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Howard Tayler / Disco is back!
« on: August 19, 2011, 04:06:38 AM »
I love the "foreboding comparison" from yesterday... and here's Johnny! er... Max!
Disco, disco duck!
Disco, disco duck!
News:
A lot of people describe Scalzi’s Old Man's War novels as military science fiction, but I would classify its sequel Zoë’s Tale as a space opera. It’s a story about, well, Zoë, a teenage girl whose parents are invited to take leadership roles in building a colony on a new planet. Zoë is an enthusiastic member of the group sent to colonize Roanoke, despite the risks—and the risks are considerable even before the political machinations of greater powers boil to the surface. Continue reading Zoë’s Tale
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Howard Tayler / Re: Take your time...
« on: August 17, 2011, 11:22:44 AM »
Yeah... I kind of figure the next "bump" is going to be Para giving her a shiny gun ship to pilot... I mean, which would you rather have, a bus or a gun ship? Although with a gun ship and that cool visor, she might decide to head out on her own again... Not sure which way I think it will go.
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Howard Tayler / Take your time...
« on: August 17, 2011, 03:57:15 AM »
As her gun swings up...
That Kathryn is such a sweet thing!
Any bets as to whether she joins the Toughs or not?
That Kathryn is such a sweet thing!
Any bets as to whether she joins the Toughs or not?
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Howard Tayler / Re: Using a robot to watch Para?
« on: August 01, 2011, 05:48:55 AM »
Please don't throw me in the briar patch! Please, please...
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Howard Tayler / The way to a carbosilicate amorph's heart...
« on: August 01, 2011, 05:47:20 AM »
is through his stomach? Kathryn does know how to get on Schlock's good side, doesn't she?
http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-08-01
http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-08-01
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Howard Tayler / Re: PSA: What is a caixao?
« on: July 01, 2011, 05:51:48 AM »
Aha! Thanks. It was pretty clear what was meant from context, but the word felt as if it might have a real-world base, so I went hunting. Now why does Howard Tayler know Brazilian Portuguese? Is this part of your secret life, Howard? 
Thanks for 'splaining that.
Thanks for 'splaining that.
Caxiao means "coffin" in Portuguese, at least as spoken in Brazil.
It also more generally means "container," so it's a bit more like the English word "casket." I imagine linguistic drift and merge giving us this word for the tiny, bed-only hotel rooms like they have in Tokyo.
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Howard Tayler / Ovalkwiki? Just add milk?
« on: June 11, 2011, 01:26:14 AM »
No, no, computers prefer electricity :-)
Read all about it! Schlock Universe goes wiki!
http://ovalkwiki.com/Welcome
Howard's going to blog about it soon, but... go take a look. And add your two cents!
Because only you can make the wiki go wild!
Read all about it! Schlock Universe goes wiki!
http://ovalkwiki.com/Welcome
Howard's going to blog about it soon, but... go take a look. And add your two cents!
Because only you can make the wiki go wild!
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Howard Tayler / Re: How do you read Schlock?
« on: April 23, 2011, 05:46:01 AM »
How do I read Schlock Mercenary? Let me count... nah. I just bring them up daily in my browser. At noon, right now (I live in Japan). Nice chuckle before lunch. Or after lunch, for part of the year. But I read them day by day.
Mike
Mike
(snip)
How you like to read Schlock Mercenary?
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Howard Tayler / Re: Does Ovalkwik make you laugh?
« on: April 14, 2011, 05:58:47 AM »It does make you wonder what the difference is between genuine imitation and imitation imitation.
I'm pretty sure it's the calories. It always comes back to the calories.
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Howard Tayler / Does Ovalkwik make you laugh?
« on: April 06, 2011, 05:22:16 AM »
In particular, the "Genuine Imitation" part always gets a chuckle from me. I do wonder occasionally what Schlock would think of the original, non-imitation type...
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Howard Tayler / Re: Where will Schlock's Eyes Be?
« on: April 03, 2011, 10:01:27 AM »
Ah, but the story is good! Thanks! 
So his eyes were in the last place he looked, but not a bag.Quote
Ugh! That's terrible.
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Howard Tayler / Re: Where will Schlock's Eyes Be?
« on: April 02, 2011, 04:09:35 AM »
Hah! I was wrong... they were rolling around in the cycling bins! So his eyes were in the last place he looked, but not a bag.
You're going to hit me...
In the last bag he looked at
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Howard Tayler / Where will Schlock's Eyes Be?
« on: March 23, 2011, 04:35:57 AM »
You're going to hit me...
In the last bag he looked at
Singing
60 bags of Schlock around Haven Hive, 60 bags of Schlock,
you take one down and open the bag,
59 bags of Schlock around Haven Hive. Oh, oh, oh...
In the last bag he looked at
Singing
60 bags of Schlock around Haven Hive, 60 bags of Schlock,
you take one down and open the bag,
59 bags of Schlock around Haven Hive. Oh, oh, oh...
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Howard Tayler / Re: PSA: What is a caixao?
« on: February 27, 2011, 02:03:44 PM »
No real idea. Just poking at google trying to find out. Seems to be from Brazil, but you're right, that could easily be a native language, too.