Saturday, July 19, 2014

Good Story 087: Agent to the Stars


Scott and Julie hire an agent but he spends all his time with a water bottle full of talking jello. So they while away the time talking about Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi.


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Gwedif pulled up to me as we walked. "I wish we had more time," he said. "This happened with Carl too. Barely time for introductions, and then off to decide the fate of our peoples. If nthing else, we've learned that you humans thrive on crisis."

"Anything worth doing is worth doing at a fevered pitch," I said.

"I don't know about that," Gwedif said. "I think the first place I'll go when I visit your planet—really visit your planet, I mean, not that little trip I took earlier—I think I'll go visit a monastery. Those people seem to have the right idea. Slow meditative spiritual contemplation."

"I think most of the monasteries these days are either making chant CDs or boutique wines," I said.

"Really?" Gwedif said. "Well, hell. What is it with you people?"



Thursday, July 3, 2014

Good Story 086: Midnight in Paris



Julie loves 1920's Paris, especially at midnight. But she's not sure she can give up air conditioning. Scott wonders if Hemingway will still read his rough draft if he refuses to fight him. Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris is the subject of Good Story, Episode 86.


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More stuff:
  • Scott mentioned an NPR story about F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald in Asheville, NC, and here it is!
  • Julie's favorite Woody Allen movies: Manhattan Murder Mystery, Bullets Over Broadway, Radio Days, Small Time Criminals, Everyone Says I Love You