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A Halloween story:
By day, @Words_with_andy works for me. Surprisingly, for last 7 years, he has dressed as a @McConaughey character. I just learned this as it wasn’t part of his job interview.
(*Dazed and Confused, True Detective, Dallas Buyers Club, Tropic Thunder) 1/
There is some deep story here and I’m not sure I want to ask but I respect total commitment to meaningless projects ... (*Tropic Thunder, Magic Mike, We Are Marshall ....) @McConaughey 2/
And it’s brilliant. So maybe @McConaughey will see this; maybe he won’t.
Either way, it’s alright, alright, alright. 👍 3/3

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