I watched the movie AWOL last night, and the truth is, it was just an average movie. But I was fascinated by it. I was fascinated by it because the movie is set in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, where I grew
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STOP WAITING. You don’t need to wait for someone else to “give you” the dream job, anymore. That one where you travel the world, sourcing big, funky oversized silver jewelry and re-selling it in your shop. That one
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