That poor lady… it was a tough field back then. There's a great article I found not long ago called "Francium killed my great aunt" about the woman that purified Francium in Marie Curies super unsafe lab that had a similar fate.

Somewhere there's a bunch of Greek philosophers yelling about where their movie is. And, you know, fair enough. They were even all naked and stuff too.

In general, I agree, but on a more nitpicky level, fuck this whole Great Man of History bullshit. Tesla, Edison, all of these big 19th century names are just a tiny slice of the immense number of people involved in science and technology that we will never hear about, either because they happened to be working for a…

I just want some sci-fi that isn't just 'modern world + something'. After Lost, it seems like that is just too popular of a genre, and I find it boring.

Man, in the book, he really had to grind to get good at Magic. And even then, it was pretty clear that he was always Harry Potter to the other character's Hermione.

How much does a case of the clap cost you? I guess it depends on your insurance.

I find myself growing too old to invest my time in books without starships, elves, or Mom's Good Old Fashioned Killbots. So, what of the year in Sci-Fi? I always end up with such a slanted view on things, since I may come to a book a year or two after it came out, but I've actually read some new books this year.

I'm still honestly surprised that The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo comes as highly regarded as it does… I don't normally read many mysteries, but it had so many problems.

It was tough reading at times for me… I expected to see the series involve the construction of something new, rather than what has happened.

I've been liking it so far, and except for Nemesis Games, most of the stories have been pretty self contained within the volume.

Remade to Kill Again.

It doesn't deserve to be pushed like it was freaking Star Wars though. It felt like a movie that had a subplot about AI cut out of it and replaced with some sugary father-son reconciliation.

Sounds about right… honestly none of the Russians I know drink much at all while saying it was ubiquitous back where they came from.

Some people need to start in the shallow end of the pool, and some people just seem to love it there. That's fair enough… but I swear if my girlfriend's Mom talks up Real Steel again I will just scream.

And maybe Mithras too.

I feel like I've heard stories of that being done here in America. With the moral being that if you want to fuck a sailor, you really should buy your own.

You know, I used to think so, but I've started to realize that it's actually an ice breaker for those people that know nothing geeky.

"I bet you'd like the Big Bang Theory." — All of those people.

I shit you not, I know Russian scientists that talk about the days when they had a monthly pair of disposable gloves.

Well, when you hate so many types of humans, you naturally attract the beings that hate all humans.