ceci n'est pas une Pipe

laura47 mentioned this, and I am surprised I hadn't run across it before: Larry Wall on... well, Perl, of course, but mostly architecture, poetry, Utena, etc. If you're allergic to Perl you might not be interested. Then again:

How long till Bujold becomes required reading in high school? Far too
long, in my opinion. Horrors. We wouldn't want our students actually
enjoying what they read. It's not--it's not Real Life.

As if the Lord of the Flies is real life. Feh.

Larry continues to rule, or possibly rock.