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I finish reading an email - 'We provide a rationale
for this previously undetected finding and discuss implications
for theories of color perception and gender differences in color
behavior.'
I say, "huh," out loud to myself while I close the
email window.
doit (doyt) n. 1. a small
obsolete Dutch coin that was worth about 1/4 of a cent
2. anything of trifling value, as in "not worth a doit";
also, doitkin
- Just Visiting :)
It's just pretending
to be The Visitors, but
made for Hollywood.
 Mega-Tsunamis
Did you know that the next time a certain volcano erupts in
the Canary Islands, there's a chance half the island could slide
into the ocean, and that if this happens, it will create a tidal
wave taller than the tallest skyscraper, which would sweep across
the Atlantic and devastate the entire east coast of America,
destroying things as far inland as twelve miles? Neither did
I, until I saw this astonishing discovery on the Discovery Channel.
It could happen tomorrow, or not for a thousand years, but apparently,
it's inevitable.
 
With
Powers Like These, Can Repression Be Far
Behind?
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- "Looney Labs is making the best new games I've seen
in a long time. So far I have Fluxx, Chrononauts and Q-Turn and
have played Icehouse (Martian Chess) and Aquarius. Fluxx is more
fun than Nuclear War, and not nearly so cynical. Chrononauts
is thought-provoking and hysterical, all at the same time. And
Martian Chess is definitely mind-warping. Keep the cool games
coming!" -- Bill, comments accompanying
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Pumpkins, Firemen, and Kitty
Princesses |
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 Well,
as Linus would say, another Halloween has come and gone. This
year, being as busy as we are with the final stages of production
on Playing with Pyramids,
we didn't get around to making the costumes we were contemplating;
we'll have to save the idea for next year. But we did carve pumpkins
as usual, and this year I'm finally starting an online
scrapbook of the pictures I take of all the pumpkins. We
also made time for a trip down to Charlottesville, to partake
of Halloween festivities with my brother Jeff, his wife Judy,
and their twins, James and Sharon.
The kids are almost 5 now, so of course Halloween is a big
deal for them. Like many little boys this year, James decided
to be a fireman, but Sharon opted for something more fanciful:
a princess-kitty. Here you see them with Jeff and Kristin as
we prowled about Charlottesville's lovely downtown mall, where
they have a big Halloween event each year, culminating in a hour
of trick-or-treating at local merchants instead of neighbor's
houses. And while I consider this a poor substitute for the real
thing, we all had a grand time.
Here are a couple of other pictures I took of my extremely
cute niece and nephew:
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Regular readers of this column may recall a mention some
weeks ago of Judy going in for surgery, for the removal of
a brain tumor... I'm happy to report that she seems to be recovering
splendidly. She gets tired easily but otherwise seems fine. Jeff,
on the other hand, seems exhausted; during Judy's downtime he's
been getting a small taste of life as a single parent, and he's
now more ready than ever to sing the praises of those who struggle
along that difficult path. I know he'll be glad when Judy really
gets back on her feet.
 I'm
Sharon's Godfather, and around this time each
year I like to bestow a special Godfather gift on Sharon.
This year, we gave her a Lite Brite, and I'm happy to say it
was a big hit. Not that this should be a surprise to anyone who
grew up with one, since it's such a cool toy. In fact, helping
the kids play with Sharon's Lite Brite made me yearn to get a
new one for myself!
Happy Guy Fawke's Day!
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I would say the turnout for trick-or-treating
in our own neighborhood was about half of what we're generally
used to. But I guess that's not too surprising, with the national
paranoia level being what it is today... |
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I was pleased to notice, when I tuned in for
the annual rebroadcast of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie
Brown", that 2 of the 3 "I got a rock" trick or
treat scenes have been restored! They've been absent for almost
as long as I can remember, presumably cut to make more time for
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"Those who do not remember the past are
condemned to repeat it." -- George Santayana
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