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"...a fantasy writer." Oh, you mean the widely-loved-and-critically-praised bestselling *knighted for contributions to literature* fantasy writer? (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_P...) THAT fantasy writer? (eyeroll) (eyeroll)

...He's apparently not an unintelligent guy. He's (apparently) not yet real good at realizing what things he's not necessarily intelligent *at*. ...Who knows: some day he may do better.

Hey, thanks for that! Will have a peek later on (I don’t do media in the bar). 😄

(snerk) 😏

Yep. And alas, Tom Lehrer is retired. (sigh)

…oh sweet Thoth, the *abyss.* …DAMMIT IS IT GOING TO HAVE TO GO IN THE CHECKED BAG, THEY GAVE ME SUCH CRAP ABOUT IT IN THE CARRY-ON AT CHRISTMAS! (…mutter)

😄 Glad it works for you. …I have to admit that I’ve occasionally used the idiom without reference to bees. 😅 Details here: https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2022/08/30/on-becoming-a-star-trek-novelist/

On becoming a Star Trek novelist - Out of Ambit(Ported in from Tumblr, for those who don’t want to deal with its data ToS…) tall-tree-tales asked: Hi Diane! I’ve been a huge fan of your Star Trek work for…www.dianeduane.com

Maybe it’s helpful to think of it as “barfing like a bee.” A honeybee barfs its collected nectar, which is then re-supped and barfed again (and again, and again) until its mixture with enzymes from bees’ stomachs turns it into honey. *There is no honey without the barfing.* So barf away. 😏

I never met him, alas, but I get a sense he’d have hit *one of those incredibly annoying points* when watching the news, one day… and then would’ve said, “…Hold my beer.” 😏

Depending on how Ukraine gets production running, wouldn’t *that* be choicely ironic. 😏