Rest in peace, Rolie LeBay and Arnie Cuntingham Cunningham.

Continuing my scholarship of all things science writing and pony related, I have to report a chapter in the book Falling for Science (MIT Press). This is a collection of short accounts by scientists and engineers describing a particular toy, or random object, from their childhood, and how it led them, in a Cutie Mark Crusader fashion, to their special talent. Among the tales of Lego bricks, gear wheels, and home computers,

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Well last night my car battery died, on a backroad in a creepy location, right in front of a tree that looked like it had eyes and was staring at me. When someone helped jump start it I ended up taking another creepy road through a mist coated area that I really should have taken pictures of.

It was eerily like Terminus's back roads can be.

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Rating Scale:

12/10—a complete masterpiece; flawless and outstanding
11/10—Excellent, near-perfect film
10/10—the standard rating; awesome film with a couple of flaws
9/10—a wonderful film with several flaws
8/10–a great film with numerous flaws but not enough to ruin it

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According to IMDB these are the bottom ten rated episodes of the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic show from lowest to least lowest.

1. Non-Compete Clause
2. What About Discord?
3. Princess Spike
4. Somepony to Watch Over Me
5. The Cart Before the Ponies
6. The Mysterious Mare Do Well
7. Applejack's "Day" Off
8. 28 Pranks Later
9. The Crystalling - part 1
10. Newbie Dash

Here are mine:

1. What About Discord?
2. To Change a Changeling
3. Flutter Brutter
4. Over a Barrel

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