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An Opportunity for Revenge

January 27, 2013

An Opportunity for Revenge

Comics Sans may be appropriate for many things*, but “a sizzling, action-packed detective story” isn’t one of them. (h/t Betty Smith)

*Okay, that’s a lie.

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