so long and thanks for all the fish – VoVatia (original) (raw)

Tag Archives: so long and thanks for all the fish

The World Is a Very Scarry Place

I’ll occasionally see references to Richard Scarry on Twitter or some other site, and I can definitely remember growing up with his books. I’m sure a lot of people can; they’re just the sort of thing people give to kids. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Cartoons, Douglas Adams, Families, Food, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Television | Tagged anthropomorphism, apes, baboons, bananas gorilla, bears, best counting book ever, birds, busytown, cars and trucks and things that go, cats, chickens, dingo dog, dogs, elephants, fireflies, foxes, gorillas, hippopotamus, huckle cat, hyenas, lowly worm, mice, mr. frumble, pigs, rabbits, richard scarry, so long and thanks for all the fish, three beggars, wolves, worms |

Where’s the Shadow Government When You Need It?

Picture by Jonathan Burton There has been a lot written, both humorously and otherwise, about the nature of government and politics. Douglas Adams includes a fair bit about it in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, including the bit in … Continue reading →

Posted in Discworld, Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Philosophy, Politics, Robert Rankin, Terry Pratchett | Tagged absurdism, and another thing..., arthur dent, didactylos, eoin colfer, ford prefect, hugo rune, infinite improbability drive, mostly harmless, ruler of the universe, so long and thanks for all the fish, solipsism, the restaurant at the end of the universe, trillian astra, vann harl, veet voojagig, vogons, zaphod beeblebrox, zarniwoop, zarniwoop vann harl |

Asking the Right Questions

I believe the second time I read the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series was around when we set the clocks either forward or back, and I thought it would be cool to make that a tradition. Of course it … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Tagged 42, arthur dent, deep thought, dolphins, fenchurch, ford prefect, golgafrinchans, life the universe and everything, marvin the paranoid android, mostly harmless, prak, so long and thanks for all the fish, the restaurant at the end of the universe, trillian astra, vogons, zaphod beeblebrox |

Cybernetic Society

I haven’t been saying much about the new Futurama episodes, largely because I can’t think of a lot to say. The recent ones have had their moments, but I feel they’ve been rather lackluster overall. “Saturday Morning Fun Pit” was … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Douglas Adams, Futurama, Television | Tagged bender bending rodriguez, calculon, crushinator, emperor nikolai, g.i. joe, ghosts, hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, marvin the paranoid android, nibbler, president richard nixon, professor hubert farnsworth, robots, scooby-doo, so long and thanks for all the fish, strawberry shortcake |