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arisbe ([personal profile] arisbe) wrote2005-02-23 12:22 pm

Things You Might Not Have Done

(But let me know if you have.)

Skipped second grade.
Passed a kidney stone before puberty.
Ridden the Coney Island Steeplechase and seen the Flea Circus at Hubert's Museum.
Owned a piece of wood from an Egyptian tomb.
Taken a picture of Senator LBJ.
Seen the rings of Saturn through a little telescope without looking for them.
Played a World's Fair.
Represented the United Arab Republic at a Midwest Model U.N.
Sailed the sewers of Paris.
Tried on the top hat and held the cane of Charles Sanders Peirce, who gave Arisbe its name.

[identity profile] arisbe.livejournal.com 2005-02-23 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Especially as a propagandist from the Arab States Information Service flew in from New York at their expense to prepare us.