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First off, happy birthday, Bela Lugosi!  If you are in the dark, he was the man who took up the mantle of the Count after Max Shreck faded into the obscurity of 1920s German expressionistic cinema.

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            The merciful gods of Advil have suppressed the pain.  Oh, what pain.  Momentous is this day, marking the most acute pain of my life to this point.  Not that that means much.  I plan for much much more in the future.  My gods, it's coming back!

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    I found some time to sit outside and just be alone, as usual for these sort of things.  There was this insane dog from the next yard who was there, jumping around and being more or less unbalanced.  It was nice, I didn't have to talk to myself.  After a while, he even let me pet him, a level of trust that we reached after half an hour of him ( Read more... )

What do people do with their spare time in college?

They go throug their three years of LJ archives and tag every single entry.

Yeah, I do.

hehe

EDIT: Oh, and I almost forgot, Happy Birthday Frank Frazeta!

Happy Birthday Mozart! A quarter of a millennium and we're still pretending like we get it.

A very joyful anniversary for Lewis and Carroll, as well.

My original intention was to write about how reluctant I am to return to school, and perhaps even share a little piece of Lord Byron which I found particularly Interesting.  However, these plans were sidetracked on account of  This.

If you didn’t enjoy that, you may kill me, if you wish it.

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[sigh]  Oh well, I didn't get called back for the show.  I guess it's not really a surprise.

On the up side, Happy Birthday Mark Twain, Ridley Scott, and Oscar Wilde!!

Oops, it's Oscar's death date.  My bad.

Yes, that is a CTHUHLHU PIRATE!!!!!!!!!

Some where in the United Kingdom today, J. K. Rowling, famous author of the 'Harry Potter' series of fantasy novels, turned 40.  Many fans celebrated by dressing up as witches, wizards, and Ringwraiths and gallivanting around in public until asked to stop by some serious looking people who knew the celebrants in high school.

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