Welcome at this conversational space.

I told you about the exchange of messages with Twain.

Have a look for other Twiners here to invite.

Visit my page and you will see those Twinerians I found. If you find another one, please let me know. I see at Maldives.

going down the rabbit hole, alice...

Ha ha. It would be if there was a Q3 on the board!

I started playing chess when I was 5. I SHOULD have been a good kid and learnt the grid conventions A2: A4 etc, but I didn't. Still, I did beat my father in our second game. He taught me how to play in the first.

Alice in W is great (and very approp') because it is a story about making sense of alien environments and examining pre-existing concepts anew.

I dunno--never liked caterpillars myself--kinda bitter.

off with her head!

and now that I think about it--that's not a double-helix, that's hookah smoke slowly rising. OH NO Take the Blue Pill, Neo!

STOP! I've got tears in my eyes. However, should I recite you one of my favorite pieces?

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.


"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.


`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

I just love chortling.

And Galumphing can be pretty invigorating, if you've got the right kind of saddle that is.

Wow--That place is cool! I love craftsman style. And the cat in the corner, LOL!

I LOVE alice from Carnegie Mellon; I found it a while ago. I got busy creating a beach with a carousel and then populated it with penguins that sing the musical notes if you click on them! LOL.

This may seem like regression.......but I believe firmly we should retain elements of being a curious child in us --- with our adult maturities and sense-making synched with this. Only then can true creativity and innovation occur.

As well as alice there's sophie which could potentially replace PDFs within 5 years. It's like the wiki-version of PDFs and books --- very powerful and compelling tech....

Re. chess, well I watched my father playing with his friends once and thought it was cool. I picked it up no problemo. Nowadays I play against the in-flight entertainment systems (I win.....A LOT). I also once beat 5 medics simultaneously. Also beat the chess game developed in Squeak and built in Croquet, the brainchild of Alan Kay and 5 other architects (yes THAT Alan Kay, ex-Apple and absolute genius imo).

I sent all my chess moves to Alan's fellow architect, Dr Julian Lombardi of Duke U, and he was gobsmacked. Then later I also found a bug in their code on pari-passu moves.

I'm not good at chess per se --- I just play for fun because it makes the brain tick and gives it a good exercise!

yeah! interface is MUCH better than Twine, and this is all highly functional--too bad that other place doesn't 'get it'

No Way! That's grace slick? Yikes! At least her artwork is cool.

As I said, never touch the stuff. (caterpillars)

re Bonnie...NO! Let them figure it out...LOL

The customize settings page has an area down below where you can modify the color schemes at will.

Swedish Fish and Gummi Worms.

pra'lly, that's cuz it's Starship now...

OK, i've joined... now what?

i'm there... right now; was chatting with Twain.