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December 10, 2008

Oom pah pah

I showed up at work yesterday morning only to find out that, once again, I had forgotten to get myself off – somehow, anyhow – of a service containing waltzes. I have nothing against the waltz form in and of itself, but it’s been many years since I could get through the viola part of an entire waltz without serious pain.

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