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Character notes for "Good Food Choices Are Good Investments"
These are the character notes for "Good Food Choices Are Good Investments." Penina Trueblood -- She has tawny-fair skin, blue eyes,…
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Poem: "Good Food Choices Are Good Investments"
This poem is spillover from the May 4, 2021 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from chanter1944, technoshaman, and Anonymous. It…
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Why People Are Unhappy
This article looks at why Generation Y is unhappy. Some of it is true, but some overlooks other important stuff. After graduating from being…
October 21 2015, 01:35:10 UTC 5 years ago
But the alien language was built on the basic building block of storytelling. It wanted Picard to tell a story.
He didn't want to, at first. Is there any point if the words aren't understood? But then he realized the story somehow had a life beyond the words. So he started (with all of Patrick Stewart's Shakespearean training).
With wide hand gestures and a loud voice, he grabbed the alien's attention with one phrase ..."GILGAMESH!" And proceed to tell the story.
There is value in the story, even if it is in an alien language, if told well.
Yes...
October 21 2015, 01:48:15 UTC 5 years ago
I was yelling translations in less than a minute. Like a football fan screaming at a quarterback.