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bbsam

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I've been referencing some of my favorite authors from my youth lately and just found out he died in 2001. I don't think there is a day that goes by that I don't ponder how an elected official would fare in the "Total Perspective Vortex". The number "42" will always have special meaning. I think I want to get a dog just so I can name him Zaphod. So to Douglas Adams I say "So long, and thanks for all the fish."

Anyone else have recurring influences from long dead authors or others?
 

Catatonic

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I've been referencing some of my favorite authors from my youth lately and just found out he died in 2001. I don't think there is a day that goes by that I don't ponder how an elected official would fare in the "Total Perspective Vortex". The number "42" will always have special meaning. I think I want to get a dog just so I can name him Zaphod. So to Douglas Adams I say "So long, and thanks for all the fish."

Anyone else have recurring influences from long dead authors or others?

Science Fiction writer a huge influence on your life ... that helps explain your economic and political views. :wink2:
 

bbsam

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Science Fiction writer a huge influence on your life ... that helps explain your economic and political views. :wink2:
Guilty. You might give it a try lest you become as boorish as a Vogon with a fiercely painful urinary tract infection.:wink2:
 
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I've been referencing some of my favorite authors from my youth lately and just found out he died in 2001. I don't think there is a day that goes by that I don't ponder how an elected official would fare in the "Total Perspective Vortex". The number "42" will always have special meaning. I think I want to get a dog just so I can name him Zaphod. So to Douglas Adams I say "So long, and thanks for all the fish."

Anyone else have recurring influences from long dead authors or others?

Ahh, I thought that "42" was familiar when I saw it in the CERN thread. I just couldn't place why. The ultimate answer to the universe......
 

Catatonic

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Guilty. You might give it a try lest you become as boorish as a Vogon with a fiercely painful urinary tract infection.:wink2:

Michener was my favorite ... I know I must have read at least 30 of his books.
Asimov and Vonnegut were my next favorites.
 

bbsam

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Michener was my favorite ... I know I must have read at least 30 of his books.
Asimov and Vonnegut were my next favorites.
Good for you. No "fire-pee" for you. Tolkien was tops for me then Lewis, some Mark Twain, Patrick friend. McManus, Piers Anthony, David Eddings, etc. I still haven't read any Harry Potter even though I here nothing but rave reviews and I love J. K. Rowling's personal story. Maybe that will be something me and the kids explore together.
 
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