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The final paragraph of this dreadful treatise

Readers may occasionally return to this website and suspect that Gib’s writing has been altered or even abducted since their last visit. It’s all in their heads. They probably harbor the same suspicions about neighbors or relatives who seem to be acting strangely, or who disappear, leaving computers running, coffee pots percolating, wash in the dryer, and wallets full of ID’s and cash lying around. That sort of thing only happens in science fiction, but never on truthalyzer.com. Well, hardly ever.

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