Writer question: what was the Los Angeles transit system like in 2005? I have a character who is lost in LA in 2005 and tries to ride the bus. Did they take cash back then like Portland buses still do? Did they have bus passes? She's from an alternate universe, only has money and/or bus passes for her universe, but I need to know how things were in ( Read more... )

You wake up and you're the only person left on Earth, what is the first thing(s) you will do?Once I was done being confused and searching for people, I'd find a ham radio set and a book on how to use the thing, and start sending out messages in case there were others. Probably try to contact the ISS, too, just in case ( Read more... )

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When pure cesium meets water, it goes BOOM. So I just had a thought: if you make a bullet of cesium, would it survive long enough to penetrate a person's body? And would it then go BOOM when it meets the water in their body ( Read more... )

Anonymous asked: “Can you help me create an argument against the Flat Earth Society? Thanks ( Read more... )

Anonamousanomoly asked: "Greetings! I'm looking for somebody willing to answer a couple of questions about religion for a college class I'm taking. You seem to be involved or at least familiar with LaVeyan Satanism perhaps...? I'll actually be doing a presentation on it as well. I am trying to leave bias (on my part) out of the equation, and ( Read more... )

I keep seeing people wearing clothes (t-shirts, hats mostly) saying "OBEY." WTF? And it's mostly young people, too. What a stupid message. The better message would be "DISOBEY."

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Okay, what the hell? Is it just this computer I'm on (at the library), or did Livejournal get rid of its Writer's Block completely? I mean yeah, I mocked just about every question they came up with, but it gave me an excuse to post. I'll be sad if it's gone for good ( Read more... )

Something came up in conversation earlier today, where a friend mentioned that she's heard some people espouse the belief that having a religious viewpoint is literally a mental illness. I don't agree myself; sure, there are a number of crazy religious people, and I think some religions (like most sects of Christianity) should be erased from the ( Read more... )

Does anyone out there have any ideas for things for me to write about? Anything they would like me to blog about?