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Apologies for the interruption to service. Blogger couldn’t defeat me, but a report of mind-numbing tedium is kicking my posterior into oblivion.

And it doesn't help I’ve wasted hours agonizing about a decent alternative to “real-life” that had the necessary degree of snootiness.