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On the drive from Chicago to Los Angeles, we were rolling along Interstate 80 through the vast, wheat-filled void that is central Nebraska. Even more so than the desert, Nebraska gives you the overwhelming feeling of being in a very specific place, while at the same time being lost in a sea of all-encompassing uniformity. I imagine that if and when the apocalypse comes, the whole world will look like Nebraska.

Just up the road from the town of Pleasant Dale, Nebraska (home to 245 souls as well as the fifth-largest honey glazed ham factory in Nebraska) there is an abandoned gas station with a towering rusted metal sign which reads “GAS”. It was this sign which prompted us to interrupt our westward progress at exit 388 off I-80. Across the street from the gas station is an ordinary-looking house, except for the paint job—all hippie rainbows, flowers and

"Donde esta la biblioteca" is a phrase in Spanish, (properly rendered as "¿Dónde está la biblioteca?"), that is a stereotypical and parodied example of something an English speaker would learn in Spanish. Meaning "Where is the library?", it is something that might be found in either a textbook or a guidebook to introduce people to Spanish grammar or pronunciation, or just to give people a useful phrase.

I don't know if there is actually a canonical example of the use of "Donde esta la

So I'm going to be a fictional character, but I'm not watching the Super Bowl.

While I'm not a huge American Football person, I pay it some attention. I regularly attended the local games when I was in high school and then university, so many years ago now. For decades, I did video promo for high school sports including, of course, football. One of my nieces married a varsity player. She also played varsity football, but of the other sort: what gets called "soccer" in North

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February 1: Brevity Quest 2025 begins!

February 2: Happy birthday Auspice!

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January 1: Gregorian New Year.

January 16: National Nothing Day.

January 24: Happy Birthday Silverai_me!

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December 1: Iron Noder ends

December 9: Smallpox eradication day.

December 9: Grace Hopper's birthday.

December 12: Happy birthday to horacetheclown!

December 21: Winter solstice arrives 10:27 PM, EST.

December 23: Happy birthday to Nemosyn!

December 25: Hanukkah begins.

December 25: Merry Christmas!

December 29: HairQuest 2024 ends.


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November 1: The IRON NODER CHALLENGE starts today and runs through December 1. It's never too late to sign up, and all writeups get rewards.

November 1: Happy Birthday Zephronias!

November 5: Bonfire Night in the UK.

November 11: Veterans Day in the US.

November 13: Everything2's Birthday.

November 27: Happy Birthday Estelore!

November 28: Thanksgiving in the US.

November 28: HairQuest 2024 begins!

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October 1: Oh no! It's The Halloween Horrorquest!

October 17: Happy Birthday gnarl!

October 31: Something spooky will probably happen today. It usually does.

October 31: prepare yourselves for the XVIInd Iron Noder in November!



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