Transformers: Autobotic Asphyxiation

Lowbrow Literati

[3 July 2007]

by Monte Williams

Autobotic Asphyxiation occurs when someone crosses that thin, tremulous line separating a passionate hobby from an unhealthy obsession. Watch for these symptoms . . .

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