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Dear Christina Aguilera | Postmodern Irony Final Examination | Y.P.R.'s R.N.C. in N.Y.C. 2004 | Al-Jazeera Coverage of Ozzfest 2004 | Conversations with My Mother Which Suggest She May Secretly Be a Primatologist | You're Invited to Rocco Schlomo's Bar Mitzvah | A Short Conversation with Hal Sparks about His “I Love the 80s” Appearances as We Wait for Our Drinks at a Los Angeles Starbucks | Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in:“Mary-Kate & Ashley Turn 18!” | Non-Chip-Related Letters I’ve Written to Chip Companies | Bovine Spongiform Encepholapathy SquarePants | Pitching to Cousin Graydon | Valentine Affairs of the Famous; as Revealed by Their Love Sonnets | Justin Timberlake's Acceptance Speech | Dear KTU | Axis of Weasel | If S.T.D.s Were People, I'd Be China | My Dinner with Bellucci and Bellow | Letters | Koufax! 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