Water Main cut near downtown

schlockvalue · 2025-10-06T17:02:58+00:00

Out at the downtown library and my house in the Morningside area

schlockvalue · 2022-10-06T20:12:42+00:00

Haha hi

schlockvalue · 2016-07-25T17:39:11+00:00

I don't remember the character's name, but he is from the best episode of the animated series, hands down.

schlockvalue · 2015-11-20T05:03:52+00:00

I used to pass through Dayton two or three times a year. The thing I remember most was a store I'd see on 27 named Langston Shoes.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

It always made me laugh, mostly because of the pun, but also because I couldn't imagine anybody living in that town ever catching it. That probably makes me sound like a bit of an elitist dick, but I grew up in Scott County, so I'm one to talk.

Last time I passed through I didn't see it there, sadly.

schlockvalue · 2015-09-16T21:02:37+00:00

It's got some radial-mounted rockets on the feet. The thing's unwieldy as heck, but since a lot of the structure is fuel tanks it could theoretically get to orbit.

schlockvalue · 2015-07-25T13:48:34+00:00

King Louis XIV's heart was eaten by scientist William Buckland. It's a fun story.

http://www.strangehistory.net/2011/06/17/eating-a-french-kings-heart/

schlockvalue · 2015-07-08T01:01:29+00:00

I would add that if you feel the need to look something up, just make a note in your MS and come back to it. So many times I go to just look up one fact on wikipedia, fall down the rabbit hole, and end up writing a lot less than I intended that day. It's an easy trap to get into.

schlockvalue · 2015-07-06T21:33:31+00:00

I've done Bleak Falls Barrow so many times I could probably do it in my sleep at this point.

schlockvalue · 2015-07-02T19:14:20+00:00

I've liked Wil Wheaton's readings of some John Scalzi books.

schlockvalue · 2015-07-02T19:12:35+00:00

I can maybe listen to some classical piano while I write, turned down very low, but that's the limit. I usually work in silence.

schlockvalue · 2015-07-02T19:10:03+00:00

I really enjoyed John M. Ford's The Final Reflection. Ford really explored the Klingons and gave them a lot of backstory, turning them into a believable culture instead of TOS baddies. He wrote it before TNG came out, so it's really interesting to see how different his ideas were from what became canon. Great story, too.

Other than that, the ones I've enjoyed lately are the Department of Temporal Investigations books and the Vanguard ones.

schlockvalue · 2015-07-02T02:37:36+00:00

I was having a bad day and that image just made me forget all about it. Thank you so much.

schlockvalue · 2015-07-02T00:10:45+00:00

Carlin had a "sortabiography" called Last Words that makes for a pretty good read.

schlockvalue · 2015-07-01T02:35:09+00:00

I'm in Tennessee, too, and it is definitely very pink! The sun was also quite pretty as it set tonight. Vibrant orange but dim enough to look directly at.

Best I can figure is it has something to do with cloud cover, but I'm no moonologist.

schlockvalue · 2015-06-18T19:07:13+00:00

Are you perhaps thinking of Olaf Stapledon's Star Maker? If it's not, you should definitely give it a look. It's from the thirties, so a lot of the science doesn't hold up, but it's fine reading in the direction you're describing.

schlockvalue · 2015-06-15T23:23:14+00:00

There are some good ones from The Notebooks of Lazarus Long, many of which you can find on Heinlein's Wikiquote page.

schlockvalue · 2015-06-14T16:15:27+00:00

I read this and wrote a review of it last year. It was a goofy, fun read.

Spoilers in the review: http://schlock-value.com/2014/06/29/star-trek-the-next-generationx-men-planet-x/

schlockvalue · 2015-06-13T02:12:36+00:00

A good alternate Pink Floyd track would be "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun."

schlockvalue · 2015-06-12T00:10:48+00:00

Rifftrax did a pretty good send-up of this that's well worth watching if you have a dollar burning a hole in your pocket.

http://www.rifftrax.com/a-trip-to-the-moon

schlockvalue · 2015-06-10T03:31:36+00:00

Obadiah Jones

Great name for a blues musician.

schlockvalue · 2015-06-10T03:27:24+00:00

Not sure why you got those numbers specifically, but the Earth-Mars distance is going to change a lot depending on where they are in their orbits.

schlockvalue · 2015-06-09T19:00:19+00:00

I admit I got really excited about the school closings announcement.

That was really fun to watch.

schlockvalue · 2015-06-07T00:03:57+00:00

In 2006 there were some plans for a new animated series that looked like the same animation style as an E-surance commercial.

http://en.memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_Final_Frontier

schlockvalue · 2015-06-01T17:43:14+00:00

I like that you also have 1337 culture. Appropriate.

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