In a message dated 12/7/2002 7:43:45 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > Someone write this down. It appears that William "Obscure (Albeit On Topic) > Uplift References Are My Life's Blood" Taylor just missed someone else's. I > think on-topicness coming from another listee may have thrown him. :-) > > William, I'm afraid as penance, you will be forced to write "I will reread _ > The Uplift War_" 100 times on the blackboard. ^-^ > > Jim > Maybe I was standing on my head thinking of blue stockings. Where is that Bulwer's when you need it.... Nope. Google on Blue + Feather + Queen just gets SCA and some dumb carpet store. White feather gets flooded with good to bad movie reviews. Yellow feather...... Am I looking through a cracked looking glass? Lost. Trying Uplift War....... Ah. Is this a drunken Canadian Uplift joke? Something about having a Gubruski...... Too many queen references spoil the wroth. >William, I'm afraid as penance, you will be forced to write "I will reread _ > The Uplift War_" 100 times on the blackboard. ^-^ Unless I get a pillow, I will not reread The Uplift War even once while lying on a blackboard. Besides, they are green nowadays. And the obscure Uplift references of today just might be the plot anchors of the future. I don't particularly like shared world anthologies, but I'll throw a lot of crib sheets Dr. Brin's way to see if he stuffs any of them down his sleeves. I've received a "gem" or two from the good Dr. Brin on dirty tricks and weird ideas as in how to keep 3,000 high school students alive after being kidnapped by aliens. [Non-Uplift story.] Being short of bedding, I particularly like the idea of one kid crumpling up the language lab tapes into his gym shirt to make a pillow. Best use ever for those damn annoying tapes. Revenge is sweet, even if it's too lumpy to bring sweet dreams. Hope he uses it. Getting him to write a story where a Wazoon tries to walk while dressed up as a rubber tree plant is going to be a tougher sell. "Why would a Wazoon try to spy while dressed up as a rubber tree plant?". I hear you ask. He had high hopes. William Taylor -------------------- Reading on a blackboard. 'tis silly. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
