Remove lid. Add water to fill line. Replace lid. Microwave for 1 1/2 minutes. Let cool for 3 minutes.

The Best of The Week

1. What is your name?

My friends call me Jeff. npecom is an old biz handle, which is an acronym for "New Paradigm Enterprises - Communication Division"

2. Tell us something about you, your background, and what you've been up to lately?

I've worn various hats, but then finally retired from 28+ years as a "Clean Water Technician"

3. How did you discover Everything, and how did you become a noder?

I, quite literally, typed the word "everything" into "the Google", on a whim. E2 looked like fun, my first node got a C! and I was hooked!

4. What are your favorite writeups -- both your own and from other noders?

In reply, I will direct you to my Home Node (chock full of links and quotes)

5. What are your favorite and least favorite memories from E2's history?

I'm glad I arrived after the epoch known as "Raising

 

A newspaper reader says, a political party will ruin itself

if it makes error like this.

My higher politics says, a party which makes errors like this

is already in decline. 


-Friedrich Nietzsche 



The ad, I believe, was from 2009. 

“Snuggies” were basically blankets with sleeves

why struggle with blankets, 

the voiceover said 

while a woman in bed

I think Kevin should post this, but it's hard noding from a phone interface, so I guess I'll need to do it for him. 

Wertperch is unfortunately back in the hospital. He was in the ER on Halloween night with what the doctors say was a minor heart attack. He has since had a pulmonary angiogram, and his doctors have decided he needs cardiac bypass surgery

This is, I think you can expect, discouraging for him. For one thing, he was looking

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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