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David D. Levine
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Hugo- and Nebula-winning writer of THE KUIPER BELT JOB, the ARABELLA OF MARS trilogy, and over 60 science fiction and fantasy stories. He/him.
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I didn't recognize the quote, and did a Google search to find the source.

…I've got a bad feeling about Gemini.
AI Overview This is a famous quote from the movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens, spoken by Han Solo to Rey. He is convincing her that he will help her escape from the First Order and that they will work together to achieve their goals. "Why are you helping me?": Han asks this question, though the full context is his internal monologue that she is an important person. "Because it's the right thing to do.": Han is telling Rey that he is helping her because it is the correct moral choice, a principle he still believes in despite his cynical exterior. "...you need a pilot.": Han's internal thought that Rey needs a pilot to escape the First Order is repeated as he says it aloud. "I need a pilot.": Han admits that he needs a pilot, implying that he needs Rey to fly his ship, the Millennium Falcon, and that she has a purpose in his life. "We're gonna do this.": Han concludes the exchange with a final, determined statement, asserting that they will work together to achieve their goals.
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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I'm not even sure where I'm "from." Where I was born? Where I grew up? Where I live now?
Still from the movie "Purple Rain," set in Minneapolis Still from the movie "Dawn of the Dead," set in Milwaukee Still from the movie "Drugstore Cowboy," set in Portland
November 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Knock-knock, emmer effer. #IYKYK
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Solvang, California is leaning hard into its Danish heritage.
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Cartoon by Tom Tomorrow. Now available as a t-shirt! tomtomorrow.threadless.com/designs/quiet-…
Cartoon of Trump as a pig, with text "quiet, piggy!"
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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At PDX heading to Santa Barbara for a friend's wedding. There will be square dancing!
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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The completely remodeled Portland Art Museum has reopened, and it's fabulous!
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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This usage is not new. Here's a 100-year-old example of "that [body part]" being used to mean "your [body part]":
Shake That Thing "Shake That Thing" is a song recorded by Papa Charlie Jackson in 1925, one of the earliest blues standards and a forerunner of hokum. Paramount Records issued it on the B-side of the then standard 10-inch 78 rpm shellac record on July 11, 1925. The song is also known as a first hit record where the male singer accompanies himself. The title of the song (oft-repeated in the lyrics) contains double entendre: at the time "shake it" was a vulgar euphemism for coitus (on the innocent side, it was quite likely a directive for female dancers to shake their hips, the author Stephen Calt thinks that the expression became indecent as a result of the success of the song).
November 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Had a great time presenting the story of my upcoming Virgin Galactic adventure at the "Off The Rails" storytelling event at Third Rail Rep!
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Teslacon Saturday (3)
November 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Teslacon Saturday (2)
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Teslacon Saturday (1)
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

(Here's the opening of "The Kuiper Belt Job.")
ONE The Orca Job, Part One The Cannibal Club—Ten Years Ago We were seven then, at the end. There was no "I" in the Cannibal Club, only "Us." We were basically one person in seven bodies—Strange, Shweta, Max, Kane, Tai, Alicia, and Damien—and we knew each other like the palms of our own hands. We finished each other's sentences, or more often, didn't even bother speaking ... we just knew. After more than two years living in each other's pockets—job after escalating job making us richer and cockier and more certain of what we could pull off with our unique combination of criminal skills—we were at the top of our game and knew it. And the sex was amazing.
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Teslacon Friday (1) REVISED
November 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Teslacon Friday (3)
November 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Teslacon Friday (2)
November 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Teslacon Thursday (3)
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Teslacon Thursday (2)
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Teslacon Thursday (1)
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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At PDX heading to Madison for the Teslacon steampunk convention!
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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We had 50-60 kids despite the rain. Amy suggested that when they complimented my costume I should say "vhat is costuum?"
November 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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This guy?
Dr. Jumba Jookiba, one of the major characters in the Lilo & Stitch franchise
October 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Also Buckaroo Banzai, of course
Still from end titles of Buckaroo Banzai (1984) with the whole cast marching down the Sepulveda Dam spillway
October 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Almost all the pieces of my armor are in place for the Game of Thrones LARP in December!
October 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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I voted!
October 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM