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I’ve breaking my “week off” because I have to say something, however incidental about this.

If things progress along speculated lines, there could be three viable U.S. Presidential candidates, all in some sense representing New York City. I can’t say that I’m (as a Midwesterner) offended… the swinging Midwest has had too much presidential political clout for decades.

I will be posting little or not at all over the next week. I want to do some evaluation of and revision of the website. When I’m back (on June 25th) I will definitely be posting about politics/art/religion/et al. again.

I’ve posted an excerpt of Story #3, The Silurians on the Silurians website.

The first few sentences:
“What is truth?

I mean, what is luck? What is happy? Who is lucky?

The King James Version says something like “on the face of the deep,” but the better translations say “darkness covered the abyss,” and that’s the wording I like better.

– ALMANAC SAYS –
Oregon Treaty set 49th parallel as U.S.-British border, 1846.

– COUNTRY (TERRITORY) OF THE WEEK –
The Cayman Islands (United Kingdom).

– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
From Belicove.com: ” Sony’s PlayStation 3 release “Resistance: Fall of Man” features a battle among British and American soldiers and aliens inside the [Manchester] cathedral.

– ALMANAC SAYS –
Lemon juice sweetened with crushed sugar helps to relieve a cough.

– LINK OF THE WEEK –
Isabel.

– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
How many address have you lived at (let’s say to live “live” is to reside for at least a month)?

Mr. Wizard died.

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– ALMANAC SAYS –
To stop the hiccups, eat something spicy hot.

– PICTURE OF THE WEEK –
An interesting map.
Another interesting map.

– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
Well, I was going to ask what outraged you about the city you lived in, but I think that many people answered that yesterday.

– I failed at writing last night. I am now three stories behind. =(

– ALMANAC SAYS –
Have you ever heard of rose wine?

– QUOTE OF THE WEEK –
“We just wanted to make a record that sounded cool.

– Last week was dominated by Silurians drafts… I drafted stories #2, 3, and 4, all of which I plan to send out for comment (I’ve already sent out #2). But there were a few other things going on as well.

I’ve posted an excerpt of Story #2, The Silurians on the Silurians website.

The first sentence:
“Hello. My name is Melanie Prior and I am a Silurian. (“Hello, Melanie”) I have been a Silurian for three months now. I am powerless over my Silurianism and my life has become unmanageable.”