Data from the Infrared Astronomy Satellite have been used to search for Dyson spheres; no luck. (pdf; cited at Sharp Blue)
I dreamed I went to see a movie that was set in San Francisco, but the producers wanted to avoid location shooting, so all the street scenes were stock film with blue-screening — and the stock was from different periods. So we’d follow the actor down Church Street toward Market Street, seeing the intersection as it was in the Forties, and as we came closer it (somehow smoothly) transformed into the present.
November: I don’t remember having heard then about Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, a movie made without scenery.
2006: See also.
to boldly go where no penguin has gone before (link from Monty Solomon)
Miss Froy in The Lady Vanishes (1938)
I never think you should judge any country by its politics. After all, we English are quite honest by nature, aren’t we?
One often hears mention of “the greater Boston area”. So how come you never hear of “the lesser Boston area”?
In unrelated news, I misread the headline “Satire is dead” as “[William] Safire is dead” and wondered why Charlie would know or care.
I’m not gonna bore my readers by moaning about depression and solitude. I’m not . . . .