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knight-of-pentacles

@Kri: What an interesting shark. In this case truth is definitely more interesting than fiction.

@blaaps: OK, maybe a little. Given that the title is "Moby Dick" and the idea that this is a supposed to be a Sperm Whale could add some to this phallic interpretation.

@ProfessorSara: I must been in the wrong field of research. Waterfowl Biology was an uncertain field, underfunded, and totally lacked babes. We did have lots of highly educated bubbas running around in the marsh in air-boats at night, that's gotta count for something.

@VoltCruelerz: The condition of cats having extra toes is called polydactyly, and isn't too uncommon. Ernest Hemingway took and interest in these when he lived in Key West, and got others interested too. To this day, polydactyly is more common in the cats of Key West, since it became a selected-for trait. Such cats

@El Kabong: Although, technically would it be a spawning scene?!?

@DocTaotsu: True, "Shadow Over Innsmouth" was the seminal work in the genre.

@GusF: Actually, there used to be far more before the US & then USSR began the START Treaties.

@Annamatopoetry: Agreed, Darleks are not true robots, but could be considered cyborgs. They are the devolved mutated descendants of bipedal humanoids called Kaleds. They retain one functional eye, a rudimentary face, a brain, and some manipulatory tentacles.

@Rasselas: I was amazed to learn that Stanley Kubric and Arthur C. Clarke tried to buy insurance from Lloyds of London in case first contact actually happened before "2001" premiered, which of course could made the movie irrelevant. Lloyds declined, as they could not make a actuarial decision on the probability of

@EnsignKickass: I love what The 9th Doctor says about 51st century sexuality in refrence to Captain Jack in "The Doctor Dances." He explains that the human race expands into space, encounters many alien species, and "dances" with them.

@Tracy Ham and Eggs: Sounds more like something Captain Jack would be involved in :-)

@DIOX-HOL-STER: 4D could be worse, penises coming at you through both Time & Space!

@Rawrnosaourous: Just don't sit in the same row as Pee Wee Herman!

@worsethannormal: Use at will, a friend of mine from Texas taught me that one.

@Bootknife-Jackson: As far as civil-unions having the exact same weight as marriage, I think this varies widely. Maybe in some US states, this may be the case.

@Joshua A.C. Newman: Agreed! A majority vote on civil rights of a minority is equivalent to two foxes and a chicken voting on what to have for dinner.

The tiny elephant in #3 got me thinking about a new idea I'd like Mr. Baxter to explore. A small aquarium or goldfish bowl, with a tiny whale in it blowing spray out of it's blow-hole into the air. I envision a blue-whale, but a humpback or sperm-whale might be cool too. The aquarium should have some silly accessories

The strangest thing about # 1 is the milk-crate the astronauts are using to carry thier gear. In the future we will still use actual dairy milk-crates as stackable storage on spacecraft?