Comments on: Back in the Country http://whatever.scalzi.com/2008/10/27/back-in-the-country/ I FORGET WHAT EIGHT WAS FOR Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:48:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jonathan Vos Post http://whatever.scalzi.com/2008/10/27/back-in-the-country/#comment-113508 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:53:50 +0000 http://scalzi.wordpress.com/?p=4981#comment-113508 Monday? I wrote a homework assignment for my High Schoolers that asked them to write one sentence on the prose that this quotes from, one sentence on the poem, and for extra credit to write their own poem about Mars.

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SNOW OVER MARS
by Jonathan Vos Post
Quotes from “Snow Over Mars”,
The Week, 17 Oct 2008, p.24
citing the Washington Post
Copyright (c) 2008 by Emerald City Publishing

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“The Mars lander aimed its laser eye”
“Snow was falling from the clouds”
through deadly thin air, in a CO2 sky
in the absence of life, far away from all crowds.

“Scientists never expected to see… snowflakes”
“Two and a half miles above” the surface of Mars:
Mars once had rivers, and oceans, and lakes
and what do we get from this? Seminars.

“Mars winters regularly feature light snowfalls”
“What this is telling us is that water does rise
from the ground to the atmosphere” — the skies –
“and then precipitates down.”
The God of War in a gossamer gown
throwing, not axes nor spears, but snowballs.

“When the planet’s polar regions were warmer
they may have had rain…” Umbrellas, or unknown?
A bit less of the latter, and more of the former.
“Is this a habitable zone… ?”

The Goddess of Love is the God of War’s wife.
“… may have had rain, and may have nurtured life.”

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1840-1900
24 Oct 2008

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]]> By: Bozo the Clone http://whatever.scalzi.com/2008/10/27/back-in-the-country/#comment-113499 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:33:37 +0000 http://scalzi.wordpress.com/?p=4981#comment-113499 ytimynona Glad to hear that the polling places are so well-equipped. Let this count as a retraction of my earlier “Way to go, Republicans…!” comment, since it sounds like things are being run fairly. Here in FL we have more sites, but smaller facilities (at least in my county). One piece of good news, the governor here extended the hours now to accommodate the long lines.

]]> By: iain http://whatever.scalzi.com/2008/10/27/back-in-the-country/#comment-113452 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:10:31 +0000 http://scalzi.wordpress.com/?p=4981#comment-113452 If I had known you were in our fair city, I would’ve recommended you dine at either Sokolowski’s University Inn or Joe Sterles’ Slovenian Country House. Either would sit well on top of that poutine for a heart-bursting experience.

]]> By: Ari B. http://whatever.scalzi.com/2008/10/27/back-in-the-country/#comment-113447 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:43:48 +0000 http://scalzi.wordpress.com/?p=4981#comment-113447 co-taught an EMT course for the first time, then found out it was a paid gig and not volunteer. Bonus!

]]> By: Fertanish http://whatever.scalzi.com/2008/10/27/back-in-the-country/#comment-113444 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:25:14 +0000 http://scalzi.wordpress.com/?p=4981#comment-113444 Ah, it was a year ago this week that we traveled up to Quebec for a fantastic vacation. I greatly anticipate it to be our final resting spot.

]]> By: eviljwinter http://whatever.scalzi.com/2008/10/27/back-in-the-country/#comment-113439 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:01:03 +0000 http://scalzi.wordpress.com/?p=4981#comment-113439 How was my weekend?

I hit 50,000 words, baby!

]]> By: BeVibe http://whatever.scalzi.com/2008/10/27/back-in-the-country/#comment-113438 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:59:53 +0000 http://scalzi.wordpress.com/?p=4981#comment-113438 Came in to work Monday (yesterday) after finding out on Friday our company is being sold. We are very busy, with lots of work to do, and have high hopes for continued jobs post-merger. (I *really* hope I have a job post-merger, and am not just whistling in the graveyard…)

After work, went downtown to volunteer for Dayton’s Ghost-N-Goblins pre-run day packet pick-up. It’s a fun annual 5K run which is held today, Tuesday, after work. I’ll go there after work today to help.

]]> By: Kerry http://whatever.scalzi.com/2008/10/27/back-in-the-country/#comment-113436 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:12:17 +0000 http://scalzi.wordpress.com/?p=4981#comment-113436 Let’s see I spent Monday night at work and since I was letting my trainee run solo for the night I read the last book of the trilogy.
Thanks for bringing intelligence and humanity to science fiction.
For me a good story leaves you wondering how the characters are doing years later. Well done and thanks again from Alberta, Canada.

]]> By: Alisha http://whatever.scalzi.com/2008/10/27/back-in-the-country/#comment-113434 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:40:43 +0000 http://scalzi.wordpress.com/?p=4981#comment-113434 Zeus is probably too busy holding down the floor to shred the housesitter. With you all away, it would have a tendency to spring up all over. I hope you admire him properly when you get home.

]]> By: Purple http://whatever.scalzi.com/2008/10/27/back-in-the-country/#comment-113427 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:45:14 +0000 http://scalzi.wordpress.com/?p=4981#comment-113427 Pretty good, for a Monday.

I got myself past the halfway point of The Ghost Brigades. I only started Old Man’s War pretty recently and pretty much devoured it. :) I had to pick up TGB the next day. School’s slowing my progress on this one, but I’m still doing pretty well, and looking forward to The Last Colony.

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