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Another SF Convention, with a difference for us
mia_mcdavid and I are going to Convergence this weekend. Mia is already there. I will be joining her after work. James is staying home. Mia reminded me last night that it has been a long time since we went to a con without children. Our last convention before James was born was Windycon XIII, in November 1986. It was at the Hyatt Regency Woodfield, a very nice hotel in Chicago’s northwest suburbs. The world has changed a lot since then, and so have we, but we are still fans.
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Bad Astronomy looks at Transformers
Our firstborn has been a Transformers fan for a long time, so this caught my attention. See BA Transformers review now online, then Review: Transformers. There was a good comment about automobiles, although others have made the same observation, and possibly before Douglas Adams (L. Sprague deCamp comes to mind).
Irish Spam
Fuair mé turscar as Gaeilge. (I received Irish language spam today) Continue reading
Unclear on the Concept
From Kim Lawton of Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, interviewed at GetReligion:
In reporting on the Vatican beatification ceremony for Mother Teresa, a local news anchor said that she was being “beautified.” It made me want to check the tape for telltale Botox marks.
Household chores and other things
Bike Ride
Northeast to Centerville Road and Highway 96 in White Bear Township, then west through North Oaks (where I saw a red fox cross the road in front of me), and south along Rice Street. About 15 miles.
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Warfare in mid 17th Century Ireland
I have been reading Confederate Catholics at War: 1641-49, by Pádraig Lenihan. It is about the Irish part of the British Civil Wars. Quite a number of interesting points. Continue reading
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 