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Old 12-18-2009, 07:30 AM   #3301
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The reason we're given for the madness is trying to adjust our circadian rhythm of 24-hour days into 32-hour days, but I suspect it's something more.
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Old 12-19-2009, 03:43 AM   #3303
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Old 12-19-2009, 06:52 PM   #3307
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Old 12-20-2009, 12:19 AM   #3308
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Old 12-20-2009, 01:04 AM   #3309
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I'd heard that blood makes the grass grow but if I'd known it would turn the trees into carnivorous creatures, I wouldn't have tried it.
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Old 12-20-2009, 05:12 AM   #3310
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She never understood that it wasn't blood in general that turned things to carnivorous creatures, but my blood.
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Old 12-20-2009, 09:12 AM   #3311
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I was still a couple hundred short on rent, but if I sold any more of my blood on the black market, I risked being exposed as Patient Zero.
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Old 12-20-2009, 07:38 PM   #3313
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Never read/seen Dragon Age. I just liked the idea of an AA-style intro. I like your line though.

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Some days should be struck from memory - like the day your new laptop tried to eat you.

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Old 12-20-2009, 09:34 PM   #3315
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Old 12-20-2009, 11:44 PM   #3317
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Old 12-21-2009, 03:04 PM   #3319
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