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My brother got me a couple of birthday presents via Amazon: The Young Ones – Every Stoopid Episode<\/a> & The Broken Estate : Essays on Literature and Belief<\/a>, by James Wood.<\/p>\n

This makes me feel even guiltier about not sending out his (and his family’s) Chanukkah presents yet. No way around it; I’m a heel.<\/p>\n

On the plus side, Amy & I got our wedding invites out this week, and the RSVPs have started trickling in. Today’s wedding-related missions: she goes for a fitting\/alteration session on the dress, and then we get sized up for our rings, back at the Little King<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My brother got me a couple of birthday presents via Amazon: The Young Ones – Every Stoopid Episode & The Broken Estate : Essays on Literature and Belief, by James Wood. This makes me feel even guiltier about not sending out his (and his family’s) Chanukkah presents yet. No way around it; I’m a heel. … <\/p>\n

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