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Forum: Miscellaneous 05-21-2023, 08:41 PM
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Posted By NAHTMMM
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshower A...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshower

A lot of cultures have a lot of inventive ways to refer to a sunny rainfall.
Forum: Miscellaneous 07-04-2021, 05:39 AM
Replies: 193
Views: 566,889
Posted By NAHTMMM
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/05/24/strategy...

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/05/24/strategy-letter-ii-chicken-and-egg-problems/

There is code in Windows 95 specifically added to avoid a Sim City bug.
Forum: Miscellaneous 07-22-2020, 02:08 PM
Replies: 193
Views: 566,889
Posted By NAHTMMM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mamas_and_the_Pa...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mamas_and_the_Papas#1966:_The_Mamas_&_the_Papas

That weird "I saw her . . . I saw her again last night" in "I Saw Her Again" was just a mistake made when someone...
Forum: Miscellaneous 01-25-2020, 08:22 PM
Replies: 193
Views: 566,889
Posted By NAHTMMM
In the foreword to one of the 1970s volumes of...

In the foreword to one of the 1970s volumes of the complete Peanuts, Billie Jean King talks about her friendship with Charles Schulz. He was a good tennis player and a supporter of women's sports,...
Forum: Miscellaneous 12-23-2018, 01:30 PM
Replies: 193
Views: 566,889
Posted By NAHTMMM
There exists a "rock opera" treatment of War of...

There exists a "rock opera" treatment of War of the Worlds. (https://twitter.com/PulpLibrarian/status/1073985497075236865)

Uh. Well then.
Forum: Miscellaneous 10-13-2018, 04:20 PM
Replies: 193
Views: 566,889
Posted By NAHTMMM
Peter's is fairly good on the ST novel scale, and...

Peter's is fairly good on the ST novel scale, and of course Diane was one of the very best before I stopped reading new ST novels some 15 years ago.
Forum: Miscellaneous 04-15-2018, 11:43 AM
Replies: 193
Views: 566,889
Posted By NAHTMMM
Lorenzo Music...

Lorenzo Music (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Music), the voice of Garfield, also volunteered for suicide hotlines. Also from his page: imagine Garfield being voiced by the same person who...
Forum: Miscellaneous 02-01-2017, 04:23 PM
Replies: 193
Views: 566,889
Posted By NAHTMMM
Well, three. They do take up disproportionate...

Well, three. They do take up disproportionate space for how often I read them nowadays. I was also agreeing that they aren't hard sci-fi.
Forum: Miscellaneous 01-27-2017, 09:02 PM
Replies: 193
Views: 566,889
Posted By NAHTMMM
Likewise. :) Also likewise.

Likewise. :)


Also likewise.
Forum: Miscellaneous 06-05-2016, 09:54 PM
Replies: 193
Views: 566,889
Posted By NAHTMMM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_chip_cooki...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_chip_cookie

Nobody thought to invent the chocolate chip cookie until the 1930s
Even then, it was probably either an accident or just making do with...
Forum: Miscellaneous 08-27-2014, 01:17 PM
Replies: 193
Views: 566,889
Posted By NAHTMMM
Corn was originally a generic term for any old...

Corn was originally a generic term for any old cereal grain, and even today some British types will say "corn" to refer to whatever the local crop happens to be.
Forum: Miscellaneous 06-20-2012, 08:13 PM
Replies: 193
Views: 566,889
Posted By NAHTMMM
TATILT #28 Paul Simon and Carrie Fisher were...

TATILT #28

Paul Simon and Carrie Fisher were married at one point (only for a year or two). That's kinda weird and kinda, well, amazing.
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