Richard L Scherer

[Richard L Scherer @eccentrich]

If my lassitude gets any stronger, I'll almost feel like rescuing Timmie from the well...

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For many people this time of year, "the words of depression are ho ho ho" (with apologies to Caribbean Time by Nellie McKay)

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Didn't feel the last earthquake, I was taking a shower. It did stop one of the grandfather clocks...

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@alfred_tan I felt it too; lighting fixtures swayed, but the clocks didn't stop this time. Light danced, but time plodded on...

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Ten year anniversary, more or less, of my retirement. Celebrated with dinner at Sammy's. Delicious salmon chowder...

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Felt 7.2 E-Quake yesterday; it stopped our grandfather clocks and made the chandelier chime and sway. No damge, but almost scary.

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Finally saw Avatar (in 3d) yesterday. Gorgeous visuals, better story than I expected. So so but adequate acting; definitely worth seeing.

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7 fire dept. vehicles. High drama/Dinner and a Show/smoked turkey, etc. Everyone remained very calm throughout, surprisingly little damage

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Spent a couple of hours or so outside while ~2 dozen firepersons turned off power/gas, knocked down the chimney & put out the fire.

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Had an "interesting" T-day dinner with cousins in Riverside Co.; halfway through the meal, found out the chimney was on fire.

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As you owe, so shall ye weep.

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@alfred_tan It's a 30 sided triacontahedron, consisting of 30 wedge shaped pieces held together by magnets, which can be assembled variously

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@alfred_tan I was going for gnomic... A ball of whacks is a creativity aid (something to play with to stimulate problem solving).

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Little known fact: 4 ball of whacks can be used to construct a hollow disdyakis triacontrahedron, a polyhedron with 120 triangular sides.

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Last Thursday we all (incl sister & husband) drove up to see the LA Natural History museum; I spent 3-4 hours looking @ mineral exhibit...

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@alfred_tan Still a little pricey, but the specs are pretty nice. I'd probably wait until the second year though...

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Re: Obama's flyswatting, someone is undoubtedly readying for market a bugzapper with Obama's likeness; perhaps to be called the B.O. Zappo..

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Had one of those nights/mornings that makes you wonder why you ever bothered to sleep. Then ~7:20am shit quite literally hit the fan...

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Went to Whittier yesterday to meet various relatives; about 3 hours on the road, for a round trip of about 162 miles, pretty fast.

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@alfred_tan Following someone is like subscribing to a terse blog. If they have something interesting to say, or are a celebrity...