I thought it was polo?

(And how many are extensions of a natural landscape, too.)

Interesting how many of these are modern glass-and-light riffs on existing 19th century buildings.

Who else wishes they'd ended the Battlestar Galactica re-boot with the fourth episode of Season 3?

When the author's name gets bigger than the title on the cover, or when they start putting out more than one installment every 18 months.

Soon:

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One of the interesting things that I think gets lost in these conversations about photo retouching reinforcing negative body images for women is that photo retouchers are just dudes/gals with jobs. And they need to justify their function to keep those jobs.

The Obama Birthers will be just delighted to know that a major Muslim theocracy agrees with their views!

But then what will happen to Copenhagen Interpretation Fantasy Camp?

I don't think that's a scientific principle - just good old-fashioned sci-fi optimism.

I'd actually say that Intelligent Design is far more harmful than Creationism. Creationism - even when it appropriates the tools of science - ultimately cites scripture as it's core evidence, which de-legitimizes it to a secular population. Intelligent Design, on the other hand, is specifically constructed around…

I think you may have already gotten your wish? I don't think I've ever heard of any real scientist or engineer working on a time machine.

I haven't watched the show, but this weird meta-setting thing has me kind of intrigued now. Not that these guys would be the first to do it - the creators of Mass Effect have explicitly said their setting is influenced by 80s sci-fi, for example.

So it was a "no" for you, then.

Four contrasting thoughts:

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