Before I sign off today, thought I’d leave you with one last thing.<\/p>\n
Got this important missive right as I closed my Mail program. The subject: ERIC CLAPTON ON SALE THIS MONDAY AT 10 AM!<\/p>\n
Poor Eric. The government should be craking down on this illegal internet trade. Hasn’t he suffered enough tragedy? Now to be sold into white slavery by a place as forgettable as the Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee…just made me weep a little.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Before I sign off today, thought I’d leave you with one last thing. Got this important missive right as I closed my Mail program. The subject: ERIC CLAPTON ON SALE THIS MONDAY AT 10 AM! Poor Eric. The government should be craking down on this illegal internet trade. Hasn’t he suffered enough tragedy? 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