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The most famous do-over in history inarguably comes from the story of Noah in the Old Testament of the Holy Bible. Basically, humans have been running around on Earth for a while and God looks down and notices how degenerate, depraved, and debauched they have all become. In a nutshell, God experiences deep regret for having created man and decides to literally flood the whole word, wipe out every living thing, and start over again from scratch. Back to square one.

You can't have a "palooza" of something unless you're willing to be somewhat heedless and unrestrained. Nobody goes to a palooza expecting an atmosphere of polite conversation, proper conduct, and buttoned down formality. This is probably why most paloozas don't involve tea and crumpets, or tweedy recitations of select passages from The Collected Works of Lady ...

One longstanding activity of many high schools and universities is to organize events that bring together students and working professionals. The general idea, in most instances, is for the students to interact, even just on a limited basis, with a real-world workplace environment. At universities, in particular, there is often an active recruitment component to such functions, with hiring managers and others getting a first-crack look at potential future employees.

Going all the way back to the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza in 2,700 B.C. — and probably mcuh further back than that — humankind has used tools to measure and map, to calculate and catalog, various landforms and other topographic features. Spurred by curiosity about their environment, as well as by a desire to maximize favorable conditions for various construction and resource extraction projects, humans have developed an entire science of surveying.

Today is National Kick Butt Day, which is alleged to occur each calendar year on the second Monday in October. In 2018, National Kick Butt Day happens to also fall on the same day as a holiday created to honor the "discovery" of the Americas by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. We're not sure what to make of the convergence beyond the fact that Columbus has come in for a bit of a historical butt-kicking in recent years.