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WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 2000
A tidy playroom lasts exactly as long as it takes to photograph.
The photo will outlast your sanity.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You deleted the app "for good". That was 40 minutes ago. You've reinstalled it…
- Mondays aren't so bad. They're just Sundays that opened their bank statement.
- Age is just a number. So is your cholesterol, and it's climbing faster than…
- You've "been meaning to" for three years. The thing you meant to do has…
- Sleep when the baby sleeps. Also pay the mortgage when the baby pays the…
- Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right. Investors loved it. The…
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
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Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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