Following up on my NH-acquired cold, last night I started feeling cold. I just couldn’t get warm then, just as I was going to bed, the uncontrollable shivering hit. It pulled a muscle in my thigh so hard that this morning I had to rub it to walk without a limp. I was hoping to see Project Hail Mary today, but that isn’t going to happen.
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The New Hampshire Cold
Last Sunday, at the Funspot arcade in Laconia, New Hampshire, I was amongst many families with children. So I wasn’t surprised when, on Wednesday, I felt a sore throat coming on. Now there’s sneezing and coughing to go along with it. My usual temperature is about 97.7. It’s presently 98.8.
No Uncertainty About Undercity
Monte Schulz has written a follow-up to his dense and mesmerizing novel Metropolis. I’ve pre-ordered a copy of Undercity and have updated Monte’s entry in the links section.
Tarnished Tinsel Town
This overview of Hollywood today is an appropriately slick production. As with many other industries, it seems unlikely to ever fully recover from the pandemic. Just the fact we’re all watching these 10-15 minute YouTube videos is a big part of the problem.
Is Oil the Meaning of Life?
“O Deep Thought computer,” he said, “the task we have designed you to perform is this. We want you to tell us….” he paused, “The Answer.”
“The Answer?” said Deep Thought. “The Answer to what?”
“Life!” urged Fook.
“The Universe!” said Lunkwill.
“Everything!” they said in chorus.
Deep Thought paused for a moment’s reflection.
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“Forty-two,” said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.– Douglas Adams, ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’
A barrel measurement of crude oil is 42 gallons.
A Message From Notflix
Hi Netflix member, whose name we don’t know. This offer ends THIS WEEK, and yet the time that’s left for you to respond is fixed at an unchanging 05:29.
