PS — I hope this becomes a series of articles... Star Wars, The Culture, Neil Stephenson, Neil Gaiman, Buffy... I’d like an intro to Buffy, never watched, nor DiscWorld, or Dr. Who.

I’m a Bokononist at heart, and this is as close as I get to scripture.

At the pizza place they order a mushroom, sausage, and black olives... I call it the “The Double Dumbass!” and it’s delicious.

I’d add... and a Russian. Which was maybe the biggest deal of all. It’d be like a post postmodern Star Trek now with a Muslim communications officer, a Transgendered at the helm, and a what...? I feel like we’re getting over the whole “label” thing.

The 80’s were a weird time, all the Funk and Skunk of the 60’s and 70’s in Disney technicolor choreographed to a post punk rock soundtrack; it’s amazing any of us kids made it out of there alive. When they rebooted the Terminator I knew it’d fail because the malaise and quiet terror of nuclear war is hard to…

I’m really enjoying the show and like that it’s different and finding its own way, not a hater, but last night couldn’t help thinking I’d seen Strand in Peep Show... the infamous Allen Johnson.

I know you’re being a smartass, but how soon till we swallow a diagnostic pill that sends out probes to blood, heart, adrenals, prostate, colon? Soon.

Tricorder. We’re on the cusp, but amazed at how much medical data my iPhone is able to collect and it’s only going to increase.

I’d add...

I like it. I didn’t at first. I wanted to follow a general, a nurse, or someone from the CDC around, but we had that in World War Z the movie and it wasn’t all that entertaining. My favorite zombie movie of all time is “The Crazies” both the original and the remake, because it shows both sides (military and civilians)…

Nice. Thanks for writing.

That’s my deepest fear.

“Demon Rocks” is the official new name for Kidney Stones.

Chuckling to myself... yeah, I earned those fuckers, plus you are deeply curious about what has caused you to cry out in pain, feel nauseous, and generally fuck up your week... it’s like meeting God in person.

Wish them godspeed and quick recovery.

Thanks. I’ll look into antispasmodic treatment next time I have a bad one... I feel like my body tenses up so much because of the pain that it actually hinders their release. Seems like a “watched ureter” doesn’t boil. I’ve thought about muscle relaxers + pain pills before, but this confirms my intuition, and amen to…

If there’s anybody on io9 that understands crystalline development, I’d love an explanation of why the forms seem “modular” and bubble like, but then others are fracking razor blade like... and how do “they” know when they’re done growing? Why are some small or bigger? Curious minds want to know.

Your’s are so fracking smooth. I’m actually envious.

You’d survive. I posted another image with a ruler. But the ones above, the tiniest are about three bits of pepper together, the largest about 1/2 a pepper corn.