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Common Sense

Don't Blink

By Henry Schulte

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Santa Barbara Current
Aug 04, 2025
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I was reflecting in bed the other morning, as I always do before I get up. Robin Williams popped into my head. I was recalling the first time I saw him. It was on TV; he was doing a live show in San Francisco and one of his bits was impersonating Nadia Comaneci, five-time Olympic gold medalist for gymnastics. He spoke in her high-pitched tone and was fu…

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