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				5.12.2000/17:45
				My sister Elizabeth, noting my comments about spending the afternoon junking unwanted files before really feeling like I could use my new laptop, responded with this: "...it's like that in life - it is much harder to get rid of stuff than it is the acquire it (except for money), not to mention that life is 10% acquisition and 90% maintenance..."
		5.12.2000/09:00
		An effective, low-cost solution to combating mind control: Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie. Complete instructions!
	5.12.2000/08:35
	Handy site of National Historic Landmarks is great for someone who is heading out on a road trip and wouldn't want to miss something like this; or, you can use it, as I did, to see what National Historic Landmark is nearest to your home.
		5.11.2000/21:20
		Alleged to be top secret recipes. Do I want to know how to make McDonald's Yogurt Parfait?
			5.11.2000/17:15
			I have acquired today a new laptop, and have spent some of the afternoon setting it up for use, including being able to do this Poor Clio update. Guess what? I spent more of the time getting rid of stuff I didn't want than putting stuff on that I wanted. I baled icons by the dozens. Some I hid in a folder. I reclaimed hundreds of megabytes of hard disk space. I feel much better.
5.11.2000/07:50
Hmmm...Is it time for a trip?
				5.10.2000/18:00
				Hammock Sutra.
	5.10.2000/06:35
	Not a lot about aliens in the online game Alien Tiles, except that you might become alienated from your friends, family and co-workers spending hours playing it.
			5.10.2000/06:30
			After umpteen tries, the feds finally got a conviction yesterday of former La. Gov. Edwin Edwards. Now, I'm looking forward to seeing pigs fly.
		5.9.2000/21:20
		Thanks to Michael Ivey at my dog wants to be on the radio for spotting this surprisingly...let's see, dare I call it absorbing?...story.
5.9.2000/19:10
Very nice design these days over at Medley, particularly when viewed with Explorer.
				5.9.2000/18:35
				There is a very nice site at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences about Willo, the dinosaur whose remains were found, including its reasonably well-preserved heart, near Buffalo, North Dakota. I've actually been to Buffalo, ND. It's quite pretty. I didn't find any dinosaur organs, though.
			5.9.2000/07:40
			Nice page about Dorothea Lange from the Oakland Museum of California, which I think is a hidden gem of a museum too easily overlooked by Bay Area visitors. The Lange site has an interesting interactive scroll-and-click feature in the pop-up window of images.
	5.8.2000/14:50
	Profound thoughts elicited from a barbecue philosopher.
		5.8.2000/08:40
		The Va Va Voom Room.
5.8.2000/08:35
"At this very moment, someone, somewhere is wearing a tube top in church. At a Funeral." If the very thought of this horrifies you, you'll be glad to know there's a place out there trying to do something about it.
	5.7.2000/17:45
	Rugby fan smuggles dead father-in-law on bus.

				5.7.2000/16:35
				If you are cooped up in a windowless room with your computer, you can now go find out whether the sun is shining where you are, thanks to The Official U.S. Time site. You can even call your similarly shut-in friends in other parts of the world to tell them about what's outside, there, too. And, if you're stuck in some wired chamber without your watch, you can find out what time it is.
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			Bert and Bud's Vintage Coffins: "Don't be caught dead without one."
		5.7.2000/16:15
		We just got back from a weekend in Houston, to see two productions at Houston Grand Opera. Friday night was Nabucco (Ramey, Guleghina, conducted by Patrick Summers), great Verdi music as always and the usual top-notch performance from the HGO chorus. The production, however, was a bit flat, and the costuming did little to aid the presentation. The next night was Carlisle Floyd's Cold Sassy Tree, currently in its world premier run. Marvelous singing and acting performances from Patricia Racette and Dean Peterson, et. al., and a very satisfying production overall, though the sets were a little reminiscent of a community college theater department's semester ending run of Music Man. Floyd has turned out not only a superb score, but a very commendable libretto as well. I would not be surprised to see this work enter the standard repertory over the next few decades. I'm curious to see if it will; one more reason to want to stay alive, I suppose.