Thank you, it was a good read. It really needs to be in a more visible place...
Yup mprep's list is great and should be sticky IMO.
Some other important stickies in my mind are:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=177133.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178608.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=119896.0