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A Quick Apology from the Content Guy

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Sometimes, stuff happens.

MNB was all posted and ready to go this morning, actually a little bit earlier than usual.  But then, I had an email meltdown – the template that I usually use to send out the Wake Up Call each morning had vanished.  (It was there Friday.  I am perplexed.)

The good news is that the good folks at Webstop, who power MNB (but not the email service I use), were able to quickly rebuild the template so that I could send out the Wake Up Call.

Apologies for the delay, and thanks, as always, for your patience.

Good to be back.

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