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Starship Train: To Protect the Innocent
Boobyprize Event Log, Stardate 3G222.2. An away team, sent to a remote sector of planet Stepbridge 3 to prospect for minerals of interest to the Federation, has beamed back to the Boobyprize in a state of blind panic. Kirkland, Srock, … Continue reading
Posted in fiction, satire, Starship Train, We the People
Tagged climate change, crime and punishment, greed and advantage
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Amoeba’s Lorica: Reindeer Gamed
The word reindeer is an anglicized version of the Old Norse words hreinn (“reindeer” [or “caribou”]) and dýr (“animal”) and has nothing to do with reins. – Wikipedia, accessioned 14 December 2023. Herman Elfropos, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Santaworks LLC, sat in his office, which … Continue reading
Posted in Amoeba's Lorica, creative writing, fiction, Holiday
Tagged Christmas, Hermey the Elf, labor relations, physics of Santa Claus, reindeer etymology, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
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Amoeba’s Lorica: Dendrochr-ohno-logy
For millennia local time, the technologically-advanced Xrbgol civilization had been sending probes throughout its galaxy, looking for somebody – anybody – out there who showed signs of developing similar technologies and surviving the event. One such probe returned from a … Continue reading
Posted in Amoeba's Lorica, fiction, humor, satire
Tagged alien intelligences, carnivorous trees, science fiction, search for extraterrestrial life, xkcd
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