We can’t be creative if we refuse to be confused.
—Margaret Wheatley
Sunday Inspiration: Success
Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.
—Arnold H. Glasow
Sunday Inspiration: Giving
I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
—Maya Angelou
A Blemmye in Star Wars
Just a quick update on my recent post on Blemmyes. I realized not long ago that there is a Blemmye in Star Wars: Sy Snootles.
For those who aren’t up on all the Star Wars trivia that is never spelled out on the screen, Sy Snootles is the name of the lead singer of the Max Rebo Band, which performs in Jabba the Hutt’s palace in Return of the Jedi.
According to Wookieepedia, Sy Snottles is a member of the Pa’lowick species. Pa’lowicks are “long-limbed reptilian humanoids that had spotted skin, eyes that protruded from the tops of their heads, and trunk-like mouths.” The trunk-like mouth is obviously not part of the standard description of Blemmyes, but it it is certainly the case that Sy Snootles does not possess a head—at least, not one that is easily distinguished from her body. Rather, her eyes and mouth protrude from the top of her thorax.
Sunday Inspiration: Right and Wrong
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
—Frederick Douglass
Of Beans and Vampires
Today I learned that apparently you can use beans to trick vampires. By some sort of leguminous magic, vampires are prone to mistaking beans for pregnant women (and possibly other kinds of humans). Who knew?
This tidbit may or may not be related to my previous post about commodity items as media of exchange. Time will tell.
Also, leguminous is an adjective meaning “relating to or denoting plants of the pea family” (including beans).
Sunday Inspiration: Forgiveness
Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.
— C. S. Lewis
