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Old 04-16-2007, 03:52 AM
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Well you should. :wink:
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Old 04-23-2007, 10:58 PM
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I am glad the FIL is doing better. You need to get some rest...
BABY!!! First haircut already?? Pictures soon, please!!!
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Good about FIL! And show us the pictures already!
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Yeah, thanks. He's actually been in a better mood lately (FIL, that is).

Yeah, yeah, I'm gettin' to the pics. Don't rush me. School is winding down and our robot is in some state of unreadiness which I was unaware of before Monday's competition. Well, we can still get a good grade but we're not going to either the state competition and thus, no nationals either.
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Wow, CT. That's got to be tough.

Welcome back, Javaman!
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Welcome home. Presumably you were in one of the two sandboxes?

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Thanks everybody. It is very good to be home again. It was one of the more trying trips I taken in a long while. Even worse in some respects than some of the TDYs I went on while still active duty.
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Oh yay, Javaman's back! Welcome home, J. :glomp:
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Old 04-27-2007, 10:26 PM
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Hey J, glad your back!
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Thanks, Liv! I read a book on my trip that I think you might like (actually, I read several great books as there was much boredom). It is by Robert Silverberg who wrote the Majipoor books years ago that I remembered liking. It is a 'what if' type of book that collects stories of through history from the perspective of 'what if the Roman Empire never fell?':

Roma Eterna

I guess he's been writing these short stories for a while and several were collected into this novel a few years ago. I don't know if it's up your alley or not. Actually, the best novel I read on this trip (and one of the best in the last several years) was:

'The Traveler' by John Twelve Hawks -- Highly Recommended!!
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Hey J, glad your back!
Meeee toooo!!!!! Oh, and I am brown. I didn't even try to be brown, it just happened... Oh, and I lost about 15 pounds or so (plus two notches on my belt buckle!).
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That sounds fascinating! I'll most definitely checking out Roma Eterna. :thumbup:
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:wb: Javaman

Sounds like you had a great time.
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Old 04-27-2007, 11:05 PM
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Not sure that's how I'd put it. Here's my take on what happened:

(30 hours of travel) :rarrow: :chain: :sweat: (x 3 weeks) :rarrow: (30 hours of travel)

Add to that having to walk through the gravel/sand to the toilets/showers (aargh!, why did I keep having to pee after only a few hours of sleep!). My next trip is to Crete and that should do it for that long-ish trips for the year. My mantra was 'going to Crete next, going to Crete next, ...'.
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Great to have you back, Javaman. I've enjoyed me a few Silverberg books, maybe I'll check out Roma Eterna.
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Old 04-27-2007, 11:24 PM
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I might have to revisit some of his older books, Crumb. I also grabbed Ken Macleod's 'Learning the World' which, though it had a cheesy-ish cover, was surprisingly good. So good, in fact that I'm going to search out some of his other novels. I also forgot that I owned Ehrman's 'Misquoting Jesus' and bought it again at the airport. At least this time, I read it. I might have to re-read Wilson's book on Paul as I learned some things I didn't know. Hmm... at this point, I might want to move this discussion to the A&L forum. Actually, I'm supposed to be cleaning the 'junk' room so maybe tomorrow.
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OK, quickly, the best book I read was actually a re-read of Moore and Gibbon's:

WATCHMEN
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Great, great news, Sock. When can we expect the enormous donation to FF, then?
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Old 05-03-2007, 02:19 PM
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I'm all over those :glare: mugs & T-shirts as soon as I get the credit cards paid off.
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Buy some for the petty bureaucrats who made your life hell, too.
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Yes, those tees would make a handsome wrapping for the live scorpions. :cscorp: :cscorp: :cscorp:
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Welcome back, MonCap. How've you been?
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Great news Sock!

and great to have you back MonCap!
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