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In the days before TV's Oscar and Miss Piggy, before Howdy Doody and Captain Kangaroo, there were picture books. Remember those??? Do you recall sitting on your grandmother's lap as she read to you the story of Peter Rabbit's narrow escape from Mr. McGregor's garden?
One day long ago (24 years or so), a certain obstetrician was about to begin yet another C-section. As he set about his work, another physician sat waiting and watching. I'm not sure what his technical job was but apparently he felt oblitated to keep the expectant parents entertained and therefore, oblivious to the surgical procedure.
One day long ago, my brother pulled into Bluffton in his aging Volvo, a bike carrier on the back. On the carrier was a tandem bicycle that suggested his trip wasn't as easy as usual. He admitted that passing trucks in the hills of VA and West VA was a bit on the dicey side.
But bless his heart for taking his chances. He and his wife, my beloved SIL, had decided that tandems were not made for riding the hills and valleys of Virginia, especially when one's house is situated on a stone road that is well beyond the "End state road maintenance" sign.
Issue #17
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Developer: That Game Company
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform: Playstation 3
Rating: E for Everyone
The current generation of video game consoles has teamed up with the internet to deliver a new (to consoles, at least) medium known as Downloadable Content (DLC). Sometimes DLC is a whole game-albeit usually much smaller in scale than a full retail release-and sometimes it's an addition to an existing game.
