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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Migraine...

Hey all.

I have to postpone White Dwarf Wednesday today due to a bad migraine.

I'll get it put up when I can.

Posted by Timothy S. Brannan at 1:05 PM

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The Happy Whisk said...: Hope you feel better soon.; May 1, 2013 at 1:46 PM
Tonja Drecker said...: I'm just going to ditto the above: Hope you feel better soon.; May 1, 2013 at 2:22 PM
Tim Knight said...: Take care and get well soon, Tim; May 1, 2013 at 3:50 PM

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