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"Sitting down to write this column, I got lost in the archive and lost in memories. We had a dozen participants in the first year of what became BHQ. Today, we have several thousand."

Balloon HQ is celebrating their 20 year anniversary. Since an anniversary is a celebration of what has been accomplished, I thought that I would highlight a little of what has been accomplished in the early days of balloons.

"Here is a collection of one-liners, jokes that you can use even with a huge long line. When you use these, you know you are entertaining not just the one you are giving the balloon to, but also the others watching and waiting in line."

"The four stages of competency in learning. An Unconscious Competent does extremely well without even having to think about it."

"Previously I suggested playing a character rather than telling jokes as you twist. Here is the one I use, with several ideas and part conversations of how it might develop."

"These instructions are for a small robot (260 version) and medium robot (646 version). Takes under 5 minutes to make with practice."

"The thing about stream-of-consciousness writing is that it tends to follow its own stream. I had planned on writing on the subject of mental and artistic barriers, real and imagined, but I ended up with this article on fictitious mathematics."

"Be an Original! Smarty Pants encourages you to be an original by reviewing Sam Walton's rise and a performance by Nick the Balloonatic."

"These instructions are for a small dog sitting in a basket using Mocha Brown balloons."

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