, yes. The important thing about having lots of things to remember is that you've got to go somewhere afterwards where you can remember them, you see? You've got to stop. You haven't really been anywhere until you've got back Home. I think that's what I mean.'
Rincewind you?'
'Who, me?' said Rincewind. 'Gosh, no. Hundred and one things to do.'
That's all right, then. Listen, let's go and have breakfast and then we can go down to the docks.'
Rincewind nodded dismally, turned to his assistant, and took a banana out of his pocket.
'You've got the hang of it now, you take over,' he muttered.ran the sentence across his mind again. It didn't seem any better second time around.'Oh,' he said again. Well, good. If that's the way you look at it. When are you going, then?''Today, I think. There's bound to be a ship going part of the way.''I expect so,' said Rincewind awkwardly. He looked at his feet. He looked at the sky. He cleared his throat.'We've been through some times together, eh?' said Twoflower, nudging him in the ribs.'Yeah,' said Rincewind, contorting his face into something like a grin.'You're not upset, are
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Sea of Cortez Cabo San Lucas
Rincewind looked at the liquid in the cup. It had probably been clean before it was poured in, now drinking it would be genocide for thousands of innocent germs.
He put it down carefully.
'Now I'm going to have a good wash!' stated Bethan, and stalked off through the curtain.
The 'They believe a star is going to crash into the Disc,' said Rincewind.
'Is it?'
'Lots of people think so.'shopkeeper waved a hand vaguely and looked appealingly at Rincewind and Twoflower.'She's not bad,' said Twoflower. 'She's going to marry a friend of ours.''Does he know?''Things not so good in the starshop said Rincewind, as sympathetically as he could manage.The little man shuddered. 'You wouldn't believe it,' he said. 'I mean, you learn not to expect much, you make a sale here and there, it's a living, you know what I mean? But these people you've got these days, the ones with these star things painted on their faces, well, I hardly have time to open the store and they're threatening to burn it down. Too magical, they say. So I say, of course magical, what else?''Are there a lot of them about, then?' said Rincewind.'All over the Disc, friend. Don't ask me why.'
He put it down carefully.
'Now I'm going to have a good wash!' stated Bethan, and stalked off through the curtain.
The 'They believe a star is going to crash into the Disc,' said Rincewind.
'Is it?'
'Lots of people think so.'shopkeeper waved a hand vaguely and looked appealingly at Rincewind and Twoflower.'She's not bad,' said Twoflower. 'She's going to marry a friend of ours.''Does he know?''Things not so good in the starshop said Rincewind, as sympathetically as he could manage.The little man shuddered. 'You wouldn't believe it,' he said. 'I mean, you learn not to expect much, you make a sale here and there, it's a living, you know what I mean? But these people you've got these days, the ones with these star things painted on their faces, well, I hardly have time to open the store and they're threatening to burn it down. Too magical, they say. So I say, of course magical, what else?''Are there a lot of them about, then?' said Rincewind.'All over the Disc, friend. Don't ask me why.'
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Franz Marc Horse in a Landscape
the clock. It was very big, and occupied a space between two curving wooden staircases covered with carvings of things that normal men only see after a heavy session on something illegal.
It had a very long pendulum, and the pendulum swung with a slow tick-tock that set his teeth on edge, because it was the kind of deliberate, annoying ticking that wanted to make it abundantly clear that every tick and every tock was stripping another of sound that suggested very pointedly that in someplace?'
'This is the house of Death,' she said.
'Ah,' said Rincewind. He ran a tongue over his dry lips. Well, nice to meet you, I think I ought to be getting along —'
She clapped her hands. 'Oh, you mustn't go!' she said. We don't often have living people here. hypothetical hourglass, somewhere, another few grains of sand had dropped out from under you.Needless to say, the weight on the pendulum was knife-edged and razor sharp.Something tapped him in the small of the back. He turned angrily.'Look, you son of a suitcase, I told you —'It wasn't the Luggage. It was a young woman – silver haired, silver eyed, rather taken aback.'Oh,' said Rincewind. 'Um. Hallo?''Are you alive?' she said. It was the kind of voice associated with beach umbrellas, suntan oil and long cool drinks.'Well, I hope so,' said Rincewind, wondering if his glands were having a good time wherever they were. 'Sometimes I'm not so sure. What is this
It had a very long pendulum, and the pendulum swung with a slow tick-tock that set his teeth on edge, because it was the kind of deliberate, annoying ticking that wanted to make it abundantly clear that every tick and every tock was stripping another of sound that suggested very pointedly that in someplace?'
'This is the house of Death,' she said.
'Ah,' said Rincewind. He ran a tongue over his dry lips. Well, nice to meet you, I think I ought to be getting along —'
She clapped her hands. 'Oh, you mustn't go!' she said. We don't often have living people here. hypothetical hourglass, somewhere, another few grains of sand had dropped out from under you.Needless to say, the weight on the pendulum was knife-edged and razor sharp.Something tapped him in the small of the back. He turned angrily.'Look, you son of a suitcase, I told you —'It wasn't the Luggage. It was a young woman – silver haired, silver eyed, rather taken aback.'Oh,' said Rincewind. 'Um. Hallo?''Are you alive?' she said. It was the kind of voice associated with beach umbrellas, suntan oil and long cool drinks.'Well, I hope so,' said Rincewind, wondering if his glands were having a good time wherever they were. 'Sometimes I'm not so sure. What is this
Monday, March 2, 2009
Francois Boucher Shepherd and Shepherdess Reposing
possibly could. The chelonaut fell forward with a soft grunt.
The other man took one startled step before Twoflower hit him amateurishly but effectively with the telescope. He crumpled on top of his colleague.
Rincewind and it was just about the worst possible thing that was likely to happen."
"Well, you said yourself we have no way of escaping," said Twoflower, his voice muffled as he pulled the top half of a suit over his head. "Anything's better than being sacrificed."
"As soon as we get a chance we run for it," said Rincewind. "Don't get any ideas."
He thrust an arm savagely into his suit and banged his head on the helmet. He reflected briefly that someone up there was watching over him.Twoflower looked at each other over the carnage."All right!" snapped Rincewind, aware that he had lost some kind of contest but not entirely certain what it was. "Don't bother to say it. Someone out there is expecting these two guys to come out in the suits in a minute. I suppose they thought we were slaves. Help me hide these behind the drapes and then, and then-""-e'd better suit up," said Twoflower, picking up the second helmet."Yes," said Rincewind. "You know, as soon as I saw the suits I just knew I'd end up wearing one. Don't ask me how I knew - I suppose it was because
The other man took one startled step before Twoflower hit him amateurishly but effectively with the telescope. He crumpled on top of his colleague.
Rincewind and it was just about the worst possible thing that was likely to happen."
"Well, you said yourself we have no way of escaping," said Twoflower, his voice muffled as he pulled the top half of a suit over his head. "Anything's better than being sacrificed."
"As soon as we get a chance we run for it," said Rincewind. "Don't get any ideas."
He thrust an arm savagely into his suit and banged his head on the helmet. He reflected briefly that someone up there was watching over him.Twoflower looked at each other over the carnage."All right!" snapped Rincewind, aware that he had lost some kind of contest but not entirely certain what it was. "Don't bother to say it. Someone out there is expecting these two guys to come out in the suits in a minute. I suppose they thought we were slaves. Help me hide these behind the drapes and then, and then-""-e'd better suit up," said Twoflower, picking up the second helmet."Yes," said Rincewind. "You know, as soon as I saw the suits I just knew I'd end up wearing one. Don't ask me how I knew - I suppose it was because
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Caravaggio Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
Rincewind?"
The wizard made a small croaking noise.
"I'm sorry," said Twoflower. "What did you say?"
"...all the way... the great fall..." muttered Rincewind, His eyes focused, looked puzzled for a moment, then widened in terror. He made the mistake of looking down.
"Aargh," he opined, and began to slide.
Twoflower grabbed him.
"What's .
"Steady on," he said cheerfully. "We're nearly there."
"I wish I was back in the city," moaned Rincewind. "I wish I was back on the ground."
"I wonder if dragons can fly all the way to the stars?" mused Twoflower. "Now that would be something..."the matter?"Rincewind tried shutting his eyes, but there were no eyelids to his imagination and it was staring widely."Don't you get scared of heights?" he managed to say.Twoflower looked down at the tiny landscape, mottled with cloud shadows. The thought of fear hadn't actually occurred to him."No," he said. "Why should I? You're just as dead if you fall from forty feet as you are from four thousand fathoms, that's what I say."Rincewind tried to consider this dispassionately, but couldn't see the logic of it. It wasn't the actual falling, it was the hitting he...Twoflower grabbed him quickly
The wizard made a small croaking noise.
"I'm sorry," said Twoflower. "What did you say?"
"...all the way... the great fall..." muttered Rincewind, His eyes focused, looked puzzled for a moment, then widened in terror. He made the mistake of looking down.
"Aargh," he opined, and began to slide.
Twoflower grabbed him.
"What's .
"Steady on," he said cheerfully. "We're nearly there."
"I wish I was back in the city," moaned Rincewind. "I wish I was back on the ground."
"I wonder if dragons can fly all the way to the stars?" mused Twoflower. "Now that would be something..."the matter?"Rincewind tried shutting his eyes, but there were no eyelids to his imagination and it was staring widely."Don't you get scared of heights?" he managed to say.Twoflower looked down at the tiny landscape, mottled with cloud shadows. The thought of fear hadn't actually occurred to him."No," he said. "Why should I? You're just as dead if you fall from forty feet as you are from four thousand fathoms, that's what I say."Rincewind tried to consider this dispassionately, but couldn't see the logic of it. It wasn't the actual falling, it was the hitting he...Twoflower grabbed him quickly
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