Atticus "What's this religion going to be called?" Oberon "Poochism" A:"and the name of this holy writ I will be typing for you?" O:"The dead flea scrolls: A Sirius Prophecy.
Kevin HearneOh noes, kitteh haz major angriez!โ I said. I turned around to share a laugh with my companions and found them glaring at me. โWhat?โ I asked. Leif shook a finger and said in a low, menacing tone, โIf you tell me I have to talk like an illiterate halfwit to fit into this society, I will punch you.โ โAnd Iโll pull out your goatee,โ Gunnar added. โLolcat iz new happeh wai 2 talk,โ I explained to them. โU doan haz 2 be kitteh 2 speek it.
Kevin Hearne-โSay no more,โ Leif interrupted. โI understand. I will simply have to kill them all myself.โ -"There he goes again. Iโm telling you, Danny Elfman would love to get hold of those lines." -"Not John Williams?" -"If youโve got some hopelessly overmatched heroes fighting evil and some Imperial types marching, John Williams is your guy. You need a song to make people reach for a box of Kleenex, talk to Randy Newman. But if you want creepy atmospherics and spine-shivering chords to back up your casual death threats, you gotta bring in Danny Elfman.
Kevin HearneThere are some sights that, once seen, can never be unseen. They replay themselves on a loop in your mindโs home-theatre system with Dolby surround sound until youโre so desperate to be rid of them that youโll resort to other loops simply to dislodge them for a while.
Kevin HearneHe was a god of rock. He nearly solved all the world's problems with nothing but power chords and anguished cries into a microphone.
Kevin HearneI had an ASU student looking for it in my shop last week, and he defined the Bacchants for me as 'those drunk chicks who killed that one dude because he wouldn't have sex with them.' His professors must be so proud. I asked him if he knew what maenads were, and instead of correctly answering that it was just another name for Bacchants, he bizarrely thought I was referring to my own testicles - as in, "'Ere now, mate, don't swing that bat around me nads.'" The conversation deteriorated quickly after that.
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