What is this thing called culture? 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Is that all there is to it? Of course not. But, how can one encapsulate all of a society’s art, language, commerce and other common points of reference in less than 1,000 words? (Suggesting that one not bother trying does not address the issue at hand!) Thus, culture is also…so, what else is new under the son of a gunpoint of order form a double lines meet at infinity off at nine o’clock “In the Midnight Hour Magazine for Men, women and children 12 years of age or under must be accompanied by an adult education out on the Streets of San Francisco and a buttered bagel with cream cheesecake on dirt and grime of the Ancient Mariner…