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 Beat head against problem all day.  No progress.  Decide to sleep on it.  New strategy idea arrives before I could make it out of the building.   Memo to self (part 9000 of a series on this topic): REST BREAKS ARE PRODUCTIVITY. 
 Happy World Cassowary Day to all those who respect the murderbird.    Stab someone who is in your way, in celebration of this fine creature.

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 Thordis Longleap and Snorri Silvermane atop the Velvet Throne. #CatsOfMastodon #catunday #CativityPub

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Listen mister, I've read ... 
 @134318c2 @fb2b7c61 that story has stayed with me for decades.   I wonder if that guy ever wrote anything longer? 
 After we enable the voice to parliament, we should not stop there.  Each day , every  politician is shadowed by a Citizen Chaperone Of the Day randomly selected from a volunteer pool whose job is to smack the politician and say “that is a stupid idea” as and whenever needed. 
 It just so happened that a fan of fics, went to the extraordinary expense and trouble of printing... 
 @134318c2 aka the “Dead Tree AO3 Scrolls”