Kenny <kentilton@gmail.com> wrote:
+---------------
| Trust me. Go. Gas prices are dropping every day.
...
| Your risk is grandson Bart saying, "Sorry? You had the chance to sit at 
| the feet of McCarthy, Gabriel, and Costanza on the fiftieth anniversary 
| of Lisp and... you could not afford the gasoline?!"
+---------------

But for me, Google Maps says it's ~2,285 mi (about 1 day 10 hours
with no sleep -- I used to be able to do that sort of thing, but
not any more), so even with cheap gas...   :-{

+---------------
| I see you do not yet appreciate Lisp.
+---------------

Oh, but I *DO*!!! I even baked a cake!!  ;-}  ;-}

    > (format t "~%+~62,,,'-@a~%|~18@t*~36r ~36r, ~36r!!*~19@t|~%~
		 | ~{~<|~%| ~1,70:;Candle #~d~>~^, ~
		 ~:*~[ ~; ~; ~; ~; ~; ~; ~; ~; ~; ~]~}  |~%+~62,,,'-@a~%~%"
		 #\+ 29053366 902869993114 1004137 (iota 50 1) #\+)

    +-------------------------------------------------------------+
    |                  *HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LISP!!*                   |
    | Candle #1,  Candle #2,  Candle #3,  Candle #4,  Candle #5,  |
    | Candle #6,  Candle #7,  Candle #8,  Candle #9,  Candle #10, |
    | Candle #11, Candle #12, Candle #13, Candle #14, Candle #15, |
    | Candle #16, Candle #17, Candle #18, Candle #19, Candle #20, |
    | Candle #21, Candle #22, Candle #23, Candle #24, Candle #25, |
    | Candle #26, Candle #27, Candle #28, Candle #29, Candle #30, |
    | Candle #31, Candle #32, Candle #33, Candle #34, Candle #35, |
    | Candle #36, Candle #37, Candle #38, Candle #39, Candle #40, |
    | Candle #41, Candle #42, Candle #43, Candle #44, Candle #45, |
    | Candle #46, Candle #47, Candle #48, Candle #49, Candle #50  |
    +-------------------------------------------------------------+

    NIL
    >


-Rob

p.s. Do I love FORMAT just a wee bit too much, or what?!?!?  ;-}  ;-}

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