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The Best of The Week

It is now October 1, 2024 server time, but for me it is still September 30th, and I want to include this under this date, especially because I have come to a revelation lately.

I am bored.

I was reluctant to admit this, even to myself, because I have no reason to be bored. And really, being bored is a privilege that a lot of people would like to have. First world problems, and all that. I am also in a place where I get to do fun, interesting things: bicycle up into the Bitterroot Mountains and explore beautiful natural areas that some people pay thousands of dollars for a chance to get to visit for a week. And if I don't have quite the gumption to do that, I have an entire internet of fun and learning, I can chill out by watching hours of YouTube videos where I might actually learn something...or, if I lack the gumption for that, I can very easily hear people lay out their deepest secrets. I mean, that happens even if I don't want to. I have A Big Ball of String here and I

Norwegian violinist, composer, conductor. 1840 - 1911

Born 30 September, 1840 in Christiania (now Oslo), Johan Severin Svendsen grew up in a musical environment as his father was a military bandmaster and music teacher. Certainly by age nine he already had shown some talent, having learned the violin well enough to be playing in local orchestras, and he joined a military band at fifteen. By the time he finished his schooling he was touring as an orchestral violinist. It was during

…a good slasher movie doesn't have to be well-acted, believable or suspenseful. It’s quite enough that it keeps you entertained, includes several good, violent set pieces, and leaves you shocked. Robert Hiltzik's Sleepaway Camp is a perfect example of such an effort. It's an exceptionally bad movie but a very good slasher.
Bartlomiej Paszylk, The Pleasure and Pain of Cult Horror Films: An Historical Survey. McFarland, 2009.

This low-budget 1983

News for Noders

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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September 8: Happy birthday svntax!

September 16: Feliz cumpleaños Ancientsnow!

September 18: Happy birthday Stuart!

September 25: Happy birthday Templeton!

September 26: Stanislav Petrov Day.

September 27: Happy birthday Uberbanana!


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August 1: Brevity Quest 2024 starts today!

August 4: Happy birthday avalyn!

August 6: 広島

August 9: 長崎

August 27: Happy birthday Bitriot!

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July 1: Canada Day.

July 4: America Day.

July 15: Side Quest 2024 ends.

July 25: Happy birthday TanisNikana!

July 26: Happy birthday teleny!


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June 3: Saint kevin's Day.

June 4: Aesop's Birthday.

June 11: TerribleAspect's birthday!

June 13: Serjeant's Muse's birthday!

June 16: Bloomsday.

June 19: Juneteenth.

June 20: Side Quest 2024 begins!

June 20: Summer solstice (northern hemisphere) and winter solstice (southern hemisphere).

June 21: nicolasstag's birthday!

June 23: AdamTheDewott's birthday!

June 23: weroland's birthday!

June 28: Tau Day.


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