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PSA: Don't use Open Office

I keep seeing people recommending Open Office as an alternative to Word, and uh... look, it is, technically, an open source alternative to Word. And it can do a lot of what Word can, genuinely! But it is also an abandoned project that hasn't been updated in nine years, and there's an active fork of it which is still receiving updates, and that fork is called LibreOffice, and it's fantastic.

Seriously, if you think that your choices are either "grit your teeth and pay Microsoft for a subscription" or "support free software but have a kind of subpar office suite experience", I guarantee that it's because you're working with outdated information, or outdated software. Most people I know who have used the latest version of LibreOffice prefer it to Word. I even know a handful of people who prefer it to Scrivener.

Open Office was the original project, and so it has the most name recognition, and as far as I can tell, that's really the only reason people are still recommending it. It's kind of like if people were saying "hey, the iPhone 14 isn't your only smart phone option!" but then were only ever recommending the Samsung Galaxy S5 as an alternative. LibreOffice is literally a version of the same exact program as Open Office that's just newer and better – please don't get locked into using a worse tool just because the updated version of the program has a different name!

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BABES WAKE UP TODAY’S A NATIONAL HOLIDAY 🌈🐀

🎶NEIL IS BANGING OUT THE TUNES🎶

My (old) contribution to the beautiful day that is april 13th

Keep at it with the tunes.

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Harry, did you put your name in the Goblet of Fire?

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5 simple exercises to awaken dormant muscles

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Don't forget that "paying taxes" means a lot of things. We think of paying income taxes, but people, including undocumented workers, also pay property taxes, sales taxes, use taxes, etc. Some states even tax the sale of groceries.

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getting into bed on a December night by Ellen Bass

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A joyous feast of St. Nicholas to you all. Χρόνια πολλά and happy nameday to all the Nicholases and Nicoles and Nikos and Nicolettes

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Reading a Terry Pratchett book is literally just: Here's a funny little joke Here's something that you can tell is a joke but don't get and will only figure out five years later Here's a surprisingly cool fantasy concept Here's a unique and well written simile Here's a lil guy Here's something that has aged depressingly well into the modern day Here's something that has aged remarkably queer into the modern day Here's a character that you can barely understand what he's saying Here is the most terrifying and deeply disturbing concept you have ever heard, casually mentioned Here is the dumbest fucking pun you've ever heard but in the best way Here is a quote so profound that it makes you view morality and the world in a different way Here is a plot twist that you can't tell if it's genius or stupid Congratulations! You've finished the book! It has fundamentally changed you as a person and you will never be the same!

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Can’t believe Bram Stoker once sent a 2000-word fan letter to Walt Whitman which included his exact height, weight and how much he loved his poems and wanted to be friends with him, and that Whitman wrote back saying he liked his letter and hoped they could meet some day, how cute is that

And then he finally got to meet him and Stoker said “I found him all that I had ever dreamed of, or wished for in him” HOW CUTE IS THAT

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Hey where's that story about Hans Christian Andersen showing up drunk and crying on Charles Dickens' lawn and refusing to leave for like a week. Or maybe it was the other way around.

Anyway I'm going to choose to believe that van Helsing really is friends with him but only in that specific context.

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One November day in 1918, Quincey Harker meets his father and his father's oldest friends at one of Lord Godalming's homes in London for supper. Afterwards, the men retire to the smoking room and the women to the drawing room.

Quincey's birthday has just passed and they have gathered to celebrate his coming of age.

Uncle Jack presents him with a phonograph and a handsome diary so he can "always sort out his thoughts."

Uncle Arthur gives him three terrier puppies, one fair and two dark, because "a good dog is worth more than gold or titles."

Grandfather Van Helsing solemnly pulls out a lovely box with Quincey's name on it. "This belonged to another Quincey, who bought all of our lives with it. Now it belong to you."

Uncle Jack nods, "He would have wanted you to have it," and wipes a tear from his eye.

Jonathan is bewildered, but makes no objection as his firstborn lifts the lid to reveal a well-polished Bowie knife in a velvet-lined box.

Quincey, looking dashing in his brand new uniform, lifts the weapon reverently from the box.

A knock at the door and Lord Godalming's valet enters with a tray bearing the newspaper. "The armistice is signed. The war is over, my lord."

The door bursts open again and Mina and the twins (Peter and Lucy) rush in. "It's over," Mina breathes, flushed with relief.

She sees Dr. Van Helsing standing before Quincey and Quincey holding the Bowie knife. She immediately pulls her revolver out of her skirts. "I knew he'd be back someday. I'm ready," she says, "When do we leave?"

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I have come to learn that in his travels, Bram Stoker did indeed come to America and met Theodore Roosevelt and suddenly everything about Quincy P. Morris makes sense.

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On November 7th, Dracula Daily is going send out the super secret after credits scene that Bram Stoker told me about where all of the characters go out for paprika chicken shawarma like in the Avengers movie.

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The Borgo Pass (Tihuța Pass) in winter (from RomânescEsteLatin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)