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March 14, 2007 -- 4:22 PM
posted by Par
I just sent out the following email re: Pi Day:
Update:
So, I've had one crabby person (you know who you are, Chari) complain about general lateness of Pi Day festivities, so, if you're so inclined, feel free to stop by early and hang out pre-pi (so long as it's after 7:00; I need some me time...).
For those of you with 8:30 seared into your brain, we won't be serving pie early, so you needn't panic about missing out.
So, I've had one crabby person (you know who you are, Chari) complain about general lateness of Pi Day festivities, so, if you're so inclined, feel free to stop by early and hang out pre-pi (so long as it's after 7:00; I need some me time...).
For those of you with 8:30 seared into your brain, we won't be serving pie early, so you needn't panic about missing out.
March 14, 2007 -- 2:18 AM
posted by nobody knows my face
GAAHHH. I can't believe they took the story down!!! I bet it's because of that stupid-ass movie coming out. FRACK.
March 13, 2007 -- 8:43 PM
posted by Par
Shit, I almost forgot that this is the last week ever of the show with zefrank. It'll be a shame when we lose his unblinking visage, calling his audience sports racers, the if the earth were a sandwich project, the remixes for ray's i'm about to whip somebody's ass song (who knew ray would turn out to be a preacher?!) and, lest we forget, Ride the Fire Eagle Danger Day.
Godspeed, ze.
(Oh yeah, and fingers in food. My god, fingers in food.)
March 13, 2007 -- 8:43 PM
posted by alison
wow... i want this... i want to make this...
March 13, 2007 -- 4:09 PM
posted by Al
Also another common theme of the "crazy" old man who knows what is going on but no will listen to him because of his radical ideas.
March 13, 2007 -- 3:06 PM
posted by Beck
Hey Tay, I was going to read your story, but it appears to have been removed by request of the authors estate...
March 13, 2007 -- 3:04 PM
posted by nobody knows my face
"I'm still wondering how Holloway was able to make those conjectures on what was happening."
Yeah, haha. That's a symptom of the time the story was written moreso than anything else. Between 1930 and 1960, it was very in vogue in sci-fi to have super-intelligent characters, even if they just held simple jobs. In most of Heinlein's work for example the main character is always incredibly witty and can always think himself out of any problem. It was just the style at the time. I think the popularity of incredibly human characters with very human flaws is a rather recent development (although that style of character has been around for a long time, I don't think it's ever been as popular as it is today). Even Beowulf was a story of intelligence versus strength. He outwitted Grendel (which resulted in Grendel losing his arm)... it's an incredibly old archetype that until about 40 years ago was prevalent (sometimes to the extent of exaggeration) in a lot of literature including science fiction.
March 13, 2007 -- 2:53 PM
posted by nobody knows my face
Al, you're right:
http://www.mimzy.com/
From what I can tell the movie isn't going to do the story any semblance of justice.
Did you know that both Total Recall and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind were based on an SF short story? They were both based off the story "We Can Remember it For You Wholesale" by PKD. That story is also one of my favourites.
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