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(Anything to put off a little longer the trauma of another wrestling match with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-big-meow.com\"><em>Big Meow<\/em><\/a> mailing lists. Yes, we&#8217;re about to shake the can again: another challenge\/matching grant will be turned loose shortly.)<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0152047727\/\"><em>Wizards at War:<\/em><\/a>  otherspace pocket, spell diagram, dog biscuit box, royal sire, annoyed breath, transit circle, blaster fire, mobile weapon, giant bugs, manual functions, other wizards, pup tent<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0446673021\/\"><em>The Book of Night with Moon<\/em>:<\/a> ehhif wizards, sixth claw, flirted her tail, malfunctioning gate, patent gate, neural inhibitor, lashed her tail, tenth life, stretched fore, other wizards, string structure, tail lashed, main concourse, young wizard, flea powder<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0446609838\/\"><em>Stealing the Elf-King&#8217;s Roses<\/em>:<\/a>  fairy gold, residence tower  (Sheesh, is that <em>all??<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Must look into this further&#8230;<\/p>\n<div>Tags: <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/statistically+improbable+phrases\">statistically improbable phrases<\/a>, <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Amazon.com\">Amazon.com<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I ran into this on Amazon this morning while adding something to a wishlist. 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