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Thursday, October 18, 2001
by the Wunderland Toast Society

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What's Going On? John's Birthday / Mar's Departure

We started off our week with a party-party weekend. First, we hosted a surprise party for John, on the occasion of his Second Annual 39th Birthday. Here are a couple of photos of the event; for more details, be sure to read John's own account of the events. (You can even get the recipe for the cake Gina secretly made.)

Then it was time to say bon voyage to Mar, as she begins her Californian adventure. There were several parties held in her honor, including a dinner arranged by Number 12, and a party at Renee's apartment. On Monday morning, she drove away, and by now, she's somewhere in the heartland, driving to San Francisco in a Beetle filled with her stuff. Her heart is filled with excitement, and her Mom is riding shotgun, so I think she's off to a good start.

Back in the 80s, Rash moved away to California in a similar fashion. At the time, I was working at the Goddard Space Flight Center, and one chilly morning I left my office to meet him at the back gate as he began his journey across the country. I took his picture, and he gave me the keys to the apartment he was turning over to me (now long since taken over by Number 12). Then he drove away, in his Beetle filled with stuff.

So, on the morning Mar drove away, we went out to that same spot behind GSFC, to take a matching photo:

...and then she was gone. And just as Rash's departure left a hole in my life way back when, we're all really going to miss having Mar around. But at least now we have the internet to help us stay in touch. Anyway, good luck, Mar! Send us a photo when you arrive!


I'm still hard at work on pictures of various types for Playing with Pyramids. I've temporarily turned the Zarcana lounge into a photo studio, and the new camera I got for this task is working out wonderfully. However, various illnesses have been slowing us down, and there's still a great deal to be done. But it's gonna be great! Check out this new title plate illustration I just finished for the introduction section... then compare it to the original piece I based it on, which I did two years ago.

Have a great fall!Andy



Thought Residue
I got a Notice of Allowability yesterday! My IceTowers patent application has been approved, as submitted! I'm getting my second patent! (Odd fact: the same examiner handled my case a decade ago, when John and I were granted patent #4,936,585, for that other real-time pyramid game.) I don't know yet what number this patent will get; hopefully, we'll have the number in time to make mention of it in Playing with Pyramids.
Chrononauts made this year's Games 100! That bring my total such listings to six: Icehouse, Icebreaker, Fluxx, Aquarius, Icehouse:TMCS, and now Chrononauts.
In my experience, standard helium balloons have a life expectancy of 12-18 hours. But some of the balloons Alison got for John lasted nearly a week! This dramatic increase in balloon lifespan was apparently achieved with some sort of sealant they glop inside the balloon before inflation.

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