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"Heartbreak Hotel" was Elvis' first #1 hit on RCA. Before 1956, he had been recording for Sun in Memphis for a few years.

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When I was in college, I performed "Hound Dog" in a student written play workshop. It was okay.

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1956 was the first election I remember. My family were all Republicans who still hated FDR and thought Social Security was Communism. They thought Stevenson was the devil himself.

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How did they feel when Ike expanded SS coverage?! :)

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I don’t know I was just a kid then. Mom was happy to take the money when she got old enough though.

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If you wrote a book of witty essays I would actually pay money for it. <3

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Wait. I don’t do that now? :)

Are we Facebook friends? Because I had an entire series of my interactions with a Panera on a client project that was in another state.

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What’s the name of the storytelling book? I have been looking for something like that if you recommend it.

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The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr. He’s British, so take it with a grain of salt. :)

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