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I read the Star-Lord comics back when they came out (I am old) and looking at them again, there's a serious new-agey streak to the original conception of the character. The interesting thing to me was that he was taking a bit of a different take from the usual superhero origin at that point — he takes on the mantle of

I thought I had said this already — didn't show up, I guess. Anyhow I wanted you to know that you made me want to buy the thing— the advetures of Quintus actually sounds kind of interesting.

Actually in a weird way I want to buy the thing now… and I remember that it was little orange books. The second bit sounds kind of cool. After 5th grade (where we used Caecilius) we used these books from Lattimore, which were nowhere near as much fun. (Amo amas amat amamus amatis amant…. with the whol set of irregular

Thanks for this — as i mentioned to others here I wasn't thinking about all the other organs in the area, I was thinking of the old sweep the hand from the sternum to thigh thing they did on me when checking for internal injuries and appendicitis. (It was something else).

@avclub-3a964157d2661371723992a5bbe09992:disqus also — I say again, I stand corrected. Being male I was like "waitaminit, when my doc looked for that kind of stuff he just ran his hand over the abdomen and said since there was no pain in a certain spot, that wasn't the problem"

I stand corrected. Being male I was not thinking of that… apologies.

Interesting bit: pre-Civil War, the references to the U.S. sometimes would say "The United States are…. " but afterwards, "The United States is…"

You know, I remember learning about Pompeii in Latin class. We did this whole set of stories about Caecilius, a local businessman (a patrician by birth).

A pelvic exam to diagnose appendicitis? WTF?

I was teased mercilessly when I got glasses. I think some of it is generational tho. My sense is that more kids wear glasses now, and it isn't the automatic Nerd Badge that it was in my grade school days, which were 35+ years ago now.

You are correct here — the major destination for steamship lines was always New York (or occasionally Baltimore). The rail trip would take up the rest. Fun fact: the rail journey from New York all the way to Durham, NC takes longer now than in WW II, and the trip from NYC to Chicago is an extra three to six hours from

If you want good black hole physics, aside from Benford (who has his problems as a writer but I usually find pretty good) you should look into Stephen Baxter. He also writes things that are weird and surreal.

Well, yeh but the crew was sent there in the first place — it wasn't a suicide run from the start was it?

Yeah but then nobody without Time Lord level technology could get out — and they said that they weren't inside it at least once I think (that's usually what people mean when they say "inside" a black hole). Oh well.

Apropos of @avclub-749a8e6c231831ef7756db230b4359c8:disqus and from the science nerd who loves science fiction —

i don't know if anyone has mentioned her as I haven't plowed through the comments. But: Ursula LeGuin.

Anyone find a link to a video of Lily Tomlin walking off the set? Youtube doesn't seem to have it… and that I want to see.

There's another diary there (I don't know if you saw it) that shows why
even if every eligible black voter voted for prop 8
it still doesn't work.

Yes, I know, us magic numbers wizards seem to defy common sense routinely :-)

Can we retire the whole notion that black support had jack to do with the gay marriage result?