Rabbit Hole Day

[nsingman]

If you've noticed any strange entries on your LJ, then those folks are joining me in wishing the late Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson a very happy 175th birthday!

Comments

[austin_dern]

Just you wait.

I was starting to wonder if I was the only person noticing the event this year, though ...

[nsingman]

There are lots of Lewis Carroll fans on my friends list, but I only noticed one or two Rabbit Hole Day entries. I didn't really do one because I'm just not very creative.

[nsingman]

True, which is why I referred to him as the "late Reverend." :-)

However, considering that reaching 100 isn't nearly as unusual as it used to be, and there are a few peope who make it past 110, I figure that a century or so of additional research and technology might just get our grandchildren close to that age.

[claire]

With the group of people I have friended, I'm not even sure I'd notice if they all started celebrating Rabbit Hole Day ;)

[nsingman]

Yes, but think how much more interesting that makes your journal reading! :-)

[jchance]

crystalgee made a similar comment--with my life, I didn't need it. And, re life expectancies, they're really closing in on how ageing works...my generation may well be the first to see life extension.

[nsingman]

You're lucky that way, but we mundanes need to embellish reality. :-)

Life extension is certainly compelling, and I would love if my children could be beneficiaries of it.

[el_jefe59]

I had never heard it referred to as Rabbit Hole Day before. I like that!

[nsingman]

Bloggers celebrate by making a completely strange, Alice-in-Wonderland sort of entry. It can be weird and amusing. :-)

[courier_iii]

I think that LJ noted the day. I did a comment to lalaland earlier and when it posted the first sentence and the last sentence were there, but the paragraph in the middle was gone. It's either that or those meds that I've been taking for my head cold have really begun to take effect.

[nsingman]

I've sometimes been doing editing, and a few keystrokes can select and delete a chunk of text in an instant. So don't blame yourself just yet. :-)

I hope you're feeling better!

[trishalynn]

I just realized something.... you're Dr. Noah, aren't you?

[nsingman]

If you're referring to the poor dentist from the brilliant web comic Narbonic, created by our mutual friend Shaenon "Sarge" Garrity, then the answer is yes, sort of. I was honored by having that character named after me.

[trishalynn]

Heh. That's exactly what I was referring to. That's so awesome.

[nsingman]

Thanks. It was awesome! Shaenon was kind enough to dedicate that strip (5 October 2000) where Dr. Noah crawls from the wreckage to me and my wife, and even kinder in letting us buy the original art from her. It's a cherished possession.