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Dec 7, 2024
Dec 7, 2024

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When I learned to read I quickly became a little nerd, reading anything I could get my hands on. It’s amazing what a kid can learn by reading, especially when he finds stuff he shouldn’t be reading. (That’s a topic for another column.)

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