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The calendar and the draft finally ended up in the same place. After enough pointing, sighing, and rereading of old notes, D.C. and Cal.E. reach the awkward truth. No single person missed the blog posts. The handoff failed. The real culprit was the handoff The handoff is the small but crucial moment when an idea becomes a task, a task becomes a draft, a draft becomes a finished post, and a finished post becomes something readers can actually see. D.C. : I was working in the creative fog....

The blog did not go quiet because the internet broke, the keyboard vanished, or a raccoon chewed through the modem. No, the pause came from something far more common and far more dangerous: two people both thinking the other one had it covered. D.C. says the drafts were “basically ready,” a phrase that has done a lot of damage throughout history. Cal.E. says the calendar was “perfectly clear,” which is another phrase often heard right before everyone checks the empty homepage and blinks. For...

Ralph; A one, a two, a one, two, three, four The greatest baseball team They hit the ball from line to line and homer in between Their hitters are amazing Their pitchers are divine They make the commissioner miserable By winning the A.L. West all the time Houston has the Astros We’re the…Houston Astros Houston Astros Houston Astros number one Two ,three, four C.: Well, I see you printed the Astros’ victory song, D.C. I suppose they won their game today, which means they’re going to the...