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By the grace of God, in 2008 I will: Finish the best sequel to Auralia\u2019s Colors that I\u2019m capable of writing in the time available to me. Be slow to anger, and quick to cultivate civil discussion here at the blog and beyond. Grow in my appreciation of great art, especially filmmaking. Along those lines: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1051,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2350],"class_list":["post-31042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-resolutions"],"yoast_head":"\n
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