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27 Dec, 12 tweets, 6 min read
I'm positively delighted that out of the top ten most popular posts published in 2020 on the ASO blog, four are by guest authors!

Number 10 was where I got to talk about Scrubs, the best TV show of all time
angrystaffofficer.com/2020/07/24/how…
Number 9 was by @AderMatthew on what leaders can take from reading the great Terry Pratchett: angrystaffofficer.com/2020/07/20/put…
Number 8 was my guide for incoming company commanders (I forgot to add "leave a full-ish bottle of whiskey in your desk drawer for your replacement"):
angrystaffofficer.com/2020/03/27/ass…
Number 7 was another look into the always-fascinating lives of stormtroopers, this time from #Mandalorian:
angrystaffofficer.com/2020/06/27/sto…
Number 6 was the surprisingly controversial take on Starbuck by @KeraRolsen that literally got a reply from @kateesackhoff, which basically made us all pass out from happiness (BECAUSE SHE'S ALSO BO-KATAN!!!)
angrystaffofficer.com/2020/01/06/the…
Number 5 was from @kaitrzz, in a strongly honest and open appeal to Army leaders and Soldiers to address the issues of sexual harassment and assault in our ranks:
angrystaffofficer.com/2020/07/01/the…
Number 4 was for all the force structure nerds out there who wanted to know how Army units get their designations:
angrystaffofficer.com/2020/01/12/arm…
Number 3 was about being a self-reflective leader. What it means and why it matters.
angrystaffofficer.com/2020/05/26/lea…
Coming in at Number 2, @AuthorKRPaul with her brutal assessment of how Star Wars didn't prepare her for strategic planning:

angrystaffofficer.com/2020/09/27/sta…
Aaaand, lastly, the number 1 post published in 2020 was...no surprise, having to do with a really depressing topic - armed mobs cosplaying as militia, when US civil laws clearly define what constitutes a militia:
angrystaffofficer.com/2020/01/20/sto…
Special thanks to guest posters this year: @AderMatthew, Garri Hendell, @AuthorKRPaul, @kaitrzz, Ian Bertram, Sarah Streyder, Erin Thomas Anhalt, and @KeraRolsen! Your voices made the ASO blog a far better place and I really appreciate it!
And lastly, my thanks to all of you, for your feedback, suggestions, assurances, ideas, and readership. 456,000 people read - or accidentally opened - a piece from the ASO blog this year, which is just an absurd number. Thanks for helping me through 2020.

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"Stages of Luke" sorta sounds like something you go through in the grieving process
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As appropriate for the Christmas season, it's time for Star Wars: A New Hope

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23 Dec
Is it even the Christmas season without a full Star Wars rewatch?

Rogue One, tonight. One of the finest war movies ever made.

Just a terrific film all-around, really.
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19 Dec
Lol Horatio Gates wanted to invade Canada again in the DEAD OF WINTER in 1778, putting Lafayette in charge - who finally got to Albany in Feb & found a tiny, ill-equipped invasion force. L wrote to GW about the insane plan, the first GW had heard of it. GW then wrote Gates to
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18 Dec
There's a special type of rage that exists when you go to leave in the morning and find that the snow plow has made yet *another* pass and left a berm of hard-packed snow blocking the driveway

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