Tag Archives: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Does absolute power corrupt absolutely?

It began with the forging of the Great Rings.Three were given to the elves; immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings.Seven to the dwarf lords; great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls.And nine: nine rings were gifted to the … Continue reading

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Protected: Towel Day 2022 Quiz Answers (see clues in the 2020 quiz for the password)

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Happy Towel Day 2022!

Following on from the Hitchhiker’s Guide Trivia Quizzes I did for Towel Day 2020 and 2021, here’s another to celebrate Towel Day, 25May2022! The answers will be published later on today (at 22:10:10 UTC) in a password-protected post (here). You … Continue reading

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Get my eBook for FREE, Towel Day 2022

Grab your towel, froods! Although it has nothing at all to do with The Hitchhiker’s Guide… On 25May2022† my eBook is available totally FREE! Just click on this link right here to get it. If you don’t have a Kindle,don’t … Continue reading

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Towel Day 2022 kicks off in 101010* days

* There are 10 kinds of people: those who grok binary, and those who don’t.‡ As at the date of publication of this post, the number of days remaining until Towel Day 2022 is, coincidentally, also The Answer to The … Continue reading

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How to celebrate being 42 every fourth year

A long time after Deep Thought reveals The Answer to Loonquawl and Phouchg, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect try to figure out what The Question might be. Marvin (the Paranoid Android) had told them that The Question was imprinted in … Continue reading

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Happy Towel Day 2021!

Following on from the Hitchhiker’s Guide Trivia Quiz I did for Towel Day 2020, here’s another to celebrate Towel Day, 25May2021! The answers will be published later on today (at 22:10:10 UTC) in a password-protected post (here). You can find … Continue reading

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Get my eBook for FREE, Towel Day 2021

Grab your towel, froods! Although it has nothing at all to do with The Hitchhiker’s Guide… On 25May2021§ my eBook is available totally FREE! Just click on this link right here to get it. If you don’t have a Kindle,don’t … Continue reading

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Towel Day 2021 kicks off in 101010* days

* There are 10 kinds of people: those who grok binary, and those who don’t.§ As of now, the number of days remaining until Towel Day 2021 is also The Answer to The Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and … Continue reading

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Say his name (with a towel)

Jill Dennison posted something yesterday on her blog Filosofa’s Word that suddenly made me sit up and pay attention. Her post begins with a simple statement of fact: Seven jurors were selected this week for the trial of Derek Chauvin, … Continue reading

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