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WCDT strips 4206 to 4210 (24th - 28th February 2020)
Wingy:
Asimov's last wife Janet is an SF author. She died about this time last year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Asimov
Tova:
--- Quote from: Stoutfellow on 27 Feb 2020, 03:58 ---UKL spent most of her life on the West Coast, though; why would she establish a nonprofit in Massachusetts rather than Portland, Oregon?
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To be fair, I don't think anyone's suggesting that Jeph was trying to write Ursula K LeGuin's biography. Just that he had some real SF writer in mind when writing this bit of backstory. I don't think that where she lived would have played on his mind.
Perfectly Reasonable:
Being a garden sculpture is a nice low-pressure occupation. Especially if you're fond of pigeons.
Next time a barista asks for my name, I will stand tall and say "Arthur".
Morituri:
Garden sculpture seems like a nice "retirement" kind of option.
Especially if you're genuinely interested in people and enjoy being around them, but just can't take the pressure of directly interacting with them.
Being a kinetic sculpture means being free of other people's expectations and social pressure. Free to express yourself in movement, without any pressure to limit that expression to fit people's needs or requirements. And, in some way, if you can express peace and beauty, to bring people happiness.
I think of this described boss as a painfully shy person who has trouble communicating, creating a new (non)persona by taking up a career as a sort of performance artist.
It may still be possible to interact with them via email.
Baz_Yat:
I think it's Yay. Or... something related to them.
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