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fax still exists

The Fax Wars have begun!

I haven't used a fax machine in years. Except for that one time when a client had trouble making a PDF so they sent me a fax.

Best wishes, Kat.

I've had to have fax numbers ready for all the paperwork being exchanged between my surgeon's office, the insurance company running my short-term disability, and my HR office.

Unfortunately, fax still exists. As do land lines. And calling.

Although they forgot to mention bicycle messengers. They're still around, but the advent of PDFs has really put a dent into their business.

Yummm. Lunch ended up being from the taco salad bar, where I got the chicken filling and put a little cheese sauce on top, for $1.65. Nice and spicy, and just the right texture and serving size!

ION, Happy Coelacanth Day!

Yes, we Coelacanth!

As of today, it's been 72 years* since humans figured out that some Coelacanths—an order previously known only in the fossil record—were still alive and swimming around in our modern oceans. The story of the discovery is a great one, full of serendipity and giant dead fish riding around in the back of taxis. Museum curator Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, who found the Coelacanth in a pile of "trash" fish hauled in by a trawler, had to fight to get anyone to take her discovery seriously. Once the big shots started paying attention, though, they quickly recognized the Coelacanth as a new and fascinating species.

We have fax numbers but everything comes through electronically anyway.

I'm off to fax something right now!