[  Mood: Neutral ]
Just popped in, as per my usual habits, and I took in the latest poll. And a fine one it was. Only one problem with it, in my mind.

One vital horror was left off.

A lonnnnnnnnnng time ago, back when Cro-Magnon was petitioning for recognition as a viable species, I read a science-fiction mag, the name of which escapes me since the day after I read it, in which was listed the 10 Biggest Safety Violations on the Death Star. Unfortunately, I can only remember two of them. One was radiation-exposure concerns (in the scene where the Death Star weapon is fired, the energy beams that combine to form the main weapon are seen passing within inches of the heads of system operators. That just can’t be good for those poor guys. But it pales next to the other reason I remember.

Lack of safety railings (which, I must point out, Seth Green acknowledged n a "Robot Chicken" sketch). In Ep 4 alone, I can think of four Stormtroopers who, after being winged by blaster fire, fell spinning to their deaths because there were no safety rails around mile-long drops. Now that would *bite*…

[  Mood: Very Sad ]
I learned that Robert Jordan died yesterday.

I’d known that he was ill for sometime, and plugged into his own website solely to keep up with his condition, and to hope for his recovery (a thing I knew was nigh unto a miracle in scope). Alas, it was not to be, and so I’m left with this sadness. And guilt.

For, to my eternal shame, I have yet to finish his first WOT novel. And I bought it the year after it was first published. Last week, I picked up "New Spring", again chastising myself for not even finishing the first.

Now, in his honor, I finish this with the only tribute I can offer toa great author.

I’m going to read all of his books, no matter what may come. Forgive me, sir. And in peace may you rest. I’ll be by in about thirty years to serve you and Misters Zelazny, Asimov and Heinlein.