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Speed Bumps
Oct 16 2009, Oscar

There’s nothing I love more than having a little downtime and hitting the ‘open highway’. You know what I mean, living life. It’s a chance to eject my daughter’s Jonas Brothers c.d., pop in my AC/DC classics, and start reminiscing about the...

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