Oops.

[mrissa]

The problem with not being sure of a title for something you've finished is that when you go bouncing titles around, some of them stick to other things. This is not so bad when you come up with What Kingdom Remains and think, "Yes, good, that's the last one in the series." Or when you squint sideways at Flight and think, "No, no, gives away too much and leaves out too much." But what's bad is the crazy ones that come pouring out when you do this. Especially when you do this with the aid of a timprov.

Which is how I came to be writing a short story called "How Descartes Became a Horse on Tuesdays."

Which is also how I ended up ordering biographical works about Descartes and also some of his own works to reread, all from the library.

Also I fear what happens if I am not careful, because if I push my brain for a visual image on "horse," I get the runestone drawing of Sleipnir.

Oh dear.

Comments

[zunger.livejournal.com]

And now my head is full of puns about putting Descartes before the horse. Damn.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

And for all the awful, we had not even gone to that awful. But golly, thanks for going there for us!

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

And thus the rest of us win.

Descartes

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

And of course, you have heard the story of Descartes in a restaurant. The waiter said, "Would you care for some dessert?" Descartes said, "I think not," and vanished.

Nate

(joke from SKZB, a long time ago)

[zunger.livejournal.com]

Pleasure to be of service, ma'am.

[brooksmoses]

It seemed implicit. I was going to comment that it seemed like you really needed to research the horse first.

[marykaykare.livejournal.com]

So then Descartes was Odin in a former life? Or, no, wait, Odin's horse. Um.

Whatever you do don't start humming the Philosopher's Song.

MKK-- you're welcome

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Yah, too late.

Re: Descartes

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Heh. Yes, I know that one. I classify it with "I'm a frayed knot."

(I often manage to suppress my urge to shout, "We don't serve string here!" when people say, "I'm afraid not." Often. Really.)

[zwol.livejournal.com]

Or, actually, where my brain went was, Odin's horse's mother.

[oddmonster.livejournal.com]

Your posts follow the best trains of thought, ever.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Yah. For sure.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[papersky.livejournal.com]

How Descartes... well, more a interesting metamorphosis than a roach, I suppose.

If you come up with any good unattached titles, send them my way, as I'm still working on a title for the Thing.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

And the thing about the roach is, how is not at all what he's doing there.