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David Guido is a user experience designer from Southern California, specializing in information architecture and usability. With over 14 years of web and application design experience, David's passion is to analyze, design and implement innovative user-centered solutions. He is a critical thinker with a good design sense, a strong technical background, and an eye for making things better.

On a personal note, David is a family man, an avid mountain biker, his glass is half-full and he's proud of owning Superman Underoos as a kid.

Dave's Daily Dump

Long Lost Cousin

by David Guido

Today, we took a one-day trip to Las Vegas to see some of my family. My cousin David
got married there yesterday, so Cathi, Tricia, Ethan and I decided to go up for the day. I haven't seen these cousins (Johnny & David) in almost 15 years, so it was really great to hang out for a day and catch up. I also haven't seen my Aunt Denise in while. And it's always great to see my second mom, Aunt Mary.

We stayed the night at Cathi's both nights because it's on the way. So Cathi babysat for us while we took Jordan to see The Matrix Reloaded. I definitely have to see it again to completely understand the story, but generally, I agree with the critics in that the story was a little weak while the action was kick ass.

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Posted: 5/17/2003 10:32:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Recent Movies

by David Guido

I've been way too busy this month to write about much. So, here are some of the movies we've seen recently. Now that I think about it, I really don't know why I keep track of this. I guess I'll look back someday and realize how much money I've wasted on movies.

The Royal Tenenbaums - DVD
My Big Fat Greek Wedding - Theatre
Signs - Theatre
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - DVD
Swingers - DVD
Rushmore - DVD

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Posted: 8/30/2002 09:58:00 AM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

One Year Blog Anniversay

by David Guido

Alright, today, it has been one year since I've been writting in Dave's Daily Dump and I think it's been pretty cool. Mainly, it gives my friends and family a way to see what I've been up to. But also, it's been like a journal for me that I've gone back to several times to check dates, links, or whatever. It also gives me a way to record all the friggen movies I've seen. I never thought that I was such a movie buff. Any ways, I'll continue to try and keep this section updated.

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Posted: 8/11/2002 10:10:00 AM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

DVD Collection Software

by David Guido

Found a way to keep a record of my DVD collection through DVD Profiler. This is a very cool program, and free.

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Posted: 8/03/2002 10:16:00 AM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Blade Runner

by David Guido

Finally got around to watch Blade Runner, a video tape that Ian let me borrow over a month ago. It was pretty cool. I really liked the settings and ideas about the future. But the movie was a little slow at some points. Maybe I just watched it too late and I was really tired. It was interesting to see where the phrase "More Human Than Human" came from; it was Tyrell Corporations slogan.

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Posted: 7/29/2002 07:34:00 AM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Minority Report

by David Guido

Tricia and I went to The Block to see Minority Report. I thought it was a very cool movie, with great futuristic concepts on human-computer interaction. Right up my alley.

On another note, here's My kind of Sign Language.

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Posted: 7/25/2002 07:39:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

House Shopping in the OC

by David Guido

Did some house-shopping with Tricia all day. We thought that it was about time we started the "looking" process. We checked out Mission Viejo, Lake Forest and Huntington Beach. We have a lot of other areas to look at, but so far we like Mission Viejo the best.

Went to Blockbuster to rent A Beautiful Mind, but instead just bought a used copy for only 12 bucks. And it's in perfect condition! Oh yeah, I liked the movie. I thought it was a great story done with some great acting.

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Posted: 7/21/2002 07:42:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

A Clockwork Orange

by David Guido

Check this out, Chris and I actually went to see A Clockwork Orange on the big screen at the Bay Theatre in Seal Beach. That was fantastic! I haven't seen it in a while and to see it in a normal theater was just incredible. I'll never forget it.

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Posted: 7/20/2002 11:44:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

The Royal Tenenbaums

by David Guido

Bought and watched The Royal Tenenbaums DVD. Very funny movie! A lot of subtleties and classic one-liners. And the outfits were just perfect.

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Posted: 7/19/2002 07:46:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

The Others

by David Guido

Tricia and I rented The Others tonight. It dragged on a little too much, but I thought it was Ok.

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Posted: 6/14/2002 10:45:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Catalina Island

by David Guido

My Mom, Cathi and Aunt Mary went on an Ensanada Cruise that made a one-day stop at Catalina Island. So I went there for the day to hang out with them as well as Toni, Kevin and Karly. It was such a beautiful day and a lot of fun to hang with the family. I wasn't feeling that great because I really didn't sleep last night, but we still had fun. We rented golf carts to drive around the island and check out the scenery. It's been about 10 years since I've been there and they really cleaned up the place.

Later on, Tricia and I watched Three Kings, a DVD I borrowed from Trevor. It was a pretty good story, but depressing as hell. Tricia couldn't finish it, but I kinda liked it.

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Posted: 6/04/2002 11:48:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Hot Date

by David Guido

Tricia and I were supposed to go on a date, but I came down with a cold. So we ordered take out from Olive Garden, watched our When Harry Met Sally DVD, and watched the Laker game in picture-in-picture.

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Posted: 5/31/2002 07:00:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Memorial Day

by David Guido

Tricia and I just took it easy all day. We watched American Pie, one of the first DVDs we bought, but never got to watch. Later, I washed my truck.

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Posted: 5/27/2002 10:04:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Spiderman

by David Guido

Tricia and I went to the Block and contributed our 18 bucks to the Spiderman movie fund. Very cool movie, hitting $223 million in just 10 days. Unbelievable!

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Posted: 5/11/2002 07:37:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Sick at Home

by David Guido

Stayed home sick from work. Had some kind of cold that just knocked me out for a couple of days. Besides all the sleep I got, I got to watch a couple of DVDs.

I finally saw 2001: A Space Odyssey, a movie I've been wanting to see for years. I don't know what it is about Kubrik films. Some of them are so long and slow, but compelling at the same time. I borrowed the DVD from Chris.

I also got to watch my Fight Club DVDs. The extras on the second DVD are so cool. I love to watch all the behind the scene shots and computer graphic explanations.

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Posted: 5/10/2002 07:39:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Jammed Fingers

by David Guido

Jammed two of my fingers playing Ultimate Frisbee. One is my ring finger and you should see how swollen and black & blue it is. It looks absolutely horrible, but it doesn't hurt much at all.

Tricia rented Riding in Cars with Boys on DVD. It was surprisingly funny. I think Steve Zahn might be one of my favorite
actors now. He cracked me up in Saving Silverman and That Thing You Do.

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Posted: 5/06/2002 07:44:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

High Fidelity

by David Guido

Got take out from Olive Garden and watched High Fidelity again on DVD with Tricia. Great movie!

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Posted: 4/19/2002 08:11:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Freeze Plugs

by David Guido

Got the freeze plugs replaced on my truck. Who whould of thought that they would go bad at only 45,000 miles?

Watched Blow on DVD with Tricia.

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Posted: 4/18/2002 08:13:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

D-Golf and Hiking

by David Guido

Play D-Golf at La Mirada with the boys.

Went for a little hike in Silverado Canyon with Tricia. We've been trying to find fun, out-doorsy things to do together. So far it's hiking, camping and tennis.

We later watched Snatch, a DVD I bought used at Blockbuster for cheap. Very funny movie! Especially when the dog swallows the squeaky toy... That's just too much!

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Posted: 4/14/2002 08:16:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Toyota Grand Prix

by David Guido

Took half the day off to go to the Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach. Chris got free tickets from his girlfriend so we couldn't pass it up.

Later on, I took my wife out on a hot date at the Block. We had diner and saw Frailty. It was a really good movie, but the subject matter disturbed me. I left with a creepy feeling inside.

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Posted: 4/12/2002 08:24:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Training Day and The Rainmaker

by David Guido

We watched Training Day, a DVD we borrowed from Tommy and Nena. Since it received so much hoopla from the Academy Award's a week ago, it was about time we saw it. It turned out to be a really good movie, with great acting of course.

I also finished reading The Rainmaker, a book I started reading on our honeymoon... 3 months ago. Ok, so I'm not the fastest reader in the world. It usually takes me longer than that to finish a book. I got it from the library on the cruise ship and found it so interesting, I had to buy it when we got home. So I found a hard copy version on an Amazon Auction for like 3 bucks. Now I want to see the movie again.

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Posted: 4/02/2002 08:29:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Panic Room

by David Guido

Went to see Panic Room. Although it wasn't in the same nature as other David Fincher movies, it was still really good. Nice and dark, great camera work, compelling and suspenseful.

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Posted: 3/31/2002 10:40:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Sleepy Hollow

by David Guido

We watched Sleepy Hollow, a DVD Tricia bought gave to me on Valentine's day. I really like this movie... well, I really like pretty much all of Tim Burton's movies.

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Posted: 3/23/2002 06:53:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

ET Phone Home, Again

by David Guido

Tricia and I took Ryann to see the re-release of ET. It was very cool to see a movie from our era on the big screen again. The coolest part is that Ryann is the same age that Tricia was when she first saw the movie. I wanted to take her to the exact same theatre, but it's pretty run down now. Tricia was a little disappointed that Ryann wasn't as into the movie like she was when she was a kid. She expected Ryann to cry at certain scenes and be all emotional, but she wasn't. Tricia, on the other hand, was balling her head off.

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Posted: 3/22/2002 06:56:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Evil Beagle and Dark City

by David Guido

I finished the Evil Beagle web site today. This is a quick little project my friends and I whipped together. Check it out, I'm pretty happy with the design (site no longer available).

We also watched Dark City, a DVD that Trevor let me borrow. He thought I would enjoy the visuals, which I did. Although the story was very interesting, the movie itself was just Ok. Hard to explain.

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Posted: 3/19/2002 06:58:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Das Boot

by David Guido

Watched Das Boot this weekend. Great movie. The best part about it was the sound effects on the surround sound system. Especially when they dove really deep and the metal started to creek. That was great!

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Posted: 3/17/2002 07:05:00 AM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Dinner and Spinal Tap

by David Guido

We had Ian and Heather over for dinner and a movie tonight. It was cool because we're finally settled with our new kitchen furniture, place settings, silverware, etc. I bar-b-que'd some fat rib-eye steaks with vegetables and the corn cake you get from El Torito (you can buy it in the grocery store now... that is some good shit!).

We watched This Is Spinal Tap. Believe it or not, this was my first time seeing it and I loved it! Tricia liked it too. Heather wasn't into it.

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Posted: 3/14/2002 11:07:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Basketball and High Fidelity

by David Guido

Went to Jordan's final basketball game of the season, and he kicked butt as usual. Oh, he only scored 25 points this game. The kid is simply amazing!

T and I later watched High Fidelity. This has to be Jack Black's best performance (besides on stage). Great movie.

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Posted: 3/10/2002 07:51:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Criterion

by David Guido

Went to Sam's club today while we were waiting for Tricia's car to get it's 30000 mile checkup. I swear, you can never walk out of that place without spending less than a 100 bucks. The good news is that I bought the double DVD set with Rushmore and High Fidelity. And Rushmore is a Criterion Collection DVD. Both for only 26 bucks! Nice score!

Here's a better Criterion Link: www.CriterionDVD.com.

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Posted: 3/09/2002 07:54:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

The Musketeer

by David Guido

I was going to ride El Moro with Steve, but it started raining right when I was about to drive there. Not like a little rain would ever stop me, but they usually close the park when it rains.

So I went home early and cooked diner for Tricia. We then rented The Musketeer... what a piece of crap. I mean, the fighting scenes, coordinated by Xin Xin Xiong, were pretty cool, but definitely not realistic at all. The best acting in the movie was from a 12 year-old little girl.

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Posted: 3/06/2002 08:01:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Memento

by David Guido

Tricia fell asleep early, so I watched one of my favorite movies... Memento, a DVD I got for Xmas.

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Posted: 2/28/2002 11:10:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Mount Modjeska

by David Guido

Rode the Maple Springs Trail all the way to the TOP of Mount Modjeska baby! (13 miles up, 4500 ft) What a great feeling, although I'm going to feel the business end of that feeling for the next few days. This time it was was with Ian, Bob, Rich and another Bob. The other Bob got two flats on the way down. Rich and I took the single track on part of the downhill and it was so much fun. Too bad I was so damned tired to really enjoy it. I crashed twice. Nothing serious though. Just a few scratches.

Ian and I then went to Trevor's for his kid's birthday party, dropped off their gifts, and chowed down.

Trevor let me borrow SE7EN, one of my favorite movies. T and I watched it. It's a double disk set and I'm dying to see what's on the second DVD.

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Posted: 2/24/2002 08:17:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Royal Tenenbaums

by David Guido

We saw the Royal Tenenbaums tonight. I thought it was absolutely hilarious! If you liked Rushmore, you'll love this movie.

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Posted: 2/22/2002 08:23:00 AM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Movies

by David Guido

Instead of updating this site, I've been watching a lot of movies on our new DVD system...

Movies from the past few weeks:

The Matrix - DVD

Mystery Men - DVD - one of our favorites!

Made - DVD

Vanilla Sky - theater

Boogie Nights - DVD

Jurassic Park 3 - DVD

Lord of the Rings - theater

Pearl Harbor - DVD

Open Your Eyes - DVD - original Vanilla Sky movie

Bound - DVD

Count of Monte Cristo - theater

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Posted: 2/08/2002 08:45:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

GuidoPlex v1

by David Guido

We finally got a DVD player!

We took some gift certificates and wedding money and bought a nice surround sound DVD system. It is so awesome! With Tricia's big screen TV, I set up the living room to be a mini-home-theater, with the speakers in the correct positions and everything. I'm so excited about it... but Tricia won't let me "test" it out like it's supposed to be tested out. Trouble is we live in a condo where the walls aren't that thick, so she doesn't want to "disturb" the neighbors. Whatever.

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Posted: 1/17/2002 08:28:00 AM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

What a Day

by David Guido

Wow, what a day! I woke up at 7:00am, which is just out of the question for me, especially on a Sunday. I then went to play Frisbee Golf with Ian. I'm actually getting into it, I even bought my own set of disks. I kicked his butt the first game, then we ran between holes on the second game and he kicked my butt. I must've hit every tree in that park in the second game.

I got home, worked out a little, then went to the Orange County Swap Meet with Tricia and Ryann. We couldn't find the vendor we were looking for that had the wedding favors we wanted. But we found a different guy, with these cool little candles already made, for super cheap! So we got them. Now I have to make the little tags and get some ribbon to wrap them up.

I also found a really cool desk there. It's made by Leda. The monitor actually goes underneath the glass desktop to give you more room. They say it's more 'ergonomic', we'll see. It's going to be very strange for a while since I've spent many years looking at the monitor right in front of me. Now, I'm looking down. We'll see how that goes.

We then went over to Gina's to pick up a big plant she gave us. We went home, I did a little gardening and fixed up all the plants with new soil and whatnot. Then I put together my new desk while Tricia and I watched The Matrix. Now that's a killer movie!

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Posted: 12/09/2001 08:46:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

America's Sweethearts

by David Guido

We rented America's Sweethearts tonight. What a piece of crap! I'm never letting Tricia pick out the movies any more... ever!

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Posted: 12/01/2001 08:55:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Harry Potter

by David Guido

We saw Harry Potter tonight. I thought it was a really good movie, and not as long as I expected. It went by pretty fast for me. Tricia was a little disappointed because she just read the book the previous weekend. When is the movie ever as good as the book?

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Posted: 11/30/2001 10:04:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

A Good Day with Dad

by David Guido

Today Tricia and I took my Dad to the Orange County Swap Meet. It's pretty cool there. We found a little something we might use for the wedding favors.

We then went over to The Block and saw Heist with Danny DeVito and Gene Hackman. I thought it was pretty damn good. Great acting by DeVito, I like that guy.

Tenacious D was on Space Ghost tonight. It was great!

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Posted: 11/18/2001 08:19:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

Jack Black

by David Guido

Ryann is with her dad this weekend, so I took Tricia to see Shallow Hal with Jack Black. I'm a huge Jack Black fan and I think he did great in this movie. The problem is that I'm a little too familiar with his character from Tenacious D, so I tend to expect that kind of craziness whenever I see him. I thought he was great in High Fidelity, but just Ok in Saving Silverman. I guess it's not his fault, these are just the roles he's playing.

Oh yeah, today I finished the new redesign of my company's site: theSupplyChain.com

You can find screenshots of some older versions on this page.

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Posted: 11/16/2001 08:25:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

The Wedding Shower

by David Guido

Today was our wedding shower, or uh, Tricia's wedding shower. I guess it's more of a chic thing. Anyhow, we got some really cool stuff. Now I can start bugging Tricia every day to write the Thank You cards like she did with the invitations. Ha ha ha... sweet revenge!

During the shower I watched Ryann with all the other guys and their kids. We went over to Mike Dyson's, hung out and watched some college ball. Poor Ryann was bored out of her mind, so I started to make up games with the drink coasters.

Toni, Cathi, my Mom and Julie all stayed the night at our place, so it had to be *spotless*. I watched Memento for the third time with them. I think that is a great movie! Probably my favorite movie of the year.

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Posted: 11/10/2001 08:34:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

The Wedding Invitations

by David Guido

Finished the wedding invitations today... F I N A L L Y ! !

This project has been so stressful for me, I'm not really sure why. I guess it's from the pressure of designing something for my own wedding. I was going to just buy them, but I had a feeling that everyone just expected me to do them myself. So I basically had no choice.

I think they turned out pretty cool, but I'm usually pretty critical about my own designs. They will be mailed out Monday morning, which is only 5 days late. Not too shabby!

A big "Thanks" goes out to Tricia, Emily, Marlene & Mitchell for helping me put them together. And I just have to say that Marlene is the fastest envelope-licker I've ever seen in my life.

Tricia and I treated ourselves to a movie for working so hard. We saw From Hell with Johnny Depp and the lovely Heather Graham. It was pretty good but a little slow, which made it a little hard to follow. Plus I was just exhausted to really enjoy it. It was, however, a nice treat away from today's typical movies crammed with special effects.

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Posted: 11/03/2001 08:44:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

A Special Day With the Girls

by David Guido

Slept in today... I love to sleep in.

Tricia and I played a little tennis this morning. Then Ian and I took our women out on a special bike ride around Huntington Beach for Sweetest Day (Heather insists that we celebrate this lame-ass east coast holiday). I say it's a special bike ride because Ian and I are the ones that do all the pedaling. He has a tandum bike and the Rasticle, a red, black and green beach cruiser with an extra back seat on it... very cool. We had wine around sunset, ate sushi at a new place on Main Street, then went home and watched O Brother Where Art Thou. The movie was pretty good but the sound track was great. I just might go buy it.

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Posted: 10/20/2001 09:54:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

What's New

by David Guido

Had another doctors appointment to check out the cut on my leg. It's all good. Still can't get it wet for another 5 days.

Feeling a little under-the-weather today, so I stayed home from work. I still got some work done, and I was able to finish this "what's new" page. Everything before today is from memory or from my calendar.

Tricia insisted that we watch HeartBreakers. I guess it was better than I thought it would be.

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Posted: 10/19/2001 09:56:00 PM | Comments (0) | Post a Comment

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