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"We're in the big African Queen inflatable, cruising alongside an anchored trawler. It's more rust than metal - the ship is rotting away. The foredeck is covered in broken machinery. ...

Here's the answer to last week's "I Think the Universal translator Is Broken" puzzle. Except for the <I>huh?</I> part, that is.

I read <A HREF="http://newyorkmetro.com/news/features/16529/">"Up With Grups"</A> in <I>New York</I> and considered linking to it. Its argument that we aging baby boomers, walking around in "youngish" fashions and hanging on to our youthful enthusiasms, represent a new demographic (termed "grups" after the <I>Star Trek</I> episode) ultimately failed to convince me that it was anything more than what Alan From Victoria deemed "hard-hitting fluff."

Apparently, their vocal tract changes shape just like ours. Just as long as they don't take up that whole over-melisma-ed <American Idol</I>&ndash;type singing style, I think we're okay.

It may be be making more than your hi-fi sick.

Oddly arresting page dedicated to the <I>aieees</I>, <I>bloops</I>, and <I>biffs</I> of the <I>Batman</I> TV series.