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It’s a Bright and Early Friday Open Thread

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I was chastised last week for imposing limits on what you could talk about here. So I will lift my iron fist and say: Talk about whatever you want. Not that you need my permission.

At the risk of steering the conversation, I'm curious about what y'all are reading these days. Books, I mean, not internet.

That's right, it's Friday Open Thread time, when Racket hands the website over to you. Start talkin'!

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