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This summer has had its ups and downs. The weather can’t seem to get its act together, the country is tearing itself apart over health-care reform, and then there were all those people who died. But at least one undeniably wonderful thing happened: Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson seem to be back together again. They’re making a go of it! And as long as they keep trying to do that, there will be something delightful for us to talk about in our last days sitting by the pool. (Or, really, looking out the window at the pool. Or just avoiding puddles on the sidewalk.) What better time to take a walk down memory lane? Join us as we do our best to retell the Ballad of LiLo and Sam: a lesbian love story.