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The third thing
Gillespie Life
News Staff, on September 17, 2019
The third thing

FULL HOUSE At the risk of being obvious, my topic today is avoiding the obvious. Let’s begin with comments on social posts. Why are most of them “obvious?” (My live-in editor said don’t use the word “lame.”) Because they are literally the first thing you think of. The post usually contains

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