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(Especially at the end of the month!)I lost a week due to intense dental pain that was causing me to pass out intermittently, and stop eating for the most part. Once I got it under control (it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/ceaselessfables.com\/cfb\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3170,"url":"https:\/\/ceaselessfables.com\/cfb\/2025\/07\/01\/apologeezl\/","url_meta":{"origin":3197,"position":1},"title":"Apologeezl","author":"Matty Boy","date":"July 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I apologeezl for the dearth of content lately; I've been in the dumps mentally. I've been kind of straining for ideas and I hesitate to blame it on the lockdown, because everyone else was dealing with the same thing. I wake up in the morning in a dull rage. 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