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Bootstraps on Stilts (01/11/2026)

  • Writer: office2465
    office2465
  • Jan 12
  • 1 min read

Mark Twain once wrote a sentence which is wise counsel to writers everywhere: “the difference between the right word and the almost-right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.”


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