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People Familiar With The Matter

Informants Spokespersons Consultants Insiders Pundits Chairpersons Investors Experts Chiefs of Staff Middle and/or Senior management Presumptive press secretaries Whistle blowers Assistants Heads of security Deputies Aides Lieutenants Handlers Stylists Gadflies Roommates Estheticians Mavens Escorts Drivers Ghosts Writers Ghost writers Surrogates (sex or otherwise) Professional cuddlers Aunt Kathi

Mall Sweats

The final fleeting days, of the dying year, most long for sweatpants. Preserve comfort. Hide side fat. Fashion. At the mall, in this agonizing transition, wear leather ones. They have them now. They foster tranquility and couture. They show you haven’t given up on it all. Not yet.

False Starts

  We’ve all been there: staring at a blank canvas, that perfect first line taunting you. Sometimes the entire story spills into your head. You see it all play out before you. It’s going to be marvelous. Then the words come. And this is what you get. False starts. Doomed beginnings. ========================= Traces of fat …

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