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  I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. —E. B. White

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  I believe in sharing the road with other drivers. They can have the part behind me.

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• home sweet home

  
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  Bob's sister Hannah

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  Bob's sister Ada

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  Bob's sister Eve

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  Bob's sister Nan

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  Bob's brother Otto

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  A baby picture of Bob and his siblings (clockwise from upper left: Otto, Eve, Hannah, Ada, Bob, and Nan)

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  Bob's childhood home

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  Bob's mom and dad

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  Bob in his youth

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  Bob's Uncle Ralph and Aunt Edna

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  Bob's cousin Archibald

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  Bob's stepbrother Herbie (who really needs to quit smoking)

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  Bob's cousin Chester

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  Bob's Great Uncle Norbert and Great Aunt Phyllis

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  Bob's cousin Saffron (who will do anything for a drink)

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  Bob's sister-in-law Sybil

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  Bob's cousin Thorndike

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  Bob's brother-in-law Vinnie

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  Bob's cousin Orville, who loves the Green Bay Packers

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  Bob's nieces Lulu and Bitsy, the biker chicks

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  Bob's stepsister Eloise, with the twins, Rudy and Trudy

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  Bob's Uncle Henry and Aunt Rowena

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  Bob's niece Esmerelda (who likes to live dangerously)

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  Bob's Great Uncle Arthur up in Saskatchewan

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  Bob's cousin Louie, the grackle of grumpiness

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  Bob's nephew Virgil, who loves sports

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  Miss Screech, Bob's journalism teacher

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  Bob's second cousin Schlomo in Brooklyn

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  Bob's Uncle Seymour and Aunt Bernice

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  Bob's nephew Baxter

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  Nigel, Bob's pen pal in New Zealand

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  Bob's sister-in-law Delphine, who volunteers at the animal shelter

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  Percy the Pickpocket, Bob's third cousin once removed (the relative no one likes to talk about... every family has one)

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  The Bluebird of Happiness (no relation to Bob)

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  A pair of boobies (also no relation to Bob, but included for readers who desire titillation)

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  A pair of tits (in case the boobies were insufficiently titillating)

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  Bluebird Bitter™, the beer they named for Bob

• bluebird’s file cabinet

  9/11 Advent Alice Parker Amazing Grace Anglophilia April Fool's Day Armed Forces Day autumn Babylon Bee barkaloungers bears beer bibliophilia birds biting social commentary Bob's birthday Booker T. Washington Boxing Day camouflage cats Chanticleer Charles Wesley Christmas chuckles commercials Concordia Choir cops cows dance Dan Forrest Dan Wright daylight saving time dogs double takes Duffel Blog Easter Elf on a Shelf English majors Eric Whitacre Facebook faces Father's Day Fernando Ortega Firefly Flag Day flash mob Francis Scott Key Franz Schubert Fred Astaire geek humor George Frideric Handel Ginger Rogers graduation grammar police Groundhog Day Halloween Hanukkah Harp Twins heaven Henri heroes hide and seek Hitler horses Il Divo Independence Day Irving Berlin Jean Redpath Jimmy Kimmel Johann Sebastian Bach John Newton John Philip Sousa John Rutter Julia Ward Howe juxtapositions karmageddon King's College Choir Ludwig Van Beethoven Mack Wilberg Mark O'Connor marriage Mars & Venus math media follies Memorial Day Mormon Tabernacle Choir Mother's Day New Year's Ola Gjeilo Passover Peter Anglea Piano Guys pi day pigs pinpricks of light poetry Portland Choir & Orchestra puzzles R. Lee Ermey rabbits Randall Thompson Reason TV reptile dysfunction Robert Frost Saturday Night Live school daze Scotland senior moments Shawn Kirchner Simon's Cat Singing Statesmen spam spring squirrels St. Patrick's Day Star-Spangled Banner Starbucks Statue of Liberty Steven Crowder summer Sunny TV Talk Like a Pirate Day Thanksgiving theater The King's Singers The Nicholas Brothers The Onion Tim Hawkins U.S. Marine Band USMC UW-Eau Claire UWEC Concert Choir Valentine's Day Veterans Day vintage ads William Billings winter Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wordplay Yo-Yo Ma
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