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| Tuesday, September 28th, 2004 | 9:49 pm [ukdollars]
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*I stand up* Hello, I'm ukdollars and I am an e-whore. *Group in unison: Hello U.K.Dollars.* I have no real problems... but in my head I have problems. 19 year old heterosexual male in L.A. If you want a date send me a picture. When I'm not at uni I read, watch Adult Swim, yell abuse at Fox news for the blatant bias and dizzying spin and I lose myself on the internet. I don't always read other journals but if you want to read my mind your welcome to it. I'm looking for people to comment on my "problems" and say mostly unhelpful things like, "why don't you just get out there and do it" or "limes, are you insane". the more of these useless but fun pseudo-solution the better. I like cute girls with small breasts and expressive eyes. I like to be able to get inside a girls head and read her mind. I especially look for a girl who is smart, feminine (that is to say not in the least masculine in appearance), skinny and kinky. Legal is good too. Comment in my journal no reason required and say whatever you have on your mind. I give the best advice ever about everything because... well I'm an arrogant prick so comments can also ask for unrelated advice. *I take my seat to a small supportive round of applause* (Expand Our Consciousness) | | Wednesday, February 25th, 2004 | 3:17 pm [tennis_borg]
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we_r_borg We have assimilated this abandoned community. Resistance is futile. Current Mood: blank(Expand Our Consciousness) | | Monday, April 7th, 2003 | 4:21 am [jgegr]
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(1 Neoreality |Expand Our Consciousness) | | Tuesday, December 17th, 2002 | 10:22 am [jgegr]
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(Expand Our Consciousness) | | Monday, December 2nd, 2002 | 11:23 am [jgegr]
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(Expand Our Consciousness) | | Friday, November 15th, 2002 | 9:07 am [jgegr]
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(Expand Our Consciousness) | | Saturday, October 26th, 2002 | 6:03 pm [jgegr]
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(Expand Our Consciousness) | | Thursday, October 24th, 2002 | 1:41 am [jgegr]
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(Expand Our Consciousness) | | Wednesday, October 16th, 2002 | 4:59 pm [jgegr]
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Clifford Pickover and My Review of Liquid Earth
I first encountered Clifford Pickover through his extraordinary account of unusually prolific scientific, literary and philosophical geniuses with odd habits: Strange Brains and Genius: http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/strange.htmSince then, I've been able to interact with him a little bit through his yahoogroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cliffordpickoverLately, Clifford Pickover has been trying to promote his brand new science fiction / fantasy "neoreality" series: http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/neotrans.htmlI wrote the following review of Liquid Earth, from this series, for Amazon: This book has some of the most hilarious scenes I've ever encountered in a book, and it's worth reading even just for its fight / escape scenes and its extraordinary climax. It will appeal to a vast audience, from lovers of science fiction and fantasy to futurists and serious philosophers, not to mention aficionados of fine literature and even Biblical scholars. As well as entertaining us, the author gives us serious pause to reflect on our station in life and history. In a move that would make Salvador Dali proud, Clifford Pickover lends flavor to a larger movement which he characterizes as his "Neoreality Series", introducing a scale for measuring unlikely events, referred to as "The Hawking Reality Scale" with deciReal units to "measure the intensity of reality fragmentation". With a tip of the hat to the older movement in Italian cinema, Pickover's use of the word Neoreality may very well come to be the catchword for our own age in cinema too, describing equally well such films as "eXistenZ," "Fight Club," "Being John Malkovich," and "The Matrix". Take this fantastic journey with charming girl prodigy Mink, her adorable robot kitten Carrington and the joketelling poet android Mr. Plex as they traverse through forests, jungles, ancient ruins and a small New England town, seeking refuge from extraordinary villainous creatures such as "Cheetah Killers" and Gharials in their quest to discover reality-shattering chronoplasmids. Written by the great science popularizer, math puzzler and world expert on fractals, Clifford Pickover's colorful book will appeal to older and and younger readers alike. It will make old people feel young and young people feel old! If you have enjoyed C.S. Lewis, L. Frank Von Baum and Daniel Pinkwater, you will also enjoy Liquid Earth; equally so if you have enjoyed Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and William Gibson. (Expand Our Consciousness) |
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