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Life is a game. Money is how we keep score." --Ted Turner

Slashdot is reporting on a new study released by Dundee University that concludes "people over 55 who were brought up watching a monochrome TV set are more likely to dream in black and white, even years later." The report suggests that "the type of television you watched as a child has a profound effect on the color of your dreams." I'm a few years shy of the magic pair of nickels, and I'm reasonably certain that many, if not most of my dreams are in living color. Some are what I'd describe as vividly colorful. Perhaps there's a definite cut-off date on that age-55-and-over theory? During my early, formative viewing years, I religiously watched black and-white shows like Bonanza; The Ed Sullivan Show; The Outer Limits; Superman; and Supercar to name but a few. But by age 12, my family had upgraded to a color television. Come to think of it, though--aren't there better things for university researchers to be spending their time on?

Shown here, Phil Temples gets a chance to pose next to two World Series Trophies from 2004 and 2007, respectively, belonging to the Boston Red Sox. The trophies have made their rounds. On June 26, 2008 they were on display at the Watertown Police Department in Watertown Square. Let's hope I'll have the opportunity to pose next to a 2008 edition soon!

"He's impersonating a plumber." --Kevin L. Cotter, business manager, Local 12 Plumbers and Gasfitters Joe Wurzelbacher, the Ohio man who confronted Obama about his tax plans and who became a media celebrity after John McCain repeatedly referred to him during the presidential debate Wednesday night, is apparently paying a price for his moments of fame; news media reports have said he does not hold a plumber's license, has been hit with a tax lien, and would probably qualify for a tax cut under Obama's campaign proposal. --Boston Globe, October 17, 2008

Shown here, Phil Temples gets his first chance to ride one of them new-fangled, two-wheeled, self-balancing Segway thingamajigs while visiting the Clay Center Amateur Radio Club field day operation in Brookline, MA on June 29, 2008.

October 10, 2008: While walking home from having coffee and a bagel at Panera Bread in Watertown, I came across this intriguing work of modern art near the Arsenal Center for the Arts. Entitled "Symbiosis" it resembles insect nests or pouches hanging from trees. A nearby plaque says that the artist, Nicole Colella, used burlap, chicken wire, non-toxic resin, rope, wire and assort metal objects like clock parts and skeleton keys. I like it!

I'm woefully behind in posting photos to my web site. This album is from the annual ARRL Field Day event in Eastern Massachusetts on June 28-29, 2008. I visited six groups over a period of 24 hours: the Cape Ann Amateur Radio Club in Rockport; the North Shore Radio Association in Danvers; the Massasoit Amateur Radio Association in Bridgewater; the Mystic Valley Amateur Radio Group in Milton; the Wellesley Amateur Radio Society in Wellesley; and, Dexter School/ Waltham Amateur Radio Association in Brookline (Clay Science Center). As always, it was a lot of fun renewing acquaintances and watching the action--not all of it operating radios!

The bailout bill -- I'm sorry, the rescue bill -- has grown to 450 pages. President Bush's copy is even thicker because they had to add pictures. You know: trucks and dragons. Spaceships." --Jay Leno

"By golly, you may not like the answers I give. And I may not answer the questions you want to ask but I'm gonna tell it to ya' like it is, without the mainstream media filtering me or taking cheap shots at me. Now then--let's send a big ole shout out to Todd and the rest of the family. I can't see'em because of all them bright lights, but I know my darlings are out there, somewhere." "...There ya' go, again, Joe. I _can_ call ya' Joe, right? Facts, facts, facts. Sheez. You regurgitate them facts like Trig spits up my breast milk when he gets colicky. Gwen, Can we talk about oil, now?" "Hey, tonight I'm speaking directly to you, Joe Six-Pack, down there in the oil-thirsty, lower forty-eight on Main Street. Gosh darn'it, we all know the rascals who are responsible for this mess we're in. And if that means we have to go get Ahmadinejad's Pakistani nukes and level more skyscrapers in lower Manhattan to clear out the varmints, then by gosh, that's just what we'll do--darn tootin' ." "But, seriously, it's our vital economic freedom that's at stake. The red, white, and blue, don'cha know? Do you like my flag pin? Hey, we owe a big, big thanks to the _only_ brave man in this campaign who's ever fought for you and me. That's right. No white flags. No surrender. Noo-oooo. V-I-C-T-O-R-Y! You can't say that word, can ya', Joe? And how 'bout your running mate, Osama? Bet he can't either. Go ahead. Say it. SAY IT! I dare ya'!" "Golly, I wish my hair would stay out of my eyes." "...Now, go get your twelve-gauage--we're goin' duck-hunting after this debate--I mean, quail-hunting--sorry, Dick. I'll make it up to ya'. I'll get you more vice presidential powers."

On this day in 1983, Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system." --Wikipedia.org [See also: GNU Anniversary]