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Stray Cast: Dancing with the Stars

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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It only seems apt to run the Stray Cast here.

After all, this Web log is named for the Stray Cast, which has snapped off the end of the outdoors column in the Sun-Times on Wednesdays since April 2, 2003,

Here’s today’s:

Putting Lacey Schwimmer with Chaz Bono on Dancing With the Stars is like using a Lucky Craft Flash Minnow to try for a pirate perch.

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