busy thing before putting him on the missing list.

Anyway, let me know if I bollixed up something in the process.

Oh, and hetero life-partner and co-blogfather of many of my spawn Graumagus of Frizzen Sparks is rumored to be coming back on line very soon. Details to follow when I get 'em.

Finally, Contagion of Miasmatic Review had a blogson over a year ago that - regretfully - I never acknowleged. Petey of Petey's Powderhorn is now on the Family Blogroll.

My apologies for dropping the ball on this. Proper birth announcement to follow soon.

UPDATE 3-27-09: Looks like Johnny-Oh of Closet Extremist will stay off the Milk Carton Kids list for another 6 months. Little smartass.

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Over at bloggranddaughter Carmen of I'll Do What I Want... Gosh!'s place.

Far be it from me to criticize, but when I asked for a Johnny Cat, I wanted this:

1 oz gin
1 oz dry vermouth
1/2 oz triple sec
1 swirl grenadine syrup
fill with club soda
4 ice cubes

NOT THIS:

Thank you for you attention.

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But there's a comment party over at bloggranddaughter Carmen of I'll Do What I Wanna Do... Gosh!'s place.

Jump on my scooter, I'll give you a lift over.

[Hat tip: Bloggranddaughter Lee Ann of Lee Ann's View]

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1 Dude, I am soooo not riding on that thing.

Posted by: Richmond at February 14, 2008 08:18 PM (hLM+M)

2 Richmond - Man, if I had a nickel for every time a woman's said that to me... ;-)

Posted by: Harvey at February 15, 2008 05:59 PM (lsX5p)

3 He'd have five cents. Now, anyway.

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Putting a pause in the waterfall of estrogen pouring out of blogdaughter Tammi of Tammi's World's corner of the Bad Example Family, she's graced us with a bouncing baby blogson:

Musings from the Smartest Man in the World

Who, for the sake of brevity, I will start calling "Chief", as he's a fellow Navy man, and rightfully proud of his rank.

Hey, it was either that or "MSMW", which is way to close to the vile epithet "MSM".

Let's peer into the bassinet, shall we?

A short bio - Good introduction. Chief, I recommend linking this prominently in the sidebar with the words "About Me" so that future visitors can get a feeling for who you are and why you write what you write.

Speaking of your sidebar, I'd also suggest putting up an e-mail address in the sidebar so that people can say howdy and/or discuss things in private. If you want a dedicated blogging e-mail addy, just let me know and I can send you a Gmail invite.

Ok, this guy's a freak - A Navy man who doesn't drink? If he's also Irish, then Satan is strapping on his ice skates.

He thinks being part of the Bad Example Family is cool because it brings traffic. Wait until he discovers the dark side... MUAHAHAHAHA!

Little boys, big balls - that's what *I* would've titled this one.

Already embedding YouTube videos - Ya know, back when I was a little Blogsprout, we didn't HAVE fancy YouTube videos! When we were desperate for filler content, we had to blog about our cats! And by gum, that's the way we LIKED it!

Rain - turns out it's like Kryptonite for Californians.

Blood boiler - I thought the headline he quoted from the Seattle Times was his sarcastic condensation of the opinion piece that it was topping. Turns out he quoted it verbatim. Color me nauseous.

Unintentional blood boiler - a basketball game where they don't keep score? That's what pre-game warm-ups are for.

One more suggestion for the sidebar - a "Cast of Characters" list, e.g.:

Number 1 (wife)
The Story Teller (older[?] son)
Mini Me (younger[?] son)

For the benefit of new readers.

Membership in the Bad Example Clan is also an option, if you're so inclined to jump through the requisite hoops, but is not mandatory.

Meanwhile you can look forward - with either anticipation or dread - to occasional visits and comments from me.

Welcome home.

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1 dude, ya'll seriously need birth control. the freak factor is spinning out of control. i haven't seen this much sister sleeping since the waltons. be a man, harv, lay down some standards, would you?

Posted by: SuperGurl at January 12, 2008 03:29 PM (92r08)

2 I'm so proud. And what a surprise!! More to him I'm thinkin'! LOL Thanks Pop. Appreicate you puttin' this out there.... Oh, and SuperGurl? Yeah, we BEFM's are takin' over the world darlin'. One blog at a time.........and I'm a single parent, just so you know. There was no sister sleepin' in Tammi's World! ;-)

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3 All recommendations noted. Will definitely add the rest of the blog roll quicker than a J.O can say "Sorry Chief, I broke you're jet". I do feel honored to be mentioned by the blogfadder. Anyone who has a self portrait by the one and only Chris Muir is someone to sit up and pay attention to.

Posted by: Navy CPO at January 12, 2008 09:02 PM (rFA/7)

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5 SuperGurl - Yeah, this one's disappointing since he's not the product of a drunken tri-sexual encounter. DO try not to hold his relative normality against him, though :-)

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6 SuperGurl - Yeah, this one's disappointing since he's not the product of a drunken tri-sexual encounter. DO try not to hold his relative normality against him, though :-)

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7 "back when I was a little Blogsprout, we didn't HAVE fancy YouTube videos!" Maybe that's because you're an OLD MAN!! *RUNS FOR COVER*

Posted by: ktreva at January 14, 2008 08:56 PM (QQZMi)

8 Congrats C3PO, , kiddin' man, put the sidearm down and don't take nothin' serious 'round here. First mutant to come outta da family. Well, good mutant that is, the rest, well, they're good in their own way. They're all mutants in one way or another. I'll tell you this though, us Clan Folk... dissed. Very little offspring goin' poppin' out in camp. Anybody got a sister that ain't busy Saturday night? I might could line somethin' up.

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Bloggreatgranddaughter Tink of Tink's Tribulations gave me a "Bloggers With Integrity" award:

For Staying True To Their Beliefs
Bad Example. In the two plus years that I have been blogging, I can honestly say that I know what to expect when I visit granddad Harv's blog. He has never waivered in his beliefs. Thanks Harv.

Now, I wasn't the only awardee on the list, which makes me happy, because - as we all know - one important Bad Example Family Value is:

* A belief that new bloggers should be supported and encouraged.

And when it comes right down to it, we're ALL new bloggers at heart.

I'm proud to see Tink putting some shine on the family honor.

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Blogson Andrew of Custos Honor drew up a family tree, which I've been keeping updated:

(click to enlarge - it's a biggun')

It gets a little complex, so I'll try to explain:

On my own, I begat:

The Bartender of Madfish Willie's Cyber Saloon
Mike the Marine of From the Halls to the Shores
Teresa of Technicalities
_Jon of We Swear
Sally of Whimsy Capricious
Johnny-Oh of Closet Extremist
Pam of Camp HappyBadFun!
Firstbrokenangel of AAFFLLAACCKK
Peter of Shakey Pete's Shootin' Shack
Andrew (Aris_Ravenscroft) of Custos Honor
GA Mongrel of GA Mongrel
Sarah of That's Not Very Nice!
Blogless Brother of Blogless Brother
Wandering Gunslinger of Gunpowder Grotto

With help from Graumagus of Frizzen Sparks (don't ask), I begat:

That 1 Guy of Drunken Wisdom
Boudicca of Boudicca's Voice

With help from Graumagus of Frizzen Sparks AND Boudicca of Boudicca's Voice (don't ask), I begat:

Contagion of Miasmatic Review

With help from Boudicca of Boudicca's Voice (don't ask), I begat:

Blue Tige of Blue Tige

With help from The Humble Devildog of Random Firings of Neurons AND Beth of Yeah, Right, Whatever (don't ask), I begat:

Deathknyte of Bad Catholicism

With help from bloggranddaughter Mrs. Who of House of Zathras (don't ask), I begat:

Bitterroot of Friction and Harmony

I adopted:

GEBIV of There's One, Only!
Jeff of Ponytailed Conservative (Deceased 7-9-06)
Tammi of Tammi's World
Roger & Chuck of Class Mishaps
Michele of Letters From New York City
Jeff of Oh-Dark-Thirty
Oddybobo of Bobo Blogger

With help from Tammi of Tammi's World (don't ask), I begat:

Machelle of Quality Weenie

On her own, Tammi of Tammi's World begat:

Lee Ann of Lee Ann's View
Army Wife of ArmyWifeToddlerMom
TalulaZephyr of Love and Koolaid Stains
Ktreva of The Reality Ranch
Carmen of I'll Do What I Want... Gosh!
Chief of Musings of the Smartest Guy in the World

On her own, Lee Ann of Lee Ann's View begat:

"Susan" of Get A Life!

On her own, Army Wife of ArmyWifeToddlerMom begat:

KD of The Life of the Wife

On her own, Boudicca of Boudicca's Voice begat:

VW Bug of One Happy Dog Speaks
Sissy of And What Next...
Rave of Quid Nunc
Mrs. Who of House of Zathras
Titan of Titan's Lair

VW Bug of One Happy Dog Speaks adopted:

Maranda of Maranda Under Stress
Matthew of Maybe Baby

On her own, Rave of Quid Nunc begat:

Hippie of Bohemian Rhapsody

On her own, Teresa of Technicalities begat:

IrishPixie of Pixie Dust Productions, Inc.
MathCogIdiocy of MathCog Idiocy

On her own, IrishPixie begat:

GiGi of GiGi's View of the World

On her own, MathCogIdiocy begat:

TOSP of The Other Sister Person
Zephyr of Zephyr's Place

On her own, VW Bug begat:

Sticks of From Chaos to Serendipity
Tink of Tink's Tribulations

On her own, Sissy begat:

Spurs of Pull My Finger

On his own, Johnny-Oh of Closet Extremist begat:

Sarah the Penguin of Because We Have Thumbs
Neonangel of Lyrical Coma
Tuck of Thought Drizzle

On her own, Sarah the Penguin begat:

Tom of Son Of A DJ

On her own, (or possibly with help) Oddybobo begat:

MC Tutor of An Unfortunate Intrusion of Reality

On his own, Contagion begat:

Virtue of Rantings of an Indentured Servant
Bruce Wayne of Back To The Batcave

On his own, _Jon of We Swear begat:

Denise of "A Peek Inside My Mind" (now shut down, but she currently does guest posts here)

James of Ramblings of an Ordinary is - in real life - married to Denise of A Peek Inside My Mind

Alex of Alex in Wonderland is - in real life - married to Sally of Whimsy Capricious.

Also married in real life:
Contagion & Ktreva
Mrs. Who & Bitterroot
Graumagus & Maranda

TNT of Smiling Dynamite was begat as the result of a virtual gang-bang at the Bad Example Family (& Friends) Reunion (Orlando, Feb 8-14th, 2005) and is - in real life - married to me (Harvey of Bad Example)

That should more or less explain everything. I'll update this post as circumstances warrant.

Oh, and there's also a rumor that Sally gave birth to an inanimate carbon rod, but you can't believe everything you read on the internet.

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What's a Blogcrawl?

That's where you get drunk and start leaving comments on every blog on the Bad Example & Frizzen Sparks Family blogrolls (Which can be found in my sidebar, assuming Blogrolling is working properly).

Last one was June of 2005.

And it's happening again this Saturday (9-29) because 1) it's been a while and 2) it's Contagion of Miasmatic Review's birthday, and this is how he wants to celebrate.

Here are this year's rules:

2) Drink as much as you comfortably feel you should. This is for fun, I donÂ’t want to have blog fodder stories involving charcoal slurries and ER visits. Be responsible, especially if you have to drive. IÂ’m saying right now that if you do something stupid and hurt yourself I will make fun of you. I am neither legally, morally nor ethically responsible for anything you do either in the real world or on the Internet. You are all adults and responsible for your own actions.

D) Please attempt to limit the Blog Crawl comments to the hours of 7:00PM September 29 and 7:00 AM CST September 30th. Just so itÂ’s easier to track and the time zone differences for all the participants. Not that IÂ’m going to link to every single post that has a comment on it, I just donÂ’t want to search for them Sunday to see what everyone said. Oh, and a drunken post on your own blog is perfectly acceptable and encouraged. Same with day after posts.

4) Try to leave a comment on every blog in the Bad Example and Frizzen Sparks family. You may use my side bar as a reference if you donÂ’t know who they are. Do not feel limited to these blogs only, go ahead and hit any other blog you would like as well. Oh, and a drunken post on your own blog is perfectly acceptable and encouraged.

"I am going to head down to FritzÂ’s Wooden Nickel in Stillman Valley to get my drunk on, I probably will not get home until after midnight. IÂ’m planning on hitting FritzÂ’s between 3:30 and 4:30 PM and drinking the night away. Hey, itÂ’s my birthday and my liver, donÂ’t you judge me! Any and all of you that want to come and meet me there for the celebration would be great. However, if you could let me know if you plan on being there in advance I would appreciate it. That way I can give Fritz a headÂ’s up on how many to expect. If someone does set up a chat channel this year, itÂ’s all good. Just donÂ’t expect me to be on there until well after midnight and even then I may not be all that active as IÂ’m trying to make drunken comments.

Before I go to FritzÂ’s IÂ’m planning on heading down to the Buffalo Range in Ottowa, Illinois. It even looks like they are having a Pig Roast on that day. See even they are getting into the Blogcrawl! There is a $25.00 range fee for shooting."

Personally, I'm really looking forward to this.

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Getting drunk & blogging & commenting?

Oh HELL yeah!

September 29th. The last Saturday in September, and Contagion's Birthday.

More details, actual name of the event, and official logo to be announced.

Stay tuned.

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1 Don't forget the pre-drinking Second Amendment goodness. Gotta get you out there with your Glock AND ammo this time

Posted by: Graumagus at September 09, 2007 01:37 PM (0q2cX)

2 Sounds like a fine idea!

Posted by: Richmond at September 10, 2007 10:13 AM (MLcaQ)

3 I think I lost my logo from the last one. I don't know why they give those things out at the beginning of the night...

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Blogson Shakey Pete of Shakey Pete's Shootin' Shack has posted a fine beginner's tutorial on shooting.

If you've ever fired a gun, or wanted to, this is something you'll enjoy reading.

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For Blogdaughter Machelle of Quality Weenie:

[Image courtesy of Image Chef - where you can make your own cake with numbers & a message]

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Blogdaughter Tammi of Tammi's World wants to know:

Just what in the HELL is he surfing for on the net that he found Foot Thongs?

Well, it could be that I was looking for a good "hemp jewelry" link for my recent Graffiti Currency post, noticed the barefoot sandals on this page, and naturally thought about Tammi, since she's forever goin' on and on about barefoot this & barefoot that.

Or maybe I was just doing my normal Googling for toe porn, thongs, and bondage, and just clicked a bad link.

You guys can just go ahead & wonder.

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Bloggranddaughter Army Wife of ArmyWifeToddlerMom turns... um... I think it's 21... today.

In celebration, blogdaughter Tammi of Tammi's World is celebrating with a "bring a dish"... um... ok, "bring a recipe"... link fest.

In the 4+ years I've been blogging, I've only posted one recipe, so I'll bring that one out of the dank recesses of my archives, since it's pretty darn tasty:

(AUTHOR'S NOTE: Besides being a real recipe, there's actual entertainment value in the preparation section, so don't just skip over this)

Several months ago, Goldie of Drama Queen posted about this yummy looking cheesecake, so I asked her for the recipe. She gave it to me, I printed it out, and it sat on my desk for months. Mostly because the measurements were metric, and some of the ingredients were Australian, and I was too lazy to translate. But after a little Googling, I was able to convert everything.

I made it a few weeks back, and it was fantastic, so I thought I'd share my version of it:

12 oz chocolate graham crackers
5 1/2 oz butter (melted)
5 Tablespoons caramel ice cream topping.
2 oz. milk chocolate, chopped finely
3 teaspoons unflavored gelatine
1/4 cup water
3 8oz packets cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup "superfine" sugar
3 full-sized Milky Way bars, chopped

1. For the crust, crush the graham crackers. You can use a blender or food processor. I stuffed them in a Ziploc baggie & smashed them with a rolling pin. Except I didn't have a rolliing pin, so I used a half-empty bottle of Captain Morgan Spiced Rum, which worked fine. Add butter, mix together until just combined, then press the mess evenly over the base & sides of springform cheesecake pan. Refrigerate or freeze for half an hour or until firm. I stuffed it in the freezer, where it got rock hard. Which is a good thing, since it made it easier to pour the filling in.

2. Melt the 2 oz of chocolate and add 2 Tablespoons of cream. Realize that the cream you bought 3 weeks ago is now cheese. Throw away and dash to the store for more cream. Re-melt the chocolate & add cream.

3. Heat the water and sprinkle the gelatine over it. Stir until dissolved. Be disgusted by the fact that the mixture smells like a dead horse.

4. Beat the cheese & sugar with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat remaining cream with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Realize that you wouldn't recognize a "soft peak" if it jumped up and bit you in the ass. Keep beating the cream anyway, praying that you don't accidentally make butter in the process. Stir slightly warm gelatine mixture into the the cheese mixture with the Milky Way bars. Fold in cream. Worry that maybe "folding" isn't really another term for "mixing" and push down the rising panic as you pray that you haven't completely screwed this thing up.

5. Pour half the cheese mixture into the springform pan. Wonder if you're anywhere near "half" since you just eyeballed it. Drizzle half the caramel & chocolate sauces. Realize that the chocolate hardened again during all that mixing. Microwave in nervous, 10-second increments until runny enough to pour. Worry some more about how important this "half" thing is. Pull skewer back and forth to create a marbled effect. Realize that you don't have a skewer. Use a knife instead, and notice that it doesn't look "marbled" so much as "messy". Thank God that you're not doing this for a cooking class, so you won't be graded on appearance. Repeat process with remaining cheese mixture and sauces. Cover, refrigerate for about 3 hours, or until set. Try not to trip over the dog on your way to the fridge. Serves 8. Or in my case, 1 husband, and 1 sneaky, nibbling mouse of a wife - for several days.

Substitution notes:

Oreo cookies might make an acceptable base, as would plain graham crackers.

I used Milky Ways because I *love* Milky Ways, and I didn't want crunchy things disturbing the creamy texture. Realistically, since there's no baking involved, you can use just about any candy bar that can be cut into pieces. Mars, Snickers, 3 Musketeers, Kit Kat, M&Ms (which you probably wouldn't have to cut, especially if you used the minis), etc, depending on personal preference.

You can make your own caramel sauce using 2 Tablespoons of brown sugar, 2 Tablespoons of cream and 2/3 oz of butter.

Chef's note: Except for the cream debacle and the fact that the chocolate kept hardening on me, this recipe was quite easy to make. The toughest part was probably getting the pan EVENLY coated with the crumbs. Turns out not to be all that critically important anyway. The only change I'd make next time is that I might cut the candy bars into larger pieces.

That and figuring out what the hell a soft peak looks like.

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Bloggranddaughter Irishpixie of Pixie Dust Productions, Inc. is now making and selling her own jewelry.

I know nothing about fashion, but I still thought they were very pretty.

You should at least go look at the pictures.

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And yes, that title is uncensored because long-lost blogson _Jon of We Swear (update your bookmarks) is back on line, and it just seemed appropriate.

Let's see...

Sucky first post - yup

Sucky second post that doesn't contain a single profanity - yup

Come on, _Jon, crank it up a notch.

And don't forget to hit the swear jar afterwards.

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Blogdaughter Tammi of Tammi's World is offline & out of town until Wednesday night, leaving her blog undefended.

Go over & raise a ruckus.

Pass it on.

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Blogdaughter Machelle of Quality Weenie is feeling down, and there's only one thing I know of to cheer her up - a slightly late 40th birthday present:

Shirtless guy in shorts & workboots.

If that don't ease the pain, I don't know what will.

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Blogson-in-law Alex of Alex in Wonderland reports that he and blogdaughter Sally of Whimsy Capricious have finally finished that project they've been working on:

On Monday 21st May at 11:11pm, after 18.5 hours of gruelling labour, baby Jamie decided to make his appearance. He was one week early born on exactly 39 weeks. It was all a bit of a rush at the end but he made it, Sally made it (although she said for a second baby he was hard work!) and I made it.

I feel like I should be doing something right now, but I'm not sure what would be appropriate.

Maybe some tea...

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