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About Michael Estrin

Amateur sleuth | Semi-pro humorist | Essays: Narratively, Vox, Tablet | Wrote NSFW, a Porn Valley Mystery | Like the ashes of a Viking warrior dispatched to Valhalla, my journalism is scattered across the Web | LA Human | Husband | Dog Dad | Dudeist

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