tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post6404194187856673135..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: The Book of Presidential Trivia and Meat FactsGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-23722454585026949892016-04-06T01:17:11.964+12:002016-04-06T01:17:11.964+12:00there is a possibiity of a similar u.s. election t...there is a possibiity of a similar u.s. election this year - if trump is denied the republican nomination, but runs anyway - if it went to the house of representatives, it would probably result in the election of the republican candidate, who might well have the least votes by at least one criterionmistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-73934988514195201502016-04-05T15:11:47.646+12:002016-04-05T15:11:47.646+12:00"The Jungle" is a stunning read. If I ha..."The Jungle" is a stunning read. If I hadn't already been a vegetarian when I read it, I would have made the switch right then.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17395089266193404428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-47478305044630744902016-04-05T09:06:27.914+12:002016-04-05T09:06:27.914+12:00Yes however the basic plot - you are in the wrong ...Yes however the basic plot - you are in the wrong place, and cannot communicate that you are in the wrong place - has become harder to engineer. Only so many times you can be out of cellphone battery. <br /><br />There are, on the other hand, new plots possibilities that cellular communications opens up, as exemplified by the film BURIED. Although I suspect they are mostly of the non-comic kind. Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-44156498575355257742016-04-05T07:26:59.170+12:002016-04-05T07:26:59.170+12:00Comic plots could now turn on messages going to th...Comic plots could now turn on messages going to the wrong person. Or losing your phone, or being out of minutes. Accidental deletion of the crucial message. The autoresponse saying you're away still being on when you are in fact in. Any of the many ways that modern comms can screw up, in other words.<br /><br />Plenty of possibilities left, I think.stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04486889878636801969noreply@blogger.com