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Let’s do everything!
“Let’s do everything!”
I found those three words spilling unbidden from my mouth the other day when I was talking to my wife, Fiona, and realised that I’d inadvertently summarised my life. It’s my blessing and my curse. I want to do it all.
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How to render a press release tolerable
I had an epiphany: there is simple way to greatly improve the readability of any press release. All you have to do is cut out all the adjectives.
