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Virus Alert: Operation Aurora
2010-02-02 15:03:00
Beware of this new Trojan that spreads through the internet. It exposes a 0day vulnerability on Microsoft Internet Explorer (CVE-2010-0249) which steals information on corporate networks. It allows remote code execution on infected machines. What’s 0day? Well basically it’s a security hole that is discovered by geeks or hackers that there is no available fix or update yet. Microsoft rated it as Critical and they have already issued a fix on this Trojan. Affected versions are Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, 6, 7 and even Microsoft IE 8. You can view the full list of affected Microsoft Internet Explorers here and also download their updates/fixes on the issue. If you are using Microsoft IE to browse the web, I suggest you update it before everything else is too late. Or, use an open-source browser like Mozilla Firefox or use Google Chrome. There’s a bunch of free web browsers floating on the web, you just have to choose one. But I suggest those to I’ve just men...
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New Year, New Goal, New Me
2010-01-27 03:55:00
2009 had gone by, I welcomed 2010 in our office, working on graveyard away from my love ones. But it’s not a big deal for me, new year is like any other ordinary day for me. And it was fun welcoming 2010 while working. Plenty of food, shouting and yelling, smiles all around you, red dresses, red shirts dominating the work place, you know, Filipino tradition things and all. Since it’s a new year for me, I’m setting myself some new goals for a better me. First, I would like to lose weight. Yes, I have lost weight in 2009 alone. From 220 lbs. down to 195 lbs and still counting. That’s already a big achievement for me since I’ve never lost weight that much in my whole life. Secondly, I wanna look good, together with my on-going of loosing weight, I work out. I’m following some routines to make my body lean. I’m picturing out my ideal body every day to encourage myself on my goal. And lastly, I want to discover my new me, discover things I’...
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Proof that Facebook has gone 30 Lives?
2009-11-01 07:04:00
No, Facebook doesn’t have any of the famous Family Computer game Commando. But I was curious when I saw this status message from my friend. I was bored and has nothing to do at the moment, so I tried it. The first time I tried to do it, I thought it didn’t work, ’cause I didn’t do the last part of it, which is writing something on the comment box. While I was typing my first letter to the comment box on my friend’s status message to comment that it didn’t work, I was surprised! It looks something like this: Kinda weird eh? Try it… Here’s what you’re gonna do: While on your Facebook account, preferrably on your home page, do these following steps: On your keyboard, press UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, B , A, ENTER and then scroll up OR down, then type anything on the comment boxes. Just follow that steps and you’ll see what happens. I was wondering what could it be? How is it possible? Maybe the devel...
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Sasa! Panacan! Tibungco! BUNAWANG!
2009-09-28 08:24:00
Ever wondered what that title means? Heh, well basically it’s a yell that “Kundoktors” shout to the passengers to inform or to tell them that the jeepney has this route, sasa, panacan, tibungco and bunawan. Now, you noticed, the Bunawan part of the title has a letter G on the last? Well, one early morning when I’m on my way home, I usually sit on the front seat of a jeepney, and there’s this one Korean g, I mean Korean who asked the driver, “Bunawang? Bunawang?” Eh? Hehehehe… If you’re living in Davao and you hear about it, surely you’ll laugh.. Hehehe. Related PostsIt's really nice having a coffee while reading, I'll appreciate it if you treat me one.
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A Dream About the Past
2009-07-31 05:14:00
What does a dream mean? If it’s about your past, love life, does it mean something? I don’t know, maybe I’m just confused or something. Well, as few of you knows (’cause my older posts about my past was deleted), let me give you some brief fact about it. Me and my 5-year girlfriend broke up last October 10, 2008. I know it’s almost a year since we broke up, but the last time we were together was just last February 2009. She had a new boyfriend, after a month or two, I had my new girlfriend too, she’s in Kuwait right now, working. To be honest, I don’t know if I can survive this LDR thing. Anyway, let’s go on to topic. There’s this one time last week, I can’t remember what day it was. I was so deeply asleep, I know I was that deeply asleep ’cause I dreamed, I rarely dream, I don’t know why, but that’s me. I was kinda surprised why I dreamed about my ex-girlfriend, I wasn’t even thinking about her when...
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Call Through Skype With Your WiFi Enabled Phone!
2009-07-06 04:38:00
Did you ever wanted to call your friend through Skype -to-Skype using your WiFi enabled phone? Cool eh? Yeah it is! I’ve been searching for some apps which I can use on my N80 phone, and then I thought “is there any Skype application out there? It would be cool if I use my phone to call a PC through Skype”. Then I searched for it, and found Fring! Now what is Fring? Fring is an internet community and communication service using mobile phones to share experience, connect friends and enhance their community together. Using your handset?s internet connection, you can interact with friends on all your favourite social networks including Skype®, MSN Messenger®, Google Talk?, ICQ, SIP, Twitter, Yahoo!? and AIM®. You can listen to music with your Last.fm friends, check out what each other are up to on Facebook, receive alerts of new Google Mail? and tailor make your very own fring by adding more cool experiences from fringAdd-ons?. Cool right? Yeah! How to download: It...
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Memorial, Twitter, YouTube
2009-05-27 10:16:00
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Does God Exist?
2009-01-11 19:03:00
I was surfing through Christianster.com tonight, and I stumbled upon this profile who has this comment on her profile, and It really made me stop and read because of the title. I know this is not an accident why you are currently reading this, this might not move you at all, but I know God is telling you something. Please contininue reading: Does God Exist ? A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: “I don’t believe that God exists.” “Why do you say that?” asked the customer. “Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn’t exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can’t imagi...

Used to be our Anniversary, and now it?s nothing.
2009-01-07 15:42:00
Celebration, dinner for two, movie date, hugs and kisses. That’s what we used to do during our anniversary, but now, we didn’t because we already broke up three months ago. Today, January 7th is used to be our anniversary and It really sucks when you are used to something, something exciting and you’re happy every moment with her, and suddenly it’s gone. Things have happened and I don’t know if these are really right decisions. I know I should be focusing on myself now, make myself better and all. But it’s really hard, I think I should start getting used to this, being single. Raquel said on my previous post that emotional problems are hard to handle, it really is, but I’m not losing hope that these happening will result to something good in the end. It’s in the bible so I believe in it. My best friend Daisy sent me a text message just this afternoon, and the message says like God gives problems to make us stronger, to make us better, ...
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God never gives us more than we can handle.
2009-01-03 15:18:00
It’s been awhile since my last post eh? Yeah, 2008 for me is kinda sad. Too many ups and downs, well mostly downs, especially with my love life. Over the past months, I’ve been through a lot, I mean a lot. It even affected my work, my everyday routines, my hobbies, almost everything. Things have happened on my personal life, sad things, that I felt I can’t handle. I’ll admit that I’ve been depressed, bitter, angry and confused as to why those things have happened to me, my love life. But God has reminded me of one phrase that our pastor and my family has been saying, God never gives us more than we can handle. No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. -1 Corinthians 10:13 (New International Version) I know these problems will come to pass with the help of God, thereR...
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I Hate Text Messages!
2008-12-11 15:18:00
You probably wondered why I hate text messages. Well, not all the time though, ’cause it’s cheap and that’s the only thing I can afford, calling is way too expensive for me. Now, why do I hate text messages sometimes? Simple, sometimes it ends up into misunderstanding. You know what I mean? You don’t know what’s the other side’s or the recipient’s reaction/feeling would be. Not just that, you can’t be sure that the recipient receives the messages. It says “Sent” on your end but there’s no assurance that it was received by the other side. Kinda disappointing sometimes. Could lead into an argument. Then argument leads into a fight. I really hate that. It’s funny that you argue with someone about something that’s too shallow. I just had a “text” argument with my ex, she’s saying I didn’t sent something. But I did, it was on my “Sent items” folder, but she’s pushing it...
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I did something unusual today, something that my body needs.
2008-12-08 07:08:00
All of us need this, but most of us don’t wanna do this ’cause it’s something tiring with all the movements you’ll need to do for it. I’ve never done this for a very long time, and it feels so good after doing it. The pumps up and down, forward and backward, sideways are kinda tiring and kinda makes your heart beat faster and faster every time. And the sweat feels like you’re loosing calories. No, not that silly, you’re just too green minded. I’m talking about Tae Bo! Yeah, it really is tiring especially for the first time you do it, and you’ve never exercised recently ’cause of work. Dang! it really feels good. I can’t somehow feel my legs now, it’s refreshing. Knowing that I’m too fat now, and I really need to exercise, Tae Bo might be a good idea. So I looked it up on Youtube, there might be some vids there, and yeah I found one. It’s for cardio exercise so it’s fun, the beat and moves real...
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My first Sony experience is with my 14? Sony Trinitron TV
2008-11-18 09:51:00
We do all have our first experiences on something, and we all know too that first experiences are the ones that are unforgettable, memorable, haunting, you know, those cherished moments when you first held and enjoyed something that you love very much, it’s just remarkable. I remember when my mother bought our 14″ Sony Trinitron TV, I was like 7 or 8 years old. As a kid, I was addicted to it. Ever since my Mom bought our Sony Trinitron TV, I go home early after school, you know what I’m saying? No more playing and strolling around the neighborhood. It’s a good thing right? I get to go home early back then! Hehe. I can still remember like, when I’m still at school, I really look up to one specific time in the afternoon, 4:30. After school, I rush up going home and wait for that moment that I could finally shout, “4:30 na! Ang TV na!” Hahaha, I really enjoyed doing that and I cherished those moments together with our Sony colored TV. You know ...
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How I Write Songs
2008-10-25 19:17:00
Whew! Well, to some people, this is easy but to others like me, it’s kinda hard. I mean really, I don’t know where to start, what to start, although I finished 1 song, yeah 1 song, heh. It’s called Adik Sa Kape or in English, Coffee Addict. You can play it by clicking the link on the post. The song is about 2 friends talking about love, heartbreaks and all, and instead of beer, they drank and drank coffee ’till morning. Heh, the song is kinda funny though I wrote it seriously. We had no beer around that time, so what we saw is coffee and hot water, we just needed to talk and you know, spit out those things that has to be spit out, you know what I’m saying? Heh. Anyway, before we go out of track, writing songs isn’t that easy for me. If my best friend wasn’t there to strum the strings a bit, I wouldn’t finish the song. For me, I really need someone to help me finish a song, with the guitar at least. I mean, I know how to play instrument...
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Driclor: Day 3
2008-10-24 16:12:00
Well, this entry was supposed to be posted like a week ago, but i was very busy with work and somehow couldn’t find some time to post it. Okay, here it is. This post is about My Sweaty Hands and this post is about my 3rd day of using Driclor as a temporary remedy to stop my palms from sweating and I liked the results. Day 1 and Day 2 had some results and the 3rd day was amazing. My hands are dry, finally has the confidence to grip firmly during hand shakes, you know. A hand shake means so much for me to meet someone, your boss or other coleagues, even friends. Well, it’s almost 2 weeks now and I’m just using Driclor once a week. It’s really amazing. My hands are dry, but the sad thing is, because my palms aren’t sweating anymore, I noticed that the sweat now exits on my head. I noticed that my head really sweats heavily when it’s hot or the environment is warm. But it’s fine, I carry a towel always in case that happens. Heh. I think thatR...

Driclor: Day 2
2008-10-15 11:18:00
Well, it’s the 2nd day I’ve been using Driclor and I can see results. As you can read at my previous posts which is My Sweaty Hands and of course the 1st day I’ve been using it, I saw changes on my hand and I liked it. What I’ve done was I just repeated the procedure which is found at my Day 1 post and it’s great! My hands now is not sweating like it used to. It’s only the 2nd day and it’s awesome. I can now shake hands without having second thoughts and or wiping my hands first before extending my hand, you know what I mean? Heh. Although there’s some instances that I feel sweat is coming out, but far from it used to sweat. Buy hey, it’s only 2nd day The instruction says that you use it every before going to sleep until the sweat disappears. So watch out for the upcoming updates of my journey to sweat free hands! Hehe. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmarcroger.com%2Fpersonal%2F driclor-day-2%2F'; addthis_title = 'Driclo...

Driclor: Day 1
2008-10-14 07:02:00
What’s Driclor? Well, you can read my previous post yesterday about My Sweaty Hands and you can read all about it there and why I am using it now. Driclor cost around P800-P900 Philippine Peso. I bought it at Mercury Drug here at Davao. I’m sure there are available in every branch. Okay, here’s the result of the first day I’ve used Driclor on my hands. You might notice, I’ve mentioned day. That’s because I have a graveyard shift starting at 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM so I used it during the day, while I’m asleep. I was amazed, when I woke up around 4:00 PM, I washed my hands as what it was instructed on the piece of paper included, and I felt like my hands are so clean, like something is covering it. I don’t know, can’t explain it. It felt weird but few hours later, there were still sweat on my hands, but not like before. It minimized the sweating. Hmmm, I’m excited on the 3rd day. Now, what did I do? Okay, here is the procedure ...

Review: Web Hosting Rating
2008-10-13 05:24:00
My Own UniverseWe all know that finding the best, cheapest or whatever your needs may have on a web host is pretty tiring and confusing. Review ing all hosts that you feel like gives you the best for web host needs and comparing them to each other makes it stressful. I found this site that does all these for us. Web Hosting Rating is a site that reviews, rates and awards webhosting companies for you. And I tell you, they review the companies fairly and truly. The top 10 best hosting providers is very cool, and has detailed information about the reviewed webhosting company. From best rated host, to the cheapest host are listed there, and every rated host has their reviews on it. Not just their own review on the host, but also user reviews are listed there, people who already used that particular webhost has their own comments and reviews to the host. And they also have articles related to webhosts. Like for example, Managed vs. Unmanaged VPS, How to add FTP accounts using cPanel and m...
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My Sweaty Hands
2008-10-13 04:36:00
Have you ever felt anxious because of your sweaty hands? Wiping out the sweat before you reach out for a shake hand? People having second thoughts of typing at your keyboard ’cause it’s wet? Well, yeah, I did experience all of that. It is really embarrassing having hands that sweat when I’m uncomfortable. It really makes me so desperate that I wanted to go over to a dermatologist and have it operated or have my sweat glands controlled or something. It would cost but that would make me feel more confident. But then, I was wondering. Having an operation on my hand to stop sweating would have side effects, something I would not want in the future. I’m afraid my hands would be so dry, it’ll be rough or something like it. Really confusing eh? Hehe. So I decided finding some alternative ways to control the sweat on my hand. Then I found Driclor. A roll-on that is specially made for the hands and feet, to control sweat. And I’ve also found some good feed...
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21 Things Girls Don?t Realize
2008-08-30 12:09:00
I found this list on Friendster Bulletin and found it interesting. In short, I agree with this. I don’t really know who the author is, but I’m reposting it. Read it carefully, you might realize reading all this. You can also read my earlier post about 3 Responsibilities of a Man in a Relationship to furthermore understand men. Guys may be flirting around all day, but before they go to sleep, they always think about the girl they truly care about…. Guys are more emotional then you think, if they loved you at one point, it’ll take them a lot longer then you think to let you go, and it hurts every second that they try. Guys go crazy over a girl’s smile A guy who likes you wants to be the only guy you talk to. Giving a guy a hanging message like “You know what?..uh…nevermind..” would make him jump to a conclusion that is far from what you are thinking. And he’ll assume he did something wrong and he’ll obsess about it t...
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Visual Talking
2008-08-28 01:49:00
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I Feel Young, But I Realized I?m Not
2008-08-08 00:57:00
Today, after work, me and my office mates had a small talk while walking to our respective homes. We somehow got to the “age” topic. We ask everyone’s ages and eventually talked about the age of our boss’ boss. I never did expect that we’re just on the same age. He looks really mature and I feel like I’m just 21 or something like that. It really opened my mind, thinking that I’m at this age now and I’m still thinking about enjoying like a teen and sort of things, instead of thinking something more serious, like putting up some business, applying for a better job with a better pay that I can settle with, you know, thinking “matured”. What I realized was, I’m not young anymore. I should think more mature now. And it made me think that it’s because I never have achieved any goals or anything that would make me feel more mature in life. I’m the youngest of the family, and I think you know what treatment the yo...
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Cyber Relationships
2008-07-09 10:17:00
Hmmm, this is kinda interesting. Well, to start off, almost all of the relationships I had was through the powerful media, the Internet. It was not just a relationship that’s on the Internet only, it became real and it’s not a bad thing. I’ve had five “Cyber Relationships ”. Yeah, five. Only two out of those five are like, puppy love or not very serious ones. But I’m not regretting those. It made me grow up and be more mature on what you call “love”. Heh Me and my girlfriend met on the Internet. Our “Cyber Relationship” became deeper and deeper as time goes by. Of course we started out as friends, for a year. And love just came out of our hearts and bonded us and made us decide to meet personally, and we became lovers. After 4 years and 6 months, we’re still together. Deeper and stronger, and I’m very happy with what we have. The bond we have, trust, and most of all, the love that we have. All relationships ...

What Old People Do For Fun
2008-07-08 05:32:00
My friend showed me this video that made me Rolling On the Floor Laughing. Hehehe. It’s just so funny. Watch it now, and you judge addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmarcroger.com%2Fhumor%2Fwha t-old-people-do-for-fun%2F'; addthis_title = 'What+Old+People +Do+For+Fun'; addthis_pub = ''; Related PostsIt's really nice having a coffee while reading, I'll appreciate it if you treat me one.

Experiment With Google Referrals
2008-07-07 00:30:00
I’ve read on several blogs that they’ve earned hundreds of dollars per month just with Google Referrals. I am going to try it out for a month and report to you guys how it went with my blog. Maybe this could work on my blog, who knows. Hehe. You should try it too, and let’s exchange experiences with the experiment. See yah addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmarcroger.com%2Finternet%2F experiment-with-google-referrals%2F'; addthis_title = 'Experiment +With+Google+Referrals'; addthis_pub = ''; Related PostsIt's really nice having a coffee while reading, I'll appreciate it if you treat me one.

I?m Different and I?m Sad About It
2008-07-03 02:10:00
It’s been a while from my last post eh? Yeah, I’m kinda like busy of my work and seem like cannot find time to sit down and write something. But today, I had a very awful experience at work that made me shrink me like a balloon running out of air and made me turn red as a ripe tomato. It’s the experience I’ve always been afraid of, and is the one that made me stop playing basketball. I certainly don’t want to talk about it here because I might close my blog because of it (Heh, that made me smile a bit). But I am sad. Errr, I want to talk about it more but I can’t, It’ll just make me more sadder. Nonsense eh? Yeah, I wish I haven’t posted this but I just feel it can make me feel better. *sigh* addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmarcroger.com%2Fpersonal%2F im-different-and-im-sad-about-it%2F'; addthis_title = 'I%26%238217%3Bm+Different+and+I%26%23821 7%3Bm+Sad+About+It'; addthis_pub = ''; Related PostsIt's really nice having...

Funny Thing on a Call Center
2008-05-27 05:31:00
Hah, have you worked on a call center or are you a call center agent? Well I’m not a call center agent, but I do work in a call center as a transcriptionist. Life on a call center is very tiring, some might have big starting pays but some doesn’t too. I don’t hate my job, I just hate the time. In fact, I love my job! Hehe. Funny thing about working in a call center is, MOST of the people are Social climbers. Well, that’s what I noticed. No offense but, it is true. and 70%of the men is GAY. I’m glad that most of my co-workers are straight, the transcripstionists I mean. But when you say inbound/outbound call center agents, most of them are gay, loud gays. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmarcroger.com%2Framblings%2 Ffunny-thing-on-a-call-center%2F'; addthis_title = 'Funny+Thing +on+a+Call +Center '; addthis_pub = ''; It's really nice having a coffee while reading, I'll appreciate it if you treat me one.
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Zwinky DLLs Found as Adware by avast!
2008-05-25 23:42:00
With the latest VPS update with avast! antivirus protection program which I use for my home was on 25-5-2008. My avast! just updated it’s virus database as what I’ve set it. Nothing happened after the update, I just surfed normally, chat normally, doing what I needed to do, and I turned off my computer.   avast! began detecting the DLLs when I turned on my computer this morning. It keeps popping out it’s warning window saying it had detected some Adware s. I noticed, it was from MyWebSearch folder under Program Files. I went in to that folder and watched the DLLs deleted one-by-one. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmarcroger.com%2Fcomputers%2 Fzwinky-dlls-found-as-adware-by-avast%2F' ; addthis_title = 'Zwinky+DLLs+Found+as+Adware+by+avast%21' ; addthis_pub = ''; It's really nice having a coffee while reading, I'll appreciate it if you treat me one.
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Please Help our Church Win an LCD Projector
2008-05-06 09:28:00
I am asking your kind favor to help us in our prayer for winning an LCD Projector . The contest will be voted 50% from AcerBiz and 50% from the readers. Please do help us in our prayer by voting for our entry on the said contest. Please click here to read and vote for our entry.   It’s been a month that our very old Over Head Projector broke down. Our church has been having Praise and Worship with most of the congregation not singing because of the absence of our over head projector. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmarcroger.com%2Fpersonal%2F please-help-our-church-win-an-lcd-project or%2F'; addthis_title = 'Please+Help+our+Church +Win+an+LCD+Projec tor'; addthis_pub = ''; It's really nice having a coffee while reading, I'll appreciate it if you treat me one.

I Never Had a Great Breakfast Like I Had Today
2008-04-30 01:20:00
They always say, “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day”. True, breakfast should be the most nutritious meal of the day. Why not? You start the day with a nutritious meal, and you’re good to go. But my problem was, mostly, I cannot eat my breakfast. Why? Because I sleep late, and wake up late. Heh, lazy huh? Nah, all computer guys/girls are always like that, staying up surfing the net and all, you know. Anyways, my real reason why I cannot take my breakfast is, my training for work is 8 PM up to 5 AM. So, when I arrive at home, no breakfast yet, so I go to bed directly and wake up lunch time. But I had a different day this morning, I arrived at home with my breakfast on the way. Made specially just for me. Heh, what do you know? A surprise I think. Here’s what I ate this morning: addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmarcroger.com%2Fpersonal%2F i-never-had-a-great-breakfast-like-i-had- today%2F'; addthis_title = 'I+Never+Had+a+Great +Breakfast+Like+I...
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