And when you're not learning you can keep your car keys or a snickers bar in there.
@Agrippa: Me too!!!!
@Annalee Newitz: Maybe the alpha leaders wore Prada shells. The regular dudes clam.
@SamVed: In the distant future alien archeologists land on earth and uncover a synthesizer keyboard called a Yamaha DX7. They take it back to their planet and after years of study report that the synth was an early prototype of something later called the piano.
Yes it's common knowledge that the whipping of certain hairstyles during the Tarantella causes eye irritation
@Shiryu: Very cool. Looks like a typical afternoon in Toronto.
@wanion: Heh heh, YEAH bring back the 00's!! I have an idea that I'm thinking about turning into a concept.
@Guang: Hey I would get the first eight seasons of My Mother the Car (if there were eight) for 6 bucks. Great deal.
I stumbled upon this gift shop at the Mutter Medical Museum. I think the group will get a kick out of it. 9 dollar stuffed toy microbes! Give the gift of a common cold, antrax, bird flu and more. Here's some E. Coli
The microbe store is at
[76.12.189.55]
@wanion: problem could be vodka vs marijuana. All that campy, surreal yellow submarine fun replaced by frosty designer shot glasses and olives.
Great collection. There's another fine repositiory of scifi covers (doubleday club) from teh 60's and 70's at
[www.flickr.com] here's one from FROOMB (Fluid's Running Out Of My Brakes)
When I fantasize about having super powers or foiling terrorists or bringing corrupt bad guys to justice I am still me. I don't wish to control an avatar hooked up to the pleasure centers nor control another human being. That said, the 'Doll' is a doll. I tried unsuccessfully to get into this show and finally dismissed it as content for content's sake. #dollhouse
@Ghost_in_the_Machine: I didn't buy any of that kid's character. Running into his mom's arms in the arrival scene and then spurning her with "You're never around when I need you. Don't blame this on dad.." was unbelievable. The scene with him and his stereotypically pudgy sidekick in the emergency room was the most surreal event of the show.
I did like the pace though (glad they spliced some stuff together) and will give this show a chance hoping it doesn't devolve into X-Files hell. #v
Iain Banks' Culture novels are so gigantically conceived that it is easy to believe in such mundane issues as almost eternal lifespans, replaceable body parts, changeable sex (I think I'll be a woman next year, I want to have a child), man made planets, intelligent machines (like spaceships and floating drones), bio enhancements etc etc. this all within a context of a compelling story. Banks Rocks. I'm in the middle of his latest , "Matter". A great read. #futurism
@Zombie Peach: The recent movies that have some Jabba-the-Hut like guy impersonating a beautiful woman or hot guy makes that a scary term. I wsas pleasantly surprised by GAMER but I think it was the same gang that made Crank so I coulda figured it would be clever and edgy. #futurism
@gorehound: I am not ever watching another hollywood remake again. I don't really care about remakes and have gigs of hard drive space taken up with content to keep me busy when this show is on.
give me new, original scifi and i will consider giving it a chance but please no more remakes.
BSG is the last remake i will go near. i must say enough is enough with all these remaekes . #v
@Roklimber: If you travel back in time you can create alternate 'undo' histories. Or what if it just doesn't matter? In Mozart With Mirrorshades (Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner) Everybody is appearing everywhere. Time becomes just another doorway to Entertainment Tonight with scary pumped up humanoids screaming about WHo's Coming Down the Runway in Hollywood Right Now! Love that story. #heroes
