The things you learn from cleaning up address lists… I just ran across an address on the “State of Franklin Road”. Wikipedia tells us that “Frankland” seceded from North Carolina and attempted to join the United States in 1785, but it could not get the full number of votes required by the Articles of Confederation.

Well, if I’m going to wear my “I’m Blogging This” shirt to a party, I suppose I have to say something here, right? :-)

I took some time out from moving out of the shelter to go to the last Bothell Scoble Bash (for a good long while, anyway). This was the first time that I had taken Donna and the girls, and Donna was a bit apprehensive about not knowing anyone there. The ice was broken a bit, though, when she got to watch the 3rd-highest Zuma scorer practice her art on Scoble’s Xbox360/60-inch-HDTV combo. Ael was absolutely enthralled watching Patrick play Second Life on his Mac laptop. She can hardly wait until she’s old enough to get her own Teen grid account - I guess she’ll just have to watch me play until then. Erin, though, decided to play out in the backyard, mostly by herself (although she did share the rope swing with another girl (sometimes)).

While Patrick was in Second Life, I asked him if he was into MUDs and MUSHes, too. When he looked blank, I explained that they were just like Second Life — virtual worlds where you can explore and build stuff — but text only.

You haven’t heard disdain until you’ve heard a 13-year-old geek repeat “Text only”.

We couldn’t stay long, though, because Donna was anxious to get Mac back from the folks who have been watching him for the past couple of weeks. When I first saw him, I was shocked at how old he looked and acted, but as he settled in at the new place, he started to turn back into his mommy’s puppy again. :-)