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Number of tow truck drivers I kidded with about the snow on Monday morning: 1
\nNumber of blocked shots I hope to tally at this evening’s weekly pick-up game: 8
\nNumber of WC consultations earlier today that had me wishing our table had a
\ndish ‘o mints on it: 1
\nNumber of students who probably thought it was me<\/i> who needed a mint: Same
\nHour of the day Is. decided everyone in the house should start their Tuesday,
\nDeepvember 18: <6 a.m.
\nIn epoch<\/a>
\nformat: 1226988000
\nStudents missing from this morning’s class: 3
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\nNumber of those meetings where pizza, sodas, and salad were provided: 1
\nNumber of people on campus who today asked me about being on the job market and
\nhow that’s going: 7
\nNumber of points scored by Team Charmin in the Fantasy Football Week Eleven
\nmatch-up: 80
\nCoincidentally, the number of minutes I strode on the elliptical machine in the
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\nOf the eleven emails currently in my syr.edu inbox, the number with "writing" in
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\nNumber of class sessions remaining this semester: 4
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\n# of times I can type "number" in a single entry before I get lazy and resort to
\nthe symbol: 12
\n# of minutes until I’m supposed to start rustling up some foodstuff for dinner: -5<\/p>\n

Grand total: 1,226,988,211<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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