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      21 Oct 2006

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      proverbial 50,000-foot level, makes every happy family virtually identical. Conversely, it only takes failure in any single aspect of familial relationships in order to make you all categorically unhappy.
      Because this single point of failure is often unique to every family,
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      As I was ruminating on this wonderfully concise nugget of wisdom, I
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      I think about this now in the context of the next few months (which,
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      syndeo::media exists to build its own, internally-spun web
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      It’s a long-haul kind of strategy, but I can fake patience as well
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      helpful and we’ve already got a long list of things we want to try if
      and when an investment is manifested. For now though, we’re a young
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