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Wed, 23 Feb 2005

For the record, the national debt is currently $7,692,366,884,904.27 as of Dad's 82nd birthday. That's almost A Trillion Dollars more than eighteen months ago.

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R.I.P. Gene Scott, Ph.D.

Hadn't thought of him in years, frankly, but Gene Scott has died. Anyone who had a big satellite dish back in the Old Days® knows him intimately. A very strange (in the good sense) televangelist whose 24/7 broadcasts on G3/20 were great for tweaking your dish and setting things up. He also broadcast on shortwave with an amazing amount of world-wide power in several bands. He was a serious Christian preacher, biblical scholar, a pretty informed theologian, and also expatiated with a genuinely scholarly/mystic grasp of things like Atlantis, UFOs, Incas, Mayans, Aztecs, Easter Islanders and Australian Aborginal beliefs. He owned horses, was a dedicated racetrack connoisseur and handicapper, and always had a collection of glossy-magazine-class Southern California Beauties on his arm. I spent more than a few nights bemusedly watching his shows. What a character. What an intellect. What an operator.

Godspeed, Gene.

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