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Posted by Rich Magahiz Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:37:00 GMT

To the Omega
she plights her troth.
So noted.

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Perhaps, perhaps not

Posted by Rich Magahiz Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:48:00 GMT


Echus Chasma
Originally uploaded by ridingwithrobots

They say it was flowing groundwater that made these canyons on the surface of Mars, but to me it looks to be the work of a gigantic, malicious child, dragging his or her enormous fingers through a freshly iced cake when a colossal parent was not attending to what was happening, and scooping the confection into a cavernous, rock-crushing, planet-devouring maw.

Except for that part at the top. That does look like groundwater.

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There and back again

Posted by Rich Magahiz Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:32:00 GMT

Do
not
bother
to bring a
toothbrush, or a book –
it’ll be over sooner than that –
but you’ll want a camera and a box of postcards.
And when they bring the tray of drinks
and make you sit up,
make a scene!
They made
us
wait.

Virgin employees sit in the cabin of a prototype Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo spacecraft at the Science Museum on February 14, 2007 in London, England. The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo is destined to be the first ever vehicle for space tourism. The SpaceShipTwo will carry six passengers and two pilots, offering a total flight time of 2 hours. Around 200 firm reservations have been placed already with projected flight costs estimated to be $200,000 per passenger.
Propulsion system for hybrid craft blows up

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Gossip

Posted by Rich Magahiz Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:33:00 GMT

unlike
us,
she does not
keep it in a
cranium; instead it hangs
in a velvet pouch at her waist where it swings
not far from her dagger hand
and if you ask –
with a smile –
she’ll
show you

The Lucan-no-haiku form is described in a marginal note here. This one is a slight variation taking a mirrored 2-1-3-4-7-11-7-4-3-1-2 syllable count

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What we were talking about

Posted by Rich Magahiz Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:20:00 GMT

Looking down at him where he sat, slackjawed, perturbed, she slipped off her shoe, ran her foot into the slit pocket of his navy cashmere jacket, painted toenails and the ball of her foot touching the silk lining, jangling his keys and change. “So then, mister,” she whispered, “I believe we were talking about finances.”

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Turista

Posted by Rich Magahiz Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:20:00 GMT

A Vulcan chap touring Myanmar,
Was seized with with the need for Pon Farr.
One hand clutching the wheel,
He reached out to feel
For the mind-melding link to OnStar.

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