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January 31, 2008 A Colourful Mystery 
Every day, I see the same woman in our cafeteria. Every day, she is wearing the same clothing--layered red and orange short-sleeved shirts, too-tight navy athletic pants with stars on the side. Every day, she is holding a christmas teddy bear, with a tree in its paws. Every day. Every day, I see her later on the public telephone, yelling at someone. Every day. What doesn't fit the conclusion I (and likely you) came to is her hair: military short, always neatly trimmed. She is not unkempt. But every day, there she is, for hours, hanging out in the cafeteria and shouting over the phone. There's a broken heart in there somewhere for somebody. Posted by Andrea at January 31, 2008 11:13 AM under The World EMAIL this entry (comments fields are below this section) Comments Interesting. Posted by: LauraJ at January 31, 2008 2:06 PM
Oh, you got it! Good. I'm glad you like it. Posted by: Andrea
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