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    Benedictory: Breakfast in bed

      On our way there we remembered to take our old newspapers — piles of the Austin American-Statesman and The New York Times — to the recycling dumpster at the University Baptist Church. The bleak dumpster sat next to a kiosk where Jimmy was hanging out. He’s the sweet-spirited live-in custodian at University Baptist, and he had been removing treacherous beer bottles left half-empty … ...

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