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Old 01-27-2017, 09:02 PM
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I confess to minimal knowledge of "hard" scifi fiction. [...] My fandom of Asimov comes from his nonfiction, especially his science essays.
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(P.S. My boxes upon boxes of Star Trek novels really don't qualify has "hard" scifi, do they?)
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You have boxes upon boxes of Star Trek books too, NAHTMMM?
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Well, three. They do take up disproportionate space for how often I read them nowadays. I was also agreeing that they aren't hard sci-fi.
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Ah yes, I have that problem. I got lots of old TOS books at about 15 cents each at a fundraiser sale a few years ago. I doubt I'll read them more than once each, but I can say I'm getting 15 cents worth of enjoyment from each one.
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The Lion is still in his cage at Helen Newman Hall!

Okay, a little background is needed. In 2002 the pranksters at All Too Flat noticed an empty and unlocked speaker cage at their college basketball court. They went to Kmart and bought a stuffed lion to stick into the cage. They also printed up a few posters to put under the cage, the joke being along the lines of a single animal zoo.

It took eight months for the school to find the card with their website on it, because it took that long for them to need to open the cage (to put in a new speaker). With permission from the All Too Flat crew they moved it to the empty cage at the other end of the court. They updated their site every few months for awhile to confirm that the lion was still there, but eventually they graduated, got married, and abandoned the site.

Fast Forward to 2014. Someone read about it and asked on Reddit whether it was still there. Someone confirmed that it was and posted a new picture.

It was a nice thing to discover. I was a major follower of All Too Flat ten years ago when they were still active and still make regular pilgrimages to their corner of the Net. I have mentioned them before, but I'll just repost the Pi Song. YouTube video and lyrics with guitar tabs.
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The same guy played Decius and Stonn!

Decius was like the number three Romulan in "Balance of Terror", after Mark Lenard's character (who some call Keras) and the centurion (who some call T'Auethn).

We all know who Stonn was. The actor's name was Lawrence Montaigne. He died on last Friday.
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Part of the inspiration of TaleSpin was the manga that later inspired Porco Rosso!

Of course it was also inspired by Cheers, Jungle Book, etc.
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