Iβm so pleased I discovered this series by Martha Wells. Have been speeding my way through the books. Hope she intends to write more Murderbot books!
Martha Wells, author of the latest pick for our New Scientist Book Club, All Systems Red, explains why she decided to have her Murderbot learn more about human interactions by watching hours (and hours) of television shows.
Watch the full interview: https://t.co/BLyTE9bEZf
With a heavy heart, I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away. I personally think one of the most important actors in the history of film. Never daunted by a role, good, bad or ugly. He loved what he did and did what he loved, and one can never ask for more than that. A life well lived.
In Old English, the ampersand, '&', was considered the 27th letter of the alphabet. Children reciting the alphabet in school would chant 'per se', Latin for 'by itself', after letters that were words in themselves: 'A per se A, I per se I', etc, and also '& per se &'. This 'and per se and' eventually became mangled to 'ampersand'.
The symbol & was Roman shorthand for 'et', 'and'.
Just caught the end of possibly one of the worst Hallmark Christmas movies ever. Deck the heart. You expect cheesiness and schmaltz from hallmark movies but good god, the horrible script and wooden acting are a class of its own π.
βIt is a painful yet exclusive luxury to be living with cancer because for the most part it is a story of a death foretold," he began. | such impactful words https://t.co/7Ve7t0Fnm5