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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
| Time |
Event |
| 2:29p |
Is there a convenient source
From which I can snag the number of space probes launched by decade? [Added later] What might be more interesting is looking at how much information gets returned from each planet by year. | | 2:41p |
| | 3:04p |
| | 3:16p |
I'm doing it wrong
I appear to have accidentally grated the tip of one finger while cleaning the grater last night. At least it is better to grate oneself after cooking than before, I guess. | | 3:32p |
Today's interminable argument
Should new authors be expected to be aware of older works that may bear some superficial similarity to the younger author's novels? The discussion starts about here, when [Gene] takes exception to this statement by Mary Doria Russell:"I get this question all the time, because Blish's 1958 story
is about a Spanish Jesuit in space. If I ever read this story,
I guess it didn't make much of an impression on me, because I
don't remember it. I still haven't come across it, but people
have told me that the protagonist is named Ruiz-Sanchez, so
they thought I must have named Emilio Sandoz in homage to
Blish. In fact, Emilio got his name from the pharmaceutical
manufacturer who made my son's cold medicine. Danny got a cold
in 1992 when I started the book, and I noticed the name Sandoz
on the medicine label and thought it sounded good. No symbolism
or homage beyond that, I'm afraid!" | | 3:48p |
Huh
Sara Jane Moore, who shot at and missed Gerald Ford on September 22, 1975, was released from prison December 31st last year. She's 78. I wonder what she does with her time? The set of all would-be Presidential assassins who were then paroled can't be very large. |
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