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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | + | [[Randall]] is using the scene from {{w|The Lion King}} where Simba is remembering a moment when his father, Mufasa, explained the night sky to him saying, 'the great kings of the past are up there' as a setting for this conversation between [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]]. This reminds Cueball of the scene later in the movie where Mufasa appears to Simba in the clouds and speaks to him. Megan interrupts, telling Cueball that he needs to be away from the computer more so he doesn't connect everything to {{w|Cory Doctorow}}, but he also shouldn't go near other people for fear of creeping them out. | |
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+ | It's night and [[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] lie down on the earth while looking into the sky. Cueball believes that all dead bloggers are up there in the sky and watching them. This is similar to the belief in god or Jesus who are watching us everywhere. And above of them all there is the master blogger {{w|Cory Doctorow|Cory Efram Doctorow}}, his name is the largest one at the {{w|Tag cloud}}. | ||
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+ | In the title text, [[Randall]] mentions that the word {{w|blog}}—a {{w|portmanteau}} of 'web log'—is a silly word, despite becoming common in usage. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Cueball: Just look at those stars. | :Cueball: Just look at those stars. | ||
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:Cueball: My father once told me that the great bloggers of the past are up there, watching over us. | :Cueball: My father once told me that the great bloggers of the past are up there, watching over us. | ||
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:Cueball: High above the blogosphere, a gap opens in the tag clouds. Cory Doctorow's voice booms forth... | :Cueball: High above the blogosphere, a gap opens in the tag clouds. Cory Doctorow's voice booms forth... | ||
− | :Megan: You need to get out either | + | :Megan: You need to get out either more or less. I can't decide. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
− | [[Category:Comics featuring | + | [[Category:Comics featuring real people]] |
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