Towel Day Meme explained: How to participate in May 25th Douglas Adams tribute!
25th May marks ‘Towel Day’ – a tribute to the late author, Douglas Adams.
Each year, the internet is quick to spew out memes to commemorate the occasion.
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It s Towel Day.
Suspect we could all do with 42 thoughts from our funny, clever and inspiring friend Douglas Adams.https://t.co/g5tifi3fj5 BBC Radio 4 (@BBCRadio4) May 25, 2021
What is Towel Day?
Towel Day is an annual event, always occurring on 25th May, to celebrate the life and work of Douglas Adams.
In this bi-weekly series reviewing classic science fiction and fantasy books, Alan Brown looks at the front lines and frontiers of the field; books about soldiers and spacers, scientists and engineers, explorers and adventurers. Stories full of what Shakespeare used to refer to as “alarums and excursions”: battles, chases, clashes, and the stuff of excitement.
Adventure is often presented as serious business, but also benefits from being treated with a light touch. Humor can go a long way toward adding spice to any narrative. And when humor becomes the main dish, it can be a joy to behold. A perfect example is Douglas Adams’
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Solving the mystery of the Appalachian hiker Mostly Harmless
It s believed he started walking the Appalachian Trail sometime around April of 2017. From a state park in New York, he hiked south and, about a thousand miles and 10 months later, crossed into Florida. I saw a man walking on the side of the road, said Kelly Fairbanks, a so-called trail angel offering help to weary hikers. The thing that stood out to me first was his beard. Also, his trekking poles. His trekking poles let me know that he was a hiker.
Nicholas Thompson, of the Atlantic Magazine, asked, Why did he make an impression on you?
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Sometimes the most alluring stories we tell are the ones with the details left out. Objects and faces can be prettier in the half light. We see a faint shape and we add the lines and shadows we want. We hear one part of a story and add another part that we hope might be true.
I first learned of the man called Mostly Harmless this past August. A WIRED reader sent a note to my tip line: The body of a hiker had been found in a tent in Florida in the summer of 2018, but scores of amateur detectives, and a few professional ones too, couldnât figure out who he was. Everyone knew that he had started walking south on the Appalachian Trail from New York a year and a half before. He met hundreds of people on the trail, and seemed to charm them all. He told people he was from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and that he worked in tech in New York. They all knew his trail name, but no one could figure out his real one.