2016-02-25

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2016-02-25 01:41 pm

Seen in TV Tropes entry for the New Wave

Joe Haldeman's The Forever War was a bizarre deconstruction of military SF, full of surreal imagery and borderline existentialism, inspired by the author's real-life experiences in the Vietnam war.

What book did they read? Not The Forever War.
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2016-02-25 03:57 pm

Youtube vexes me

What on earth did I listen to that Brad Paisley seemed a logical follow up?

sarah mclachlan - i will remember you > Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance > Alan Jackson - Remember When > Brad Paisley - When I Get Where I'm Going
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2016-02-25 07:55 pm

Seen in my feed

"$11, $9 for students and 55+"

But I'll be too young for the discount! Whoot!

BY TWO WEEKS. WHAT THE HELL, INEXORABLE PASSAGE OF TIME?

Oh, 55 is the new 30. In base 18...