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= 2 Gigasecond Party = = 2 Gigasecond Party, Friday January 20 =
~-This page will be updated frequently, last update 1140A Thursday 19th. Questions to keithl AT keithl DOT com or sharag AT kl-ic DOT com -~
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I will be 2 billion seconds old on ~+'''Friday January 20'''+~. You are invited to observe after 2pm! Keith Lofstrom will be 2 billion seconds old on ~+'''Friday January 20, 2017'''+~.

You (plus partner, children, and houseguests) are invited to a party! Show up after 2pm to hang out with geeks, or after 6pm when the responsible adults get off work. We will have vegetarian finger food (falafels, veggie and fruit trays, cheese, nuts) plus tea, coffee, wine, beer, water, sparkling cider.
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''Please do not bring presents.'' '''Bring a box with food and drink in it'''. We will probably have separate areas for low-carb vegetarian food (which I eat) and another for disassembled animals (which normal people eat). ''Please do not bring presents.'' '''Please bring a box to take home swag.''' ''If you want to bring food or drink that you like, it would be welcome.'' We invited 75 people; 25 people have responded yes so far, 5 no's, many more are welcome. No smoking.
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Take home box(es) with empty dishes and swag; I'm downsizing, and will have extra computer and electronics detritus, magazines, books, videos, tapes, etc. that either you get or surplus/goodwill/landfill gets. We will raffle my cub scout uniform, which I wore when I was 250 megaseconds old. Parking is in our two driveways and along the front; there may be parking on the short side street across from our driveway. Overflow in the south parking lot of the LDS church, west on the street 50 meters south of us.
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=== Timeline === Take home box(es) with leftovers and swag; I'm downsizing, and will have extra computer and electronics detritus, magazines, books, videos, tapes, etc. that goes either to '''you''' or to surplus/goodwill/recycle/landfill. We will raffle my cub scout uniform, which I wore when I was 250 megaseconds old.
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Friday January 20, at 10:17:53 AM Pacific Standard Time is 2 billion (2.000e+09) seconds after my birth certificate claims I was born. I cannot confirm this, I did not have an accurate watch at that time.

|| keithl-seconds || Clock time || event || notes ||
|| -4.35e17 || _800am 00s PST ????/10/22 || beginning of Universe (on a Saturday) || disagreement about year ||
|| -647 127 900 || 1200pm 00s EST 1933/03/04 || Eleanor Roosevelt becomes first lady || [[ CathyLofstrom | my mother ]] did not [[VoteMCJ | vote ]] for her husband ||
|| 0 000 000 000 || _745am 00s PDT 1953/09/05 || <:( Saw my first doctor, cried ||[[ https://www2.gwu.edu/~erpapers/myday/displaydoc.cfm?_y=1953&_f=md002639 | Eleanor Roosevelt was not informed ]] ||
|| 1 000 000 000 || 1131am 28s EST 1985/05/14 || Philadelphia neighborhood torched by police bomb || hundreds homeless, party cancelled ||
|| 1 999 890 827 || 1200am 00s FJT 2017/01/20 || It's Friday in Fiji ||
|| 1 999 962 827 || 1200am 00s PST 2017/01/20 || It's Friday in Beaverton, finish work on this wiki page || older page revisions [[ http://wiki.keithl.com/2Gs?action=info | here ]] ||
|| 1 999 984 427 || _600am 00s PST 2017/01/20 || |-) Sleeping, come back later ||
|| 1 999 995 327 || 1200pm 00s EST 2017/01/20 || :-( Please, I don't want to talk about it ||
|| 1 999 995 387 || 1201pm 00s EST 2017/01/20 || X-( Really, I mean it. DON'T, or I'll use more smileys ||
|| 1 999 998 927 || 1000am 00s PST 2017/01/20 || You are welcome to arrive early and help set up ||
|| 2 000 000 000 || 1017am 53s PST 2017/01/20 || We will probably forget to look at clock ||
|| 2 000 002 000 || 1051am 13s PST 2017/01/20 || One ppm older, and still fit as a fiddle || ''how fit is a fiddle?'' ||
|| 2 000 013 327 || '''~+200pm+~''' 00s PST 2017/01/20 || '''~+Official start time for slackers+~''' ||
|| 2 000 027 727 || _600pm 00s PST 2017/01/20 || Official start time for '''normal people''' ||
|| 2 000 031 327 || _700pm 00s PST 2017/01/20 || Raffle of cub scout uniform ||
|| 2 000 034 927 || _800pm 00s PST 2017/01/20 || Raffle of host's clothing (hostess has only ticket) ||
|| 2 000 042 127 || '''~+1000pm+~''' 00s PST 2017/01/20 || '''~+Leave or wash dishes+~''' ||
|| 2 000 044 527 || 1200am 00s PST 2017/01/21 || You are sleeping at home, not here, go away ||
|| 3 000 000 000 || 1203pm ??s PDT 2048/09/28 || 3 Gs party, mark your calendar! ||

=== Space and Time Coordinates ===

 . [[Directions]] to 4180 sw 99th Beaverton (actually West Slope )

 . [[ Gigasecond | Computing 2 gigaseconds]]
[[ 2GsDetails | Amusing and/or Irritating Details Here ]]

2 Gigasecond Party, Friday January 20

This page will be updated frequently, last update 1140A Thursday 19th. Questions to keithl AT keithl DOT com or sharag AT kl-ic DOT com

Keith Lofstrom will be 2 billion seconds old on Friday January 20, 2017.

You (plus partner, children, and houseguests) are invited to a party! Show up after 2pm to hang out with geeks, or after 6pm when the responsible adults get off work. We will have vegetarian finger food (falafels, veggie and fruit trays, cheese, nuts) plus tea, coffee, wine, beer, water, sparkling cider.

Please do not bring presents. Please bring a box to take home swag. If you want to bring food or drink that you like, it would be welcome. We invited 75 people; 25 people have responded yes so far, 5 no's, many more are welcome. No smoking.

Parking is in our two driveways and along the front; there may be parking on the short side street across from our driveway. Overflow in the south parking lot of the LDS church, west on the street 50 meters south of us.

Take home box(es) with leftovers and swag; I'm downsizing, and will have extra computer and electronics detritus, magazines, books, videos, tapes, etc. that goes either to you or to surplus/goodwill/recycle/landfill. We will raffle my cub scout uniform, which I wore when I was 250 megaseconds old.

Amusing and/or Irritating Details Here

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