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22901. wonkers2 - 11/13/2007 2:27:08 AM I've been to the Railroad Museum. It's unique and worth a visit. 22902. alistairconnor - 11/13/2007 11:56:57 AM Hey No, I've got a friend who teaches French at an Australian university, she managed to get her students to stage a performance of La Cantatrice Chauve (the Bald opera singer) in French... I'd have liked to see that one... the Australian accent would add a whole new layer of surrealism... 22903. alistairconnor - 11/13/2007 12:05:02 PM Hydrogen? It's not an energy source, only a means of storing energy, and not a very practical one for the moment...
People drone on about a future "hydrogen economy", but I'll believe it when I see it. Maybe people will have domestic hydrogen fuel cells instead of boilers, that will generate both electricity and heat. We'll see, but it's 15 or 20 years away, at a minimum. And I won't be replacing my boiler then because wood pellets are a sustainable, carbon-neutral source of heating. 22904. alistairconnor - 11/13/2007 12:06:45 PM Ah I'd love to do a karaoke night with you folks... My proposition : everyone has to choose a Booker T track and improvise a vocal on it. OK? 22905. JayAckroyd - 11/13/2007 3:51:52 PM Great to see wonkers name in today's NYT letters. 22906. Magoseph - 11/13/2007 4:07:54 PM Thank you, Jay Jay--how's everything for you and family?
Wonkers'letter 22907. JayAckroyd - 11/13/2007 4:12:25 PM I'm okay. Dog is getting old.
22908. JayAckroyd - 11/13/2007 4:13:57 PM The most interesting thing I've been doing is interviews in Second Life.
Just got Ned Lamont scheduled for 1/10. Chris Mooney (The war on science) this week.
22909. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/13/2007 5:07:03 PM Kudos and congrats to Jay and Wonk! 22910. JayAckroyd - 11/13/2007 6:05:22 PM hey wiz. How are you doing?
22911. Ms. No - 11/13/2007 6:10:17 PM AC,
I know nuthin' about it except that a friend of mine is out working on some hydrogen converting or powered something or other in his barn.
And please oh please oh please don't make me improv --- I've never gotten very good at it. Too self-conscious for the most part. 22912. Ms. No - 11/13/2007 6:10:34 PM Hiya Jay!! 22913. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/13/2007 6:40:48 PM hey wiz. How are you doing?
Polically depressed and aging (like us all), but otherwise, no complaints. Studio life is more gratifying than I ever hoped it might be.
[Your Avatar is a bit spooky, btw -- and the avatars at your site are too -- it may be the nature of avatars, I guess?] 22914. JayAckroyd - 11/13/2007 7:42:27 PM yes, the lack of facial expression is, I believe, at the heart of it.
OTOH, you are not limited to the laws of physics in creating av features.
22915. JayAckroyd - 11/13/2007 7:42:44 PM Hey No. 22916. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/13/2007 8:36:35 PM Every good wish for success! 22917. wonkers2 - 11/13/2007 9:57:50 PM My letter to the editor on health care appeared in the NYTimes today. Wonkers on Health Care 22918. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/13/2007 10:00:33 PM We know, look above for your kudos, wonk. 22919. judithathome - 11/13/2007 11:01:32 PM Yes, I read the first one and thought...oh wow, Wonks is named RITA! 22920. judithathome - 11/13/2007 11:01:53 PM My son met with the neurosurgeon today and the doctor has decided that surgery is not necessary at this time. He is going to have him take Plavix (?) and alter his diet to help with the vascular disease he has now. The worst blockage he has is 60%...in some veins it is 40%...and he said the criteria he uses for this surgery is 70% and that as of now, Leslie has enough blood flow to avoid surgery. The doctor told him to monitor himself and look for difficulty swallowing, slurring of his speech, and loss of balance. If those things occur, to call the doctor immediately but until then, eat healthily and exercise moderately and to come back to see him in six months.
This is SUCH a relief to us...Les and I both admitted to each other that we had been really scared about his having the surgery. And the doctor admitted that surgery might have left him worse off than he is now. So everyone is breathing a sigh of relief today
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