The horror! The horror! Band of Brothers, the Aubrey/Maturin Musical!

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I had what seemed to be a pretty good idea for a short story, or possibly a series of short stories on the way to work. Of course, since I was driving, I could not write it down. Traffic was crazy, I couldn't even pull over to write it down.

So the idea fled. And I'm left with the recollection that it was a darn good idea. Ah well, maybe it'll come back sometime!

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Gas prices have gotten so low they are practically giving the stuff away!

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Hmmm...

Fondness for small cups of intense coffee. CHECK.

Uses an iPod. CHECK.

Jots in a Moleskine. CHECK.

Do I pass the coolness test?

Nah.

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It's about dang time.

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365 short works completed. I wonder what the count will be on December 31? more...

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Captain Aubrey was a being that confused superior force with superior reason, that was Captain Aubrey's affair: nothing would prevent Professor Graham from telling the truth, calmly and without raising his voice. Volume of sound was in no way related to volume of veracity. Captain Aubrey might speak violently, if he chose; it made no difference to the truth. If Captain Aubrey were to turn his cannon—the ultima ratio regum, and of other bullies—on Professor Graham, the truth would remain unaltered. No, said Professor Graham, now quite hoarse from bellowing, he did not suppose that he possessed a monopoly of wisdom—the remark he might observe in passing was wholly irrelevant and as illiberal as if Professor Graham had referred to Captain Aubrey's remarkable bulk or to his lack of education—but in this particular case an impartial observer comparing Professor Graham's not inconsiderable knowledge of Turkish history, language, literature, policy, and customs with the encyclopedic ignorance and presumption of those who contradicted him, might be tempted to think so.

(Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission)

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Sadly, you can't make stuff like this up.

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I got a haircut. I am pretty sure that if you took the lengths of each hair remaining, they would not equal the length of one hair before the cut.

Yes, it is summer. It is hot. Enough with the hair, already!

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"What a ghoul you are, Stephen, upon my word."

(Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation)

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So on one hand, honey is an amazingly sophisticated and efficient food source; on the other hand it's bee backwash.

(Alton Brown, Good Eats, "Pantry Raid IV: Comb Alone")

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For those of you who might have grown up in the city, these are cattle.

(Alton Brown, Good Eats, "Steak Your Claim")

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Now here's a nice family yacht for a summer cruise. I assume the smooth-bored cannon are working models, for all love!

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The SHADO Moon Hopper. One of my favorite SF vehicles! And...you got to love those purple wigs! SF Babes? That show had SF Babes!

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"Breen. You've managed to import breen from homeworld. How?"

"It .. isn't actually breen."

"But the smell, the taste..."

"It's an Earth food. They are called Swedish meatballs. It's a strange thing, but every sentient race has its own version of these Swedish meatballs. I suspect it's one of those great universal mysteries which will either never get explained or which will drive you mad if you ever learned the truth."

(Babylon 5, Walkabout)

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Racks of shelves
with books and dangers
wallet emptied.

(Bruce Trinque, writing at The Gunroom, after having purchased a volume on the Titanic and a complete collection of haiku poems by Matsuo Basho!)

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Now my wife may think she's locked me out of the kitchen but MacGyver's not my patron saint for nothing.

(Alton Brown, Good Eats, "Where There's Smoke, There's Fish")

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An interesting look at those little cubes and other geometric solids that rule the roleplaying game tabletop. Are they "fair"?

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1 It's a small world, Fred. My office (when I'm in it) is just down the hall from Ed's at Wolfram Research.

Posted by: Bill White at July 24, 2008 09:50 AM (OiNdx)

2 If somebody starts humming Disney tunes, somebody is gonna get hurt...

Posted by: Fred Kiesche at July 24, 2008 11:35 AM (jc70B)

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Over at Golden Age Comic Stories, Mr. Door Tree (!) recently completed a series of postings about Metropolis.

He put up several entries about an illustrated version of the novel: One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven.

He also put up several entries about the film: One. Two. Three. Four. These include some great behind-the-scenes shots.

This follows the recent news that missing footage from the film has been discovered. New DVD coming?

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Pluto Can't Get No Respect and other amusing bits.

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