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After an inexcusable, four-month long, self-inflicted hiatus, I’m returning to the blogosphere with a post about getting my flu shot today at a local Costco. The vaccination will take effect in about two weeks so the nurse advised me to stay away from anybody who is sick. That’s advice I tend to heed all the … <\/p>\n
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