There is an imp living in my phone that likes to play loud music at the most inopportune moments, with no input from me. I have tried everything to stop it short of human sacrifice ie I asked my husband to fix it. No luck so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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