Gotta have heart
      So I write this column at 30 years of age with a brandnew pacemaker in my chest. I'm very frightened that I had to get a pacemaker at such a young age. In my usual fashion, I worry excessively and obsessively. Every little muscle twitch or gas pain near my heart makes me think my heart is going bad.
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Paying taxes is a game
      TAX TIME- - Ricardo Taylor, 10, of Oxnard, left, hands money to "banker" Joey Duval, 16, of Thousand Oaks after reading a "Community Chest" card. Sam Delaney, 14, of T.O. watches during a game at the Boy Scouts Monopoly Tournament in Thousand Oaks on Saturday. Proceeds went to the Ventura County Boy Scout Council's Endowment Fund.
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