Caption: Forgetting, Credit: Tom Pappalardo
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Forgetting 

Forgetting

Series: The Optimist
From: Tom Pappalardo
Length: 00:04:45

In which the author Googles “Dysnomia,” and then, later, Googles “Dysnomia.” Read the full description.
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Note to self: Write a witty description for this.

Broadcast History

Aired on WHMP (western Massachusetts) November, 2009.

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