Where in the world IS Carmen Sandiego?

 I take attendance by having the students answer a question. (Previously 2016, 2017.)

Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

Overwhelmingly students wrote "San Diego" (19), some with a bit of flavor ("presumably San Diego?"). This would make it easy to find her, and the landmark she has shrink-ray stolen this week! Apparently this cultural reference is now outside the familiar frame for many current college students.

Among those willing to play/guess along, we had:

• California
• Detroit, MI
• Guam
• I don't know
• I'm terrible at geography...
• IDK but good show
• Madrid, Spain
• Mexico
• New York
• US
• Utah
• lets find her <3
• no clue

Perhaps this question should be retired --- or maybe future students will creatively suggest where to seek her out!

This post's theme word is gaberlunzie (n), "a wandering beggar, especially one who is licensed." Carmen Sandiego is no gaberlunzie --- she has no license for the architectural theft and skulduggery she commits!

Winter quotes

"It's a machine learning paper, it can't be that hard."

"She just seemed totally unhinged, like a swivel-eyed loon." 

"You picked the same avatar as me!"
"It assigned me a gray-haired lady in glasses automatically!"

"I'm invisible!"
"Zoom has started to blur you into the couch in the background."

"Wow, four people and one kitchen? This is... this is better than we had in Soviet Union, seven families and one kitchen."

"We're the same age! I always thought that you were so much older when we were kids."

"One more, since you were having a bit of a cock-festival earlier: there's a book called 'Fifty Ways to Eat Cock' and it's recipes for cooking chicken."

"Oh, this looks good... wait, that's dog food."

"Basically you put a cookie in soup and put it in the oven."

This post's theme word is grangousier (n), "a big eater" or "a gullible person, who will swallow anything." This holiday season, bake cookies for your neighborhood grangousier!