Proof that The Onion can be Serious.

[wolven7]

http://www.theonionavclub.com/4007/feature1.html

"ACC: Well, I think they've already found life. There's some pictures from the laboratories which seem to me to be unmistakably vegetation—leaves and stems and things. I don't see what else it could possibly be. And where there's vegetation, you can bet there'll be something nibbling on it. I'm still hoping we'll find some Martians up there, holding up a sign that says "Yankee go home." [Laughs.]"

Fiona Apple - [Slow Like Honey]--- I've always liked this man. Ever since my dad made me watch "2001. . ." when i was a little kid. Ever since i read those, and found out what he did... Large parts of my days are in direct thanks to him. And i love it when the rest of the world confirms what he theorised, years upon years before. It's very pleasing.

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Ah yes...

[mendori.livejournal.com]

O: You've had an asteroid named after you, as well as a writing award and a satellite. And, of course, you've been knighted and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Are there any other honors you aspire to?

ACC: I can't think so, though I've also had a dinosaur named after me. I've composed a little poem in its honor: "There once was an artclarkeasaurus / Which lived when the Earth was all porous / But it fainted with shame / When it heard of its name / And departed long ages before us." Actually, it isn't "artclarkeasaurus," of course. It's a Latin word that incorporates "clarke." But it's quite an impressive beast. And the asteroid named after me, I must tell you this. The asteroid is number four thousand and something, and the International Astronomical Federation, which deals with these sorts of things and numbered it, apologized to me because number 2001 wasn't available, having been given to somebody named "A. Einstein." [Laughs.]

Re: Ah yes...

[wolven.livejournal.com]

That last, he mentions at the beginning of 3001. Which was a fine end to a wonderful series.

[renatus.livejournal.com]

... Dude, for some reason I thought he was dead. *embarassment* I'm quite happy to see that he's alive and well, though, Clarke is an amazing person.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Honestly, so did i. Then, i thought the same thing about Captain Kangaroo, until i heard about him dying, last month. I felt, somewhere deep inside, that the man was dead. It was a knowledge, something that'd been true for years. But i was wrong.

Strange no?