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I'm going to crash the party here in haq's node, because I'm a jerk like that.

And because I had a vaguely similar experience recently, although one much much much lower down the zen warrior slope than he describes in his writeup.

I tend to not drill with Italian steel like Haq, because I'm a Fudd. I drill with American steel and wood, born in New York State. Not because I am patriotic about where I source my gats (as a Jew with at least one H&K I have no leg to stand on) but because as a Fudd I have a visceral attraction to the .45 AARP cartridge and the 1911 platform - and that's the one I carry.

This time, however, I have the AngstGat (a.k.a. that H&K, a VP9SK, so DEUTSCHER STAHL) with the newfangled optic on it, and I'm working to get used to the thing, it's only the second time I've had it at the range. I'm trying to teach my

Being a true and honest transcript of my keynote of the same name at the 1st International Noder Symposium on Malarkey Studies


Int. Exhibition Hall. Day.

MUSIC: "Love Me Like You Do," by Ellie Goulding.

Thank you all. Thank you. Thank you for coming. Erm. Oh wait. That bit's later. Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Christ, this public speaking thing is

Septology is a novel written by Jon Fosse, a Norwegian writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2023. The book is called a "septology", because it has seven parts, which are labeled as a trilogy, including "The Other Name", "I is Another" and "A New Name". And my copy of the "Septology" was printed in one volume, although I am not sure if in the original Norwegian, the septology really was a true trilogy.

Yes, this is a little confusing.

The book also eschews normal

News for Noders

July 1: Canada Day.

July 4: America Day.

July 25: Happy birthday TanisNikana!

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June 19: Juneteenth.

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

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April 1: By popular demand, March has been redacted.

April 10: Happy birthday, nuggets!

April 12: Yuri's Night

April 22: Happy Earth Day, fellow earthlings!

April 23: Saint George's Day.

April 24: Happy birthday, Rancid_Pickle!

April 30: Walpurgis Night.

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February 1: Brevity Quest 2025 begins!

February 2: Happy birthday Auspice!

February 2: Happy birthday npecom!

February 5: Happy birthday wertperch!

February 8: Happy birthday to panamaus

February 15: Happy birthday Admin to the goo!

February 23: Happy birthday Samuel Pepys!

February 29: Happy birthday Browncoat!


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January 1: Gregorian New Year.

January 16: National Nothing Day.

January 24: Happy Birthday Silverai_me!

January 26: Happy Birthday Segnbora-t!

January 30: Happy Birthday O-Swirl!


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