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Thursday January 16, 2014 "So hell, Alan! What you were telling me just now never happened! Your wife wasn't killed in an auto accident four years ago because, four years ago, you didn't have a wife! To the best of my knowledge, you've never been married."

James H. Schmitz, The Ties of Earth. Included in the collection Eternal Frontier.

That's not the largest discrepancy between what Alan Commager thinks he knows and reality.

One of my favorite sf stories reread. (Not recommended for conservatives and Greens.)

Also reread and enjoyed: Chad Oliver, "Transfusion." It begins with time travelers learning that humans didn't originate on Earth.

***Adult Children Anonymous meeting.

I mentioned that one way I cut down on taking myself too seriously is to use pet toys as exercise equipment.

***Via news.google.com:

Wall Street Journal

Hershey Co. and 3D Systems Corp. reached a multiyear joint development agreement to explore and develop ways to use 3-D printing technology to produce foods, including confectionery treats.

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Saturday January 18, 2014 Memorial visitation for Ericka Johnson, who died after long illness. The largest groups of attendees were people from Mnstf (the Minnesota Science Fiction Society) and family members, I think.

Ericka was a thoroughly nice person. I will miss her.

***The Organizer of the Twin Cities ADHD Meetup resigned, with no designated successor. If no one steps up, the Meetup ends.

A previous local ADHD Meetup had the same thing happen. One might almost think something about ADHD was responsible.

***From news.google.com
AFP
Refrigerator Hack: 750,000 Spam Emails Sent by Smart Gadgets
A security firm revealed that even "smart" appliances are vulnerable to hack attacks. A group of cybercriminals have used a "smart" refrigerator to send 750,000 spam emails.

[Science fiction extrapolation: A more advanced smart device turns the tables by accessing the cybercriminals' bank accounts.]

***From Twitter:
J Clive Matthews ‏@Nosemonkey I am in a pub that's housed in an old Temperance Society building. This makes me happy.
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