Solaris?

Solaris? Alphaville?
Some nightmare of Norman Bel Geddes?

No. Punggol Station Loop in Singapore where my Guma Cha lives. (My "Aunt" Cha)

(Note: there is a pun somewhere in here.)

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Chinese Palindrome

若非孤岛孤非若

Literally, "were it not for isolated island, lonely would not be"

or

Able I was ere I sawElba

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from The Anthill

Puzzlers

The Big Bang Theory

What is Leonard Hofstadter's IQ ?
Describe how you determined it.

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More Puzzlers

First, my post on photos of Pope Francis I: there were some photos that were he, and some that were not. No one so far has pointed them out.

Second, Gil wins for finding the person who said "Cathedra mea, regulae meae."; Dr Sheldon Lee Cooper.

Now, thirdly, who said " It was the only way to keep you from being such a huge Dickensian! "


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New York Times Puzzles

 Mr. Will Shortz

Starting July 7 - or just some other nonce date - The New York Times will start charging people who buy their print edition a fee to access the crossword puzzles on-line. Hitherto, we have done the Sunday "puzz" (as we call it) on Saturday evening, since the puzz goes up on the web at 6:00 PM EST.
We have applied ourselves while the British series As Time Goes By plays on WTVS, public TV.

Now we shall have to wait until Sunday for the print edition to be delivered. This means the one hour or so spent on the puzz will bite into Sunday. It is also a "tax" upon subscribers, essentially a "double dip" into our pockets.

We do not like it, we shall not pay the extra. Occupy Will's Shortz!
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