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\"The<\/a>

The Grab Bag #61 – Massaging up Morale & Party like a Rock Star<\/p><\/div>\n

The chill of winter is cold and cruel, and so is Courtney, the new office manager. But a fancy massage chair may have her boosting morale in hot new ways. And Stan has everything he could have wished for with a girl like Hoshi, at least until a genie has twisted ideas in mind for making Hoshi a real star! Grab another pair of hot tales for another cold month!<\/p>\n

This Grab Bag includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Massaging Up Morale<\/strong> – Hoping to boost the morale of employees, Griffin has purchased fancy new chairs. These chairs, Leathertech Automassagers, adapt to whoever sits in them, providing the perfect massage. Unfortunately even a fancy chair can’t solve the problem of a bitchy production manager like Courtney, can it?<\/p>\n

Party Like a Rock Star<\/strong> – Stan and Hoshi are at his apartment one day, Hoshi watching TV, saying she’d love to be a famous actress one day. Little do they know she’s about to get her big debut after noticing the rock he found on a recent hike in the woods. Running her fingers over the moss on that strange rock, a blinding flash of light introduces the couple to Eugenie, a hulking black man who claims to be a genie.<\/p>\n

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The chill of winter is cold and cruel, and so is Courtney, the new office manager. But a fancy massage chair may have her boosting morale in hot new ways. And Stan has everything he could have wished for with a girl like Hoshi, at least until a genie has twisted ideas in mind for … <\/p>\n

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