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So I've been hearing horror stories about the weather back East. Mostly stories about this thing called snow. Ah, snow. I can count on my hands the times I've seen snow: 1. Lake Tahoe, 1981? 2. Christmas 1982. 3. London 1993. 4. Klamath Falls Oregon 2010. I've never had a snow day. We've had My God...
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Oh, it's summer, summer summer! Summertime and the living is easy, summer time, summer time, hot town! Summer in the city!  I know you've been waiting at your computer, thinking hey, what is Jennifer going to read this summer? Ah, wait no more. Here we go! The Surprise Attack of Jabba the...
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 I used to write for TV.  I worked on good shows, like Ellen, Mad About You and Arrested Development.  And bad shows that nobody needs to know about.  During those years, I never actually watched TV, though.  All I did was read.  Writing for TV was fun and challenging, and something I was good at,...