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July 20, 2011

" I Can Fix A House That Isn't Fixed"

The single-family home is the most interesting thing about the United States,
outside of the people who have inhabited it. Well, it was, anyway. Since houses are the sticks-and-bricks manifestation of people's wants and dreams and desires and idea of comfort and mores and habits and taste and style, they are more telling than any thousand autobiographies would be. People lie to their therapist. What chance does an interviewer have? I went to Mount Vernon and I knew the guy. -- Sippican Cottage

Posted by Vanderleun at July 20, 2011 8:48 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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That's what I always say about Mount Vernon. You go there, and you know who George Washington was. You know the order and method of his mind.

Posted by: Casca at July 20, 2011 9:21 AM

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