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White Christmas In Antarctica 84

The idea of a white Christmas may seem magical for many of us, but Science Daily asks you to "spare a thought for a team of scientists forgoing the festive season to take part in a novel campaign being carried out in one of the most inhospitable regions on Earth to support ESA's CryoSat mission." Plenty of people cooped up in the upside-down parts seem to find good ways to amuse themselves; I am especially fond of this introduction to Condition One weather, and Cops McMurdo. If anyone is reading this down there, I hope you're having a nice holiday.
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Journal Journal: Playing the Meme Game... 7

I'm just a lemming, aren't I?

1. What is your occupation?
Director of ERP Systems at a wholesale distribution company.

2. What color are you socks right now?
Black, like my shoes and belt.

3. What are you listening to right now?
The clack, clack, clack of my keyboard and the constant whirring of the HVAC...

4. What was the last thing that you ate?
Burger, fries and a lemonade at Sonic with the wife and kids...

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Journal Journal: Meme Plus

1. What is your occupation?

Network Administrator for a medical clinic.

2. What color are you socks right now?

About A0A0A0.

3. What are you listening to right now?

The bookkeeping department's new Tanzanian employee ask questions, the Medical Records department discuss a chart request, and the building HVAC system trying to warm the place up too much for my tastes.

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Journal Journal: Slashdot now a little less private, or "Watch What You Say" 22

At 11:02 -0500 2006.12.04, Michael Mol wrote:

The "Submit" checkbox in journal writting is currently being
ignored---and treated as CHECKED.

That's not a bug, but a behavior change. Journal entries without a
checkbox are sent to the firehose, but come in at a lower score.

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Journal Journal: [AoM] Henry Sibley House 14

Okay, now that it's November 12, I can feel free to hate on the veterans in public again.

Dear Veterans,
I don't much care for you
Love,
Some Woman

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Journal Journal: [AoM] Minnesota Landscape Arboretum and Apple House 6

Run by the University of Minnesota, the Landscape Arboretum features a lot of plants. Trees, shrubbery, roses, mums, and bulbs. And a bunch of other stuff, too.

The first thing we did was to take the 3-mile drive around the grounds. The drive takes you through the many varieties of trees and around a few gardens.

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Journal Journal: [AoM] Museum of Russian Art 8

This Saturday, Some Guy and I visited the Museum of Russian Art, which was much larger and more popular than we had imagined. It is, oddly enough, housed in a spanish mission style former church (see here). The museum has only been in its current location since 2005.

Portraiture of children was one of the approved painting genres.

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Journal Journal: [AoM] American Swedish Institute 3

This weekend's educational field trip was to the American Swedish Institute. The ASI is located in a house once owned by some incredibly rich guy who could afford such opulence. There were three floors plus the basement. The top floor feaured a ballroom complete with its very own stage. You know, for impromtu neighborhood plays and whatnot. There was also a turret (the structural element, not the gunning element).

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