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What Scares Me
Given the time of year, a lot of people have been writing about what scares them (see EvilFlu, CarissaJaded, SnoopDogg). Never one to avoid a bandwagon, here is what scares me: WolvesTo me, a wolf with its teeth bared is one of the most frightening images I can think of. If something is going to…
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Normal Activity
It’s Halloween time, so as one would expect, many ghostly happenings have been … happening. A few nights ago I had a lovely date night with myself. I got some snacks and some wine, turned off all the lights except for a single candle, and sat down to watch a scary movie. I’d never seen…
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RIP Geocities
Today, Geocities, one of the earliest free web hosting companies, is shutting down. SAD FACE. I joined Geocities way back when it was called Geopages. This was in 1995, when it was organized into “neighbourhoods” (this was pre-Google, so the web had to be organized into hierarchies of links or you couldn’t find anything), and…

I’m Phronk, also known as P.T. Phronk, or Mike. I’m a writer and scientist. Here’s where to find my stuff:
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