I grew up in the NW 'burbs of Chicago, and my high school had their convocations at Fermilab. I always adored the lines of Wilson Hall, and the full-height interior atrium. It still scratches my retro-futurist itch something fierce.

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"I was told," said the princess, "that the point of fairy tales is not to tell children dragons exist, but that they can be killed." "Oh, absolutely!" said the dragon. "You agree?" "These rich, selfish, powerful, cruel beings that need killing, did you think they're literally dragons, princess?"

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Due to RL issues there will be no stream on 10/24/26. I will provide further details when possible.

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This is Izzy, who has been with us nearly a week, but will be moving to a wildlife rehab center later today. I am a little attached to her, but she is outgrowing where we can keep her, and she's still a month or so away from release.

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Ah, my 100% out-of-pocket health insurance will be rising from "wow that's a lot" to "oh, come ON" next year. Sure glad we don't have socialized medicine here

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