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Got back Saturday night from an awesome Thanksgiving trip to Orlando, FL..home to Disney World and other amusement parks and attractions. I met up with a group of good friends from the old days of "Blink the Eye Assassin" game. We actually got to play that game while waiting in line for several of the rides at Epcot Center. Basic idea of the game: group of people, and depending on the size of the group, there is an assassin. Sometimes we also include a policeman and doctor, but we were eight in number, so we just did the basic 7 civilians and one assassin. The idea is that the assassin tries to "murder" you by winking at you, or if winking is difficult, by flashing a signature move. Of course, the objective for the assassin is to do this without getting caught. The civilians have a chance to out the assassin, but it takes two or more together to do it. Basically, if two people have suspicions, they raise their hands and on the count of three, point to their suspect. If there is agreement, then this person must reveal his identity. If it's the assassin, obviously game over. If not, that person dies. If the two who had suspicions pointed to different persons, then they both die. Great game and way to kill time while waiting 90 minutes for a ride that turned out to be slightly below expectations.

I felt at home with this group of friends since they happen to all be from NTU physics. We have a lot in common, and there's always a lot of interesting ideas to talk about. Friends like these are for a lifetime.

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