Thank you. It's a long blog and not everyone cares about worms. The oddest things get my attention.
Just checked out your most recent blog. Posted a lengthy response--can't help myself. Your posts are sometimes provocative, in a good way.
It wasn't long! I mean your response wasn't! Your post is, but I guess it's karma given how long my posts are :D Quite easy to read though.
Yes I like to write provocatively, and I'm sometimes misunderstood. I hope my heart's in the right place!
It secretes acid from its head. This causes a blister to form. The worm then forces its way out from wherever it may be in the host's body.
Have you seen the movie Swiss Army Man If you have, you'll know which scene in the movie is relevant to your quote. Any idea if that's the same worm?
G. H. Welsch
That's like a weird anagram of the more famous sci fi author!
not everyone cares about worms
I once read (part of) a book about worms by Darwin, and referenced a footnote from it in a university philosophy essay (I liked to do things like that!) I use the example of that book when I state that, "if I had enough time, there'd be no subject I'd consider boring, I'd even read about worms".
But in your case I think you make worms interesting even to the uninterested! Probably because what you describe is so scary (Guinea worm) and useful (Eisenia fetida). Makes me feel grateful that I live in the modern sanitary world, and raspberries be damned! :D
What a delightful response. I haven't seen Swiss Army Man, but that looks great, the kind of thing I watch when I need a break. You're right about H.G.--never thought of it and he was a favorite author from early on. I love science fiction--quality science fiction. Books, movies, doesn't matter.
Thanks for finding my essay on worms interesting. I started from sort of a zero knowledge base and then taught myself. In a way, I think it's easier to explain to other people when you're not a specialist. Also, I approach the subject with amazement, and that may come through.
Overall, this was an unexpected positive response to an essay many would not consider reading. Steemit is indeed a unique environment.
Oh I love science fiction! PKD's probably my favorite for some reason.
Yeah some people might not consider reading, but it's not a reflection of the quality but rather the length and 'what do I have to gain from it, my comment is not gonna get upvoted by a whale' etc. Plus there's so many things being written, it's hard to get noticed sometimes.
Before I responded to this I wanted to find a copy of the most dreadful rejection letter PKD received. Best I could do was this description of the wall surrounding his desk: "...in a corner of the room above his desk he had glued the many rejection slips he had gotten over the years". A fuller description is here. It's amazing what we would have lost if he'd listened to these critics.
Thank you. It's a long blog and not everyone cares about worms. The oddest things get my attention.
Just checked out your most recent blog. Posted a lengthy response--can't help myself. Your posts are sometimes provocative, in a good way.
It wasn't long! I mean your response wasn't! Your post is, but I guess it's karma given how long my posts are :D Quite easy to read though.
Yes I like to write provocatively, and I'm sometimes misunderstood. I hope my heart's in the right place!
Have you seen the movie Swiss Army Man If you have, you'll know which scene in the movie is relevant to your quote. Any idea if that's the same worm?
That's like a weird anagram of the more famous sci fi author!
I once read (part of) a book about worms by Darwin, and referenced a footnote from it in a university philosophy essay (I liked to do things like that!) I use the example of that book when I state that, "if I had enough time, there'd be no subject I'd consider boring, I'd even read about worms".
But in your case I think you make worms interesting even to the uninterested! Probably because what you describe is so scary (Guinea worm) and useful (Eisenia fetida). Makes me feel grateful that I live in the modern sanitary world, and raspberries be damned! :D
What a delightful response. I haven't seen Swiss Army Man, but that looks great, the kind of thing I watch when I need a break. You're right about H.G.--never thought of it and he was a favorite author from early on. I love science fiction--quality science fiction. Books, movies, doesn't matter.
Thanks for finding my essay on worms interesting. I started from sort of a zero knowledge base and then taught myself. In a way, I think it's easier to explain to other people when you're not a specialist. Also, I approach the subject with amazement, and that may come through.
Overall, this was an unexpected positive response to an essay many would not consider reading. Steemit is indeed a unique environment.
I'm having a good day :)
Oh I love science fiction! PKD's probably my favorite for some reason.
Yeah some people might not consider reading, but it's not a reflection of the quality but rather the length and 'what do I have to gain from it, my comment is not gonna get upvoted by a whale' etc. Plus there's so many things being written, it's hard to get noticed sometimes.
Before I responded to this I wanted to find a copy of the most dreadful rejection letter PKD received. Best I could do was this description of the wall surrounding his desk: "...in a corner of the room above his desk he had glued the many rejection slips he had gotten over the years". A fuller description is here. It's amazing what we would have lost if he'd listened to these critics.