I've noticed that there are a few big things that I'm not terribly keen on in stories. These are both grey areas, but it seems like in general I don't care for the way that most authors use them ( Read more... )

Awhile back, 3ravensringo loaned me a knife-sharpening DVD. While I still haven't gotten all the way through it, I decided that I had gotten far enough (though the overview and demonstration of the whole sharpening process) that if I didn't actually try to sharpen something soon it risked falling into the category of things that I theoretically know how to do ( Read more... )

If I'm remembering correctly, one of the generally accepted concepts in mathematics is that two lines in a plane will never intersect if and only if they are parallel. They go on forever without crossing. However, if they are out of parallel by the tiniest amount then at some point they must cross.

What point is that?