Welcome to Everything

Hello Everything2.

When I checked in for my "once a decade" login about a month ago, I did not think I'd be noding again. Like it says in my homenode, ya'll intimidate the crap outta me. I've never been a writer. I've never even been much of a communicator. I'm more likely to give you a cool rock if I want to get to know you than walk up and say hello.

But that is

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It turns out my laptop keyboard issues were just a harbinger of more to come. Unfortunately I had another small stroke yesterday which left me with slurred speech and a useless left hand. After my old doc took me to hospital for a checkup I'm back home for a couple of weeks of enforced rest, which is the last thing I wanted, what with Iron Noder coming up, and my planning a trip to Seattle to visit Tess…

IRON NODER XVII: ALL'S FERROUS IN LOVE AND NODING

Awwwwww yeah, it's that time of year!

Time for the 17th annual edition of THE IRON NODER CHALLENGE!

Many hundreds have tried. Mere tens have succeeded. Do you think you have what it takes to enter the hallowed HALL OF THE IRON?

All you need do is...write at least 30 things worth reading in 30 days.

Why

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Hey everyone, I am in Costa Rica. More precisely, in an AirBnb next to the University of Costa Rica. In the canton of Montes de Oca!

I have been planning this for a while, and even have had my tickets for a month. The reason I didn't want to make any announcements is it is way better to announce unexpected success than to make premature announcements and then to have to tell everyone that you are not having a wild tropical adventure but are instead stuck at home after getting sick

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