Let’s begin with a sincere, heartfelt “thank you” to Kathryn Bigelow for some excellent films, but one especially. Before there was Zero Dark Thirty, before there was The Hurt Locker, there was Point Break. A movie about bank-robbing surfers? An FBI agent going undercover as a beach bum? Keanu Reeves? Gary Busey? Patrick Swayze? Yes, please.

A lot happens in a week. It can be hard to stay on top of it all, don't you think? Anyway, we have a special place in our hearts for all of the bloggers in the HR Blogger Network. They are our valentine's and heroes. I'm not exaggerating.

2012 was a watershed year for The Starr Conspiracy — we bought a building, hired a record number of new agents, and had our best financial year ever, just to name a few of the high points. We also did a messload of work. As you probably know, we tend to keep a pretty tight lid on what really goes on at TSC HQ, but today we’re giving you a peek behind the curtain to see where we spent our time last year. So for those of you who’ve been wondering what the hell we do over here (it’s not all Roman candle Christmas parties and kickball games), wonder no more.