2013 is Made of Bullet Points
Remember the obligatory 2012 retrospective blog post I wrote last year (i.e., Monday)? Well, here’s its equally obligatory evil twin (sans goatee), the 2013 forecast… Read More »2013 is Made of Bullet Points
Remember the obligatory 2012 retrospective blog post I wrote last year (i.e., Monday)? Well, here’s its equally obligatory evil twin (sans goatee), the 2013 forecast… Read More »2013 is Made of Bullet Points
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