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You belong in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. You
value freedom above all else. You would fight
and die for your family and your home.
Which Heinlein Book Should You Have Been A Character In?
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May. 21st, 2003
You belong in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. You
value freedom above all else. You would fight
and die for your family and your home.
Which Heinlein Book Should You Have Been A Character In?
brought to you by Quizilla
Random thoughts...
May. 21st, 2003 02:25 pmAs much as I hated the rain on Monday, there's one thing I do enjoy about rainy days - the day afterwards. The rain cleans all the haze out of the air, and the skies are clear. On my drive in on Tuesday, downtown KC sparkled in the distance, crystal-clear on the horizon. No foul brown smog in the air to dull it. At night, the sky was still haze-free, and the stars were beautiful.
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People seem to disappear from our apartment complex, but not in an abduction/murder kind of way. They just... vanish. One day, there's people living in an apartment, and you get used to always seeing the signs of life -- lights on at night, something on the porch, perhaps spying a piece of furniture through the blinds as you walk by. Then, one day you walk by the apartment again and there's nothing there but an empty set of rooms and a bare balcony. I don't know who the people are, and yet my world seems just a shade emptier now that they're gone. Of course, someone else will fill the apartment for a while, as always happens, but they'll disappear too. Eventually, even we'll vanish, and someone will walk by our old apartment and wonder what happened to the people who were there before.
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The thespian in me wonders about the little dramas that take place in the lives of life's extras - the people that we pass in the mall or on the highway or on the street, the ones we never interact with. I wonder what histories, comedies, and tragedies fill their lives. I wonder if they wonder about everyone else.
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People seem to disappear from our apartment complex, but not in an abduction/murder kind of way. They just... vanish. One day, there's people living in an apartment, and you get used to always seeing the signs of life -- lights on at night, something on the porch, perhaps spying a piece of furniture through the blinds as you walk by. Then, one day you walk by the apartment again and there's nothing there but an empty set of rooms and a bare balcony. I don't know who the people are, and yet my world seems just a shade emptier now that they're gone. Of course, someone else will fill the apartment for a while, as always happens, but they'll disappear too. Eventually, even we'll vanish, and someone will walk by our old apartment and wonder what happened to the people who were there before.
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The thespian in me wonders about the little dramas that take place in the lives of life's extras - the people that we pass in the mall or on the highway or on the street, the ones we never interact with. I wonder what histories, comedies, and tragedies fill their lives. I wonder if they wonder about everyone else.
Okay, so I've got this new motherboard/processor/memory setup priced at $280 that I've spec'd out, right? Well, looks like it'll have to wait.
Got the car inspected today. Passed except for one lightbulb (which they replaced for me -- gotta love those $12 bulbs), but they recommended getting the tires replaced. Well, yeah, they do have upwards of 85,000 miles on them. How much does the dealership want for replacing the tires? $260!
Wow. I end up $20 ahead. Go me. However, having a working car is more important than upgrading my already-working computer, so the car wins.
However, there will be some upgrading done before Half-Life 2 comes out. Oh yes. It will be done.
Got the car inspected today. Passed except for one lightbulb (which they replaced for me -- gotta love those $12 bulbs), but they recommended getting the tires replaced. Well, yeah, they do have upwards of 85,000 miles on them. How much does the dealership want for replacing the tires? $260!
Wow. I end up $20 ahead. Go me. However, having a working car is more important than upgrading my already-working computer, so the car wins.
However, there will be some upgrading done before Half-Life 2 comes out. Oh yes. It will be done.