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SUNDAY, 3 APRIL 1983
Being a parent means eating cold crusts standing up and calling it dinner.
You'll eat standing up for eighteen years. Then sit down and forget how.
— Zack, unqualified
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- "Per my last email" is the closest you'll ever get to a duel. You'll…
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- Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. Your overdraft found it first.…
- Listen to your body. It's asking for a biscuit and a lie-down. It's been…
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- You have a "comfort show". You've watched it 11 times. You've seen your friends…
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