By Douglas Adams, age 9.
A pocket knife is about the most massively useful thing any young man can have. Partly it has great practical value – you can hunt with it as you bound across the cold taigas of Jaglan Cappa; you can open beverages and sip them on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Renthar VII, inhaling the intoxicating sea vapours; pry loose the seven breasted whore of Babel; battle the Beast of Trafalgar IX (a sincerely reluctant opponent, it hesitates to attack as it is daftly afraid of occuring social faux pas – but very ravenous); remove splinters and thorns incurred from rummaging through boreal forests, and of course peel an apple.
More importantly, a pocket knife has immense psychological value. For some reason, if one discovers a young man with a pocket knife, he will automatically assume that he is also in possesion of a sash, merit badges, regulation brown short pants, short sleeved khaki shirt, toothbrush, flask, compass, map, ball of string, mosquito repellant, poncho, space suit, etc., etc. Furthermore, they will happily offer to buy original buttery flavoured kettle corn from said young man. What this person will think is that any boy who can handle a pocket knife can rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and can light a fire with two twigs and a rock is clearly a boy to be recokoned with.
Disclaimer: Douglas Adams didn’t actually write this.
I got the algorithm working! We now have plot course. Combat and trading are in the works next.
Wall-E is probably the best Disney/Pixar movie I’ve ever seen to date.
So awesome.
Tigh, Tyrol, Anders, and Tory are probably Cylon Hybrids.
Thoughts?
Battlestar Galactica’s Season Three soundtrack is out now!
Here’s the track list:
01. A Distant Sadness From “OCCUPATION” (2:50)
02. Precipice From “Precipice” (4:52)
03. Admiral and Commander From “Exodus, Parts I and II” (3:16)
04. Storming New Caprica From “Exodus, Part II” (7:48)
05. Refugees Return From “Exodus, Part II” (3:43)
06. Wayward Soldier From “Hero” (4:17)
07. Violence and Variations From “Unfinished Business” (7:42)
08. The Dance From “Unfinished Business” (2:33)
09. Adama Falls From “Unfinished Business” (1:43)
10. Under the Wing From “Maelstrom” (1:16)
11. Battlestar Sonatica From “Torn” (4:44)
12. Fight Night From “Unfinished Business” (2:27)
13. Kat’s Sacrifice From “The Passage” (2:46)
14. Someone to Trust From “Taking a Break From All Your Worries” (3:09)
15. The Temple of Five From “The Eye of Jupiter” (2:44)
16. Dirty Hands From “Dirty Hands” (3:32)
17. Gentle Execution From “Exodus, Part II” (3:28)
18. Mandala in the Clouds From “Maelstrom” (4:07)
19. Deathbed and Maelstrom From “Maelstrom” (5:53)
20. Heeding the Call From “Crossroads, Part II” (2:11)
21. All Along the Watchtower From “Crossroads, Part II” (3:33)
You can get it on Amazon Canada, Amazon USA
, and Amazon UK
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The funny thing is that it’s $20 in Canada and $15 in the USA but since our dollars are par… lol
September 6th, 2007
Anton
I wrote a novel about life on a planet named Gramma-Nine, which had low gravity compared to Earth. The people there used to fly around. Sometimes they jumped and never landed.
This created terrible problems for the people of Gramma-Nine. The law of gravity required that objects with mass attract each other. This was a problem because the people of Gramma-Nine were ugly.
This is what an asshole looks like.
But the Federal Government came through with an emergency program. It gave a heavy lead ball to every man, woman, and child on planet Gramma-Nine.
There was a cable with a harness on it attached from each ball. With the help of the balls, Gramma-Ninians could go on inhabiting the planet without fear of floating off into space.
Unfortunately, they were still ugly and died of lead poisoning.
Reference: Harry Potter and the Mediocre Plot
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
…We learn that Voldemorte has also split his soul into seven parts. These pieces were stored in “horcruxes.” One of the pieces is in Voldemorte as he used it to revive himself, one was in his (Tom Riddle’s) diary, one was in Marvalo’s ring, one was in the Slytherin locket, one is in the Raven Claw cup, yeah I’ve forgotten them. But Harry and Dumby go after the locket which wasn’t actually the real locket. Apparently an R.A.B. took it and disposed of it as he noted in his note in the locket. It is mentioned that horcruxes can also be made from animals! I have a feeling that Harry Potter is a horcux himself for Voldemorte, that would explain a lot. Remember they could share thoughts and feelings at one point?
R.A.B. is most likely Regulus Alphard Black which is Sirius’ brother who as James has pointed out is a deat eater (ex-deat eater?).
So since Sirius Black (Harry’s godfather) died in the previous book, Order of the Phoenix, Harry has inherited Grimwald place. I may have just misspelled that or got it wrong all together. This meaning he’s also gained possession of Kreacher the annoying bastard of a house elf. I’m hoping Harry’s inheritance actually has something to do with book seven as JK didn’t even write the house into the book…
I’m having a nerdgasm. I was right about book 7 circa Tuesday, July 19, 2005.
