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

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

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Marinate some ribs, slap them on the grill, sit back with a gin and tonic...

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...ever happened to Tom Clancy? I mean, there are books "co-written" by him. Which I suspect means they slap his name on the cover, he gets some money for the act, but the writing is done by others.

Long spell of writer's block? I mean its summer...and there ain't no Clancy to read. Hasn't been for years!

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XKCD nails it. Again.

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The place I live ranked number five in the top ten best places to live (in America's small cities) according to Money????

Are we talking the same town here? Maybe they just go by tax burden...

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Plush microbes (or disease carriers) and plush sub-atomic particles. Can you imagine the conversation between a mother and father?

"Dear, I've given our daughter the clap."

"WHAT????"

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I've read Homer's The Odyssey several times, including once in Latin (high school). One thing that has fascinated me about The Odyssey...as well as The Iliad...is how much "truth" there is to the epic. Amazing to find an occasional bit that has survived the passage of time, countless re-translations and re-interpretations and the like.

And then there's the fanciful side. For example, here's a depiction of the "cosmos" of The Odyssey...as a snowglobe.

Addendum: The scholarly paper (Adobe Acrobat).

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