Time to Clean Up!

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I now have 213 draft posts in my blogger account for this blog! I think it's about time to start working through this backlog. I warn you because it is possible that at some point I forgot a draft, began it again as a new post, and that version was published. So, I might accidentally publish something that has already come out. I apologize in advance for any such double posting.

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  1. Anonymous7:53 PM

    Don't worry, the three of us won't make a fuss about it.

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    1. gcallah12:06 AM

      You know how to hurt a man, Joe.

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  2. Jim9:24 PM

    I think it would be awesome if you accidentally post an old pro-anarchism draft.

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    1. gcallah12:02 AM

      You mean one of Murphy's?

      :-)

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    2. Jim10:08 AM

      I distinctly remember a dude named Gene Callahan one time urging me, nicely, to give up my attempts to make the state work. :D

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