“Fire can be our servant, whether it’s toasting smores or raining down on Charlie.” – Principal Skinner For the fourth summer in a row, we here at the Dead Homer Society will be spending some time discussing twelve year old Simpsons episodes. This year we’re doing Season 11. Why Season 11? Because we’ve done Seasons 8, 9 and 10 already, and it’s time to take an unflinching look at the end of the show. Since Skype and podcasts didn’t exist in 1999, and we want to discuss these episodes the way the internet intended, we’re sticking with the UTF-8 world…
Day: June 7, 2012
Quote of the Day
Left to right, Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ray Bradbury. Images for Asimov, Clarke, and Bradbury from Wikipedia, Bester from NNDb. “Boys and girls, today we will begin selecting a class president. I’m not allowed to vote, but I strongly suggest you elect Martin. Martin?” – Mrs. Krabappel “As your president, I would demand a science fiction library featuring an A-B-C of the overlords of the genre: Asimov, Bester, Clarke!” – Martin Prince “What about Ray Bradbury?” – Wendell “I’m aware of his work. Thank you, and keep watching the skies!” – Martin Prince So long, Mr.…