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Day: June 7, 2014

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Father and Sonset

David Ryan June 7, 2014
Sunset over Montauk's west jetty, as seen from the deck of the catamaran Mon Tiki, June 7,...
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Disqus Downvotes The Downvote IFRL-Mindiv-26450188022_a9a5a6161e_b

Disqus Downvotes The Downvote

Will Truman June 7, 2014
Downvotes and the down side to comment democratization
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Saturday!

Jaybird June 7, 2014
Jaybird presses the metal bar in the game that is Diablo III and gets a pellet. Mmmm.
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You can choose any one spell, potion, artifact, ritual, plant, or animal from any of the Harry Potter books. Which would you pick? IFRL-NaPP-Space-14741327136_d071c54672_k

You can choose any one spell, potion, artifact, ritual, plant, or animal from any of the Harry Potter books. Which would you pick?

Vikram Bath June 7, 2014
Felix Felicis is basically cheating.
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A Splash of Summer

Burt Likko June 7, 2014
Put a resource you're probably ignoring to good use at last.
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