Random Raves 54: You will succeed. It is inevitable.
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bene_legionary
Searching for the daguerrotype of God
Hi Bird!
(I’m actually going to see my Oma, I haven’t seen her in 5 years.)
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How long will you be in NM/Albuquerque? I leave for St. Louis on Friday until the 10th. 
bene_legionary
Searching for the daguerrotype of God
Until this Friday, then I am flying to Toronto to see the rest of my family.
Gori the Grey
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Ah, that first sip of tea, when you have waited just long enough that it won't be scalding, but not so long that it is growing tepid.
Brunch with @bene_legionary today. It is always fun to meet civfanatics in person! He is an interesting guy with an interesting story. Of course, when pancakes/flapjacks are on the table, it is hard to have things go wrong. 
A man hid five treasure chests worth more than $2 million across the United States. Here’s how to find them
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CNN —
What does it take to channel the spirit of Jacques Cousteau and search for secret treasure?
For Jon Collins-Black, this question sparked a thrilling journey that led him to hide five treasure chests across the United States.
His new book, “There’s Treasure Inside,” offers hints for eager treasure hunters, sending them on an expedition to find hidden chests with a combined prize value of more than $2 million.
The inspiration
"There's Treasure Inside" contains all of the necessary clues to find one of Collins-Black's treasure chests.
Courtesy Jon Collins-Black
Collins-Black has been a lifelong fantasy enthusiast, immersing himself in games and mythical adventures such as Dungeons & Dragons since childhood.
By 2015, the successful musician and entrepreneur was looking for a change of pace and envisioned a project that would help him reconnect with his younger imagination.
Motivated by Forrest Fenn’s infamous treasure hunt launched back in 2010, Collins-Black dreamed of creating something more personal and accessible. Instead of Fenn’s single chest hidden in the Rocky Mountains, Collins-Black envisioned multiple troves allowing every person across the country the opportunity to be in closer proximity to one of the chests.
“I wanted to have the chests spread out to give people the optimistic, adventurous possibility,” he said.
With a creative background in writing, from poetry to children’s book publishing, Collins-Black combined his skills to produce “There’s Treasure Inside,” aimed to entertain even those who do not plan to look for the treasure.
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Sarin
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Those old games never look like they should, since they were made for CRT screens.
My grad school GPA remains perfect, and my teacher liked my final project so much she asked for permission to use it as an example for her future classes. Nice way to end the semester.
The Friday Dance
Dear Diary:I live near Union Square, and I walked my dog around the Con Edison loading dock in the mornings before work.
At some point, I became friendly with the manager at the plant. If I saw him, I would greet him with a hug, and we would talk for a minute or two.
When I saw him one Friday, we were both so happy that it was Friday that we just started to dance.
It became a habit. Every Friday, around 7:30 a.m., we would dance. Sometimes, he would “do” the music and sometimes I would. Sometimes it would be a short ditty, and sometimes we would get an audience. (He was a much better dancer than me.)
A few years ago, I was walking down the street, and a woman pointed at me.
“Oh my goodness,” she said. “It’s you!”
I didn’t know her from Adam, and I’m pretty good with faces. Nonetheless, I said hello.
It turned out that she lived across Third Avenue and had happened to see the Friday dance one morning.
After that, she said, every Friday around 7:30 a.m., she would wait with her cat at her window for the Friday Dance to begin.
— Monique Morgan
Caesar of Bread
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My Spanish final was a piece of cake. There was a question that asked the definition of Merry Christmas in Spanish and only had one answer (feliz navidad) so yay an extra point for me!
I'm getting some books to read over the break as well. I'm hoping soon I can read some Albert Camus (I've already read The Stranger, now I need to read The Fall and The Plague, and maybe The Myth of Sisyphus)
I'm getting some books to read over the break as well. I'm hoping soon I can read some Albert Camus (I've already read The Stranger, now I need to read The Fall and The Plague, and maybe The Myth of Sisyphus)
Voidwalkin
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Dog, that's less than two hours. Unless I'm misunderstanding its implied that's long?
A Voidwalkin gaming session might last 24 hours.
I knew a girl in High School that was in my honors Chemistry class, who was a Captain of the cheerleading team. It was the first class of the day and every Friday she would greet me as I entered the class by jogging/bouncing over to me with a loud request for a "Friday hug". The hugs were very long and elaborate and she would often do extremely flirtatious stuff like sit on my lap, jump into my arms or wrap one or both of her legs around me during the hug. She was a very flirtatious person in general and had an accent and demeanor that was very different from most of the kids I grew up with, because she was relatively rich compared to most kids in the school. The easiest comparison I can make is that she looked and sounded a lot like the Hillary Banks character in Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. In any case we ended up dating eventually. She was a sweet girl... kind of high maintenance, but a very nice, caring person.[/URL]
The Friday Dance
Dear Diary:
I live near Union Square, and I walked my dog around the Con Edison loading dock in the mornings before work.
At some point, I became friendly with the manager at the plant. If I saw him, I would greet him with a hug, and we would talk for a minute or two.
When I saw him one Friday, we were both so happy that it was Friday that we just started to dance.
It became a habit. Every Friday, around 7:30 a.m., we would dance. Sometimes, he would “do” the music and sometimes I would. Sometimes it would be a short ditty, and sometimes we would get an audience. (He was a much better dancer than me.)
A few years ago, I was walking down the street, and a woman pointed at me.
“Oh my goodness,” she said. “It’s you!”
I didn’t know her from Adam, and I’m pretty good with faces. Nonetheless, I said hello.
It turned out that she lived across Third Avenue and had happened to see the Friday dance one morning.
After that, she said, every Friday around 7:30 a.m., she would wait with her cat at her window for the Friday Dance to begin.
— Monique Morgan
The "Friday hug" was a very memorable part of my High School experience.
Gori the Grey
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Well, yeah. That was in the story. She expected a hug every Friday.
My wife is not high maintenance but demands at least one hug every day.
I miss my daily hugs from my cat. 
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