The Monty Python line, though obvious, had me near tears. +1

The Monty Python line, though obvious, had me near tears. +1

The Monty Python line, though obvious, had me near tears. +1

The Monty Python line, though obvious, had me near tears. +1

The Monty Python line, though obvious, had me near tears. +1

The Monty Python line, though obvious, had me near tears. +1

The Monty Python line, though obvious, had me near tears. +1

The Monty Python line, though obvious, had me near tears. +1

The Monty Python line, though obvious, had me near tears. +1

The Monty Python line, though obvious, had me near tears. +1

The Monty Python line, though obvious, had me near tears. +1

The Monty Python line, though obvious, had me near tears. +1

This whole article makes me sic.

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To say nothing of dropping the scrabble hammer

While I agree from a good copy standpoint, it just feels more than a little cold to talk about the reputation of the band in this context.

"Recounting the deadly hazing that destroyed FAMU band's reputation"

Wouldn't a "consolation prize" indicate that he didn't win what he was going for (successful heart surgery and, y'know, living), but at least he came away with something (being internet famous)?

Living just a few miles outside Boston proper, I said that very thing to myself in June.

Richard Garfinkle has three of my favourite hard sci-fi books in Celestial Matters, All of an Instant, and Wayland's Principia. Wayland's ended up being like, diamond hard, but it was rewardingly tough.