From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
Originally shared by Curt Thompson This is an interesting theory, but I notice the author has to omit one of the most important Heinlein novels to make it work. Time Enough For Love was written in the very early 70s and was a straight (heh) extrapolation of the chaotic and frenetic zeitgeist of that era. http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2012/11/the-joke-is-on-us-the-two-careers-of-robert-a-heinlein/
Originally shared by Kirill Grouchnikov #pixelpushing When I start wiring real data to the UI pieces that have up until now were tested with fake content, and after it compiles I run it on the device, and it crashes immediately because, you know, real data , and I'm all like...
Single most attractive sword seen on film.
ReplyDeleteIt slays.
ReplyDeleteNot to slayers such as them.
ReplyDeleteAlso, they're too young for haga or black lotus for that matter.
ReplyDeleteYes.
ReplyDelete"Woman, your looks! You are a slaughterer! ... What?! Wait, come back!"
ReplyDeleteGenerational gap.
ReplyDeleteGet ready, Barry.
ReplyDeleteI think you mean "Roll for initiative"
ReplyDeleteAlso, to be "fierce" is to look amazing. When you are fierce, you undoubtedly slay.
ReplyDeleteThere is also this fantastic moment where queens (amazing women) discuss how to best maximize their joint slay.
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Old nerd dude observes teenage social media culture. That's bound to be weird.
ReplyDelete(Teenage social media culture influenced by old drag queen culture!)
ReplyDeleteOh really? Interesting.
ReplyDeleteAlso: for correct usage -- a sword isn't the thing that slays. It's the lady that slays. Always. =)
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