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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Flack Me

Check out her apps, doll. Anti-aging tricks fully exposed. 2 steps will take off 20 years. Keep calm and be fancy. Lean in with sexy summer hair. Let me check my new followers. Fresh new pins! 
Oprah was right. Or was it Miley? 

Glittering stones dazed and distracted. Rapt attention cancels wonder. Lay down your head, little Queenling. The trolls have made you a crown.


Fresco from Knossos Palace 
Source: cavorite [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons