From CBC News, a German spider specialist named a large, yellow, hairy spider from Malaysia after David Bowie. Story here.
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2018 ***1/2 It's 1986 for some reason, and a team of paranormal investigators are making a big name for themselves all over Scotland. ...
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I’m sure none of you except for JPX knows that I’m a bit of a germ-a-phobic. It’s annoying, but manageable. Though, since I met JPX and list...
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I am sooooo jealous. I still think the best legacy would be to invent a word that became part of everyday language, but this comes in a close second.
So cool, but I wish they had posted a picture of the spider.
I'm on a work-related Ira Levin kick, so I got down my old original 1972 hardcover of The Stepford Wives and read it last night. (It's only like 145 pages long.)
Anyway Random House says this on the flap:
"It is one of those rare novels whose very title may become part of our vocabulary."
Score! That's got to feel great; both doing it, and getting it right beforehand like that. It's like when Steve Jobs actually holds up a machine and says, in so many words, "this device will change the industry," and then it actually does.
Jordan have I told you that I love you lately?
When we finally meet, it'll be like McClane and Al at the end of Die Hard!
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