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December 8, 2008 By 4 Comments
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For That Special Someone
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Who’s playing Walter Taylor?
Testing the threaded comment feature.
Oh man! You beat me to posting this! All I know is that these guys know how to have some fun. Never knew Lee knew how to slam dunk so well. I’ll bet he also would love to get his hands on a Wii and some Bermuda shorts.
I had the humorous pleasure of watching this video in class today. As a student, it is always nice to have a blend of serious and fun–this of course, was fun.