There was a scene in Cryptonomicon where Randy Waterhouse tries to explain higher mathematics in terms of instruction of advanced ballroom dancing techniques.
Three rings for the Sporty-kids, under the sky,
On the bright side, we don't have old unexploded bombs and mines to worry about.
Slater jumped out of the mech, the second it crested the ridge. He had to see this through his own eyes, he couldn't trust the full spectrum sensor arrays. Ahead, laid the fiery ruins of so many cherished memories. He grown up on those mean streets, fought, loved, and lived among the urban sprawl. Now his home,…
Arguing with my daughter is like wrestling a honey badger. It only brings me pain.
On Saturday, my seven-year-old found a spider on one of the strawberries she was eating. She handed me the strawberry, saying "there's a bug on it." I took the strawberry to the sink and washed it off. My daughter proceeded to berate me for two days straight about "killing an innocent little bug." I protested my…
"I'm all for enjoying what you've earned, except for this case, when you can't enjoy what you've earned."
Good for him. He made a fun game, he didn't rip anyone off. He's earned his money.
Also, when a human baby was born and she went up to the board and happily ADDED a number to the sum total of humanity, it just felt so powerful, such a huge symbol of hope.
Oh man, oh man, oh man. As someone who raised nine kids[1] plus a few semi-adopted ones[2], I find this frighteningly, hilariously on target. Plus, we're watching our son & daughter-in-law start to go through this with their own 11-year-old daughter. Very much looking forward to this.
There's a bit of historical revisionism at work here. A couple of months after Iron Man came out, the Incredible Hulk bombed in theaters. Next up was the nearly-as-terrible Iron Man 2. So yes, solid base, but it was immediately followed by the two worst Phase 1 movies. Marvel survived by constantly pivoting to new…
I didn't realize that you have internet in the Phantom Zone.
[M]ost men would rather be raped than cuckolded
This one for Tron is pretty good too.
I loved these books. LOVED THEM. They're directly responsible for my love of science fiction today. Before I read the Foundation series I just couldn't conceive of a story on this kind of mind-boggling scale.
The first trailer for Disney's live-action Cinderella movie is here, and it looks just about perfect. Our resident…
They abandoned their settlements, but humanity didn't abandon that format of settlement. The difference is that nobody ever built mega-villages after the Neolithic. But plenty of other cities like those that belonged to the Maya rose up all over the Americas and across the world. So Maya civilization was abandoned,…
Yeah, don't think that one's considered official canon. More like fanfic if you ask me.