Craven Raven

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braving: the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune

caving: to the impulse to take a stretch break

craving: Leeann Chin’s Peking chicken with white rice and lots of soy sauce

depraving: [none of your beeswax]

engraving: an invitation for _____ to _____ my _____. Get your mind out of the gutter!

laving: my hands of bullshit

paving: the way for a better tomorrow, or at least a better next month

raving: instead of ranting

saving: for a trip to Italy in 2006

shaving: intermittently, and less now that shorts weather is past

slaving: away up in here in this fear factory

staving: off boredom by bustin’ some rhymes, yo

waiving: my right to have an attorney present, or to give an attorney presents

waving: farewell to another summer

Today around the world: October 5 is Portuguese Republic Day in Macau.