Oh, there's a bunch more 6-word stories at the link. Including a bunch that aren't in the print edition. The print version, OTOH, has a bunch of funky typesetting stuff for the stories.
And that bastard Clarke refused to make his story six words.
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'Time Bomb'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Oct 25, 2006 5:46:49 am PDT #5500 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Nutty - Oct 25, 2006 5:51:36 am PDT #5501 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I particularly like Charlie Stross's, for the same reason Moore's is good: the play with narration.
shrift - Oct 25, 2006 5:56:23 am PDT #5502 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I'm mostly blocking out the artificial office small talk with my iPod, but every time someone passes by the receptionist's desk on the other side of my cube and asks if it's Friday yet, I go a little bit more Dexter inside.
But as long as the animals still like me, y'all should be safe.
tommyrot - Oct 25, 2006 5:58:03 am PDT #5503 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This is scary. OK, kinda' scary. I mean, relative to other scary stuff going on now:
One of the more heated topics under discussion at a meeting of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives this week involves a little-known aspect of US border law. Snip from an article by Joe Sharkey in the New York Times:
U.S. customs officials have the authority to scrutinize the contents of travelers' laptops and even confiscate them for a period of time, without giving a reason. Appeals are under way in some confiscation cases, but the law is clear.
"They don't need probable cause to perform these searches under the current law," said Tim Kane, a Washington lawyer who is researching the matter for corporate clients. "They can do it without suspicion or without really revealing their motivations."
I guess some people have had their laptops confiscated a year ago, with no word on if or when they'll get them back.
Connie Neil - Oct 25, 2006 5:58:49 am PDT #5504 of 10001
brillig
Wasted day. Wasted life. Dessert, please. - Steven Meretzky
So very, very true
Topic!Cindy - Oct 25, 2006 5:59:23 am PDT #5505 of 10001
What is even happening?
Happy Birthday, brenda!!!
Longed for him. Got him. Shit. - Margaret AtwoodAhahahahahahahahahamen.
Daisy Jane - Oct 25, 2006 6:03:35 am PDT #5506 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
every time someone passes by the receptionist's desk on the other side of my cube and asks if it's Friday yet, I go a little bit more Dexter inside.
I hate that. Also, "Workin' hard or hardly workin'?" I will throw my Swingline at you.
I like Joss's story Reminds me of ita
I hate when NPR carries Bush's speeches. Just let me read the transcript. I hate his, "Let me, the only person who understands the worlds problems, explain these simple concepts to you stupid reporters." tone.
beth b - Oct 25, 2006 6:04:57 am PDT #5507 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Happy birthday Brenda
and to Kate P and La lizard wherever she may be.
Jessica - Oct 25, 2006 6:06:14 am PDT #5508 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
God, even in six words Stephen Baxter sucks. Remind me again why his books keep getting published?
Amy - Oct 25, 2006 6:14:39 am PDT #5509 of 10001
Because books.
Will this do (lazy writer asked)? - Ken MacLeod
Oh, I like this one, too.