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Happy Birthday, Shah-Hala!! 
Her birth was a great present to us all. Many thanks to her parents!!
Something she'd like, I'm sure - murder scenes scaled to dollhouse size, used to teach forensic science in the '40s.
Gray Pumpkin forwarded a link to me about Mary-Sues (the phenomenon where an author somewhat unwittingly makes a character in their story who is basically the author, or an idealized/fantasy version of the author.)The Original Fiction Mary-Sue Litmus Test
We were both reminded of a person in our old group who hit almost all of these points with her fiction.
Went out with Danny last night to Ugly Tuna Saloona. We didn't have the interest or time for a movie, but we enjoyed the hangout quite a lot... its a quiet joint in the early evening, and the servers were very attentive. (We had the same server we had last time, and I think that we were remembered from our last visit about a month ago.) I think we've found a new hangout! We still need to check out the new casino.
Big Kahuna called right as we were sitting down ... she wanted me to go back to the office and burn a cd, but fortunately it can wait until this morning.
I do my follow-up presentation at Kiwanis today, too.
Kansas City Worldskippers
The FDA approved an implantable computer chip for use in humans.
( Article )
I don't like where that slippery slope leads. Just call me Scotto the luddite. I wonder how many religious people would view something like that as "the universal mark".
Good Free Movies the end of this month. Sat, October 30th, 8pm - A Night at the Opera with the Marx Brothers / The Party with Peter Sellers
