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On Practice Makes Perfect

The Dad: C, your talk for church needs to be 2 minutes long. That was….1 minute, 2 seconds.
The 12 y.o.: Well, I’ll stick in a lot of dramatic pauses. And then there’s the ending where I say, “In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.” But I say it really slooooowwwwly.

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