"Carbon planes draw a cage round the air force base."

[greygirlbeast]

Happy Carl Sagan Day.

Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact. ~ Carl Sagan, 1996

Comments

[shanejayell]

Getting old sucks.

[greygirlbeast]

That's my take on it.

[captaincurt81]

I received my copies of "Black Helicopters" and THE APE'S WIFE AND OTHER TALES today and they look marvelous.

[greygirlbeast]

I don't have mine yet.

[everville340]

The second feature was Roman Polanski's The Ninth Gate (2000), which was just an awful lot of fun.

Sometimes I go through phases where I watch the same thing over and over for one subjective reason or another. I could never put my proverbial finger on any particular element, but The Ninth Gate was one of those phases. Cheers to an awful lot of fun.

[greygirlbeast]

I could never put my proverbial finger on any particular element, but The Ninth Gate was one of those phases.

There's this odd joy in its sense of itself.

[everville340]

Yes!

[martianmooncrab]

no doubt that I'm a gardner.

and you would have the plants that most wouldnt want in, because they were dangerous, poisonous, or they ate people... it would be lovely, lush, and full of adventure... with unknown animals and insects of unusual size..

[greygirlbeast]

and insects of unusual size..

Nice bit there.

[rivervox]

Sometimes people tell me I'm not middle-aged and I say "Yeah, you're right. I'm 48 so my life more than half over. It's very unlikely I'll live until 96." It Usually stops the conversation in its tracks.