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House-packing reminds me of things like this:<\/p>\n

<suspenseful theme music><\/p>\n

You never heard of it?  The Great Rubber Band Crisis of 2002 lingers on,
\ncarrying forward all of the reactive damage from that school day just a few
\nyears ago.  Today, when D. went looking for a rubber band while packing, I
\nreminded her that we kept none, that we summarily banned all rubber bands from
\nthe house, destroyed them, snapped them into oblivion two years ago.  <\/p>\n

Snap! <\/p>\n

I don’t want to embarrass anyone, least of all Ph., who catalyzed the Crisis
\nwith a buildup of contraband sneakery, locker-stock hoarding and pen-cap
\nprojecting.  Why are the rubber band supplies from home dwindling? 
\nCall from the school.  And so on.<\/p>\n

<\/suspenseful theme music><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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