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Vol. 33, No. 10

Crewe Bulletin 3 LocSec’s Report 4 Statement of Ownership 5 Membership News 6-7 The Tenth Story 8-9 ExComm Minutes 10-14 November 2008 Calendar 16-22 December Calendar Preview 23 Top Ten All-Time Favorite TV Shows 24-25 The Choice To Bind 26-28 Member’s Report: Genealogy Colloquium 29-30 Ballooning: September 2008 31-32 Fourth Friday Madness 33-34 Suzaku 35 Cryptopoem 36 Crossword 37 Answers to October Puzzles 38

Inside The Sounding

November

Special Events This Month:

Gourmensan’s Dim Sum Lunch ….. Nov 9th

House Party (& Birthday Bash) …… Nov 15th

Thanksgiving Orphans’ Dinner ….. Nov 27th

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WELCOME TO TAMPA BAY MENSA!

* = new member; others are moves in, preferences in, or reinstatements.

Ruth Corcoran Beckman

* Justin A Brecese

* Janice Johnson

Gerry Alex Morfesis

* Molly Mrva

Nan Owens

* Mark A Stadnyk

Charles Venable

CERTIFIED ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE PROFESSIONALS

Looking for an interest indication to start a new SIG for Certified Accounting and Finance Professionals.

Credentials to include:

CPA - Certified Public Accountants CFA - Chartered Financial Analysts CFP - Certified Financial Planners CMA - Certified Management Accountants CIA - Certified Internal Auditors

It will be open to those who currently hold any of the above certi-fications and those who have completed the experience portion of the qualifications and at least ½ of the testing required for any of the above certifications. (CFAs - completion of level 1 testing.) This composition should allow for broad discussion of current top-ics in these disciplines and may provide resources for questions posed in your current profession.

Interested?

Please e-mail [email protected] for more information.

* * * * CREWE BULLETIN * * * *

Congratulations to HELEN PARRAMORE!

Reviews of her two books, Skunk Stew and Maiden Voyage, were

included in the September issue of the Mensa Bulletin!

LOCSEC’S REPORT Thomas George Thomas

It's Election month, and most of us have politics on our mind, even if it's as unwelcome as some of those earworm tunes that you can't get out of your head. But for those who have been engaged, the TBM Discussion list has been going strong with thoughtful analyses of the topics of the day. Granted, like any such on-line group, there have been some tangents into the absurd, but these are easily skipped once you've gotten the hang of it. If you are looking for a way to in-teract with your fellow local Mensans but haven't been able to make it to any of our events, this might be a way for you to keep your toe in the intellectual stream. Send an email to [email protected] to sign up! You don't have to have a Yahoo ID to join. If you don't use the email address that the na-tional office has on file for you, we'll need some additional informa-tion to confirm your membership before we let you in.

Speaking of elections, I am running for Regional Vice Chairman for Region 10 in next year's American Mensa elections. I'll have more on that later; this column isn't the place for politicking. But I wanted to announce it here for two reasons.

First, there are three of us running for the position at this time (the others are Mel Dahl and MaryKay Dailey). All of us were approved by the American Mensa National Nominating Committee and will appear on the ballot next April. But if there are others who believe they would serve well in this capacity, there is still a chance to ap-pear on the ballot via the petition process. The instructions are scheduled to appear in the November Mensa Bulletin, but if you have any questions, I'll be happy to assist. The petition process will also allow for the submissions of any referenda you want to see on the ballot.

The second reason I bring it up is that this means I won't be running for Tampa Bay Mensa ExComm next year, since the results of the national election won't be known until after the results of our local election. I'd like to ask you to consider running for ExComm next year, and invite anyone who is interested to contact me or any of the ExComm members (listed on the inside back cover of the Sounding) for information.

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NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS

1 James Vivien Crum III

2 Jane Pattison

3 Robert Rhodes

4 Jacqueline Brawner, James Spencer

5 James Francis

6 Mary Matthews

8 Keith Lussen, Michael Sinnreich

9 Matthew McGlynn

11 Thomas Latus, Paul Miller

12 Mikael Magnusson

Elizabeth Jean Rafaloski

Doug Wilcock

13 Michael Aston

Diane Abrams Ross

17 Jack Theodore Brawner Jr

18 Brian Ourso

21 Robert Parrish Kellenberger

Michael Moffitt Jr

23 Thomas Gordon Jr

24 Marjorie Sarah Acker

Alan Walter

25 Malcolm Haynes Jr

26 Philip Robert Hair

Frankie Prather

27 Howard Berry, John Cattel

John Roberts, Erica Rogers

28 Papan Devnani, Carol Partington

29 Gretchen Gregory Kulisky

Dorothy McArtor-Skaptason

Jason Newberg, Audrey Silver

30 William David Gilmer

Roland St Marie Jr

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NOVEMBER MENSAVERSARIES

35 Years Nan Owens

33 Years Vel Jaeger

29 Years William John Mader,

Esther Maria Talledo Snook,

Alan Walter

28 Years James Francis, Joyce Liberty

27 Years Kerry Lawson, Stanley Pleban

23 Years Philip Robert Hair, Elliott Loyless

22 Years Martha Metcalf

20 Years Thomas Andrew Timberlake Sr

17 Years Phil Caraway, Joseph Martin Joeb, Donald White

14 Years Karen Payne

12 Years Meredith Craig

9 Years Logan Johnson, Susan Tharp

7 Years Thomas Johnson

6 Years Ronald Croft, E Todd Mitchell,

Ben Pethe, Lori Stangherlin

5 Years Fernando Narvaez, Carol Dhu Park

4 Years Ryan Boyle, John Wallace Hamilton,

J Heuer, Alvin Nienhuis, Bradley Price,

3 Years William Allen, Ernie Lawrence Hitte, Lisa Wilson

2 Years Brad F Dieringer, Timothy Dixon,

Jessica Johnson, Christopher Orozco

1 Year Thomas Allison, Michael G Aston, Thomas Baker,

Robert Brandenburg, Ryan Duran, Michael Hellyer,

Bob Hickstein, Brian Hochschild, Jessica Howard,

Seungwoo Lee, Joshua Moore, Jason C Newberg,

Richard Quinn, Paul Stonebridge, Paul Sutcliffe,

Rona Wiener

* Years are for continuous membership - members who let their membership

lapse start from the date of reinstatement.

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THE TENTH STORY

(RVC COLUMN FOR REGION 10) – NOVEMBER 2008

Maggie Truelove

I was extremely proud of Region 10 in September, when it was announced that we were the ONLY region with 100% participation for Mensa Testing Day. So THANK YOU to all the LocSecs and proc-tors out there who decided to participate, and then followed through with notifying national of that participation.

That started me thinking about the numbers and statistics in-volved with testing, so I pulled out my trusty RVC Report from Sep-tember 30. (NOTE: September 30 is the most recent available, as I must write this column very early in October.)

Considering the first 9 months of 2008, only Central Florida Mensa tested in each of those first 9 months, with Broward Mensa testing in 7 of the months, and Mensa of Jacksonville testing in 6 of those 9 months. (That statistic did go all the way down to a group with one test session, and even one group that didn't test at all so far in 2008, by the way.)

Frequency of testing didn't necessarily correlate with the number of candidates taking tests, however. (Here I must switch to looking at the last 12 months, not just 2008.) During the past 12 months, Tampa Bay Mensa tested 62 people, while Central Florida Mensa tested 52 candidates, and Palm Beach County Mensa has tested 30 people.

Another statistic we can look at is the conversion rate, as in what percentage of those who qualify by testing actually follow through and join right away. In that area, 4 groups really stand out: Mana-sota Mensa's conversion rate was 100%; Palm Beach County Mensa's conversion rate was 92.9%; Tallahassee Mensa's conversion rate was 90.9%; and Broward Mensa's conversion rate was 90.0%.

Okay, now that we have looked at the statistics, do you notice what I noticed? It is not just the same two or three groups showing up. In lots of our groups, people are doing things right. Lots of test-ing and lots of people being tested? Then the group has a good proc-tor coordinator who contacts potential candidates and schedules them or puts them in touch with the nearest proctor, as well as great proctors! High conversion rates? Then someone in the group, per-

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haps membership officer, is doing a good job of contacting those candidates who receive an offer of membership. And once they do join, is someone making them feel welcome? A letter? A phone call?

I guess this is my way of encourage all of us to remember the im-portance of the testing program. The greater percentage of new members comes from our testing program, rather than from prior evidence. Ideally, we would have several proctors available in vari-ous parts of our group borders. Truth to tell, that doesn't happen. There is always a need for more proctors. And if you have a college degree, you are eligible to train to be a proctor. (And you thought only teachers could do it!!)

Maggie Truelove, RVC 10

407-855-9078

[email protected]

3333 Honeysuckle Lane,

Orlando, FL 32812

COMING SOON TO A COMPUTER NEAR YOU:

AMERICAN MENSA'S CAREERLINK!

One of members' most requested benefits has been employ-ment resources. American Mensa is currently working with JobTarget to create CareerLink, a one-stop online shop for employment postings, career guidance and more.

Members may apply for jobs and post their resumes free of charge. Both current and non-members will have the option of posting job opportunities for a nominal fee; however, this fee will be discounted for current members. And because CareerLink will be part of JobTarget's OneClick(TM) system, an online network of over 1,000 companies across the coun-try, job opportunities will be varied and plentiful.

We expect CareerLink (www.careerlink.us.mensa.org) to go live in early November, so stay turned for more information!

MINUTES FOR TAMPA BAY MENSA’S

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING — AUGUST 23, 2008

Jay Johnson, Scribe

(Abridged by Thomas Thomas for main points. Full transcript is on file and available on request.)

The August ExComm Meeting was held at the home of Maran Fulvi.

ExComm Members present: Ronan Heffernan, Theresa Hohmann, Kathy Crum, Sylvia Zadorozny, Maxine Kushner, Barbara Loewe, Maran Fulvi, Thomas Thomas. Absent: Dana Groulx.

Other TBM Members present: Jay Johnson (Scribe), Eloise Hurst, Kimberly Nerviano.

The meeting was called to order at 3:31 pm by Thomas Thomas.

Reading of Minutes: Jay Johnson distributed the draft via email prior to the meeting. Abridged version distributed which covered the main points for the record. ExComm reviewed and made corrections. Motion: To approve the minutes as amended. Passed. Corrected and abridged version to be published in Sounding.

Officers’ Reports:

LocSec: Thomas Thomas: At the Annual Gathering in Denver I col-lected the Member Recognition Web award for Ronan Heffernan. Lapsed Member contact deadline has been extended. Mensa Test-ing Day is scheduled for October 18. Jay Johnson will be proctoring a test in September as well. I also prepared the Crewe List for the September Sounding.

Treasurer: Kathy Crum: Profits on RG worked out well. Account Balances Report shows we are up a bit from last year, over $500. The CD is going to mature before the next meeting so I will be put-ting it wherever we can get a decent rate. We did have a few con-tributions, Educational Outreach and for Sounding so those will go up a bit. That almost makes budget for contributions to Sounding. I sent $500 to the post office to cover Crewe List mailing. The post office is sending documents with the totals on the right side miss-ing so I have to estimate how much is in the account. I am hoping to be able to access the report online.

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Editor: Kimberly Nerviano: Kimberly had questions about how the calendar information is set up. Thomas explained that the Event Submission form on the website is currently emailed to him, and he forwards to the Calendar Editor. This can be set up to send emails to the email aliases for Tampa Bay Mensa so they will go directly to whoever is holding the position at the time. Any alias not assigned to a specific individual defaults to the LocSec.

Kimberly pointed out that some people send ideas to tbm-gm with-out clarifying whether they are submissions or even a willingness to host. A Calendar Editor is needed to sort this out for submission to the Sounding Editor. Maran volunteered to make the updates to the online calendar so that Kimberly can download the finalized information. Thomas will handle assigning the Calendar alias to Maran. Motion: Maran Fulvi will become Calendar Editor. Passed.

Thomas announced that the Sounding for September is 80 pages, twice as long as most months, therefore twice as expensive. Prices in general have gone up since last year but we’ll get a 20% rebate in October so we will see some of it coming back. Expenses for the Sounding continue to increase as we have a lot more to print with a lot more people to send it to, inflation, membership, and postage in general.

Circulation: Thomas Thomas: We have a continued increase in membership. Everyone gets a Crewe List, not just everyone on mail, but also secondary family members and those who usually get electronic delivery because we are not permitted to send mem-bership information as via electronic delivery. The cost per Sound-ing continues to be relatively small. We get 93¢/person/month and this issue will cost a little more than a dollar, which is offset by Crewe List contributions.

Gifted Children: Theresa Hohmann: Not much activity for the summer but will incorporate a GC Activity in the fall picnic.

Membership: Maxine Kushner: Ran out of Crewe Lists to send out to new members, so they will receive the new Crewe List. Will send future members the new list. I talked to a few new members.

Fall Picnic: Maxine Kushner: The picnic will be Saturday October 4 at Trout Creek Lake Park on the Hillsborough River near New

Tampa, beginning at 11:00. We have a reservation for a nice site on the water for all day. The reservation cost $53.00. The site has a grill, water, and no electricity, with room for 50 people. The site is good for canoes if anyone wants to do that. Maran will follow up with new members who joined in the last 3-6 months either by phone or email.

Testing: Thomas Thomas: I haven’t been able to contact our new Testing Coordinator either by email or phone. I want to try to find out what is going on with him before I ask to rescind his position as Testing Coordinator. I am getting some contact info off the website and will send it to Jay, Barbara and Fran so they can get in touch with people. Until things settle out I will have the info sent to me because we are losing prospects on a daily basis.

WebSpinner: Ronan Heffernan: I am going to totally reorganize the web site. I put the Crewe List survey form online so new members can use it.

RG Chair: Maran Fulvi: We are in the process of final negotiations with La Quinta in Clearwater to have the RG there. One of the ad-vantages with this venue is that if I do end up being chair for Hos-pitality as well I can handle it because of the way it is set up. I am still working on pulling volunteers together. We have two con-firms already. Rona Wiener is going to run games and maybe some of the tournaments. Melissa Stephens has agreed to be in charge of speakers. We are in the process of putting committees together and working forward.

I wanted to talk with Sandy Davanzo and see if she is willing to do any of the meals this year. Before I look at any other restaurateurs I will look around because we have the ability to do more self-catering because of the set-up.

Because the costs are low we can bring in catered breakfasts which were very popular. I did a preliminary investigation with Oriental Super Buffet around the corner, they have a banquet room that will hold 120 people and we will consider doing that for Sunday dinner out similar to what we did with the Spaghetti Warehouse. The buf-fet is close enough to walk.

We can provide transportation to mobility challenged for outside activities. The downside is we would have to have 1-2 dedicated

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drivers because of the insurance. I don’t know if they have to have a special commercial license. If we do need a commercial license I will look for someone who will do it without paying him but we will comp him for the event – feed him, let him hang with us, whether he is a member or not. Barbara Loewe suggested that we could schedule a few trips to the beach each day, schedule drop-off and pick up.

Old business:

Open Positions: Thomas Thomas: We still have vacant volunteer positions. Our activities coordinators have moved on to other pro-jects, so we have no Activities Coordinator. Maran proposed that the tasks fall under the purview of Programs Officer, so activity emails could be directed to her. If anyone wants to do programs for a specific area or interest, Maran will coordinate with all of them. Kimberly put the vacant positions list on the cover of the Crewe List so people will see them. Thomas received a PowerPoint presentation on CD at the Annual Gathering about getting people involved which he passed on to Maran.

New Member Meeting: Maran was unable to find any free place that looked workable. Thomas suggested that since we have been un-successful finding a free meeting venue that we ought to open up the possibility of renting a space.

Barbara has a country club ballroom in her community which is not the most central location but which does have a restaurant. She might be able to get food for $100 and have a pay bar.

Maran suggested that while we are in discussion with La Quinta for the RG we can ask what they would charge for their room in the conference center. They don’t do food so we could do whatever we want, we don’t need the whole building and it is easy to get to. She will follow up on that.

Thomas didn’t have suggested dates for the next New Member meeting, but thinks we will be looking at beginning of next year, say February.

Barbara asked if we wanted to look at La Quinta for a holiday party in November or December? We can combine a holiday party for us with New Members. Motion: Barbara Loewe authorized to negoti-

ate a $100 room at La Quinta for a New-Member event. Passed.

Bulk Mail: Thomas wants to send out post cards for the fall picnic because Sounding will arrive too late and post cards work to get people out. Thomas is looking into the bulk mail rate, but has been unsuccessful at contacting the proper people at the post office. He wants to determine the differences between bulk rate and our cur-rent license, and whether we can we have both licenses, among other questions.

Regional Mega-Gathering: No report.

Sounding Advertising Rates: Thomas did not have any additional data on our options. Clearly the cost of Sounding is in flux so he will table this to the next meeting.

2009 RG: Planning session held regarding RG. Topics included hos-pitality logistics, scheduling of announcements, themes, flyers, etc. We will do some promotion at the SCAM RG.

Next ExComm Meeting: October 11, 2:00 at the home of Sylvia Zadorozny.

Motion to adjourn: Second, motion carried. The meeting was ad-journed at 5:23pm.

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Past Deliberate, Considered, Personal Physical Sacrifice to Protect Our National Interests

IS an Indication of Future Performance

--- Richard Manno

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NOVEMBER 2008 CALENDAR

Mensa events are open to all Mensans, their spouses, and

accompanied guests. A party at a private home is a private event,

and who may or may not attend is at the complete discretion of

the host. While kitty amounts are mandatory, hosts often spend

far more than the specified amount. Donations in excess of the

kitty amount will be appreciated.

Please e-mail your calendar event notices to

[email protected], or visit

http://tampa.us.mensa.org/cal for complete instructions.

Your deadline for the following month’s calendar is the

10th of the preceding month.

Hosts: Please remember to mention any special concerns about

your location, such as limited access for the handicapped, smoking

restrictions, or presence of pets.

Guests: If you have special needs or restrictions, it is prudent to

discuss them with your host before attending an event.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1

5:00 PM to 11:00 PM ET Free Movie

Location: Al Lopez Park, 4810 N. Himes Ave., Tampa

He is afraid. He is totally alone. He is 3 million light years from home. The mystery. The suspense. The adventure. The call... that started it all. Gates open at 5pm Film begins at 7:00pm FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE!!! Let's support Tampa Theatre's Sunset Cinema - a community initiative for all of Tampa Bay... and one of my favorite movies ;-)

Hosted by Melissa Stephens (813) 476-5405.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5

7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Reading Group

Location: Perkins, 612 N. Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa

We meet twice per month (on the first and third Wednesday). Our meeting location is Perkins on Dale Mabry, just north of Kennedy. Bring along books you'd like to exchange or give away.

Ronan Heffernan (813) 732-2310 [email protected]

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6

12:30 PM to 1:30 PM Lunch Bunch

Location: Piccadilly Cafeteria, 11810 North Dale Mabry, Tampa

We meet at Piccadilly Cafeteria (next to Barnes and Noble Bookstore) in Tampa. For directions, descriptions, and/or encouragement to attend, call:

Jim Perry (813) 837-3473 [email protected]


7:30 PM to 11:59 PM Games Night

Location: 651 Timber Bay Circle West, Oldsmar ($2 kitty) Games and Gobbling (sing to the tune of "We Gather Together") We gather together from hither and thither To play lots of games and we munch and we crunch. With Mensa friends joking, One cat and no smoking, We yak and we snack and we play a whole bunch.

Sylvia Zadorozny (813)855-4939 [email protected]

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9

12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Gourmensans Dim Sum Lunch

Location: Ha Long Bay, 5944 34th St. N., St. Petersburg

Responding to numerous requests, our own Papan Devnani has scoured the Tampa Bay area for the very best in Dim Sum. Dim Sum are Chinese dumplings with a wide variety of fillings. Whether you choose make a meal of them or just have a few as an hors d'orve, they're a treat not to be missed! Hong Kong Luncheon Menu is also available if you so prefer.

Meet at Ha Long Bay (Rest. 727-522 9988).

RSVP to Maran Fulvi (727) 421 4728 or [email protected]

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Spring Hill Dinner

Location: Cici’s Pizza, 12109 Cortez Blvd, Spring Hill

Join us in Spring Hill every second Monday for dinner at Cici's Pizza (Rest. 352-596-9544). Reservations are not needed, ask for the "Mensa Table". Members, their guests & anyone interested in learning more about MENSA are welcome.

Host Victoria Foust (352) 596-8242 [email protected]

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Tuesday Night Trivia

Location: Barnacles of Tampa, 926 Providence Rd, Brandon

Join us for Buzztime Trivia every second Tuesday at Barnacles

Tuesday is when the rest of the national NTN-SIG plays (join the SIG at [email protected]).

Tuesday features Buzztime's Brainbuster and Showdown games.

Barnacles is a full restaurant and bar, so you can socialize even if you don't play trivia. They even have Karaoke later in the evening for anyone interested!

See Barnacles of Tampa online at www.barnacles.com

Thomas Thomas (813) 994-3981 [email protected]


1:00 PM to 3:00 PM MHUNCH

Location: Andrea's Family Restaurant, Winter Haven

Come meet us for lunch! Your RSVP is important! Please either email or call Merrell Fortner so we can save a seat at the table for you! MHUNCH events are subject to cancellation if there is a lack of interest Do let me know if you spot any coupons—I'll post them on tbm-gm for all to see.

Merrell Fortner (863) 701-7109 [email protected]






FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14

7:30 AM to 8:30 AM Breakfast Gathering

Location: Village Inn, Walsingham Rd, Largo

Breakfast Gathering 2nd Friday of every month. Gather for food and conversation. Please call Lori Puterbaugh at (727) 399-2419 for directions and so we have a headcount.

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7:00 PM to 11:59 PM House Party

Location: 10733 Dowry Ave., Tampa 33615 ($2 kitty)

It's a November Birthdays House Party! For our Scorpio Valentine's babies and those who love them. Hosted by Susie Anderson (b. 11/07) and Tom Gordon (b. 11/23). BYOB and some sort of snack to share and there will be set ups and a smorgasboard of snacks to sample...and a $2 kitty.

If you bring something you make specially be ready to share the recipe! If you want to participate in a rowdy gift exchange bring a $1 or $2 gift or something you have gotten and never used and set aside that would make a unique gift...a candle, deck of cards, weird kitchen item, gag gifts, weird accessories, etc. We will play a card game to select and swap and steal other peoples' gift selections...if I remember how to play...great fun at parties...

I will have the whirlpool on and warmed up for anyone who would like to soak and relax a while. I have a sauna also if there is interest i can heat it up. NOTE: You must wear a swim suit to use the pool/whirlpool. No nudity allowed. And please bring a towel if you intend to get wet. Bring fishing poles if you like to fish. I have an underwater camera system with night vision, and we can see what lurks in the depths of the canal at night.

Susie Anderson (813) 494-6517 [email protected]


7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Reading Group

Location: Perkins, 612 N. Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa

We meet twice per month (on the first and third Wednesday). Our meeting location is Perkins on Dale Mabry, just north of Kennedy. Bring along books you'd like to exchange or give away.

Ronan Heffernan (813) 732-2310 [email protected]

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21

7:00 PM to 12:00 AM Buzztime Trivia

Location: Prime Time Sports Grill, Carrollwood

Buzztime Trivia (formerly NTN Satellite Trivia) is a nationwide contest held in assorted restaurants and bars in our region.

Three short rounds of five questions each are interspersed with breaks for conversation and socializing.

We meet in Carrollwood at Prime Time Sports Grill which puts the trivia games on a BIG screen! Look for the table with our mascot, Owlbert. Come join the party!

Thomas Thomas (813) 994-3981 [email protected]


6:00 PM to 8:00 PM PigSIG

Location: Ling's Original - Lakeland North

Come join members of Central Florida Mensa for dinner! Please call Stewart Prince for details.

Stewart Prince (863) 967-7680


1:00 PM to 3:00 PM MHUNCH

Location: ReeceCliff - Lakeland

Come meet us for lunch! Your RSVP is important! Please either email or call Merrell Fortner so we can save a seat at the table for you! MHUNCH events are subject to cancellation if there is a lack of interest Do let me know if you spot any coupons—I'll post them on tbm-gm for all to see.

Merrell Fortner (863) 701-7109 [email protected]


4:00 PM to 11:59 PM Thanksgiving Orphans’ Dinner

Location: 651 Timber Bay Circle West, Oldsmar

Anyone interested in getting together for Thanksgiving dinner, please call Sylvia and we'll try to coordinate a complete meal. I'll cook the turkey; you bring side dishes. RSVP would be appreciated, so I know how big a turkey to get.

Sylvia Zadorozny (813)855-4939 [email protected]

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28

6:00 PM to 8:30 PM Fourth Friday Madness

Location: Olive Garden, 6700 U.S. 19 N., Pinellas Park

Come party on down with us every fourth (not necessarily last) Friday at the Olive Garden Italian Restaurant from 6pm to whenever. This is just southeast of Gandy Boulevard. RSVP to:

Phoebe McCann (727) 546-4030 [email protected]


7:30 PM to 11:59 PM Last Saturday Rotating Games Night

Location: 20810 Nectarine Place, Land O Lakes 34637 ($2 kitty)

Each month the Last Saturday games rotate to a different host in order to distribute the commute evenly for all participants, and to give more people an opportunity to host. I'm having a big birthday this month so won't you please join me in a celebration? I am having the games at my house so I can welcome you in starting my own new year.

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November 2008

TOP TEN ALL-TIME FAVORITE TV SHOWS

Erica Rogers and Ken Kaplan present their lists this month. Erica’s was interesting to me because it was populated with shows I have either never seen or shows I never missed. If I liked so many of her favorites that I saw, I imagine I will like the ones I didn’t see. Netflix has them; I’m going to get them. Erica lists a few ‘monster’ shows, we must really enjoy scaring ourselves, and what is it about vam-pires! The season finale of Doctor Who sure was a doozie, I hope all Doctor Who fans were able to catch it.

My Top Ten All Time Favorite TV Shows Presented by Erica Rogers

Wings Chappell’s Show Buffy the Vampire Slayer Cheers Doctor Who (any incarnation) Beverly Hills 90210 (don’t judge me) Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher Dexter Alias Scrubs

Is it a coincidence that many of Erica’s favorites begin with the letter ‘F’, or can we look forward to another list beginning with the letter ‘G’? However she chose to make her list, you can chose the method that is best for you, just be sure to send it to mytvfavorites.com.

This is getting to be funny: I asked for the Top 10 and I get many more, but who’s counting? Seems I’m having the same problem par-ing down my list as well. So bring ‘em on, I say.

My Top 10 All-Time Favorite TV Shows Presented by Ken Kaplan

All In The Family – great writing, fine acting, hilarious The Carol Burnett Show – terrific cast, great sketches, wonderful guests Batman (1966) – funniest show ever, excellent direction, wonderful guests Kate and Allie – great writing, fine acting, very clever Barney Miller – great writing, fine acting, very clever

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Runners up:

Absolutely Fabulous The Equalizer Friends Frazier Forever Knight

Butterflies – one of the first but still one of the best Britcoms Brooklyn Bridge – terrific cast, wonderful stories Your Show of Shows – terrific cast, great sketches, wonderful guests Omnibus – the most interesting show ever Soap – second funniest show ever, excellent direction

Also worth mentioning:

Keeping up Appearances Are you Being Served? The Jack Benny Show The Danny Kaye Show The Flip Wilson Show The Red Skelton Show All of the “Lucy” shows Both Bob Newhart shows Taxi Maverick The Defenders STTNG (Star Trek :The Next Generation)

How many celebs did a cameo on Batman? Hundreds? At least! Even Adam West himself could not remember the exact count.

Ken wants to know why Jeopardy isn’t on everyone’s list. I dunno; I have my reasons why it does not make mine, but perhaps a few of you have a thought about it. Would you put Jeopardy on your list, why or why not? Ken is also very pleased that some of us remember Omnibus, but gee, there were so many wonderful shows in early television, and though Ken reminds us of many, there are still others all worth remembering.

Which ones are on your list? Send your list (with as many titles as you like) to [email protected]. For a reminder, check out www.epguides.com for a comprehensive-but-no-way-complete list of titles past and present. All shows named go onto my database and I will share the results of the TBM Top 10 Favorite TV Shows in a later issue.

Thanks, Erica and Ken, for the trip down memory lane with your list. Good stuff.

Be seeing you, Jay Johnson

November 2008

Add on:

The Mary Tyler Moore Show The Dean Martin Show Peter Gunn Jeopardy

THE CHOICE TO BIND Sandra Jean Kischuk

Friend,

We choose what matters to us.

If we examine the things we view as controlling us and determine

what it will take for us to control them, we have a better chance of

releasing the destructive behaviors that keep us from getting what

we really want.

Last week, I went to a writer's conference. I was accepted into the

program, but it was going to be very expensive. I live without heat

and air conditioning because my disability income is so limited, but

I applied anyway, hoping that I would get enough of a scholarship to

be able to afford it…and I wasn't awarded enough. I could have quit,

but I contacted one of the conference coordinators and told her of

my situation, and that I was going to have to decline because I

couldn't afford it. A couple of days later, she re-contacted me—she

had come up with the funding to enable me to go.

That wasn't the end of it—my multiple sclerosis decided to go into an

exacerbation and make it difficult. My conference sessions were on

the second floor of one of the college campus buildings. It was a la-

bored haul to get up the two flights of steps, requiring both my feet

and pulling myself up with the railing—not a pretty or graceful sight.

I napped in my car between sessions, and loaded a cooler and card-

board box with food so I wouldn't have to drive anywhere once I got

there. I stayed in the spare bedroom of a friend's house who lived

close to the conference.

My preference would have been that I had the finances and energy

to go to lunch and dinner with the other writers, that I could have

stayed with them in the cozy beachfront bed-and-breakfasts I heard

about, and that I had been able to go up and down the stairs effort-

lessly, or at least without the 'scene.' If the 'extras' had been impor-

tant enough, I could have chosen not to attend.

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I chose to focus instead on the conference and what I could learn

while there, and the benefit of spending time with my friend.

Many times we make excuses that we can't do a certain thing be-

cause someone else or something is preventing us from doing it.

When we do that, we give up the power for getting things for our-

selves. We choose to let others determine whether we are happy or

not—an abdication of our own responsibility. It is marvelously

'freeing' in a relationship when people realize they don't 'own' how

another person feels.

How many times have you been faced with someone who tells you,

'you make me so mad.' If you're in that situation, you can respond by

trying to 'fix' things, to not upset the other individual. If you are

working with someone who is terribly imbalanced, the perception is

not temporary—no matter what you do, it is never enough. The other

person chooses to stay unhappy, regardless of how hard you try to

please them. As long as you allow their chosen response to control

your behavior, you will remain locked in a no-win situation. You will

never be good enough to please them.

When someone tells us that we have the power to 'make him or her

happy,' it is a lie. We only have the power to decide whether or not

we, ourselves, are happy. It is not something we can buy, and it's not

something someone else can give us.

We can turn away from our lives, and allow things outside of or

within us to control us. Painful choice.

We can decide that we have to have 'the whole package' instead of

figuring out what is important and focusing on achieving what we

are capable of. Limiting choice.

What are you allowing to control your life?

Copyright © 2007 All rights reserved

Sandra Jean Kischuk, Professional Coach

November 2008

MEMBER’S REPORT GENEALOGY COLLOQUIUM: ‘TRACKING GRANNY’S GRANNY’

Dorothy Butler

The Genealogy Colloquium was excellent. We came away stuffed

with information. Eldon and Lynda Romney (yes, kin, but too dis-

tant to either help or hinder) were gracious hosts and MERF did a

fine job pulling together excellent speakers on some very intriguing

subjects. (Next year's "Weather or Not" in Atlanta promises to be

just as good)

There are several websites that you might be able to use if you

want to research your family. They will certainly simplify and ex-

plain the process as well as provide tools for research. Most of these

people are in the business of genealogy on some level. But Dr.

Stephen Morse is a computer scientist and developed research tools

for genealogy sites because it's his hobby and he wasn't satisfied

with the tools on the sites themselves. His site is free for the public

to use except where he accesses commercial sites such as Ances-

try.com where you have to have a subscription. Also the LDS church

Family History Center site is free and can be used from home to do

much of the research you may want to do on your family. They have

subscriptions to commercial sites, but I believe they said you can

only use their subscriptions for free access from one of their centers,

not from home (I haven't checked that out yet). All of their centers

across the country are listed on their site, all are open to the public,

and all are free.

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www.warrencarmack.com James Warren spoke to us about the

steps to follow in doing family research. He described 18 steps on

starting the process and following a pattern of research so that you

aren't scattering your efforts over too broad a range. The most im-

portant point is to start with yourself and work backward, not skip-

ping generations. If you skip generations without getting the docu-

mentation down each time, you may find yourself following a branch

that doesn't belong on your tree because you made an incorrect as-

sumption.

www.sharoncarmack.com Sharon Carmack is Jim' Warren's

wife. She teaches courses on how to write family history. It's more

than just names and dates. She says you have to place family mem-

bers in context of their time, environment, and culture for it to be

interesting reading. I probably will never get beyond the names and

dates, but if I aspire to write our family history, she's the resource I

would want.

www.forensicgenealogy.info Dr. Colleen Fitzpatrick spoke about

analyzing old photos to determine their authenticity and date by

what you see in the photo, what may be written on the back, and in

some cases what has imprinted itself on the back from a photo that

was under the one you are using. Great stuff! I bought her books

and a CD on photo quizzes that help learn how to do this.

She also spoke about the National Geographic Genographic Pro-

ject. You can send in swabs of your cheek and they will trace your

DNA mutations back to mitochondrial Eve and/or Y-Chromosome

Adam to show the migration paths of people with your same muta-

tions. It isn't specific people, but groups who moved around and got

separated from other groups so that mutations in their DNA were

isolated to certain segments of population. But the best part is that

you can add your DNA to Family Search which is an LDS project and

they will find actual people matches in their databases if there are

any. Mitochondrial DNA changes too slowly to get current genera-

tion matches, but Y-Chromosome is faster and you may get matches

as close as the current generation (Y-Chromosome can be used in

surname research). I can't do Y-Chromosome since that's only men,

but men can do Y-Chromosome and mtDNA.

www.stevemorse.org Dr Stephen P. Morse is a computer scien-

tist/engineer and does genealogy as a hobby. When he couldn't get

certain sites to display data in a way that he wanted to see it and fa-

cilitate deeper linking, he created the tools himself. It's been tagged

"1 Step" website and it's all free except where he links to commercial

sites like Ancestry.com for which you have to have a subscription to

use his tools on their database. He also gave a talk on what DNA is

all about that supplements the Genographic talk that Dr Fitzpatrick

gave. You should bookmark this site and save it for future reference.

He isn’t only interested in genealogy, he's interested in many things

and has quite a few tools out there that point to other types of sites

and perform some unique functions (such as finding the latitude and

longitude of your home address).

www.fhlfavorites.info This is the site I learned about from the

LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. We had a free after-

noon and I went to the museum and the library. They have docents

to help in the library and it's all free. What a wonderful resource for

the public! I'm learning that a great deal of the recorded genealogy

has been done by religious groups such as LDS. The work that is

now being done on DNA and genetics has greatly enhanced geneal-

ogy and vice versa. Pretty soon none of us will be strangers, just dis-

tant cousins.

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BALLOONING: SEPTEMBER 2008

Tom Handcock

John and I pull into the parking

lot at the North Dale Shopping cen-

ter at 5:45 am, fifteen minutes early.

Even so it looks like we might be the

last to arrive. Most of the pilots are

driving jacked up heavy duty vans,

carrying their gondolas on a lift tail-

gate. The crews and crew chiefs are

milling about in one area, the pilots

in another. I join the pilots. The

weather is being analyzed, and the

senior pilots are trying to pick a

launch site. The idea is to pick a

sight so that at the end of the one hour or so flight, the balloon is in

an area of open spaces suitable for landing. Agreement is reached,

the pilots signal their crew chiefs, then passengers, crew, and pilots

leap into the vans and we are off.

Today we are starting from a field on USF property. We all take

care not to intrude on the space each crew needs for set up. I test my

burner while the crew un-straps the rest of the equipment. It is still

dark. The bright blue flame shoots 25 ft into the air. We cold fill the

envelope, then hot fill, stand up the balloon, climb in and we are off!

Our balloon is out first so we stay low and let the others catch up.

We drop over a tree line and into a housing development. We are

flying low enough to go between the buildings. A father and son

come out to watch. We land, offer to take the young man for ride

over his house, but he is frightened of the burner. I yell “next year!”

We lift off again. The other balloons are now ahead of us. In order to

catch up, we climb to about 3000’ AGL where the wind is faster. To

the south we can see downtown Tampa and St Pete. To the west, a

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busy TPA. Periodically we pass over other balloons. I catch up to a

friend, drop 1000’ or so, and fly close enough to let the envelopes

“kiss.” There is camera man on board who would like more shots of

the sunrise, so we sink then rise a few times to simulate the sunrise.

We have been up for about an hour, so I look around and see an

inviting housing project with underground utilities, my favorite. The

wind has picked up. I tell the passengers to get braced. We drop

through the tops of the trees to slow down. After clearing the last

one, I vent hard. We hit the ground, lay over and drag about 50’

through the grass. People run from all directions. “Are you hurt?”

We assure everyone that we are fine. The children, about 25 of them,

help fold the envelope. Everyone is taking pictures. After the balloon

is packed, it’s cookies for the kids and champagne for the adults.

“Cheated Death once again.”

NOVEMBER PROMOTION:

MILITARY RECEIVES FREE PRIOR EVIDENCE SCREENING

With many of our friends and family serving overseas,

American Mensa would like to recognize the contributions of our current and veteran armed services with a special

promotion. In honor of Veterans Day on November 11, we will be offering free prior evidence review to all current or

past military during the month of November. From Novem-ber 1 - November 30, we will waive the $40 fee for anyone

who submits PE along with a copy of their current military ID or a copy of their DD214 form. American Mensa currently

accepts more than 200 tests as prior evidence. To see a list of partial scores, please visit:

http://www.us.mensa.org/testscores.

FOURTH (NOT LAST) FRIDAY MADNESS SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Phoebe McCann

I've been more than absurdly busy so I'm just going to keep this

brief. The meeting was not as well-attended as usual and some of us

chalked it up to the debates. (I only wanted to get home to watch

the ball game.) The "Bottomless Pasta Bowl" was still in ef-

fect. Even RICHARD MANNO didn't out-do his usual and had

only 4 bowls. KIMBERLY NERVIANO sat by me and we had a

fun talk and for once I was across from THOMAS fardlebear

THOMAS and he kept the political topics lively.

When I scolded BOB TOPPER for going outside for a

"seegar," he said he'd buried a lot of people who quit smoking (and

he ain't no spring chicken ... yolk yolk). His house in Mexico is com-

ing along just great. The second story is on. He says the people

there are nicer than the people here and are especially respectful of

the elderly.

Everyone seemed to enjoy their Fall candy bags although RON

DUBS said he just wanted the Tootsie Roll Pops. SYLVIA

ZADOROZNY was kind enough to find a few for him. I said I

would spare Ron the embarrassment of having stuck me with his bill

but he turned it around by letting me shoot with him the following

day and he paid for all the ammunition. Husband DAN

McCANN didn't want to shoot so he read a book in the shade while

Ron and I "bombed away." Ron was kind enough to say that even

though I was awkward with the rifle because it was so heavy (I'm a

lot older than I was when I was in the army) that I was an accurate

shooter. Instead of using big targets with circles or outlines of peo-

ple, he used playing cards. Now there's a challenge for ya!

I wanted to share some research I'd done on Tom Bass with

DABORAH KAZOR and CARL HAMMEN but had forgotten to

bring it with me. Fascinating man, born to a slave but free himself,

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who was practically the first "horse whisperer." He trained horses

and even mules to do incredible tricks. He was the first man to train

a horse to canter backwards.

We debated the possibility as to whether removing the word

"devil" from the Tampa Bay Rays was responsible for them begin-

ning to be a winning team. Of course, politics played a part in the

conversation and people left earlier than usual to go watch the de-

bate.

Well, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it. See ya next time!

Phoebe McCann

(727) 546-4030

[email protected]

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http://xkcd.com

November 2008

SUZAKU © 2008

Thomas George Thomas

Suzaku (from Japanese sousaku: search) is a compound puz-

zle. The first step is to solve it as a traditional sudoku puzzle, us-

ing letters instead of numbers. The second step is to search for

words in the solved sudoku. Start from any letter, moving up,

down, forward, backward or diagonally in any direction, chang-

ing direction as needed without reusing the same square for a

word. Although there are nine letters in this puzzle, words can be

longer if you can find them. (The theme word for this particular

puzzle is twelve letters long.) For extra credit, score the words

using their associated number values to try to find the highest

word points.

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CRYPTOPOEM

Sylvia Zadorozny

ELGRAO RY RIA BVRANFLEE,

RINYXTI RIA ELMAEYOT WVZ,

IYB RIA QELQCLOT YK LRG BIAAE

BAVNG RIA IYXNG VBVZ.

EVOTXLWEZ RIA VXRXFO BLOW

GRLNG RIA TNAAOBYYW EAVMAG,

KNYF RIA KLAEWG RIA NAVSANG GLOT,

PLOWLOT XS RIA GIAVMAG,

VOW V SNYMANP IVXORG FZ FLOW,

VG V GSAEE LG QVGR--

RIA FLEE BLEE OAMAN TNLOW

BLRI RIA BVRAN RIVR LG SVGR.

November 2008

CROSSWORD

Carl S. Hammen

Across

1. A glucocorticoid 9. Day of the week 10. Cleverness 11. Phospholipid in egg yolk 12. Packed 17. Site of protein synthesis 19. At the positive pole 20. Hormonal stimulant

Down

1. Great urine production 2. And others, L. 3. Driving infraction 4. Gain after expenses 5. Adjectival suffix 6. Possess 7. Element 28 8. Gas once used as general anes-thetic 12. Solid with circular base 13. What some parents want 14. Scotch and ______ 15. ______ Fischer, great chemist 16. Tenth 18. Old unit of pressure

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ANSWER TO OCTOBER’S CRYPTOPOEM

It is a windy day.

The water's white with spray.

And pretty soon, if this keeps up,

The world will blow away.

--Marchette Chute, "Weather"

ANSWER TO OCTOBER’S CROSSWORD

Take Your Medicine Carl S. Hammen

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