Tropical Storm Gamma

You know what can screw up the purchase of a new home?  A tropical storm passing through the area.  If you are "inside the box", all transactions stop for the duration of the event.

Nickel Creek

Kris and I went out to see Nickel Creek at the Hard Rock Live tonight. The concert was fantastic, just a great show all around.  Chris Thile is amazing to watch playing the mandolin, Sean Watkins surely ain't no slouch on the guitar, and Sara Watkins is both an excellent violinist and a powerful singer.  Plus she can play the ukelele, so that's pretty groovy.  The funniest part of the concert was when they did a cover of Britney Spears' "Toxic".  Now let me be perfectly clear:  the funniest part is not that they did that cover (although that in and of itself is pretty damn funny).  No, the funniest part is that Kris had to lean over and tell me that it was a Britney Spears song, because I had no idea why everyone else in the audience was laughing so hard...

Brain deficits found in relatives of autism sufferers

via Nature.com

Brain deficits found in relatives of autism sufferers

Unaffected family members show characteristic abnormalities.

People can have physical brain abnormalities similar to those found in autistic individuals without having the disorder themselves. These results come from two studies, which were presented at a conference over the weekend. Brain scans show striking similarities between the brains of autistic patients and those of their non-autistic parents and siblings.
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Snow White's Scary Adventures - A Running Tally

Previous total: 1097

11/19/05: 11

Running total of the number of time Ben has ridden Snow White's Scary Adventures, as of 11/19/05:

1108

Also today: four rides on Dumbo, a visit to Mickey's PhilharMagic, and lunch at the Columbia Harbor House instead of the usual Cosmic Ray's.