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I need to edit this logo: it should read “March of Dimes celebrates 27 years of the Bickels walking around in circles every April.”

Or better yet, “17 years of the CIDU Community supporting the Bickels walking around in circles.”

Last year, to the tune of $1467.

Funny story about that, I actually: a couple of weeks ago I received an e-mail, from my own e-mail address, that had been queued up to be sent in mid March, reading simply “1467.” No explanation, no dollar sign, no context of any sort. My first thought was this must be some sort of spam, sent from a spoofed return address. I couldn’t figure out what anybody had to gain from it, though.

And if it was something I’d written, why would Bill From Sometime in the Past send me this number? Did he assume it would have some meaning to me?

Maybe Bill From the Future found a way to send me today’s winning lottery number?

Well, obviously this is an anecdote told backwards, since you all know I was simply reminding myself of last year’s final MoD total; but it took a couple of days before I suddenly realized what Bill From the Past had been trying to tell me.