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Did Bastille Have a Lapse or an Inspiration
I love the album Bad Blood by the new band Bastille. It’s definitely retro. To me each song sounds like an eighties hit. But whereas those old eighties bands would have maybe one or two hits on their album, Bastille … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Music, Writing
Tagged 80s sound, Bad Blood, Bastille, begat parts of the bible, cultural touchstone might last till 3000, Dan Smith, immortality, is promising immortality a pickup line?, most characters will not last till 3000, naive, Poet, Sherlock Holmes might remain famous till 3000
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One Thing All the SF Hollow Earths Get Wrong
Hollow Earths have been a part of science fiction ever since Jules Verne penned Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Edgar Rice Burroughs followed with his Pelucidar and Mike Grell’s comic series The Warlord occurred in a hollow earth, … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour, Science, Science Fiction, Writing
Tagged cannons and mortars can reposition central mini star, Edgar Rice Borroughs, expanation for volcanoes and earthquakes on the outside of hollow earth, hollow earths, Icarus, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Jules Verne, Mike Grell, mini star at interior of hollow earth, Newton proved there is no gravity inside a hollow sphere, Newton's 3rd Law, Newton's law of gravity, Pelucidar, SF keeps insisting that gravity is directed outwards from inner edge of hollow shell, The Warlord
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Doctors Over Lawyers
In Canada the length of copyright term for an author is the life of the author plus 50 years. I am going to assume this is the same term if the author sells the copyright to a corporation. If that … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics, Science, Science Fiction, Writing
Tagged Angelina Jolie, author can sell their copyright in hopes of having their life extended by a corporation, Canada, copyright law, cryogenics, extending copyright, good for the author, how about a blanket ban on increasing copyright term, human hibernation, ignorant time travel, interstellar travel, J. K. Rowling, support doctors and PhDs instead of lawyers, suspended animation, time dilation
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Yearly Roundup – 2013
First let me tell you this is my 368th post. So now there is a rant for every day of the year. I did something I haven’t done before. I added to the main content of two posts this year. … Continue reading
The Lottery in Babyl- er- Ontario with Apologies to Jorge Luis Borges
Some of you may have heard this lottery story. A Hamilton woman will be 50 million dollars richer next month. Not because she proved she had the winning ticket by handing it in for the claim, but because the lottery … Continue reading
Novel Writing Month Winner
I participated in National Novel Writing Month again this year. Last year some of you may remember I won the challenge of writing over 50 000 words in the month of November. I tried not to brag too much because … Continue reading
The Gift We Can Give Our Children
There is a very common theme in spiritual/self-help/improved-lifestyle paradigms. I think it can be best summed up by the following wise saying. “Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.” Gurus … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Pseudo Science, Writing
Tagged Dreaming, experience is listeneing to the past, future and past as inconsequential, gurus, home school, learned words, living in the present, lottery tickets, present worshippers, scatting without rhythm or song, school, school prepares one for future, self help, toilet training
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Why Green Day Stopped Making Concept Albums
American Idiot was a very successful album for Green Day. So of course they tried the concept album again with 21st Century Breakdown. But instead of steadily gaining new audience with three new concept albums they reverted to a normal … Continue reading
Gonna Get Someone to Ghost Write My Autobiography
I may not be important enough to get anyone to write a biography on me yet, let alone have people clamouring for my autobiography. The most direct route will be if this blog makes me a billionaire for bellyaching about … Continue reading