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The paces have been slow to moderate. Here are the top ten or so
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<\/p>\n

(-1-) Filled out my bracket<\/a> (not too late for you, btw).
\n(-2-) Revised my selections.
\n(-3-) Futzed with the XML for two maps I will be sharing at the conference next
\nweek.
\n(-4-) Revised my bracket selections again. One last time! Washington
\nState?
\n(-5-) Re-read my CCCC paper and changed a couple of things.
\n(-6-) Avoided eating the Wheat Thins D. brought back from her mini-vacation last
\nweekend.
\n(-7-) Sent and received a couple hundred emails.
\n(-8-) Played basketball with Ph.
\n(-9-) Crabbed at HR about my shabby dental benefits. I was told, more or less,
\n"So sad for you, my rotten-toothed friend!"
\n(-10-) Read a couple of articles and noted them to the diss blog.
\n(-11-) Eked out a couple of pages each day toward a viable prospectus draft.
\nToday, like yesterday, I told myself I would stop no matter where I was after
\nI’d reached 600 new <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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