I’d add something to the worldbuilding kit, and something to the idea of a black swan, which is this: keep an eye out for crows. A great, upcoming, example of this can be found in Chuck Wendig’sWanderers, out this summer from Penguin Random House. For some in the book, the kicko...
When we reached the town where our last penguin hopes resided, we nagged the hell out of poor Oswaldo. We wanted to see some damn penguins, but it was more than that. It was us against Argentina and we were determined to prevail. He purchased our tickets for us and said he would ord...
今天在网上胡乱搜索,居然发现自己原来在Word Press上还开过一个博客,大为惊讶.我出生到现在,没有连续做好过一件事情,所以在思虑是否该继续这个博客. 世界越来越小, 现在大家都已经”微”博了, 但我做事情一般都慢人半拍,所以就守着这个”巨”博也未尝不可. ...
Yet even here, in this statement of one person’s certain love for another, the first word we read, not once leading a line but thrice, is “if.” It’s an interesting way to phrase it. Perhaps it’s the true way, the only way. * The words most of us want to hear when in l...
Penguin, in the“Batman”television series which aired from 1966 – 1968. In the 2022 film“Batman,”Emmywinner, John Turturro(Monk)portrayed Carmine Falcone, but due to scheduling conflicts, he couldn’t reprise the role for the miniseries. The decision to change the Penguin’s name from ...
And now for your second-to-last reminder of the long, longed-for Greenmarket return of… Saturday, December 7th:Shred-A-Thon’s Back Edition!! At the 92nd Street Greenmarket, 10am-1pm Spread the word to family, friends, neighbors and folks you’re just met… ...
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Delighted by this opportunity, Wallace embarks on doing some gardening business via Norbot, but, alas, there is one big problem. As already shown from the trailer of the film, Feathers McGraw, a villainous penguin who previously appeared in “The Wrong Trousers” (1993), has been waiting f...
Penguin. GSL = The Great Star List as found in Koch-Westenholz 1995, pages 187-205. Hall 1986. A Hymn to the Moon God, Nanna. Pages 152-63 of the Journal for Cuneiform Studies volume 38/2. Harrison 1980. Prolegomena to the study of Greek religion. Merlin. Hartner 1965. The ...
This ad for mind-numbing whiskey takes on the “big lie” (chutzpah) strategy, apparently revealing the probable truth that Piccard broke through the firmament and into the waters above: Interestingly, the word atmosphere was first applied to the moon in describing it’s sub-aquatic appearance...