Venice, FL - Hurricane Information Center

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I'm in Florida to attend a high school reunion. The actual reunion is tonight and tomorrow, and I spent part of today catching up with Carl at the old Perkins on 41. Dude. Venice. I'm writing a detailed account of the trip in an article. It promises to be funny and touching, and above all LONG. (It's already twelve pages long, and I just got here last night.)

I have been exchanging text messages with Jake Logan. He's coming down from Gainesville shortly. My wireless plan charges 25c per text message. I should probably change that. I should take a shower. Maybe I'll do that now.

Oh, the photo: that's this device in the Venice Public Library that, get this, is NEW since I was here last (ten years ago). I have never seen this thing before. It's built like an Apple ][e, but enormous, and sitting there in the Reference section. Oh, the library also has a copy of John's book, and I took a picture of it sitting there in the Walter Farley Youth Wing.

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Venice!

By the way, do you know where Andy or Sean are? I haven't heard from them in ages.

That kiosk looks pretty hurricane-proof. Maybe it's a prototype for the hurricane-proof computers of the future.

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Contacting Chris Higgins

I'm a writer based in Portland, Oregon. I mostly write for Mental Floss magazine (and their website), though I just had a story on This American Life, and had a cover story a few weeks back in The Portland Mercury. You can follow me on Twitter for occasional jokes and complaints about the weather.

I'm also an iPhone developer. Working with Night & Day Studios, I helped create Peekaboo Barn, Peekaboo Wild, Big Fat Lies, Life in Short, Cocktail Compass, Nick Jr.'s A-Z With Moose and Zee, Quibble, Savage Love, and a bunch of other apps.

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