Diacetone alcohol (Mmm...marker)

Brief entry today, watching more debates...

Diacetone alcohol is a common solvent industrially - it is responsible for a substantial portion of the ineffable aroma of Sharpies.

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One cannot ignore Bush the Lesser's fanatic Federal pursual of binary celibacy for others being mocked by diacetone alcohol. Mesitylene as m�nage � trois.