My favorite line from my favorite episode of Dr Who:
Doctor Who “The Impossible Astronaut” (Episode 6.1) | Planet Claire Quotes: “The Doctor: Mr. President. That child just told you every you need to know, but you weren’t listening. Never mind, though, ’cause the answer’s yes. I’ll take the case. Fellas, the guns? Really? I just walked into the highest security office in the United States, parked a big blue box on the rug. You think you can just shoot me?”
Despicable:
Ancient Manuscripts In Timbuktu Reduced To Ashes : The Two-Way : NPR: “‘These priceless manuscripts are my identity, they’re my history. They are documents about Islam, history, geography, botany, poetry. They are close to my heart and they belong to the whole world,’ the mayor said.”
Fundamentalists in Mali aren’t the first or the last to commit such atrocities, of course. Europeans have a long history of setting fire to their respective pasts as do Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Persians, Seleucids, Assyrians, Babylonians, and Sumerians before them.
We set fire to the past when we speak of “the Founding Fathers” or “Biblical veracity” everyday.
Still… “The past is never dead. It’s not even past,” as Faulkner reminds us.
One of the best reviews I’ve read in a long while…
‘The Hobbit – An Unexpected Journey,’ by Peter Jackson – NYTimes.com: “Over all, though, the shiny hyper-reality robs Middle-earth of some of its misty, archaic atmosphere, turning it into a gaudy high-definition tourist attraction. But of course it will soon be overrun with eager travelers, many of whom are likely to find the journey less of an adventure than they had expected.”
Maybe we should stick with this one:
Wow, what a pic…
Neil Gaiman’s Journal: Neil Armstrong: “Neal Stephenson and I were not standing in order to make it quite clear who Neil #1 was and would always be.”
That pretty much sums up my life as a fanboy.
Neil Gaiman will be in AVL next month! Tickets aren't available yet, but will be soon here: http://t.co/XvwXfyEg #avlent
— Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe (@Malaprops) August 14, 2012
First Spartanburg then Tryon then Asheville…
About ‹ Unchained: “The Unchained Tour is a 11-show 9-city bus tour throughout The South drawing attention to and promoting locally owned, independent bookstores.”
Great cause and I can’t wait to see it in person.
