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FRIDAY, 13 JANUARY 1956
The house will be tidy again one day.
The day they move out. Tidy, silent, and you'll hate every inch of it.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Till death do us part. Not a vow. A fixed-term contract with an unspecified…
- The council listened to your feedback. Then it did the thing anyway, but with…
- Your favourite music is now called "a classic". So are you. It means old.
- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- Everything happens for a reason. The reason is you. It's always been you.
- The in-office lunch is optional. The man with the clipboard and no sandwich is…
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