Hm. You guys should spend an hour in the OK Cupid message boards, where hoards of those guys are very, very angry at women.

Cliff's Notes, Allysonized: I AM A NICE GUY WHY ARE WOMEN SUCH ILLOGICAL BITCHES AND WHY WON'T THEY DO ME?

Like that. Asscaps are not optional.

It would best for my sanity to have a week off work before the movers come, right?

Right.

So, I guess now they're having to start from scratch on the next generation of long-distance mission rockets.

We need new heavy lift rockets to get big enough stuff in orbit to mount a mission. But getting to Mars needs something a lot more advanced than anything we have now.

The Earth to the moon is about 250,000 miles. At its shortest, the distance between the Earth and Mars is about 34,000,000 miles.

Ask me out, or don't. But doing something nice for me and then getting pissy because I didn't reciprocate in the way you wanted, which I never agreed to do, isn't being a "nice guy," it's being a manipulative brat.

amen.

Obama talked about building a new heavy-lift rocket in 2015. Dunno if this is the Ares V he's talking about....

No msbelle. I think you should work overtime while packing, knit four sweaters, prepare several casseroles, and volunteer at the local soup kitchen.

Of course, this is just one day in the world of msbelle, and I have no idea how you'll make me feel exhausted just reading your posts on the other six days.

TAKE THE WEEK OFF, CRAZYPERSON.

We need new heavy lift rockets to get big enough stuff in orbit to mount a mission. But getting to Mars needs something a lot more advanced than anything we have now.

So, overtime pay, then.

ION, Daniel Wilson Describes The Most Realistic Robots In Science Fiction

I simply can't respect a robot that *only* exists to hunt down and kill people. What's it going to do when all the humans are dead?

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My robots do not throw people across rooms, then slowly stalk toward them. If by some odd quirk a humanoid robot has to kill a person (and a more specialized cousin is not available for the task), then this robot will grab the person by the face and close its fist. End of story.

Wrod.And might I add, it takes more than leering "I had a fantasy about a woman in a wheelchair." to make me think you and I should have sexytimes. Besides, it's always like "Naughty Orderly" or something. Which they think makes them quite perverse and I just think is kind of obvious. Like they barely have to say anything and I know. Which could be hot if I like the person, and it's not like I'm jaded, but it's not like when I'm fantasizing by myself, I'm thinking "What I really want is a shower that...takes a turn for the erotic."