An Inconsequential Man

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is it’s current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes it’s place, and this too will be swept away. ~ Marcus Aurelius

I love the concept of time travel and all the difficulties and consequences that it may bring, that is essentially why I love Doctor Who. I enjoyed  reading Lance Parkins Eighth Doctor novel The Gallifrey Chronicles, and it contains within it’s pages a wonderful moment where the Doctor’s companion Fitz sings  about the pitfalls of time travel, the melancholic lyrics have stuck with me for a long time, so I thought I’d include them here. Fitz’s Song. “ Contains Spoilers ” I’ve travelled to the past sweetheart And  I've  been to the future too, Once a few hundred years from now I thought I’d ask after you. An obvious formality Because our love was oh so true Together for eternity That shows how much I knew. I saw your file in black and white Describing everything you’ll do, And read you won’t wait for me, I would have waited for you. We used to talk of destiny, And in the future you still do. The sting in the tail is that I’m n...

In my opinion these are the greatest Ships in Sci-Fi history. 1. The TARDIS , it's a blue police box that can travel anywhere in time and space, plus it's dimensionally transcendental. who wouldn't want one of these?(Doctor Who) 2. The Millennium Falcon , a highly modified CEC YT-1300 stock light freighter, piloted by Han Solo. In other words, not only the fastest hunk of junk in the Galaxy, but also the coolest! (Star Wars) 3. Serenity . Serenity is a 03-K64 Firefly-class mid-bulk cargo transport, serving as a home, transportation, and base of operations for Captain Malcolm Reynolds and his crew. I love this ship, I think the best word to describe it is character. (Firefly/Serenity) 4. Slave I. I have no clue why I love this ship, I just do, It maybe due to it's owners: Jango Fett & Boba Fett. (Star Wars) 5. Liberator , I loved Blake's 7 as a kid, and this ship design has always stuck in my mind. (Blake's 7) 6. Tantive IV , The Rebel Blockade Runne...

There comes a time when you look in the mirror and realise that what you see is all that you will ever be. Then you accept it, or you kill yourself. Or you stop looking in mirrors ~ Londo Mollari

War is a vile thing, and it brings out the worst in beings. But it also brings out their best- courage, sacrifice, resourcefulness, tenacity, comradeship, genius, even humour. Would that we could achieve that enlightened state without shedding blood first ~ Mentor Peet Sieben, Jal Shay philosopher

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth--even more than ruin--even more than death.....Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into to pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man ~ Bertrand Russell

There is a fine line between neutral and amoral. In fact, there may be no line there at all. ~ Darth Tyranus