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Destruction Of Another World Nightmare
I was on another planet with friends. This was a planet of vast oceans and completely barren, rocky terrain. We had the power of flight. There was an atmosphere, but whatever starlight there was distant, cold, and dark ( Read more... ) -
Arthur C. Clarke
The space elevator story inspired me to revisit Arthur C. Clarke's final birthday broadcast before his death. I might have posted it here before; I can't recall. He was also on my mind because of the new V series, as he is the originator of the now-cliche image of the immense spacecraft hovering over major cities in Childhood's EndAnyway, I can't ( Read more... ) -
Space Elevator
I enjoyed this story...
Can scientists make a space elevator?
By Doug Gross, CNN
November 5, 2009 10:29 a.m. EST
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Overtime
Wendy: "Why are they getting all these penalties? What are they doing ( Read more... ) -
Negation
I was hoping my dog-apocalypse comment would place in the weekly top ten comments, but it did not. My response...
...I must admit there is a twinge of sadness for me on this day, as one of my comments this week is in my opinion as witty as I'll ever get. What is there to live for now?...At this, someone posted a list of 50 things worth living for ( Read more... ) -
Comment Diversion
Here's my attempt at a "sentence that's never been written before"...
When you go back out on that football field in the second half, guys, I want you to forget about all the details of executing plays and simply to remember the intricate workmanship of all the lovely doilies we have embroidered together.It was inspired by the fact that I had ( Read more... ) -
Dual LCD Screens
I just saw an ad for a new Samsung camera that touted the feature of dual LCD screens - one on the front and one on the back. This way you easily can take a photo of yourself and see exactly how it will turn out. Technology is just so wondrous, but I think that moment of anticipation in between the time you hold the camera with arm outstretched ( Read more... ) -
Overhead on Star Trek...
Bones: "Shouldn't you be working on your time warp calculations, Mr. Spock?"
Spock: (standing still, without the slightest change in demeanor or action) "I am." -
Dog Army Apocalypse
There was discussion about the History Channel special Life After People, and someone brought up the detail that I found most notable in the original show...
In the original show the only part that really got to me was when it showed all the poor doggies trapped in houses and apartments with no food or water, waiting for their people to come home ( Read more... )
