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FRIDAY, 13 AUGUST 1971
Your alarm didn't wake you.
The dread did. It doesn't have a snooze button.
— Zack, unqualified
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- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
- Being a parent means eating cold crusts standing up and calling it dinner. You'll…
- Synergy is two departments confused about the same thing at once. They'll merge. You'll…
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