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A Hot Mess

No matter where we were this past summer, one thing can probably be safely said: It was hot. Air conditioners worked overtime as heat waves hit the Midwest, Northeast and even Alaska in July.

We took the heat as another excuse to get out on the water for a cruise, to go fishing, to jump in a lake, to park ourselves under an umbrella at the beach or to hide in a dark, cool movie theater. We mopped our brows,

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