This may have been, like, a one-time thing, but in 2006 the mayor of Des Moines, Iowa declared this day "Bill Bryson,The Thunderbolt Kid, Day". All those commas are actually in the title. For some reason it seems excessive to me, but I can't think how you could do it otherwise. I don't care if it was supposedly only Thunderbolt Kid Day in 2006 - I celebrate regardless.
This day we celebrate the genius of Bill Bryson. Mr. Bryson, your books alone have extended the life spans of readerly people by ten years at least if laughing is as good for us as Prevention magazine says it is. Your efforts to save rural England and put an end to littering are equally commendable. Thank you for everything, especially Katz.
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