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How It Is Done, Part The Second

by M. Bouffant at 20:13

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Battle Hymn - The samples here came from a PBS documentary about the battle of Iwo Jima in World War 2. The accompanying photo is "Spanish Loyalist at the Instant of De...
17 years ago
SEX WITH HUMANS IS BORING "I am an expert on how to have sex with elves."

- IM FINALLY BACK IN ICELAND...AND SOOOOO HAPPY ;) An American guy sent me this the other day on myspace, check it out. Proves Im not crazy...or well at least...
18 years ago
ghost light

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Good Show Sir

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This Barren Country

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apostropher

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Teabonic | Teabagger spoken here

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www.pulpinternational.com/rss.php5

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It Is *Dancing*!!!!

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gaia's voluptuous anvil

gaia's voluptuous anvil = A Dash Of Tuesday Whimsy - Using brute logic, I arbitrarily changed the blog's name so as to bring it more in accordance with the morbid-yet-playful text that I have next to my icon ...
84 years ago

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