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Posted on 27/01/07

The real reason January is so depressing

Every year around the end of January I notice my fellow humans acting weird. Tempers flare and lower backs get thrown out. Shoulders creep up necks, making otherwise well-adjusted colleagues resemble hulking trolls. People freak out. But it's not just the darkness or the wind chill or the news of murder and mayhem from British Columbia to Baghdad. It's more personal than that. January sucks because it's performance-appraisal month.

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