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  1. @jmeacham, forgot to mention the topic-- we'd like to talk about the idea of bringing back the draft.
  2. .@jcourtsull's book "Maine" was chosen by Entertainment Weekly as one of best new paperbacks. We revisit our interview bit.ly/K4tbwm
  3. Some companies are offering free products to bloggers w/ high @klout scores. Their hope is to get free advertisitig bit.ly/K4sumT
  4. What's your Klout score? Ours is 51, @hereandnowrobin is 39. But @justinbieber is 100 bit.ly/K4sumT
  5. @jmeacham are you available Tuesday morning to do an interview with us? We are nationally-distributed public radio show
  6. Jan Scruggs says Vietnam vets have changed the world-- AOL, NYSE and Fed Express trace roots back to Vietnam vets bit.ly/K4nuP0
  7. "War is tough and it takes a lot out of a person's soul and spirit, but we have to heal afterwards," - Jan Scruggs, of Vietnam Vets Memorial
  8. “People have to understand that their freedom has been purchased at a price...the lives of their fellow citizens" -Jan Scruggs
  9. .@JanScruggs says plans for Vietnam Memorial were controversial- the color and fact that it was a wall with no columns was unconventional
  10. How should Iraq War vets be honored? Pentagon says it's too soon for parades b/c many are still serving in Afghanistan bit.ly/K4lxSP
  11. @Imageekluvr thank you for this! Could you tell me how to pronounce your name? We plan to mention this on air
  12. Is there someone you're remembering or honoring this Memorial Day? Tweet us a photo
  13. The Vietnam Vets Memorial is being rededicated today, we revisit conversation w/wall's president, who served in Vietnam bit.ly/L7URN9
  14. We've added a web extra to our page about @thebloggess that didn't make it into our broadcast version, listen here: bit.ly/KgnVnS
  15. @OK_banks, are you interested in doing interview w/ us next week? We are national public radio show.- jillryan (at) bu.edu
  16. Read an excerpt from @thebloggess new book, "Let’s Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir" bit.ly/KgnVnS
  17. So many of us are finding our own tribe and realizing 'I'm not the only weirdo out there' says @thebloggess bit.ly/KgnVnS
  18. Here's the Facebook page @thebloggess mentions, with the traveling red dress on.fb.me/Lvl3Qn