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21DEC04: There are 10 days left in the year.

There are 4 shopping days 'til Christmas.

There are 2,354 days until the end of mankind and the rise of the Perfidious New Order.

Today in Ministry History:

1999: Johno offered MA in History but declines; feels he hasn't read enough yet. Considers pimping as a career alternative, but is concerned about the strength of his pimp hand.

1980: GeekLethal can't decide between Pat Benetar or Debby Harry for dream girlfriend.

1976: Ross refuses to enjoy American Bicentennial, even a little bit and vicariously through American relatives, on principal.

ca 3,000 BC: Malevolent aliens unleash the first fighting robot on an unsuspecting and primitive humanity; a scribe in the court of Sargon records the robot's name as "akkadinakidinu", or "Bucket-headed one".