Google - Tag - In a past life… https://archive.jtimothyking.com/tags/google/ Google - Tag - In a past life… Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-usThu, 23 Aug 2012 12:00:58 +0000 Bits & Pieces 2012-08-23 https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2012/08/23/bits-and-pieces-2012-08-23/ Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:00:58 +0000 J. Timothy King https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2012/08/23/bits-and-pieces-2012-08-23/ Links and things that I’ve run across recently.

It's All in the Emphasis

My Daughter: No way am I gonna name my son “Jonathan.” Every Jonathan I know is a total asshole, except my dad.

Me: What about Jonathan [so-and-so]? He’s not a total asshole– uh, I mean, he’s not a total asshole…

At Least There Were No Glittery Vampires

We were watching the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Royale." This is the episode in which the Enterprise discovers debris from a mid-21st-century NASA spacecraft— Yeah, as if NASA will still be around 40 years from now! Then they scan the planet below and find a bubble of breathable air. Of course, Riker, Worf, and Data beam down to investigate, after which they find themselves cut off from the Enterprise, in a Las-Vegas-style hotel and casino, playing out the plot of an awful novel entitled The Hotel Royale.

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