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THURSDAY, 23 APRIL 1964
They're on a comeback tour.
It's the fourth. They have never been anywhere long enough to come back from.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your backlog is a library of things you were going to enjoy. It is…
- You said you'd "touch grass" this weekend. You took a photo of grass, posted…
- The update is 200GB. Your free afternoon was smaller.
- You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast. Combined monthly income:…
- The pothole is on the list. The list is dynamic. The pothole is permanent.
- You said "that's so me" about a horoscope. It also described 600 million other…
- Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…
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