Despite having to go 40 miles out of my way, I still made it to my destination -- with a somewhat scary 10 miles of range remaining.

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Still there were a handful of interesting, high-profile, and sometimes great albums and singles that came out this past month, and some of that music made its way into my Spotify playlist for January 2013.

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My most recent trip to a retail sales conference, went flawlessly on the way out, which made me feel like things had to go wrong coming back.

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