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isPermaLink="false">http://czechmatediary.com/?p=13527</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hi to all, Just a quick note: I managed to spill coffee on my laptop and a couple of the keys stopped working so I had to take it to the repair shop and it will be ready after the New Year!! That means a lot of days without blogging . I will try to [...]<div
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isPermaLink="false">http://czechmatediary.com/?p=12520</guid> <description><![CDATA[Even after 12 years of living in the US I still find myself having a hard time answering when people ask me how am I doing. My brain usually comes up with 10 different answers which mill around in there until they all cancel each other out and I end up with no answer. I [...]<div
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