A little less neglected: Quotes

These quotes not be quite up to the normal hoped for quality, however, I wanted to get something posted and they are all nice. Several of the gemmiest witticisms have been in interpersonal email recently, and I've stopped trying to catch them all and work out which are sufficiently context-free and non-private to reproduce, so aren't here.

"He has apparently never made any secret of the fact that he has a male friend with whom he maintains a platonic relationship, in all possible senses of the word."
--Rilstone?

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Saraphale asks here: http://saraphale.livejournal.com/184863.html Imagine you MacGuyver-like find a sealed evil science lab, and want to throw in stuff made from office supplies to measure what's on the inside and if it's liveable. The full conditions are there: go, help!

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For the propagation of news, apparently Arthur C. Clarke has died.

Of the vast number of "Gary Gygax has died. I will now demonstrate my witicitude by humorously conflating Gygax's existence with that of his creations" comments on the internet, my favourite few were:

xkcd Death: "You know how when someone dies, they challenge me to a game for their soul? I'm afraid I might be a while on this guy." (Which I think is a great comic, but not quite up to xkcd's usual staggeringly good presentation, I infer it was a little hurried and hence had more verbiage, which just goes to show how good it normally is.)
Penny Arcade A tribute banner "Gary Gygax. Rolling in his grave."
Futurama Gary: "It's a. *rolls dice* Pleasure to meet you! "

(OK, that last wasn't a tribute, it was just good. And a honourable mention to Order of the Stick, because although it's not as funny as the others it (a) fits seamlessly into the ongoing storyline of the comic and (b) says who Gygax was and what he did. I know the name, but no more about the history, but definitely do appreciate the existence of roleplaying games.)