Just a casual comment about a misspelling that's easy to make, in the quote at the beginning of the newsletter.
The thought of a national organization devoted to gazing at one's bellybutton is quite amusing. I sent Keith private e-mail on this, also.
Really should look up "omphaloskepsis"...
Maybe someone ate too many "naval" oranges?
Spelling problems and our national epidemic of subliteracy are topics for another time and place.

[munch, munch] *mmm*, humble pie, GOOD...

Mea culpa and all that. I could claim it was a test to see if anyone is paying attention, but you probably wouldn't believe me.

I found "omphaloskepsis" years ago in Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words [1]. Definition: meditation while gazing at one's navel. It's not in the OED so probably wouldn't be in more quotidian dictionaries either.

Thanks for branching the forum, Nicholas. I'll link it from the Director of Time.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1559722339/tbtf/

Hey, fwiw, I was *sure* that Keith was funnin'.

You're obedient S'erver, /Dan

Some years ago, driving from Philadelphia to NYC, I drove past a building with a very large sign proclaiming itself "The Worlds Largest Stationary Store".

I almost laughed myself off the road.

a.

My least favorite sign, on a farm stand near where I live, reads "Stans Big Acres. If You Cant Stop Wave." Often have I been tempted to mount a 3 AM raid with a bucket of paint to add: "If You Can't Punctuate, Don't Post."

Hmm. Will link a photo of that sign once my new Olympus digital arrives. If ever.

You're in a rut, Keith. In http://tbtf.com/blog/#1, we find:

"The uncounted hoardes of system and network techies watching over the world's systems as midnight swept westward had little to do."

Is this a backhand shot at Genghis Khan and his Golden Hoard?

Who knows how to get pictures of Elaine from Seinfeld's navel or Martina Hingis?

if i am stabbed in my navel with a long needle, will i die?

Edited by author 05-03-2001 02:00 PM
No, but if you are pregnant you may learn your baby's sex.

(BTW, in Phil's post #6, the archival link is
http://tbtf.com/blog/2000-01-02.html .)

 Happy New Year 2008.!