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Wall of Shame

by Dan Allen on April 18, 2007

in himself

Shame #1:
Graduated from Robert E. Lee High School

Shame #2:
Being the lead singer in the insanely popular Christian boy band called the,
Flock of Mullets.

Shame #3:
Becoming a fork lift driver in the Air Force to free myself from a trailer park in South Texas

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