User:Quiddity

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"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all.
The conscientious historian will correct these defects." – ~~Herodotus~~¹ Mark Twain

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≈20,000 edits since mid-2005
wiki philosophies and sociologies:
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The greatest pleasure comes from watching the articles grow. Everything else is peripheral.

This user resides in Canada,

reveres Calvin and Hobbes,

fears only the library,

JLB

is often frustrated by Ubuntu,

thinks kids should study linguistics, instead of a single foreign language,

Lng

is grumpy without tea,

and attempts to not panic with a towel, a book, and a fish.

DON'T PANIC

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