Ditch Fahrenheit

or i.di.ot. It's hard to tell the difference these days. It reads like a TV advertisement for a Ginsu Knife. "Also, for those looking for honest and personalized service? I was shocked at how well I was treated! Well done CVA crew! I'm not easily impressed." He talks about miswrap and centering as being a key reason for using the service, yet in the CVA thread the owners of the company appeared not to have even considered this as part of their criteria. They posted at least 3 books with "Exceptional" stickers that were severely miswrapped. After the board jumped all over them, they basically said they would have to go back to the drawing board with this "new" input from the marketplace. Boneheads. So yeah, idjit, CVA shill, or just a normal shill trying the stir the pot...hard to tell. Anyway, that's my rant for today.

CVA Shill?

This made me laugh.

Battlestar Galactica - Blood and Chrome I'm watching this right now. It's very good. Not as good as the original remake, but not bad at all. If you're a fan of BSG, you'll love it. The two hour series pilot has been cut into 10 webisodes which are released every Friday. It's up to number 6 right now, so there's plenty to watch. You can also alter the image quality all the way to as high as 1080P, which is nice. Here's the link: LINK

"The Stars My Destination" is my favorite science fiction novel of all time (Bester). I need to pick up an Ellison anthology and buy a copy of Snow Crash. I'll put it on reserve. I use two libraries, so I'm sure between the two of them I'll be able to get it.

10 days That's optimistic! I was thinking longer. I'm going to do some research and give a qualified answer. Ok. I'm going to guess 20 days and 1620 total posts. It went 8 day with 1486 posts. So I'd say you won that bet. Unfortunately the thread became diluted after the questions thread popped up, as well as the grader salary thread, otherwise I think it would have gone longer.

Couldn't find any Bester on the shelves. Picked up "Anathem" by Stephenson. I'm not sure it's my cup of tea from the description, but I'll give it a shot. (thumbs u

It's been a long time since I read any Bester. I'm off to the library right now to return some books. I'll see if I can pick up "Snow Crash" and some Bester. Early Ellison is awesome, but I'm not really fond of his later works. He also became a bit of a jerk in later years - evidently he has difficulty channeling his anger along productive routes.

Bradbury captured the unqualified awe and wonder of being a little boy: the angle of the sun, a bush bull of bees, leaves swirling on an autumn day, the importance of running, the comfort of a best friend. He got it. Much like dandelion wine captures each summer's essence, his books take you right back to how you felt as a child, how you thought, what was important to you. He's also the ultimate lightening rod merchant, selling magic, mystery and warning of danger. Much of his writing can be viewed as the death of something warm and safe, whether it be childhood or provincial America. Ellison was the angry author of my teens. His wit and sarcasm helped ease me into the world of deadlines, responsibility, and the treadmill of conspicuous consumption. I appreciated that he was one of the few who was courageous enough to declare that the King had no clothes. He threw jelly beans into the gears of the metronome. "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman" still gives me satisfaction - even after all these years. I'm full spectrum, so I need cold, calculating, unmerciful prophets like Asimov and Clarke. I'll check out Neal Stephenson. I think I read Cryptonomicon, but I can't remember. What books of his would you recommend?

Dean needs to lop its head off.

Glad to see some of the more obscure and historically important stuff in there as well as two recent releases! (Dredd and Cloud Atlas) <------ huge Science Fiction junkie. Me too. I had a great SF discussion with one of my relatives last night. We were discussing Philip K. at length (no pun intended), and the impact and timing of his insanity on his writing. Then later, my 16 year old nephew gave me all his theories on the genetic goo in Prometheus. We also had fun asking Siri on his iPhone various obscure SF questions that it had strange (clearly programmed) answers to. Keep repeating to yourself, Bester, Bradbury and Di.c.k. Add some Vonnegurt and Adams as needed, and repeat. Absolutely. Bradbury has always been my favorite. No one else captures the wonder of childhood like him. I have to throw early Ellison into the mix, along with a judicious helping of Asimov and Clarke. I've been trying to find the modern equivalents of the masters, and have not succeeded. It seems they have too much flair and not enough substance, like they write for other writers rather than readers.

Two placements. I believe this beats Roy's "Epiphany" stories by a country mile. Especially the one about crossing the street and talking to the Bible Thumper.

At least we got some points today! Where's Ham with our damn points! Shake 'N Bake!

At least we got some points today!

30 minutes is enough time to let you know if the tilapia is lactose intolerant +1

It's a little known secret that a dry mount press can squeeze the fishiness right out of a filet. It also works wonders on NCB fish creases.

My coffee roasting thread is getting less action.

Supposedly removes the fishiness. I googled it to have something to write in your thread.

Seconded on that. Agree. And I believe I'm the 6th person to do so. I think it's way too easy for a scammer to launch a sales thread here.

LMAO!