In part a reply to Scott and…I guess you could call it a 9th anniversary blog post, even though this blog’s anniversary is in November. If you’d like to see more of what’s happened to me recently, see this post. So, first things first. I left the customer service job I keep complaining about in... Continue Reading →
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