READING UNDERGROUND


	READING UNDERGROUND

ellington

9-4-2009 11:36 PM

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ellington says:

A CITY RITUAL AUSTIN FERRIER ,ON HIS WAY TO WORK, READS GRAHAMS GREEN'S "THE QUIET AMERICAN" ON THE B TRAIN.

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9-8-2009 3:26 AM

chestnut501

I like all your clips ellington, always do. Thing is if I pop them all, I get penalized. In fact, I'm in the penalty box right now so I'm gonna have to owe you one.

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