What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years. CARL SAGAN
The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70 meter long medieval masterpiece created by artisan women, is actually an embroidery in crewel (wool yarn) on a linen ground. Depicting the Norman conquest of England, it was made in the 11th century & will be displayed at the British Museum this year. #WomensArt #EmbroideryWeek
To the incels who keep asking, "What is a woman?"
The problem isn't that we don't know the difference between a penis and a vagina.
The problem is that you don't know the difference between a female and a woman.
A female refers to sex.
A woman refers to gender.
For example:
A female is someone you'll never have an intimate relationship with.
A woman is someone who covers her drink when you walk by.
My Top 10 Favorite Stargate Episode Titles
10) Twin Destinies
I always love it when a title works on multiple levels. In this case, we've got two versions of the Destiny fated for different futures.
9) Crossroads
We were once pitched a freelance story which the author titled, broadly enough, "Turn of Events". Really? Something happens in this episode? How fitting then! Sure, we all made fun of the title at the time, but Paul was quick to point out that we’d been just as guilty several years earlier with this episode title, "Crossroads". Really? Someone faces a tough decision in this episode? How fitting then!
8) Talion
Oh, you don't use this word in everyday parlance? Well, in case you didn't know, according to dictionary .com: “A punishment identical to the offense, as the death penalty for murder.”. All well and good except that, on set, people kept asking "Why is this episode called Italian?".
7) Watergate
What else are you going to call an episode focusing on the team’s investigation of a secret Russian project in which a second gate is connected to a water planet – with disastrous results? Okay, granted, it could’ve been called plenty of other things and when Rob Cooper first suggested calling his episode "Watergate", I remember we all laughed. Well, as it turned out, Rob got the last laugh with this title.
6) Cold Lazarus
Well, it certainly sounds cool - despite the fact that there is no discernible connection between this cryptic title and the actual events in the episode. Apparently, upon reading the script, someone at the studio called the production offices demanding to know: “Who the hell is Lazarus and why is he cold?!”
5) McKay and Mrs. Miller
One the one hand, McCabe and Mrs. Miller is the name of an old Robert Altman western. On the other hand, we had a story involving the character of McKay and his little sister. A bit of a stretch unless… “Hey, maybe Miller is her married name!”Marty Gero suggested in a stroke of genius.
4) Miller's Crossing
Keeping with the Miller movie theme, Marty G. went to the Coen brothers for inspiration in titling this episode which saw the return of McKay’s little sister, Jeannie Miller. See, her last name is Miller and, um, well Rodney’s last name is McKay but her husband’s last name is Miller and there is this scene where he snaps at McKay, you see, he’s very cross, and…Aaaah, forget it.
3) There But For the Grace of God Go I
Best Title For An AU Episode Ever! – because, at the end of the day, this is what is at the heart of every great A.U. story: the path not followed, the road not taken (coincidentally, the title of another SG-1 A.U. episode).
2) Double Jeopardy
The audience sits there wondering “Why the hell is this episode called "Double Jeopardy"?” until the end of the first act when Daniel Jackson gets decapitated, at which point they suddenly realize they’ve been following the android versions of our heroes (last scene in Tin Man). Double the SG-1 = Double the jeopardy.
1) Ex Deus Machina
When this episode aired, some fans were livid because they assumed we’d unwittingly screwed up the Latin. Well, yes, we did screw up the Latin - but wittingly. The story involved System Lord Baal making his way to Earth. “Maybe he becomes a mechanic,” I suggested. “Then we could call it Deus Ex Mechanic.”
“Better yet,”said Paul. “He’s a former god. We should call is Ex Deus Machina.” So we did.
In 1998, when Hanson was launching her concentrated campaign of racism, four ex-prime ministers - Whitlam, Fraser, Hawke and Keating - issued an open letter to the nation. They weren’t being dramatic. They were warning us.
#auspol
'Last breath' by Beth Robertson Fiddes, contemporary land and seascape painter whose work concentrates on the Scottish highlands, and Western Isles #WomensArt#SeaArtWeek 🌊
Review study concludes that chronic stress may contribute to brain fog in ME/CFS by disrupting the Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal (HPA) axis and adversely affecting a part of the brain called the hippocampus.
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