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AGON

by quicksilver at 02:57 PM on June 04, 2002

A Gathering Of Nerds. This will be the first reunion of the New York Hall of Science 'career ladder'. Short ladder. While the skills I learned at 'tha Hall' served me well, I never really went anywhere inside the organization. Chopping up cows eyes and shattering rubber balls and flowers with liquid nitrogen, and making sure kids don't kill themselves while they're hanging upside down in the playground, and saving my friend's younger brother from getting his head pounded in by an irate 20 year old father, and shooting laser beams from one side of the museum to the other and meeting all sorts of women, and being very very very naughty sometimes was a good way to spend my teen years. There are so many people that made quite an impression on me while I was there. Turned out I was a bit of a take-charge kind of guy. Found that out while I was there. Found out how not to faint while giving presentations. Found that out AFTER I dropped out (literally) of a science competition. Found out how to encourage people to listen to you, and then how to make them listen to you. Found out what kind of punishments work on what kind of people. Funny how I forgot a lot of that stuff. Its all coming back to me now. And there will be a flood of interesting memories and stories I don't remember on Thursday. Hooray for reunions. Hooray for AGON.