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– Sorry I’ve been absent lately. My thesis is done, but the school year isn’t all wrapped up yet. I have the Capture the Flag game tomorrow, the writing program ceremony next Thursday, and commencement the day after. I’m also starting preparations for my next writing project, which I’ll be writing about soon.

The next day encompassed our first leisurely morning. I had a lovely conversation with Hallie, which wandered explored traversed all dimensions of theological and religious issues. We talked a lot about the fundamental principles in different faiths, their divergences, and their common denominators.

– You can blog your own damn scavhunt, because I won’t be there! :(
– Seriously: Best of luck to all judges and teams in the 21st Annual University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt. The last time I missed it was in May, 1997.

The alleged construction at Rockefeller wasn’t a big deal at all. In fact, today, I don’t recall if I saw any scaffolding at all. We entered at the front, and Colin and Nora had prepared a beautiful program with yellow flowers on the front.

– ALMANAC SAYS –
To remove dried paint from glass, apply hot lemon juice with a soft cloth.

– QUOTE OF THE WEEK –
“I want to know God’s thoughts… the rest are details.”
– Albert Einstein

– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
If I had a million dollars I’d buy you a _____________.

After the Mikvah, we hung around on the point for a little bit, and started to move inland. We decided to stop for food at the Snail, which is one of my favorite Hyde Park restaurants, and had one of the most invigorating political discussions I’ve had in awhile, periodically interrupted by the velociraptor chirp of Sam’s new cel phone.

Things got off to a rocky start. While I arrived at the airport over forty minutes before the flight, Jess hadn’t arrived yet, or if she had, I couldn’t find her at our meeting place. I walked back and forth for about a half hour before I bumped into her (she was upset) at the baggage check.

– ALMANAC SAYS –
Never spend your money before you have it. — Thomas Jefferson

– NEWS OF THE WEEK –
New York Times: After Sarkozy Win, France Looks to Parliament Vote.

– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
Where would you put the zombies?

– ALMANAC SAYS –
– Not much time atall today.

– COUNTRY OF THE WEEK –
Blogostan.

– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
What does your favorite shirt look like?

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– ALMANAC SAYS –
Graft fruit trees now.

– LINK OF THE WEEK –
Scavhunt

– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
Two questions, as submitted by my guests.
1. Eminent Domain – what’s the deal with that?
2. If we all lived in the Phantom Tollbooth where we were born at the height we’ll always be, and our feet grew to the ground, what would we do?