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Austin Bay Blog » Embrace The Suck, via the Los Angeles Times

Austin Bay Blog

1/28/2007

Embrace The Suck, via the Los Angeles Times

Filed under: General — site admin @ 11:04 am

A short introduction to contemporary milspeak.

The essay is short, but fun.

Buy it at pamphletguys.

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