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Henry Alford

January 31, 2012

Embarrassing Encounters With Famous People Who Are Easily Mistaken for Other Famous People

by Henry Alford
December 9, 2011

A Letter from a Theme-Park Employee Who’s Been Accused of Giving Parkgoers the Finger While Posing With Them in Photographs

by Henry Alford
October 6, 2009

Fall Fashion Report from a Local Correctional Facility

by Henry Alford
January 4, 2000

Do They Know It’s Christmas After All?

by Henry Alford

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