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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Flibbies...Part VI

Qullew took a sip of water and waited for the buzz to subside. “Excuse me for raising my #7, Sir, but my #8 is kind of wedged in...” it was Quolk, trying to get his attention. “Go ahead, Quolk.” “How do we know they’re eating one another? Couldn’t they simply be, well... slinging?” “Don’t be so... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 31, 2014

Flibbies...Part V

Qullew noticed with satisfaction that people were taking notes assiduously, even if it was a bit difficult when several were crammed together on one pad; but when his paper came out, they would see to it that it was widely debated. “As I mentioned,” he continued, “although all Flibbies have four... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 29, 2014

Flibbies...Part IV

During the break Qullew went to his office and decided to pop into the observatory. The telescope was trained on Glubb, and he thought he might as well have a quick look. He focused in on the daytime section and on one of the big agglomerations of caves, one where these structures were particularly... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 28, 2014

Flibbies...Part III

Qullew cleared his throat. “A year ago, when I first discovered the Gargantua system to which Glubb belongs, which would be thirteen Glubb years, of course, my telescope wasn’t all that powerful. But in the intervening months we have made tremendous strides, and I have a great deal more detail now,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

Flibbies...Part II

Professor Qullew let his eyes sweep across the lecture hall. Each one of the 200 seating pads was occupied. In the front, coeds with creatively stenciled scales sat with respectfully raised forebodies as usual, all eyes looking at him attentively, while in the back there was a lot of slouching among... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Flibbies...Part I

Professor Qullew raised his eyes from his work and stretched. It was getting late and he was tired. But before knocking it off for the day he still had to take care of a rather boring routine – a brief look at Glubb. He took a short 12,000 steps or so down the hall, past some of the other offices,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 22, 2014

Amazing...

I just watched an amazing bit of television! It was a short skit, the dialogue, the acting were mediocre at best; the whole thing had a kind of amateurish slap-stick quality about it, and in and of itself was eminently forgettable, if it weren’t for the context, for the ‘when’ and ‘where’... It’s a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Playing in the Sandbox...

If there ever was any doubt left that the W.H. amateur is just that, an amateur, and moreover a very bad one, he himself has now laid that to rest. The foolish declaration that he will ‘never recognize’ the outcome of the Crimean plebiscite is the final nail in the coffin of his credibility as a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 17, 2014

So many comments, so little time...

I have many important readers’ comments, comments I really ought to answer! Many of them are questions or at least implied questions. And they’re excellent questions, questions that, in answering them, not only help me help them understand, but also help me clarify my own thinking. The most recent... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 16, 2014

Flight HA370...Part IV

Even though we only know two things for sure, the plot has thickened. We know Flight HA370 left Kuala Lumpur, was in the air, and we also know that between take-off and today it must have come down at least once. Beyond that? Well, if it came down in the water, we could safely call that a crash,... Sign in to see full entry.

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