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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Well done, Mac!
Matilda has been really on top of her college process, from application to scheduling classes to meeting with counselors and contact with her roommate.
She's got an organizer that she's been filling out every day in advance of starting.
We're moving her in tomorrow and the only thing I'm stressed about is meeting her roommate's parents.
It there a word for the habit of starting from one article or phrase or word, which takes you to another, then another, then another, and so on, until you end up learning about something completely unexpected, or finding a connection you had no idea about?
It's something I first started in middle school when I learned how to use the Encyclopedia Britannica, and I have continued ever since. It became so much easier, and so much more addictive, once I had access to the internet.
Today it lead me from an item in my Facebook feed about the original platting of Topeka KS, to the history of the Wyandot people, to this guy: [link] who it seems was a cousin of one of my ancestors on the Walker side, and a mutual cousin of this guy: [link]
The closest I have come up with is "following a trail of breadcrumbs" or "down a rabbit-hole," but neither seems quite the right fit because there wasn't a purposeful start point or a focused search or an intended goal, just jumps from topic to topic. It's all "oh, I didn't know that" or "what does that mean?" or "that's odd" or "huh, that's interesting," or sometimes just plain "how?" or "why?"
Reminds me of [link] blog by erinaceous.
I call it Wikipedia-ing and I do it every day!
Great news about, Mac, msbelle!!
That’s great, msbelle!
I do that topic to topic hopping spree on Wikipedia all the time.
topic hopping spree
That's a good phrase for it. Thanks.
Timelies all!
Had my appointment yesterday with my PCP. Good news- my triglycerides are way down, and are now in the normal range.(Good cholesterol is still bit low) Yay for statins!
Tomorrow we are flying to Seattle for WorldCon. Should be fun, and nice to get away from the temperatures in the 90s predicted here for the rest of the week.
Yeah, our heatwave in Seattle is supposed to break tonight. I had to dip out of work early because my computer wasn't having it with the temperature.
Tomorrow we are flying to Seattle for WorldCon.
I'll be at WorldCon!
Have fun storming the Worldcon!