B Thoreau / is on Nostr

Writing my way out of an interplanetary space battle. Interested in books, science fiction, strategic planning and leadership. #scifi #books #Pekingese

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2024-08-11 19:56:21

Pet Peeve is story-telling: When a character needs blood for whatever reason and they grab a sharp blade and cut across their open palm.
Why on earth would you cut across one of the most used and useful parts of your body like that? Why wouldn't you pick a more put of the way patch of skin? It just doesn't seem like a good survival tactic to me.
#writing #storytelling

2024-06-10 01:42:05

Who can explain the evolutionary advantage humans gain by being able to hear the difference between pouring cold water versus pouring hot water?

2024-04-22 01:49:40

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@npub13t3…8ufn Are you feeling better?

2024-04-11 20:22:32

I just ordered the book Xenolinguistics by Douglass Vakoch. I can buy it on Kindle for 27.95, Hardback for 170.00 bucks on sale, or 48.00 in paperback.
Theoretical linguists must be making bank or somebody does not want just anyone reading this book.
Maybe he is teaching a university class with it or something.
Meanwhile, baby girl writer over here just wants to know how to talk to the aliens. 🙋‍♀️🙆‍♀️🤷‍♀️
#scify #linguistics #writing #books

2024-04-10 02:14:47

Why is there so much crying and so many feelings in Star Trek Discovery? I am not saying anything bad, I am just saying this might not be my cup of space tea. I like my tea to be piping hot Earl Grey with some scowling, not all luminous tears and space therapy.
Don't tell anybody I got on my cranky Gen X horse. I am not sure I can handle more dramatic sobs and pained looks.
#StarTrekDiscovery
#ThereIsNoCryingInBaseball

2024-04-07 23:54:00

I am folding laundry watching Ronin (1998) with Robert Deniro, Sean Bean, Jean Reno, Stellan Skarsgaard, Jonathan Pryce and Natascha McElhone in it.
Between Ronin (1998) and Halo (2024) Natascha McElhone looks ageless and stunning. I mean, she could be a clone!
#movies #Halo #Ronin
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2024-03-22 12:36:45

@npub13t3…8ufn I thought you would find this interesting.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-digital-self/202403/llms-and-the-specter-of-the-cognitive-black-hole

2024-03-20 00:39:09

Get ready for "The Omni Loop." I, too, feel like I have a black hole in my chest, hence my penchant for sarcasm and good whiskey on my vanilla ice cream.
This got a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. We shall see.
https://www.gamesradar.com/ayo-edebiri-the-bear-new-sci-fi-movie-omni-loop-time-travel/
#scify #movies #physics

2024-03-19 08:16:26

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@npub13t3…8ufn @npub1wfd…68tj I always think of Snow White. An innocent girl who wanders into the dark forest always pays a price. A man can gaze upon her or touch her because she is "not awake" yet and he "saves her." Now do 1950s pulp fiction: She is either an innocent cave woman primitive transported to the future like innocence trapped in amber, or she's a woman from the future who is too smart for her own good (she's wandered into the intellectual dark forest--God help her).

2024-03-02 07:33:04

I woke up at 2am after a relentless nightmare about being hunted by a T-Rex. He chased me through the darkest forest, in a giant industrial garage, had me hiding in closets and the bottom of murky ponds. He had me mouthing "He's coming!" to others with sweat on my brow. Other people are so dumb and loud!
Man, was my amygdala tripping out on flight, fight or freeze impulses! I'm totally tense now! T-Rex's are the worst!
#TRex #Nightmare

2024-01-29 02:59:46

Announcement:
Hawaiian butter mochi cake will be on the menu on my spaceship when we leave earth. Thank you. That is all.
#Mochi
#YumYum

2023-08-13 01:33:34

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@npub1k74…dmux I am going to set an alarm for midnight and go outside and see how it looks. Right in FL the night sky has a humid mist obscuring things but we will see. One time years ago I caught it just right and must have seen 20 or so shooting stars. I am still chasing after that high!