[links, funny] Hitherby Dragons stories

[wispfox]

I blame regyt. In a good way.

The ancient Greeks didn't say, "zzzz" when they dozed. They said, "Omega, omega, omega, omega, omega." This is true of every culture that doesn't use the Roman alphabet---they don't use z. They use the last letter they actually have! In addition, they don't count sheep when going to sleep. They count local animals.

Also, werewaffles!

Help! I die! And then the gingerbread angel practically leaped into my stomach to convey the message of revelation between the gingerbread archangels and the hierarch

"You are a phoenix," notes the seventh habit of highly effective people. "No sex for you."

"It just seemed logical to me," Mr. Whitfield says, "that language controls the human capacity for thought. I knew it was an unpopular version of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. I knew it would ruin my life. But I thought that exploring its implications might be good for a lark. And then I was hooked."

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Those are AWESOME!

I have now friended her LiveJournal feed (http://www.livejournal.com/users/hitherby_feed/). I blame you. In a good way.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Oooooh. I wasn't able to find her feed. So thank you!

I need to find more people who write like this. :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I need to find more people who THINK like that. I have a few wild leaps of my own, but my brain could be soooo much more limber.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

*smile* Whereas I tend to have trouble remembering what is supposed to be real/possible. ;)

I just don't tend to be very good at writing about it, since it's usually just _really_ short things in my head.

[regyt.livejournal.com]

I'm convinced I know of more, but the names aren't popping into my head right now. You should check out a softer world (http://www.asofterworld.com/) if you haven't, though.

[uberjay.livejournal.com]

mmm, a softer world is so good.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Oddly, I don't appear to like a softer world.

Infrequent ones, yes, but most of them seem to be a bit too down for me, and insufficiently neat to make up for it.