Birthdays: Joseph Heller (1923), Bobbie Ann Mason (1940), Joseph Addison (1672), Karen Thompson Walker (1980)

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Thought for the day: “Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves.” – Joseph Addison

Jumpstart: You’re at a conference and sit at a table with seven strangers whom you hit it off with, although the talk seems a bit odd to you at times. You shrug it off as you are having the best time you’ve had yet. Then you realize you’re at the wrong banquet. What do you do?