How to Bring the Fat Kids Together

For the astute readers out there who've noticed a certain missing Valentine entry, here's the deal:

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Affected URLs:

http://soulwhatisitworth.blogspot.com/2009/02/valentine-becomes-eclectic.html

And the family's reactions:

Me: The music popo got us!

Jerome: Congrats to all... We've made it!

Connie: Bitch muthafuckas.*

Bobby: Oh snap. Valentine Becomes Eclectic not kosher?

Me: I'm gonna print two copies of this notice. One to frame, and the other with which to wipe my ass.

Juliet: This is exactly why I need to quit my shitty job.

Zully: This is the way the IFPI shows love on Valentine's.

Connie: Fuck 'em bitchas.*

And an update:

I finally checked my hotmail after a couple of days, and it turns out the offending track was Spiritualized's "Soul on Fire." It has been automatically deleted from my box.net account, but the process to get the repost looks fucking scary, so I think I'm just gonna do a new post without the offending track, because, and I think you'll agree with me here, that artwork was TITS.

*Connie didn't actually say anything about the matter, but I'm sure this is what she was thinking.