Eating my mom’s apple cake. M…

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Eating my mom’s apple cake. Mmmm…. Why yes, I am having desert before dinner. And your point?

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stina
July 9, 2008 at 8:40 pm

my favorite ice cream shop here in austin (amy’s ice cream) has a fitting slogan: “life is uncertain. eat dessert first.”
1. Mary Robinette Kowal
  July 10, 2008 at 11:32 am
  
  A friend of mine used to say, “Think of all the ladies on the Titanic who didn’t eat dessert.”

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