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    … on road trips, soft porn, and a bridge from nowhere

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    Laugh A Little

    … on an old dog (and the things he’s done for love)

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    … on the acquisition of live poultry and being a dog

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    … on big boy pig piles

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    … on oddballs and tennis balls

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    … on a name for a dog

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    … on watching television

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Wonder Proxy

We have medical proxies. We have legal proxies. But what about the most important stuff? What about the stuff that makes our lives worth living? Who is going to take care of making sure wonder remains available to us when we can’t seek it out ourselves? Who’s gonna sneak us off to the ocean, make sure to bring us our dogs, create playlists of the songs we really love… sing with us, tell us our stories… remind us of the love we still have to give, and also to receive? A Wonder Proxy, that’s who. Don’t get your affairs in order without one!

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