Because let us look at what is pertinent to those of us who are either working on, or beneath, or within, saucerbotics at Area 51 -
Actually let's not, because having MI5 and the CIA round up my audience would be bad for traffic stats - and I can hear the groans of disappointment coming from all the eager Creatures That Lurk Under Norwegian Bridges Yet Who Live In The Land Of Cold Beetroot Soup*. Also, if people like you go spreading rumours of how punchingly fantastic BOOJUM! is, there is every prospect of legal sanction being pursued. Not by Tsar Putin - "legal" not being a word he recognises - but rather First Bus and The Metro, who must be mightily relieved at the lockdown, since they are the low-hanging fruit we pick on regularly.
Hiding from scrutiny (and BOOJUM!) |
Frockodile? |
Well, it will have to do, I suppose |
Well worth a watch, and the author described the film's ending as being better than his novel, which is generous of him. Art?
So - |
Back To The Future -
As it were. Actually back to that "Rolling Stone" list of the 50 best sci-fi television shows ever, and sci-fi being about the future, that's how we get this item's title. Simple.
We are now up to Number 36: "Stargate SG-1". Art?
All star, no gate |
Now with extra added Gatey-ness |
Worst Lockdown Ever
You think you've got it bad? Spare a thought for the unfortunate denizens of Candia, back in the seventeenth century, when it was under siege from the Ottoman Turks. Art?
Sic |
Part of the reason the siege lasted for so long is visible above; Candea was a port on the island of Crete, so it could be, and was, supplied by sea. One must wonder at the Turks sitting outside it for so long, since by the time they actually got their hands on the place the world around had moved on. Why, the English Civil War was long over, and there was a King on the throne again, hurrah! Nor do you, sitting at home with Netflix and a bucket of popcorn/gin/human blood <delete where applicable> have to contend with artillery a-pounding your domicile to dust, or where your next meal is coming from (my, that dog looks worried and the cat is in hiding).
1660: when wigs were big |
Well Well What The Heck**Your Humble Scribe had a question of the day that he wondered about - who invented the jigsaw? and did they know what an insidiously time-consuming puzzle they had created? I speak as one who cannot stop until several hours have gone by when these hideous diversions are released from their boxes. Art?
Surprise surprise, Wiki had a prompt answer for me, a very definite one and a lot later than I'd expected. The trend began in Continental Europe, before the British pioneer engraver John Spilsbury, bestriding the puzzling world like a colossus, invented the first jigsaw puzzle., by cutting up a map.
The early jigsaw puzzles were a bit of a trial. I mean, they are anyway, except they were more so back then, as you only rarely got a cover picture to guide you, and the pieces were not made interlocking. So if Spiggy the cat jumped on the table and knocked your puzzle, she rapidly became Spiggy the fur hat.
An early example, featuring the world's most important bits |
Finally -
Life would not be worth living if we didn't have recourse to pictures of large construction plant in action, would it? In the spirit of same, have a picture of a landscape scraper. Art?
What ho, it's a Wabco! |
Try shrugging that off, earth!
And with that, yes, we are done done done.
* Tough. Hah!
** No, it doesn't rhyme, but it's SFW
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