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rekkidbraka
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About me

GenderFemale
OccupationReadin', Writin', Retailin'
LocationUnited States
IntroductionFormer online editor who worked for a major metropolitan newspaper for 25 years. Dog mom.
InterestsAWESOME beer and cocktails, music, wine, jogging/running, collecting records and vintage cookbooks, writing, TV, crossword puzzles, hiking, cycling, cooking, baseball, sports, pottery, coffee, swimming, PBR: The Toughest Sport On Dirt, Ivy League college football, Premier League Football (yes, I admit it), the kind of science I can't actually perform in real life but love to educate myself about, gardening, yardwork, cooking amazing food, driving Georgia backroads -- in other words, living dangerously. And, of course, my dog Twister.
Favorite moviesTexasville, The Last Picture Show, Carrie, Halloween (1978 version; there is no other), The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974 version; there is no other), Midnight Cowboy, The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, The Pink Panther, Urban Cowboy, Grease 2 (yes, you read that correctly), Breaking Away, Spinal Tap, Waiting For Guffman, Best In Show, A Mighty Wind, Fargo, Lost In Translation, Airplane!, Breakfast At Tiffany's, The Philadelphia Story, Pat & Mike, Raising Arizona, Dazed And Confused, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Singles, Kill Bill: Vols. 1&2, ABC Afterschool Specials, anything not involving Tom Cruise.
Favorite musicPretty much anything, excepting today's horrendous "rap" and smug Millennial rock/pop. For instance -- ragtime? HELL yes.
Favorite booksCarl Sandburg's self-bio "Always The Young Strangers," travel literature, David Sedaris, P.J. O'Rourke, Ann Coulter, Molly Ivins, "A Death In The Family" by James Agee, Curious George series, Dr. Seuss's "My Book About ME!," Mark Twain travelogues, science non-fiction, American history from about 1850-yesterday.

Please describe how you could take the peel off an apple all in one go:

This is NOT a question. I feel cheated, Blogger.

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