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Back from the Old World

Join a Center for Inquiry-sponsored cruise exploring Europe with critical thinkers. Discover Venice's narrow alleyways and intriguing sights.

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Mrs. BA and I have spent the last week in Europe, on a Center for Inquiry-sponsored cruise with fellow critical thinkers. I'll post more later, but yesterday we flew across 8 time zones, arriving home late last night. My body thinks it's 2:00 in the morning yesterday, or perhaps tomorrow -- I was calling the time zone confusion "yestermorrow" on the trip -- and I'm a wee bit messed up. So instead of some big post about astronomy or Doctor Who or the latest attack on reality, here is a funny picture of a mail slot/intercom (I think) I saw in a narrow alleyway (as they all are) in Venice.

I think it's a robot saying, "Meh." If you know what it actually is, please leave a comment. I'll be sleeping until the day before yesterday. [UPDATE: In the comments, people are asking about the odd lighting in the picture. ...

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