Many thanks to everyone who has sent in material for the Ida carnival. There is plenty to post, but I have decided to delay the carnival by one day. Instead it will go up tomorrow afternoon, and I will be accepting entries until 9 AM tomorrow. Why? Because today is the Silence is the Enemy blogswarm and I want to encourage readers to check it out/contribute to it rather than keep fretting over Ida. I strongly urge you to read Sheril's post and follow the links over to essays from other participants.
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