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If the world ends today, don't say I didn't tell you so.

Submitted by ceaton on September 10, 2008 - 9:02am
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Been watching this for a while and the day is finally here. It's funny, cos as a cold war kid, I never really felt any threat of the end of the world from nuclear war. Maybe because no one would ever bomb New Brunswick. But this has got me totally freaked out.

And you can use this to keep track of everything that's going down. (Someone keeps going in and actually changing my weblinks to real hyperlinks. Thanks for that. But it's important to note that the website for this second link is HasTheLargeHadronColliderDestroyedTheWorldYet.com)

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4. After the Party’s Over

The pinnacle of the beginning of the process is the launch party.

Cormorant threw a shindig and people I hadn’t seen in years came. Family flew in from other places to surprise me. I bought a new dress (described by my less-than-tactful friend as ‘conservative’ and ‘slippery’, although that seems to be an impossible combination to me).

After the party, I spent the weekend with my surprise guests, dissecting with my siblings which part of the book was most likely to trigger Mom’s stroke. They of course underestimate her, as she’s far tougher than she seems at 82.

Chris Eaton

Chris Eaton is the author of two novels: the inactivist (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Grammar Architect (Insomniac Press, 2005). He also writes and performs music in the band Rock Plaza Central.

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