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He was haggling with a vendor at a sidewalk sale. I didn’t say anything, but my friend called out something in the order of, “Hey, Iggy Pop! Buying a lamp, huh?”
”Yeah, kid,” he replied, ”Now leave me alone.”
by Evan Kindley
Why are you still not following this Tumblr?
I saw a man across the way
He rode a silver mare
A ring of golden strands of hay
Was tied up in his hair
I asked where he had come from,
And to where he was heading
He said it only mattered some,
For hay-hair was his bedding
Spiders, crickets, worms, and slugs
As many as Todd wishes
Dragonflies and ladybugs
He thinks that they’re delicious!
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“Warren Ellis Thinks Newt Gingrich’s Space Ideas Are Full of Shit”
Abraham Reisman interviewed Warren Ellis about Newt Gingrich’s Moon colony statement. Warren Ellis did not disappoint in his response. The following excerpts are what I thought were choice moments. It was a bit difficult deciding which thoughts were best. Read the entire interview over on Motherboard.
Abraham Reisman: What kind of merit is there to Gingrich’s proposals — which he’s self-described as “grandiose” — for developing a rocket that can reach Mars, establishing a permanent moon base, and so on?Warren Ellis: Well, let’s start with the “51st State” bit that’s being bandied about. Speaker Gingrich knows as well as the next political mammal that the Outer Space Treaty forbids any one nation from claiming sovereignty over the moon. So, not so much with the 51st State crap.
[…]
Going to Mars is important. Going back to the Moon is, I think, important. But his plans and reasons for going make about as much sense as if he had said we had to go to Mars to find him something new to marry. I’m genuinely interested in seeing the human race escape the planet and go exploring. Speaker Gingrich would like to be elected.
Are there other technological goals on the scale of space travel that you think humanity should be pushing for, right now? If so, do you see models for us achieving them?I’m not sure where everyone got the idea that the human race can only do one thing at a time. “What about here on Earth?” people say. “Shouldn’t there be other goals here that we should be pushing for?” Sure there are. But at this late date I’m fairly sure we’ve mastered walking and chewing gum as a simultaneous operation.I’m not suggesting that we can’t do two things at once. But if there were things in addition to space travel that you think could have a similarly massive effect on humanity’s ability to grow as a species…Curing cancer. Increasing quality human longevity. Induced pluripotential cell treatments. Nailing down that weird neutrino anomaly that seems to allow for faster-than-light communication. The usual shopping list. Also I want an orbital death ray.
Read the rest on Motherboard.
How have we gone this long without an orbital death ray?](http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyltxcm3mS1qg4prko1_400.jpg)
“Warren Ellis Thinks Newt Gingrich’s Space Ideas Are Full of Shit”
Abraham Reisman interviewed Warren Ellis about Newt Gingrich’s Moon colony statement. Warren Ellis did not disappoint in his response. The following excerpts are what I thought were choice moments. It was a bit difficult deciding which thoughts were best. Read the entire interview over on Motherboard.
Abraham Reisman: What kind of merit is there to Gingrich’s proposals — which he’s self-described as “grandiose” — for developing a rocket that can reach Mars, establishing a permanent moon base, and so on?
Warren Ellis: Well, let’s start with the “51st State” bit that’s being bandied about. Speaker Gingrich knows as well as the next political mammal that the Outer Space Treaty forbids any one nation from claiming sovereignty over the moon. So, not so much with the 51st State crap.[…]
Going to Mars is important. Going back to the Moon is, I think, important. But his plans and reasons for going make about as much sense as if he had said we had to go to Mars to find him something new to marry. I’m genuinely interested in seeing the human race escape the planet and go exploring. Speaker Gingrich would like to be elected.
Are there other technological goals on the scale of space travel that you think humanity should be pushing for, right now? If so, do you see models for us achieving them?
I’m not sure where everyone got the idea that the human race can only do one thing at a time. “What about here on Earth?” people say. “Shouldn’t there be other goals here that we should be pushing for?” Sure there are. But at this late date I’m fairly sure we’ve mastered walking and chewing gum as a simultaneous operation.
I’m not suggesting that we can’t do two things at once. But if there were things in addition to space travel that you think could have a similarly massive effect on humanity’s ability to grow as a species…
Curing cancer. Increasing quality human longevity. Induced pluripotential cell treatments. Nailing down that weird neutrino anomaly that seems to allow for faster-than-light communication. The usual shopping list. Also I want an orbital death ray.Read the rest on Motherboard.
How have we gone this long without an orbital death ray?
Here’s a sketch i did of Rooster Cogburn, a la Bridges/Coen Bros. I am chompin’ at the bit to do a western. A bunch, actually.
Excellent.
Superman: Man of Steel #45
Remember that time Clark thought Lois and his parents were dead, so he dramatically ripped his costume from his body and lit it on fire with his eyes, then wandered off into the woods naked?
I do.
seems legit.
Oh god.
It’s beautiful.
mattlovescomics replied to your post: Books of 2012: January
I started American Gods and enjoyed it, but never finished it because it didn’t have pictures. You’ll probably get a kick out of it, though, especially if you got the 10th anniversary version.
I just draw my own pictures once I am finished with each page, on the finished page. It really hurts the book’s reread-ability, though, thus buying it a second time.
College student. I am interested in ideas.
Additionally I write for Multiversity Comics. They're good people.
