November 2011
31 posts
Nerdology: Make The Flying Shit →
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Dear Scientists,
Make the flying shit. It’s time.
You’ve done a wonderful job making the future as envisioned by so many writers of the past come true. We have phones that talk back to us now and cars that tell us where to go. We have robots that clean our houses and…
“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters — sometimes very hastily — but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, ‘Dear Jim: I loved your card.’ Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, ‘Jim loved your card so much he ate it.’ That to me was one of the highest compliments I’ve ever received. He didn’t care that it was an original Maurice Sendak drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it.”
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Maurice Sendak (via thatluciegirl)
Amazing story.
(via shandel)
I haven’t found a solid source for this quote yet, but it’s a lovely story. —Sarah
(via npr)
