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Diane L. Major
Hope is what ambition is made of.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Speaking of Historical Myths
One of my "FAVORITE"
movies
... Ugh. As if Mel Gibson weren't bad enough - bray-fart. Deliver me, always, from that flick.
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