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    Book(s) you are currently reading.

    Back at you, LionJim.
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    Book(s) you are currently reading.

    There is one in Nashville; go figure.. Parthenon in TN
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    “Joey Chestnut to defend hot dog title while on probation”

    His special talent could put him at risk in a prison population.
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    Team GPA

    Myron Rolle was a Rhodes Scholar and is now a pediatric neurosurgeon. Kinesiology can be a rigorous major, depending on the school. Kudos to him for taking advantage of what was at FSU. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myron_Rolle
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    OT: National Lampoon Magazine.

    Did you guys invent a time machine? It started publication in 1970. The first issue was April 1970. I loved it and still have a box full of the early issues. National Lampoon
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    OT: Barcelona Advice

    If you go to he Sagrada Familia, you may wish to contrast it with the Barcelona Cathedral, located in the Gothic Quarter a couple of blocks off La Rambla. It was built mostly in the 1300s and is in true gothic style.
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    OT: Favorite rock lyrical couplets, 2 lines max. What you like?

    Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Second place: Go ask Alice I think she'll know
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    OT: Cool math fact, about prime numbers.

    If you like primes and are familiar with the cerebral comic website Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, here are two for your consideration: prime https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/prime prime2 https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/prime-2
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    tOSU President resigning over inappropriate relationship...

    Inappropriate relationship with Mrs.Calabash, wherever you are?
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    OT: TCM 31 Days of Oscar Highlights Tonight

    I saw the Bergman, Chaplin, and Fellini fests too. It confirmed my love of classic/auteur films. Great times, LionJim! Kern Building also showed some fine foreign films over my years there.
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    Book(s) you are currently reading.

    Volume 1 of Churchill's History of World War II; "The Gathering Storm" details the sad miscalculations leading to Volume 2, "Their Finest Hour". When asked about how history would portray him as a leader during WWII, he replied, "History will be kind to me for I intend to write it." He did, six...
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    Book(s) you are currently reading.

    There is a 1949 film based on the book. I saw it years ago while sitting in on a cinema course.
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    OT: Cool math fact, about prime numbers.

    LionJim, I appreciate the "purity" of mathematics, and the gerneral approach of mathematicians, but you must admit that physicists sometimes create new areas of mathematics by pursuing physics. Newton and calculus are well known to everyone, but more recently, string theory opened new areas of...
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    2026 schedule release?

    Their helmets bring back bad memories.
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    Anyone ever read Cycles of Time by Roger Penrose?

    Yes. If you want a real challenge, try Penrose's "The Road to Reality". 1000+ pages, some readable for the layman, others very dense even for physicists not familiar with his area of physics.
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