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= 2 Gigasecond Party = = 2 Gigasecond Party, Friday January 20 =
~-This page will be updated frequently. Questions to keithl AT keithl 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 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). We are inviting 70 people, we may get 11. No smoking. ''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 are inviting 70 people, we may get 11. No smoking.
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Parking TBD; there's a big lot at the LDS (Mormon) church across the street, but they may disaprove of alcohol in their parking lot, and we haven't asked yet. Parking is in our two driveways and along the front; there may be parking on one side of the street across from us. There may be parking in the Morman church lots nearby; we plan to ask them and then update this site.
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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. Take home box(es) with (your own) 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.
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=== Timeline ===

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 || 8:00am PST ????/10/22 || beginning of Universe (Saturday in late fall) || some disagree about year ||
|| -647 127 900 || 12:00pm EST 1933/03/04 || Eleanor Roosevelt becomes first lady || [[ CathyLofstrom | my mother ]] did not [[VoteMCJ | vote ]] for her husband ||
|| 0 000 000 000 || 7:45am 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 || 11:31am 28s EST 1985/05/14 || [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE | Philadelphia city block in cinders after police bomb]] || 11 dead, hundreds homeless, no party ||
|| 1 999 890 827 || 12:00am FJT 2017/01/20 || Friday in Fiji ||
|| 1 999 962 827 || 12:00am PST 2017/01/20 || Friday in Beaverton, finish this wiki page || older page revisions [[ http://wiki.keithl.com/2Gs?action=info | here ]] ||
|| 1 999 984 427 || 6:00am PST 2017/01/20 || |-) Sleeping, come back later ||
|| 1 999 995 327 || 12:00pm EST 2017/01/20 || :-( Please, I don't want to talk about it ||
|| 1 999 995 387 || 12:01pm EST 2017/01/20 || X-( Really, I mean it. DON'T, or I'll use more smileys ||
|| 1 999 998 927 || 10:00am PST 2017/01/20 || You are welcome to arrive early and help set up ||
|| 2 000 000 000 || 10:17am 53s PST 2017/01/20 || We will probably forget to look at clock ||
|| 2 000 002 000 || 10:51am 13s PST 2017/01/20 || One ppm older, and still fit as a fiddle || ''how fit is a fiddle?'' ||
|| 2 000 013 327 || '''~+2:00pm+~''' PST 2017/01/20 || '''~+Official start time for slackers+~''' ||
|| 2 000 027 727 || 6:00pm PST 2017/01/20 || Official start time for '''employed people''' ||
|| 2 000 031 327 || 7:00pm PST 2017/01/20 || Raffle of cub scout uniform ||
|| 2 000 034 927 || 8:00pm PST 2017/01/20 || Raffle of host's clothing (hostess has only ticket) ||
|| 2 000 042 127 || '''~+10:00pm+~''' PST 2017/01/20 || '''~+Leave or wash dishes+~''' ||
|| 2 000 044 527 || 12:00am PST 2017/01/21 || You are sleeping at home, not here, go away ||
|| 3 000 000 000 || 12:03pm ??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. Questions to keithl AT keithl DOT com

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

You 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 are inviting 70 people, we may get 11. No smoking.

Parking is in our two driveways and along the front; there may be parking on one side of the street across from us. There may be parking in the Morman church lots nearby; we plan to ask them and then update this site.

Take home box(es) with (your own) 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.

Amusing and/or Irritating Details Here

2Gs (last edited 2017-01-19 19:41:32 by KeithLofstrom)