Lucius Posted September 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 I've been reading Sean Russell's World Without End. The protagonist has discovered a ruined city on an uninhabited island. That it was a city is still undeniable but the wild has obviously been reclaiming the land for many centuries. "There were no sounds of men, here; only the whisperings of nature, which men often called silence. Tristam imagined he heard the language of the forest itself. Have men returned? Are all our efforts to be undone?" Lucius Alexander Palindromedary without rear end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 Quote The latest [the writer's analysis] assessment is in disagreement with [the official agency analysis and prediction], but also with itself just one month ago. Ya gotta own your mistakes to be able to own your successes. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 "What is wrrong with that cat?!" "He's stupid. He's annoying. He's the Urkel of cats." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 15, 2018 Report Share Posted September 15, 2018 This one is not a true quote since I thought it rather than saying it, but here goes. The scene: Tonight's performance of Robeto Devereux. During the overture, the supertitles were showing a summary of Elizabeth the First's life. Supertitle: As a child, she witnessed the dissolution of the marriage of her parents, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Me (thinking): Well, I suppose that's one way to put it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 23, 2018 Report Share Posted September 23, 2018 "Now I don't feel so bad. Because his stupid is much more stupid than my stupid!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted September 25, 2018 Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 "It's not an inchworm. It's a 2.54 centimeter worm." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 1, 2018 Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 "Things are going well, so no more Mr. Sad Face." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for -- is that a Tim Horton's?!" ~Cygnia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 "We got our wires crossed." "That appears to be the norm for our group's dynamics." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 "What did they have on the vegan menu?" "Roast vegan!" Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 It's expensive to import stuff from Vega. Must be a really upscale joint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Lots of spin, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Heh. I'm used to thinking of spin on a much, much smaller scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Yes, I can see that ... it was a shock, back in the 1980s, finding Vega had an infrared excess (a disk), suggesting that it was nearly pole-on to us, and therefore the star's narrow absorption lines were likely due to sine i with i close to 90 degrees, not a small Vrotation. Took another 15 years or so to prove it. Made for (in retospect) an embarrassing choice to have declared the zero-at-all-colors standard star to be something that wasn't spherically symmetric, AND had a bunch of trash around it mucking up the IR colors to boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 "I'm sorry, but you're a boundary condition for me." Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 "Wait! So we're not doing the thing where life is fair?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted October 18, 2018 Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 My daughter: "The rooster-duck goes 'quack-a-doodle-doo.'" Mind you, this is my 22 year-old daughter, saying that today. Pariah and Amorkca 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 18, 2018 Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 Quote They didn’t go for the kill. There was the opportunity to break souls tonight. Instead it was a mere 2-1 win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 19, 2018 Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 "... like knife fights for peanuts." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 “The greatest battle of life is fought out within the silent chambers of the soul. A victory on the inside of a man’s heart is worth a hundred conquests on the battlefields of life. To be master of yourself is the best guarantee that you will be master of the situation. Know thyself. The crown of character is self-control.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 The discussion came towards religious fanatics. And how they relate to Antheism. A Atheist said: "I do not mind god. Just some of his Fanclubs are really worrying me!" Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 "Now we'll use substitution. Let u equal x times y. So f of... actually, let's not use 'u' for this example!" Cancer, Christopher and L. Marcus 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted November 7, 2018 Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 "I feel that voting is like being part of a group project. I know I got my part right, just waiting to see how badly the rest of you F****d this up!" Tom Cowan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 "Forgive me, Father, for I have dabbed." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 "It can form a metallic frost . . . like snowflakes in Hell." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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