Silver Glow's Journal

by Admiral Biscuit

October 28 [Vector Fields]

October 28

I woke up at my usual time, and I realized that I'd forgotten to ask Peggy if she wanted to go trotting again, and I was gonna but then I looked out the window and saw all the clouds and I hoped that she'd want to sleep in, 'cause I really wanted to fly in them.

I told myself that next week I was going to begin remembering to ask her the night before, and maybe we could get a schedule going, even though it was almost the end of the year.

Or maybe I was just fooling myself, and I wouldn't remember.

I filled up my camelback and put on my flight gear then had some hay for a snack, and I was thinking how earlier in the year it hadn't even fit in a box and now the box wasn't full all the way to the top and pretty soon there wouldn't be any more. So maybe next week I should go to the farmer's market in the morning and get enough more to last for the rest of the year. Maybe not a whole bale; maybe the lady sells them in half-bales, too. I could also get more from the internet, but it was more expensive that way.

I went out to the boardwalk and called the airplane directors, and the grumpy man said that I could fly, but to stay low until I got to the 131 Highway, and so I took off and flew low to Jeff's house and I landed there long enough to greet Caleb and Lindy and Trinity. Caleb kept looking around for Peggy, but I said that she wasn't with me today, and he was kind of disappointed.

All of them thought that my flight gear was kind of strange, so I showed it off to them really quick. They'd probably seen me through a window in their house when I was wearing it, but never up close.

I told Trinity that I would go trick-or-treating with them, and then I asked if I could tell what my costume was going to be, or if I had to keep it a secret. And she said that I could tell, so I told her that I was going to be a snowboarder, because Peggy had the right clothes for me and also I had snowboarded before with Peggy and I was pretty good at it. I said that there were videos on YouTube, and Caleb said that he'd look for them, and started poking at his portable telephone.

She was kind of sad that she didn't get a ponyback ride today, either, because I thought if she sat on the camelback she'd squirt all the water out of it. But I promised that I would when I was trick-or-treating, and then I nuzzled her and Lindy before their bus came. And I wanted to nuzzle Caleb, but he was kinda distracted with his portable telephone.

So I took off again and I stayed low still and flew by Aric's house and looked in his window and he was asleep and if the window had been open I would have crawled in to give him a kiss but it wasn't.

Then I took off and climbed a few hundred feet above the trees and headed west. I went all the way over the 131 Highway and then angled north to get to the beginning of the Kal-Haven trail, but instead of following it, I just climbed higher and higher until I was up in the clouds. They'd started to break up so they weren't a solid mass and there was clear air between them and I could fly in that—that wasn't against the rules. So I raced around the clouds and then shoved a couple of them around and mashed two of them together and then bucked my new cloud to make it rain, and then I took a bunch of wispy cloudstuff from the edges of one of them and made a target ring in the sky, and I flew through it a couple of times, once with my eyes closed. I couldn't be sure that I'd actually hit it but I thought I had: if I'd been close to the edge, I would have felt it on my wing, and I didn't think that my aim was far enough off for me to have missed completely.

Playing around with the clouds might not have been the best exercise, but it was fun. And when I had had enough fun, and my watch said that I ought to get back to campus soon, I dove down and skimmed right above the trail for a little bit and then after I'd lost most of my momentum, I made a broad turn and started flying back towards campus.

I went over the 131 Highway not that far above the tops of the big trucks, and it was probably closer than I ought to have been, cause I got buffeted by the wind from one of them as it roared under me. And then I was actually below the big electricity wires when I got to the other side, and I climbed up a little bit and flew back towards campus.

Even though I didn't have to, I cut across Main Street and flew right above Taco Bell, and a seagull who was standing on top of a lamppost took off and started following me, and I think that he was the one who had gotten food from me over the summer. If he was, it was strange of him to remember—I didn't think seagulls were that smart. And maybe he was just mad at me and thought that I was trying to claim his territory for my own, but he followed me all the way back to campus, and when I descended by Trowbridge, he matched me almost all the way down, until he decided to land in the big trash bin rather than on the boardwalk. I hope he was happy there. Maybe he'd gotten tired of Taco Bell, although I didn't think that you could get tired of it.

I went inside and got undressed and made sure that Peggy was getting up, and then I went into the bathroom and I had to wait because there was someone in there and when she came out it was someone that I didn't know. She said that she'd spent the night with her boyfriend, who lived just down the hall, and I didn't know him very well either although I'd seen him a few times. He was a sophomore and I think he was kind of scared of me.

I would have liked to chat longer and make a new friend, but I could tell that she was impatient; maybe she had a class first thing in the morning. So I got in the shower and got cleaned up and washed my leg really well, and then when I was done, Peggy was waiting on the bench and so was Kat, so I was glad that I hadn't dallied.

Peggy must have gotten there first, 'cause she went in as soon as I came out.

I was still preening my wings when Peggy came back in and she asked if I was going to be staying in the room tonight, and I told her that I was, 'cause we were leaving early tomorrow morning, but then I wouldn't be back until Sunday, and she said that that meant she could have someone over Saturday night, and I said that she couldn't use my bed if she did, and she laughed and said that she wouldn't but might it be okay to use the papasan chair. And I said that would be okay.

They had the wafflemaker working for breakfast, but otherwise it was the same things as always. I guess they didn't expect parents to eat breakfast.

So I had a waffle and I had some of the strawberry gravy on it, too, and almost everyone at breakfast was kind of tired and yawny except for me. Sean ate his food and then put his head down on the table for a nap, and Christine started to take people's napkins and put them on his head. And then when it was time to go, he was still napping on the table with his napkin-hat, and Christine said that she could wake him up and she reached under the table and all of a sudden he jerked up and I could see that her hand was under his shirt.

He rubbed his chest and said that that had been mean, and she said he should have woken up when she was poking him and he said that he hadn't been asleep and she had never poked him. Then she said that she'd thought about poking him and that was basically the same as having done it, even though it really wasn't.

Professor Brown started to teach us about phase equilibrium which was something that was very important in weather work, 'cause it was about how things changed from one state to another, like water turning into a vapor or ice.

At first it was pretty basic, 'cause he was just explaining to everyone what we were gonna be figuring out, and he didn't have to tell me what water did, but then he started drawing phase diagrams on the markerboard and it had coexistant curves on it which was where the water could exist in two phases at the same time.

The endpoint of the lines were the critical points, and the point where they all came together was the triple point, which I thought was going to be a very important point.

And it was all really good to know, because even for us there was still some guesswork with the weather, and we never seemed to have enough pegasuses to control it all, so any ways that we could make it a little more efficient would help, because maybe the weather factories could make a few more clouds with a little less work or maybe they could be moved more efficiently, or maybe even we could stop a storm with fewer weatherponies.

So I really paid close attention when he was writing out all the equations, and I made sure to copy them exactly into my notebook, even though they were also in my textbook. I was really glad that I'd spent time practicing math letters, 'cause there were a lot of them.

Me and Lisa went over the lab notes that she had typed up in the lounge, and I didn't see any mistakes in them. And then I flew back to the dorm and sat at my desk and did all my homework until it was lunchtime.

They had tacos for lunch which I think was going to make for interesting classes in the afternoon. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea, but I got two of the crunchy ones and a burrito as well, although I had to leave it open and then when I sat down at the table I tried to fold it and roll it up myself, and I didn't get it right, which made me feel kind of stupid. It was just a geometry problem, after all, and I couldn't figure it out.

But I guess it didn't really matter, 'cause it still tasted good, even if it was kind of sloppily wrapped.

Sean was more awake, and every time Christine reached in his direction, he crossed his hands over his chest and finally she said that they could be even and he could give her a purple nurple and he said that there was no way he was going to do that at the dinner table with everyone watching. Then he said for everyone to cover their eyes, and I put a foreleg over mine and I heard Christine yelp and I couldn't help but look and he had a really smug look on his face and she hit him in the shoulder hard, and he said it was worth it.

After lunch, me and Sean went to math class together, and Professor Pampena said that now we'd be learning about vector fields and line integrals. He said that vector fields had vectors everywhere, and he showed us examples which were wind maps, and I'd seen those before in climate class, and so I understood right away what we were going to be learning.

He showed us how to draw them, to start with. 'Cause you couldn't draw the whole thing or you wouldn’t be able to see anything, so you needed enough vectors to know what things were looking like, but then you could stop.

Line integrals, which he taught us next, were about the work done by a force during the motion, and at first when he was drawing straight lines it seemed pretty easy to calculate but then when he started to draw curved lines it got a lot more complicated.

But I bet that this was one of the things that astronomers used to figure out how much planets and stars and stuff should move by gravity, and it would be even more complicated because Professor Pampena was only drawing in two dimensions.

So he showed us how to calculate it out by getting the dot product of the force and the velocity, which made sense, and then how to substitute another variable in so that you could actually solve the equation.

We went to Sean's room after class and did homework, and I had a little trouble concentrating, 'cause I was thinking about the weekend, but I had to focus and get my math done, 'cause if I didn't, then me and Sean wouldn't be able to check it together and then I'd have to do it on the weekend when I wanted to be having fun, so I just tried to push the thought of the weekend to the back of my mind, and just concentrate on math.

It was easier in class, 'cause Professor Pampena was entertaining and there wasn't anything else to focus on, either, although I had noticed that some students didn't take notes but doodled in their notebooks instead.

I think if I'd been concentrating more on my homework, I would have beat Sean, but I wasn't, so I didn't. And then when he saw that he was done and I wasn't, he asked me if I was having trouble with the work, 'cause he could help explain it to me, and I said that wasn't it, but I just was thinking of other things.

He said that he could change the music back to Loreena McKennitt because sometimes when he listened to something new he focused more on that than the work he was supposed to be doing, and I thought that wasn't a bad idea, so he did, and I think he was right, 'cause at first I was listening but then I sort of let the music move to the back of my mind and finished up the problems.

We went through and checked them together, and I guess I had been distracted, because on the two where we'd gotten different answers, I'd been the one to make the mistake. And then I felt really dumb, but he said that he knew what would cheer me up, and so we watched two Numberphile movies.

I really liked them because not only was James so smart, but even when it was something that I didn't really know very well or even had never heard of before, he explained it so I could understand.

So I learned about a formula that used all the numbers from one through nine, and it made a number which was called Euler's constant, or e for short, and the formula was accurate to the first eighteen trillion trillion digits, and that was really neat, except that I didn't quite understand the rules for powers that let him get those numbers in the first place, but I was sure that if James said it was true, it must be. I'd never seen a power to a power before.

And in the second video, James' friend Matt got three books that had the longest prime number ever discovered so far which was one less than two to the power of 74,207,281, and he said it was over twenty two million digits long.

I thought it was kind of silly to print that all out, because who would actually read it, and I also wasn't sure what use a number like that was anyway. But when Matt talked about it, and how it was found, it sounded kind of neat, and I wondered if the computer that figured it out got any credit for discovering it.

Sean told me that there were other computer programs that helped look for alien life, and the program was called SETI, and he showed me how to find it so that I could install it on my computer and maybe it would find sapient species somewhere out in the universe.

Sean said that it would be kind of ironic if that happened, but he said that I should do it anyway.

I went back to my room and I should probably have read my Bible, 'cause I was getting close to the end. There were a bunch of books still left, but they all must have been pretty short. And next there were two Corinthians.

But I wasn't really in the mood for it, so instead I packed everything that I'd need for the weekend in my saddlebags (which wasn't much) and then I thought that I should get something nice for Gusty, so I went to the bookstore and found a Kalamazoo College sweatshirt. I wouldn't have got that for anypony, but I thought that since she liked to wear clothes, she'd really like it.

I hoped that I wasn't the only one who had thought of getting her something, 'cause I didn't want to make everypony else look bad. But it just felt like the right thing to do.

And then I went back to the room and when Peggy came in she had to open the window and I said that I was sorry and I shouldn’t have eaten so many tacos and she said it was okay because that way if she farted she could just blame it on me.

She opened the door, too, so we had a little breeze coming through the room, and I could also fan my wings and that helped, too. And I said that I was kind of sad that we weren't taking Amtrak 'cause the train was a lot of fun, but I guess that we didn't really have time for it.

Kat and Rebekka stopped by and talked for a little while, 'cause our door was open, and Rebekka put some small braids in my mane, and even though she didn't have anything to tie them with, they stayed 'cause they were so tight. She said that they'd work out after a while or if I decided that I really didn't like them I could have her or Peggy or anyone un-braid them, but I did like them.

And since she was there, I put on the Solomon shirt and she went to her room and got scissors and a Sharpie marker and drew the cutouts for my wings and put them in the shirt for me, and it was a lot more comfortable that way.

All four of us went to dinner together, although Rebekka and Kat went to their own table rather than eat with us. And dinner was really nice, 'cause there were some parents who had come to dinner, but we all agreed that their kids didn't look all that comfortable to have them there, and Meghan said that she was glad that her parents hadn't come, and everyone agreed.

A couple of them came over and wanted to meet me, and that was kind of awkward, 'cause I didn't know them or their child, plus I had to stop eating and answer their questions so I was kind of glad that I'd be gone for the rest of the weekend. It was just natural curiosity, but I would have rather had them stop and talk to me out on the quad or something.

Still, they were really friendly and outgoing and the man even gave me a little paper card with his name and telephone number on it and I set it on the table at first and then after they'd left Meghan said that she'd keep it safe for me and stuck it down her shirt.

Christine said that she wanted to have a gathering in her room and we could play games on the television and card games, too, and have some beer and have a fun time and be thankful that our parents trusted us enough to be left unsupervised.

So we all went down to her room together and Sean said that we could watch Star Trek, but she said that the television was going to be used for games and that Star Trek was for another time, and he was kind of grumbly about it until she said that he owed her a re-match in Mario Kart and then he said that he was going to beat her again and there was nothing she could do about it.

She said that she still had to get him back for what he'd done at lunch, and he said that he'd still win, and she said that sounded like a challenge.

I wasn't any good at video games, so I played euchre with Meghan and Anna and Reese, and then after the first game had gotten done, Anna and Reese wanted to play Mario Kart and so Christine and Sean played euchre with us, and me and Meghan skunked them. Sean threw down his cards in disgust, 'cause he'd gotten a really good last hand, and we'd just called up something else that made it worthless.

Christine claimed that that was her revenge, although she really had nothing to do with it. And then we all agreed that they had to streak in the next twenty-four hours and they had to have a witness to prove that they had, and Christine said that there was no time like the present, so she announced to everyone that she and Sean were going to streak the quad and anyone who wanted to watch could. And he just looked really embarrassed by it, which I think was why she wanted to.

But he agreed that that was the penalty, and he had to do it, and it would be better to do it with her than to do it alone. So everyone had another beer first, except for Anna and Reese, 'cause they were racing, and then we all got up and went to the top of the hill and sat on the benches by Stetson Chapel and Christine said that anyone else who wanted to could join, and I said that I would, just because it was fun. But nobody else wanted to, which was too bad.

So the two of them got undressed and then all three of us ran down the quad and when we got back to the top Peggy admitted that she'd thought about hiding Sean's clothes, but she had decided that that was mean, so she'd just hidden his underwear. And then when he picked up his shirt he found out that she had tied his pant legs in a knot so he had to untie them before he could get dressed again. And after he had, she got up and she had been sitting on his underwear the whole time.

Peggy went back to Christine's room afterwards, but I thought I should get to bed a little bit early especially 'cause Madison was in a different time zone, and unicorns stayed up late and woke up late. So I asked Meghan for the card back and she reached into her shirt and got it out for me, and then I went back to my room and remembered to put the sweatshirt that I'd bought into my bag.

It was kind of lonely in my bed, since Peggy wasn't back, and between that and being eager for tomorrow I had a little trouble falling asleep, and for a long time I just had my eyes closed but my ears were still listening to all the sounds of the dorm.

Comments

[Admiral Biscuit]

Videos!

Incredible formula (the one that gets e)

The world's biggest prime number

[SWEETOLEBOB18]

I sat next to the Duchess at tea
It was just as I feared it would be
Her rumblings abdominal
Were simply phenomenal
And everyone thought it was ME!

Silver's new nickname is "Duchess"

For a long time the #1 source of methane on Earth was gas from ruminants. In other words, cow & horse farts. You know it's bad when your roommate's gas can be detected from orbit . Try some antacid like Di-gel is my advice.

[Walabio]

> "Sean told me that there were other computer programs that helped look for alien life, and the program was called SETI, and he showed me how to find it so that I could install it on my computer and maybe it would find sentient species somewhere out in the universe."

Miss Silver Glow means "Sapient".

[Walabio]

7831627

The video about "e" is anachronistic; it did not come out until 2016-12-23.

[FredMSloniker]

7831826 I feel like this is an argument that happens literally any time the word 'sentient' is used in this context. I'm sure it isn't, but even as a grammaryan, I think maybe that particular sacred cow is ready to be slaughtered.

[M1Garand8]

Caleb kept looking around for Peggy, but I said that she wasn't with me today, and he was kind of disappointed.

Looks like somebody's got a crush.

Sean said that it would be kind of ironic if that happened, but he said that I should do it anyway.

An Alien on an Alien Planet Looking for Aliens: Irony at its finest.

[jxj]

7830801

¡You used τ (Tau)!:
Circumference over radius
c / r

no. no I very obviously didn't.
I said pi
Circumference over diameter
c/d
3.14...
not tau
circumference over radius
c/r
6.28...

you had to resort to τ (Tau)

again, I used pi, not tau. How did you not notice?

Just admit that τ (Tau) is the 1 True CircleConstant.

well, it is a circle constant but you haven't managed to present a good argument for using it over pi. There's also an infinite number of circle constants that all work, so saying that it's the "1 True CircleConstant" is kind of weird.

So now, ¿which symbol would you like to use for representing the 1 True CircleConstant? you mentioned α (Alpha) so maybe that:
c / r = α
The symbol is not important, as long as we all agree upon which symbol to use

But your camp has agreed on a symbol to use. It's tau. Everyone who knows what you're talking about knows that it's called tau. So I can't just use another symbol, it'd be like randomly changing any other bit of notation. Because of that, as an engineer, I can't support the use of tau.

as long as we all agree that circumference over radius is the 1 True CircleConstant.

we don't. That's what you started this argument over. You haven't managed to provide a compelling argument for me to use tau.

[The Ohvist]

7831555 better than that is that the one to actually take him down was Applebloom, by using a vaccum device that was Macguyver'd from a vaccum cleaner, gumball dispenser, and a Prench horn she switched it from "Suck" to "Blow" after jamming the nozzle into his nose and unleashing a swarm of Whizzbies into his nostrils that begun to shock the Lesser Draconequus from the inside-out, before passing out from exhaustion she created the basis of a multi-geared Logic Trap around Malfunziona to keep him in place: his powers could only allow him to destroy technology, however the gears he was trapped inside of weren't able to actually turn at all. So if he tried to break apart the prison, it would inadvertently "fix" the stuck gears in the mechanism he was inside of! On top of this, after passing out from exhaustion and waking up later... Applebloom now had a Cutie Mark for Inventing AND Ascended into an Alicorn!

[The Ohvist]

7831548 Here is the link to your COOKIE!

[SPart]

Maybe he'd gotten tired of Taco Bell, although I didn't think that you could get tired of it.

If Taco Bell ever finds out, they get all Pegasi a banner to drag behind in exchange for free food.
I could see quite a lot of companies do this, and a lot of pegasi meeting om clouds to exchange banners for the day.

and for a long time I just had my eyes closed by my ears were still listening to all the sounds of the dorm.

Does Silver has her own cloud house in equestria? I bet there isn't much noise there. And she needs to sleep alone again?

[KMCA]

7831826 Actually either applies here but sentience would be more appropriate.

[arancaytar]

And I wanted to nuzzle Caleb, but he was kinda distracted with his portable telephone.

Caleb, videos of a snow-boarding pony might be cool, but not as cool as getting nuzzled by an actual pony that is in front of you. What are you thinking.

I think he was kind of scared of me.

In fairness, Silver can be terrifying if she wants.

[Dan]

7831555
"Due to harassment."

And nonstop arguing with mods, an inability to let anything go and taking all honest criticism or disagreement as a personal attack.

But I love his stories.

[A.P.O.N.I.]

We went to his room after class and did homework

This should probably read "Sean's room", as the only "him" mentioned in the preceding couple of paragraphs was the professor. I legitimately thought that they'd gone tot he professor's office to study.

[arancaytar]

Loreena McKennett

McKennitt

Christine said that she could wake him up and she reached under the table and all of a sudden he jerked up and I could see that her hand was under his shirt.

That ended more SFW than I expected.

[Booster Spice]

Ice has so many triple points, its chaotic.

Have a quiet New Year guys.

[Warlite the Human guy]

Damn, yer pumping out these chapters like a whore pumps her stomach hint hint

[Walabio]

7832001

Sure, you had to use 2π (2 Pi) which is τ (Tau) when you wrote the generalized form of the equation form the interior of an n-sphere. c/r is the 1 True CircleConstant. I trigonometry, we get the sensible ⅙τr for ⅙th the way around the circle instead of the ridiculous ⅓πr. Because the radius defines the circle c/r comes up far more than , c/d, and when c/d does come up, it is a case of 2s cancelling. ¿Do you deny these facts? Mathematically, c/r is the correct CircleConstant.

As for symbols, I say that we should nominate symbols, put it to a vote, and make the winner the symbol for c/r for all time. I would use ScoreVoting with a range of -9 to +9. Then I would have a ScoreVotingRunOff of all symbols with positive votetotals. Then I would have a top2runoff. Once we choose a symbol, we stick with it.

¡No more ⅛th of the way around a circle being ¼πr! ¡No more 2π (2 Pi) showing up all over our equations! ¡We shall do the notation right!

[Walabio]

7832259

Chickens are sentient, but I doubt that a chicken could build a radiotransmitter. For building a radiotransmitter, one needs sapience.

[Walabio]

7831897

Given that in this story, sapient beings are legal persons, but sentient beings are not, we should be careful with our terms.

[Dan]

7832954

I believe the higher varieties of Everclear are completely banned in my State. Also, the legal status of Absinthe is still more complicated than it needs to be. Doctors and scientists admit the wormwood chemical does not cause hallucinations and insanity as the Victorians feared (and those people gave laudanum to infants), but politicians still regulate how much can be present, even though the alcohol content would kill you long before the thujone dose had any measurable effect.

Also, grocery stores have their liquor sections walled off in a separate part of the building with a separate entrance . I guess because kids aren't supposed to enter without a parent or guardian. While over in Wisconsin, they not only have booze and general groceries in the same space, they have liquor store drive-through windows.

Still, 2017 may well be the year they finally allow Sunday liquor sales, so we don't have to hop over to border to Hudson, WI for stocking up on Sundays.

[arancaytar]

Sean told me that there were other computer programs that helped look for alien life

She's sitting right next to you.

[Dan]

I thought seti@home closed down due to various factors, but now I find out it was restarted and that program is now called seti classic.

I stick to World Community Grid now.

[QueenMoriarty]

Caleb kept looking around for Peggy, but I said that she wasn't with me today, and he was kind of disappointed.

Well, someone's going through puberty.

pretty short,.

weird punctuation

[DreamKitsune]

Maybe he'd gotten tired of Taco Bell, although I didn't think that you could get tired of it.

If Taco Bell ever gets a franchise in Equestria, Silver is going to move to wherever they open no matter what.
-
One year after Taco Bell opens across Equestria, at the Weather Factory: "I don't understand it, why are methane levels going up so much?"

We went to his room after class and did homework

I assume that's Sean and not the Professor.

[Admiral Biscuit]

7831757

Silver's new nickname is "Duchess"

For a long time the #1 source of methane on Earth was gas from ruminants. In other words, cow & horse farts. You Know it's bad when your roommate's gas can be detected from orbit . Try some antacid like Di-gel is my advice.

I thought it was still the #1. Mostly cows, although horses do fart a lot. I think there's just more cows.

7831826

Miss Silver Glow means "Sapient".

She does, yes. Thank you.

The video about "e" is anachronistic; it did not come out until 2016-12-23.

Oops. Oh well, it's not the first continuity error I've made. Maybe in the universe with ponies, they released it earlier.

7831897

I feel like this is an argument that happens literally any time the word 'sentient' is used in this context.

That one was totally my mistake--I do know the difference, I just wasn't thinking when I typed.

[Admiral Biscuit]

7831898

Looks like somebody's got a crush.

He's a teenage boy, and she's got boobs. I mean, really, of course he does.

An Alien on an Alien Planet Looking for Aliens: Irony at its finest.

And wouldn't it be something if she was the one to find them?

7832089

better than that is that the one to actually take him down was Applebloom, by using a vacuum device that was Macguyver'd from a vacuum cleaner, gumball dispenser, and a Prench horn ...

From what we've seen in canon, nearly all pony tech looks like it was Macgyvered from something else. Either that's just their style of construction, or else ponies are generally adept at making something serve a purpose it was never meant for.

7832216

If Taco Bell ever finds out, they get all Pegasi a banner to drag behind in exchange for free food.
I could see quite a lot of companies do this, and a lot of pegasi meeting on clouds to exchange banners for the day.

Yeah, actually, I could see that, too. Probably something that the helpers will want to put the kibosh on early, or at least make rules for. Heck, it's canon that pegasi carry signs sometimes.
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Does Silver has her own cloud house in equestria? I bet there isn't much noise there. And she needs to sleep alone again?

It's not her own; she lives there with her mom, step-dad (for lack of a better term), and sister; and they're probably pretty close to other cloudhomes, plus there's the town below.

And she doesn't have to, but she's leaving early for Madison tomorrow.

[Admiral Biscuit]

7832259

Actually either applies here but sentience would be more appropriate.

I'd assume sapience, since IIRC, SETI is supposed to try and find deliberate alien radio signals, not other signs of life. At least, that's what the program I'm thinking of does.

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Caleb, videos of a snow-boarding pony might be cool, but not as cool as getting nuzzled by an actual pony that is in front of you. What are you thinking.

He's thinking he wants to look cool in front of Peggy and all his friends on the bus.

In fairness, Silver can be terrifying if she wants.

Yes, she can be.

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"Due to harassment."
And nonstop arguing with mods, an inability to let anything go and taking all honest criticism or disagreement as a personal attack.

Rule #1: don't be a dick.

Sometimes a hard rule to follow for creative people. (Well, for other people, too.)

[Admiral Biscuit]

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This should probably read "Sean's room", as the only "him" mentioned in the preceding couple of paragraphs was the professor. I legitimately thought that they'd gone to the professor's office to study.

Good call. Yes, she means Sean's room, and I have made the correction.

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McKennitt

Thank you

That ended more SFW than I expected.

Well, they are in public.

She's sitting right next to you.

SETI doesn't have to look too far to find an example, so that will save it lots of time.

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Ice has so many triple points, its chaotic.

H2O in general seems like one of the chemical compounds that would usually be preceded with the word 'except' in a lot of chemistry texts. Like materials contract when they get colder, except water.

Have a quiet New Year guys

I spent it writing Silver Glow's Journal. Which is a pretty good way to spend it, to be honest.

Also I did drink a little bit of champagne.

[Admiral Biscuit]

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Well, when it's a daily journal, seems like the updates ought to be daily, eh?

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I believe the higher varieties of Everclear are completely banned in my State. Also, the legal status of Absinthe is still more complicated than it needs to be.

Michigan bans Everclear, as far as I know, and I think the Absinthe law is federal (a friend in college made his own, though).

Also, grocery stores have their liquor sections walled off in a separate part of the building with a separate entrance . I guess because kids aren't supposed to enter without a parent or guardian. While over in Wisconsin, they not only have booze and general groceries in the same space, they have liquor store drive-through windows.

We have a few drive-through liquor beer stores, although they're rare. And in general, alcohol isn't anyplace special, but that depends on the store. Many gas stations carry beer and wine, and some also have hard liquor. Beer can be bought before two am (not sure when it's legal to start buying in Michigan), and you can get a special permit to sell it early on Sundays; otherwise, you can't sell until noon.

I thought seti@home closed down due to various factors, but now I find out it was restarted and that program is now called seti classic.

If I had an always-on internet connection, I'd totally download it. Might as well have my computer doing something useful when it's not writing ponyfic.

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Well, someone's going through puberty.

Yes, he is.

weird punctuation

Correction made; thank you!

[M1Garand8]

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And wouldn't it be something if she was the one to find them?

Michigan Gazette:
PEGASUS EXCHANGE STUDENT DISCOVERS LIFE AROUND STAR
STUDENT: 'THE MOVING LIGHTS WERE OBVIOUS'

Pegasus eyesight OP. Nerf pl0x.

[Admiral Biscuit]

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I could just see Twilight, fresh off her discovery of Earth, coming to visit, getting permission to use a telescope, and pointing the human astronomers to all the planets that Equestrians know of which have life (assuming that they've found others). And maybe giving running commentary. "We call that the Death Planet, although the natives do have a different name for it. They're very unpleasant, and I don't suggest visiting them anytime soon. I was lucky to get back to the portal mostly unhurt, to be honest."

[Shachza]

I thought it was kind of silly to print that all out, because who would actually read it, and I also wasn't sure what use a number like that was anyway.

I did!

Well... I looked at the poster. Took me a couple minutes to figure out that the "background" was actually a single insanely-long number in fine print.

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I've heard that for cows, given how their digestive system is... "front-loaded," it's more their burps than farts.

[Admiral Biscuit]

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Well... I looked at the poster. Took me a couple minutes to figure out that the "background" was actually a single insanely-long number in fine print.
You're talking about the poster for Pi (the movie?) Now that I think about it, I wonder how many digits they included on it?

And most importantly, is it more digits that Twilight and Pinkie Pie know?

I've heard that for cows, given how their digestive system is... "front-loaded," it's more their burps than farts.

That's what I've heard, too.

[Shachza]

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Nope. Not pi. The world's largest known prime number at the time. Took up a whole sheet of paper at about font size 8 or 10.

[nemryn]

You know, I'm actually kind of impressed that Mr. Grumpy Airport Man has managed to stay grumpy after knowing Silver Glow so long. He's got some real dedication to his grumps.

[Admiral Biscuit]

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Well, she is messing up his nice clean airspace, and some people just aren't happy about that kind of thing.

She really ought to just go back to the tower and give him a nice hug.

[Seraphem]

D'awww, Silver is so cute when she has a "Which would make my human upset" dilemma.

Peggy, just admit you are just doing it for Pony and be happy.

And now Silver gets a taste of her own power, and what it's like for humans when she wants something. It seems little girls will be the one potential weapon to stop the Cuddlequest.... until they learn they can bribe the girls with ponies.

I'm sure Caleb is appreciating the chillness while you talk.

Spoiled pone, getting used to having servants to bathe her all the time.

Awww, such a caring pony, no want to keep human waiting for noms.

Rebel Pony! No milk for you! Crunchy cereal all the way!

Meghan is best Pony-Slave, going out of her way to tend to mistress, even above and beyond what Mistress requires of her.

Pony isn't a 'boy' pony is just super tough and used to getting banged up without letting it slow her down. And this is nothing, it's not like she gave a two hour speech right after getting shot in the chest like a certain President did.

ALL HAIL CHRISTINE! Preventer of talks you really don't want to have at the table!

Pegasi..... only you can be happy with a cold, dreary rain.

And loving getting muddy...... so weird.

Ah the circumcision issue. AKA "How can we get people to let us tell them what to do?" "Stop telling them they have to let someone cut off part of their dick to do it." While there may be benefits to doing it.... there is a HUGE difference between doing it to a newborn where it won't cause any issues, and trying to do it to an adult, without any kind of anesthetic beyond booze, with 1st century medical equipment.

IDK Silver, Flim and Flam seem able to always find a new group of suckers, so just shunning con-ponies doens't work TOO well.

And now Silver tries to wrap her head around 'Original Sin'... I don't blame you for not getting it, it's a stupid freaking idea in the first place.

Also, more "We need more people to join up so we can control their lives. What do?" "Stop telling them they can't eat stuff they like to eat." Since all that 'the old laws no longer apply' stuff really was explicitly added in just to try and make it easier to convert people.

Sean, Pony is ALWAYS cheerful and happy.

Christine is amazing... just.. she's amazing.

Of course Meghan is down for nakey time and showering with Mistress, even if others come along.

"Table-Mates" truly a sacred bond, only they can take group showers together. I get the idea and it works, but Silver is just... so ADORABLE in how she describes things!

Yeah, Silver is not RD, she's a good weather pony, and pretty much the best weather pony on Earth, but she's not going to clear the skies in ten seconds flat.

NOOOOO No dumb pony! You no take bad about smart pony!

And now Silver is getting to the parts of the bible the most fervent 'followers' of it seem to forget, all that 'charity' and 'not treating people like shit' stuff.

Smart pone, see! She knows fake crab is an abomination that should be avoided. (Granted I feel that way about ANY seafood but...)

See?Again, this pony just can't NOT find a good side to everything. Crappy dinner? Eh I got nummy hay to eat.

Yeah, I doubt many guys would mind coming home to two chicks making out in their bed.

Also, Pony always tries to think the best of everyone. Meghan wasn't slacking off and putting her homework off till the last minute, she was just busy earlier and didn't have a chance to do it.

Silver, you can sum it all up by 'People are really damn complicated'.

Yeah, wet pony may be cute, but.... not as snuggly a dry fluffy pone.

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I wonder how long it takes to get to the point where you swear naturally in a foreign language? Like, you stub your toe and say merde instead of shit, or whatever.

At that point in so many things, or just using invented swears from stories. Mostly cause I get in trouble using the real ones everyone understands at work.

Although I'm not sure if the ponies would be comfortable being fake alicorns. That seems a little bit too irreverant for most, which is why she was thinking unicorn.

Ahem... Best Princess would disagree.
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Yay pony blanket! Best bed warmer!

Well, she is not wrong about her being better then a dream.

You being cute all the time is also very true.

Meghan likely has backup plans upon backup plans for how to get to Pony-Land. Everything from "Ask politely" to "Take over the world and demand it."

Just relax and let slave have fun tending to Mistress Silver. If they get messed up later, just means she can have more fun preening.

"Who has a horse on the radio?" "Oh, that's just Pegasus 1"

D'awww, pony on playground equipment!!

Can't have Plant-Pony come see Sky-Pony without seeing Pony Husbanado.

Well... I guess the two shifts could cancel each other out, but would take insane precision that is just a 'non-0' chance.

You know, when she was talking about just going as herself, I made a comment about 'Just stick an ice cream cone on her head and go as a unicorn." and... yup, then came "I can be a pointy-pony!". YAY!

nom nom nom nom nom pony hay snacking is so cute.

Peggy... what did you DO! You have only yourself to blame for teaching pony she can load the pony death weapon without leaving her room. I miss living close enough to a Chinese place to order it....

Her getting her bible and he fighting gear never gets old. Best church goer ever!

Smart pone is smarter then so many other that don't get translation errors are a thing.

Some bibles must leave out the "Everyone has their own way of coming to God, don't mess with them" passages.

Silver... NO!!!!! Do not invoke the grappling rules! They are such a byzantine mess of confusion and complication! No party ever survives!

Useful intel, humans will flinch when confronted by pony fangs.

Yes no let pony drip on people, only the chosen shall be anointed by the blessed blood of the pony!

Duct Tape.... it fixes EVERYTHING!

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or else ponies are generally adept at making something serve a purpose it was never meant for.

MAXIM 50: If it only works in exactly the way the manufacturer intended, it is defective.

and a lot of pegasi meeting on clouds to exchange banners for the day.

They all group up in the morning "Alright, who feels like Mexican and who feels like Chinese?" Figure out who gets to tow what banner for free food.

Yeah, you are going to forget to keep asking about trotting.

Notes for future exchange programs, work out bulk haybale deals to distribute to the ponies.

Pffffft, Caleb really misses having Peggy come by in the morning I bet.

Should have worked out a costume that would work with having a little gril riding on her back and matched between the two of them. OH OH! Dress her up to make it look like the girl's wearing one of those fake 'I'm riding a horse' costumes, only to freak people out when the 'fake' horse asks for candy herself.

YAY! Pony cloud playing fun!

Hmmm, yeah.. I don't think I can really 'get tired' of Taco Bell either, they have enough variety.

Awwww, why someone scared of the pony?

Yes, that bed is claimed by Pony, only Pony may use it. Same goe for any other spot Pony decides is hers. Kitty... I mean Pony has spoken!

Triple Points are fun!

Ah, here's where people learn to fear the Pony. But only on Taco Tuesday.

NOOO No feel stupid! You smart pony!

Yeah, printing outthat long a number is... kind of.. wasteful.

D'awwwww so cute... wanting the computer that figured it out to get credit too.

Pony finds Aliens! Turns out, humans just weren't cute enough to entice them to come visit.

Well, she's not wrong, Gusty is one of the few ponies you know that clothing would be a good gift for.

Also, other note, give pony roommates gas masks for use on said Taco Tuesdays.

Yeah, not many college kids would like having their parents around.

Of course everyone wants to come see the campus pony.

Whoooooooo! Streaking time!

Yes, no beer for the freshmen, since you can't drink and drive, so can't play a racing game while drinking. Also the whole, likely well under age thing, but that's likely less a care for them then I've had it beaten into my head thanks to Navy. Underage drinking was pretty much the single biggest cause of demotions and general official punishments during Power School and Prototype. Pretty much like, 3/4 of the prototype class before mine get screwed hard that way, all getting busted down for a graduation party they were holding, everyone that went getting hit for either drinking while underage or supplying to someone underage. (Then you had the one group of idiots in Power School that were so hard up to get drunk, they got caught with a cough syrup distillery in an empty barracks room.)

Poor Sean, he gets picked on so much.

[Admiral Biscuit]

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D'awww, Silver is so cute when she has a "Which would make my human upset" dilemma.

See, benevolent overlords. Cuddly benevolent overlords.

Peggy, just admit you are just doing it for Pony and be happy.

That is admittedly a large part of her motivation.

And now Silver gets a taste of her own power, and what it's like for humans when she wants something. It seems little girls will be the one potential weapon to stop the Cuddlequest.... until they learn they can bribe the girls with ponies.

Silver Glow’s one weakness.

I'm sure Caleb is appreciating the chillness while you talk.

I suppose it depends to some degree on how good Peggy’s sports bra is.

Spoiled pone, getting used to having servants to bathe her all the time.

Which for a pony is not a bad thing to get used to.

Awww, such a caring pony, no want to keep human waiting for noms.

Like I said, cuddly benevolent overlords.

Rebel Pony! No milk for you! Crunchy cereal all the way!

Sometimes that’s the best way to have it. Especially if you’re a pony.

Meghan is best Pony-Slave, going out of her way to tend to mistress, even above and beyond what Mistress requires of her.

She really is. She and Silver Glow are a perfect pair.

Pony isn't a 'boy' pony is just super tough and used to getting banged up without letting it slow her down. And this is nothing, it's not like she gave a two hour speech right after getting shot in the chest like a certain President did.

Exactly; being tough isn’t a boys-only trait. One of the girls in our theatre group broke her thumb unloading a trailer, shrugged, and went back to work until her mom dragged her to the ER.

ALL HAIL CHRISTINE! Preventer of talks you really don't want to have at the table!

Pick the right topic, and you can kill any conversation. Girl stuff almost always works (except I suppose in a whole group of girls).

Pegasi..... only you can be happy with a cold, dreary rain.

It’s a boring kind of rain, but good for crops and stuff.

And loving getting muddy...... so weird.

Pfft, IRL horses love getting muddy. Especially right after they’ve been groomed.

While there may be benefits to doing it.... there is a HUGE difference between doing it to a newborn where it won't cause any issues, and trying to do it to an adult, without any kind of anesthetic beyond booze, with 1st century medical equipment.

Yeah, that’s the kind of thing that seems really problematic back in Ye Olden Times, vs. with modern medicine.

IDK Silver, Flim and Flam seem able to always find a new group of suckers, so just shunning con-ponies doesn't work TOO well.

I suppose you’ve got a point. Still, I have to think that as Equestria gets better communications, their type of con will become less effective, since word of their exploits will beat them to the next town.

Which of course means that cons by mail are the logical next step.

And now Silver tries to wrap her head around 'Original Sin'... I don't blame you for not getting it, it's a stupid freaking idea in the first place.

Yes, it is.

Also, more "We need more people to join up so we can control their lives. What do?" "Stop telling them they can't eat stuff they like to eat." Since all that 'the old laws no longer apply' stuff really was explicitly added in just to try and make it easier to convert people.

And in more modern times, Christmas celebrations.

Sean, Pony is ALWAYS cheerful and happy.

Almost always. Like 99.5% of the time.

Christine is amazing... just.. she's amazing.

She’s got witty repartee and topic-changing down to an art. Also doing random stuff because she wants to.

Of course Meghan is down for nakey time and showering with Mistress, even if others come along.

Yeah, of course she is. Mostly just because Silver Glow wants to do it, but also because she’s becoming more liberated.

"Table-Mates" truly a sacred bond, only they can take group showers together. I get the idea and it works, but Silver is just... so ADORABLE in how she describes things!

I think that’s a good way to describe things. Like, there’s always social groups where it’s things you do with friends or people you work with or fellow actors or family or whatever, and there’s generally kind of a line between what you would and wouldn’t do.

Yeah, Silver is not RD, she's a good weather pony, and pretty much the best weather pony on Earth, but she's not going to clear the skies in ten seconds flat.

Not even RD could do it on Earth with so many feral clouds, no matter how fast she could fly on Earth. Not a chance.

NOOOOO No dumb pony! You no take bad about smart pony!

Funnily enough--especially considering what I do as a hobby now--when the internet was first getting started, I figured that it was a stupid, faddish thing that would never be good for much.

And now Silver is getting to the parts of the bible the most fervent 'followers' of it seem to forget, all that 'charity' and 'not treating people like shit' stuff.

Which arguably are the most important parts of the New Testament, and by extension Christianity. In a nutshell, Jesus mostly said, ‘ignore all that stuff in the Old Testament; the new rule is be nice to everyone.’

Smart pone, see! She knows fake crab is an abomination that should be avoided. (Granted I feel that way about ANY seafood but...)

I don’t know if I’ve ever had real crab, so I can’t say if it’s more of an abomination than the real thing . . . I also have never liked seafood.

See?Again, this pony just can't NOT find a good side to everything. Crappy dinner? Eh I got nummy hay to eat.

I’m sure she’s not the only one; there are probably plenty of students who look at the food on offer and shrug and say, ‘well, this is a good excuse to order a pizza.’

Yeah, I doubt many guys would mind coming home to two chicks making out in their bed.

I’m not sure that there are any, honestly.

Also, Pony always tries to think the best of everyone. Meghan wasn't slacking off and putting her homework off till the last minute, she was just busy earlier and didn't have a chance to do it.

Exactly! And honestly, why think bad thoughts? Why not think good thoughts? If she doesn’t know either way, why not Meghan was busy with other stuff instead of Meghan was watching funny cat videos on the internet.

Silver, you can sum it all up by 'People are really damn complicated'.

As are ponies.

And ogres. Ogres have layers.

Yeah, wet pony may be cute, but.... not as snuggly a dry fluffy pone.

It’s true, she’s not as snuggly when she’s wet as she is when she’s dry.

Still snuggly, though.

At that point in so many things, or just using invented swears from stories. Mostly cause I get in trouble using the real ones everyone understands at work.

I do that sometimes, so I guess it’s probably just use and repetition. I also answer the phone “Ahoy ahoy” nearly all the time.

Ahem... Best Princess would disagree.

Duly noted.

Yay pony blanket! Best bed warmer!

Yes, she is.

Well, she is not wrong about her being better then a dream.

This is also true.

You being cute all the time is also very true.

She can’t help it; it’s just the way she is.

Meghan likely has backup plans upon backup plans for how to get to Pony-Land. Everything from "Ask politely" to "Take over the world and demand it."

Dozens of potential methods, from sensible to crazy . . . yeah, she surely does. There’s a good chance she’s been studying the laws for some of the more crazy ones, like getting a job with customs and then just fleeing into Equestria one day.

Just relax and let slave have fun tending to Mistress Silver. If they get messed up later, just means she can have more fun preening.

More preening solves the problem of out-of-place feathers, and it’s also a good bonding activity, so win/win.

"Who has a horse on the radio?" "Oh, that's just Pegasus 1"

The funny thing is that I’m sure all the normal morning air traffic controllers recognize her voice, so even if she’s not speaking English, they know who it is.

D'awww, pony on playground equipment!!

Good thing she’s unshod. Imagine what Aquamarine’s shoes would do to a slide.

Can't have Plant-Pony come see Sky-Pony without seeing Pony Husbanado.

Well, of course not.

Well... I guess the two shifts could cancel each other out, but would take insane precision that is just a 'non-0' chance.

I’d have to think that with modern measuring equipment, you’d see if that was happening, but I can’t help but wonder if with older, less-precise equipment, you wouldn’t know for sure. Maybe by the light of other nearby things you’d get a decent idea, I dunno.

You know, when she was talking about just going as herself, I made a comment about 'Just stick an ice cream cone on her head and go as a unicorn." and... yup, then came "I can be a pointy-pony!". YAY!

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nom nom nom nom nom pony hay snacking is so cute.

Peggy... what did you DO! You have only yourself to blame for teaching pony she can load the pony death weapon without leaving her room. I miss living close enough to a Chinese place to order it....

Which could very well be why Peggy didn’t mention this to Silver Glow before late October.

Her getting her bible and he fighting gear never gets old. Best church goer ever!

Gives a new meaning to putting on her Sunday best (even though it’s not Sunday)

Smart pone is smarter then so many other that don't get translation errors are a thing.

I’d have to assume that anyone who knows a foreign language is well aware of this.

Some bibles must leave out the "Everyone has their own way of coming to God, don't mess with them" passages.

I don’t think that they do, although I suppose I could get my Catholic Bible and check.

Silver... NO!!!!! Do not invoke the grappling rules! They are such a byzantine mess of confusion and complication! No party ever survives!

Many a bitter argument . . . still, in live-action, it’s probably more practical.

My stage combat/stunt instructor once told a story about how they were playing Lazer tag with some other group, and to get across a hallway, a couple of members basically did that cartwheel while shooting thing that Trinity did in The Matrix. The other group claimed that was unfair; the ref said that since they physically did it, it was fair.

Useful intel, humans will flinch when confronted by pony fangs.

Humans don’t expect ponies to have fangs. And honestly, most of the time when they do bite you, it’s not the fangs you’ve got to worry about, it’s those incisors up front.

Yes no let pony drip on people, only the chosen shall be anointed by the blessed blood of the pony!

Duct Tape.... it fixes EVERYTHING!

Flex Tape fixes Equestria.

MAXIM 50: If it only works in exactly the way the manufacturer intended, it is defective.

Yeah, exactly! Couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve broken the end of my small Snap-On screwdriver using it as a prybar, chisel, or punch (which is specifically says not to on the handle).

They all group up in the morning "Alright, who feels like Mexican and who feels like Chinese?" Figure out who gets to tow what banner for free food.

They totally would, too. And then at the end of the day when they go to return the banners, “You’re not the pony who picked this up this morning.”
“Yes I am. Noms please.”

Yeah, you are going to forget to keep asking about trotting.

Yes, she will.

Notes for future exchange programs, work out bulk haybale deals to distribute to the ponies.

That wouldn’t be that hard to arrange, either.

Pffffft, Caleb really misses having Peggy come by in the morning I bet.

Yeah, you know he does.

Should have worked out a costume that would work with having a little girl riding on her back and matched between the two of them. OH OH! Dress her up to make it look like the girl's wearing one of those fake 'I'm riding a horse' costumes, only to freak people out when the 'fake' horse asks for candy herself.

Or they could be even more meta; Trinity could be riding a fake horse, and Silver Glow could be carrying a fake human.

YAY! Pony cloud playing fun!

Hmmm, yeah.. I don't think I can really 'get tired' of Taco Bell either, they have enough variety.

I can say that I’m old enough now that my digestive system can’t really handle it all that well any more.

Awwww, why someone scared of the pony?

Maybe she’s too epic for him. Or it could be the fangs.

Yes, that bed is claimed by Pony, only Pony may use it. Same goes for any other spot Pony decides is hers. Kitty... I mean Pony has spoken!

This is my nest bed and you can’t have it.

Triple Points are fun!

I don’t know much about them at all. I got a vague understanding while researching this story and then mostly forgot about them again.

Ah, here's where people learn to fear the Pony. But only on Taco Tuesday.

Exactly!

NOOO No feel stupid! You smart pony!

Sometimes, the smart pony is the one who admits her mistake and learns from it.

Yeah, printing outthat long a number is... kind of.. wasteful.

Although paper’s so cheap it’s probably not the worst thing he could have done.

D'awwwww so cute... wanting the computer that figured it out to get credit too.

It really should. It had to crunch a lot of numbers to get that prime.

Pony finds Aliens! Turns out, humans just weren't cute enough to entice them to come visit.

They’d be more motivated by the ponies I bet.

I could see it playing out two ways. One, the most obvious one, is that they’re cute and the aliens want to pet them.

The other--the way that would probably end very badly for the aliens--is that they’re small and probably defenseless, so they’d be easy to conquer.

Well, she's not wrong, Gusty is one of the few ponies you know that clothing would be a good gift for.

She is. Although all ponies are adorable in hoodies.

Also, other note, give pony roommates gas masks for use on said Taco Tuesdays.

“You’ll need this later, trust me.”

Can you imagine what it would have been like if the whole Tornado Team ate Mexican food and then went back to the hotel?

Yeah, not many college kids would like having their parents around.

Yeah, which is why I think it’s kind of a dumb idea to have parents weekend. Although maybe smart to just have it be one weekend in the whole year.

Of course everyone wants to come see the campus pony.

Well, yeah. She’s kind of the main attraction of the campus.

Whoooooooo! Streaking time!

Never a wrong time for that.

Yes, no beer for the freshmen, since you can't drink and drive, so can't play a racing game while drinking. Also the whole, likely well under age thing, but that's likely less a care for them then I've had it beaten into my head thanks to Navy. Underage drinking was pretty much the single biggest cause of demotions and general official punishments during Power School and Prototype. Pretty much like, 3/4 of the prototype class before mine get screwed hard that way, all getting busted down for a graduation party they were holding, everyone that went getting hit for either drinking while underage or supplying to someone underage. (Then you had the one group of idiots in Power School that were so hard up to get drunk, they got caught with a cough syrup distillery in an empty barracks room.)

Man, that seems like the kind of rule that the Navy wouldn’t really enforce, although there are probably very good reasons that they do (I would think that following orders is an important lesson to learn, and also that it wouldn’t do to have some of your watch-standers drunk). I seem to recall that drugs in the Navy were a really big problem back in Vietnam, and were almost completely ignored back then. I’m trying to remember if this was a true story or not, but I read about a Navy ship back in Vietnam that shot another one by mistake because somebody was all messed up on drugs. That might have been a novel, though, and not a true story. I legit can’t remember.

Poor Sean, he gets picked on so much.

He does, but he also gets to date Christine, so it’s probably worth it.

[Raine_Lionheart]

I went out to the boardwalk and called the airplane directors, and the grumpy man said that I could fly, but to stay low until I got to the 131 Highway, and so I took off and flew low to Jeff's house and I landed there long enough to greet Caleb and Lindy and Trinity. Caleb kept looking around for Peggy, but I said that she wasn't with me today, and he was kind of disappointed.

D'aaaaw. Somebody has a crush! I'm sure she'd be flattered/embarrassed.

[Raine_Lionheart]

I hope he was happy there. Maybe he'd gotten tired of Taco Bell, although I didn't think that you could get tired of it.

Trash pony eats trash. Footage at 11.

[Raine_Lionheart]

There are some folks in recovery who believe that even thinking about using us as good as using.

It was kind of lonely in my bed, since Peggy wasn't back, and between that and being eager for tomorrow I had a little trouble falling asleep, and for a long time I just had my eyes closed by my ears were still listening to all the sounds of the dorm.

[Admiral Biscuit]

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D'aaaaw. Somebody has a crush! I'm sure she'd be flattered/embarrassed.

Probably embarrassed, since Caleb is . . . actually, I can’t remember. At best a high schooler.

Trash pony eats trash. Footage at 11.

Ponies love Taco Bell, that’s a proven fact.

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Also, correction made, thank you!

[Herald of Opera]

So I took off again and I stayed low still and flew by Aric's house and looked in his window and he was asleep and if the window had been open I would have crawled in to give him a kiss but it wasn't.

Really, Aric? I know I'd leave my balcony unlocked if I had a flying girlfriend.

Sean said that it would be kind of ironic if that happened, but he said that I should do it anyway.

I feel like it's actually a good test for the system: check the place you know has sapient life to see whether the system even works.

[Raine_Lionheart]

So I took off again and I stayed low still and flew by Aric's house and looked in his window and he was asleep and if the window had been open I would have crawled in to give him a kiss but it wasn't.

Best morning greeting: being kissed by a pegasus who just crawled in your window.

I hope he was happy there. Maybe he'd gotten tired of Taco Bell, although I didn't think that you could get tired of it.

Will someone please get this pony some real Mexican food?

They had tacos for lunch which I think was going to make for interesting classes in the afternoon. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea, but I got two of the crunchy ones and a burrito as well...

BREAKING NEWS: COLLEGE OF KALAMAZOO CAMPUS EVACUATED DUE TO WIDESPREAD GAS LEAK.

I went back to my room and I should probably have read my Bible, 'cause I was getting close to the end. There were a bunch of books still left, but they all must have been pretty short. And next there were two Corinthians.

'Two Corinthians 3:17. That's the whole ballgame, right?' ~some guy

[Admiral Biscuit]

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Really, Aric? I know I'd leave my balcony unlocked if I had a flying girlfriend.

Yeah, he should be smarter about that and leave his window unlocked, maybe even partway open.

I feel like it's actually a good test for the system: check the place you know has sapient life to see whether the system even works.

Oh yeah, it totally is. If SETI found Equestria--or if it didn't--that would tell you something about how it was working, and maybe a better version could be implemented if it doesn't work right.

Or they could find the little data they hadn't thought was significant which showed the pony planet, and see if there were any other blips like that showing up. As I recall, there's a discussion of finding exoplanets in this story where one university did find them, but didn't know that they were planets, since they weren't what they were expecting to find.

[Admiral Biscuit]

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Best morning greeting: being kissed by a pegasus who just crawled in your window.

Still sweaty and ruffled from her morning flight, too. He's a fool for not leaving his window open.

Will someone please get this pony some real Mexican food?

It hasn't got the same America factor. Although I think she would like real Mexican food. We've got an authentic Mexican restaurant run by actual Mexicans near our shop, and it's great. Better food and better prices than Taco Bell.

BREAKING NEWS: COLLEGE OF KALAMAZOO CAMPUS EVACUATED DUE TO WIDESPREAD GAS LEAK.

'Two Corinthians 3:17. That's the whole ballgame, right?' ~some guy

That's a good verse.

Another one that I found recently (because of a shirt someone was wearing on the train) is Esther 4:14.