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This will make us all sick, so I apologize in advance. Also, sorry if someone has posted this already and I missed it.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/na ... story.html

Safe travels for all. Sounds like it's going to be a challenge in a lot of places.

Dale

Ok, so I was out sick when we covered science in school. Let's say that someone uses over-the-counter reading glasses with a +1.50 strength. For reading books and things closer to that person's face, that's the perfect strength. But for looking at her computer screen, which is more distant from the ...

He has worked pretty extensively with Ryuichi Sakamoto.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6I0_Ln41wU

M is for Mathes. Curtis Mathes. Remember them?

A friend of mine, a recently retired psychologist who is in his 60s, got his first cell phone --not smart phone, cell phone--about 3 or 4 years ago. There are holdouts here and there.

I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles... oh, yeah! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4BBQMjbX3c At the time, some people suggested that this song was influenced by drugs, to which Pete Townshend replied (IIRC) "No. It's just about a man with particularly good eyesight." :) Towns...

I'm sure you guys have made this observation, but it just occurred to me that the general discussion forum (the Pub) on this board about traditional music is primarily devoted to astronomy.

I stopped trying to explain things like this to my friends and family long ago.

And really, when you think about it, there's probably not much scientific validity to those fortunes.

New TLA appearing in schools: ELL=English Language Learners

brewerpaul wrote:For a long time, I carried a favorite in my wallet:
"Laugh alla time, people think you crazy"

That's a thing of beauty.

I got one that read "Avoid pimply-face salespeople for now." I know this sounds like the kind of thing I'd make up, but it's true. What I love most about that message is "...for now."

Mariachi Polka is not at all totally crazy. Here in southern California we are much closer to Mexico than you, and in fact a lot of us are actual Mexicans! And half of the radio and TV stations are Mexicans. Come here and listen, and you will hear a lot of polka on those stations, but it is traditi...

Beautiful-looking work and a very professional website to boot. Good luck!

Dale