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  • In their writings, they perform the theological equivalent of a tesser, a wrinkle in time, and end with the realization that the shortest distance between two points of understanding is not necessarily a straight line.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Kat Howard 2009

  • In their writings, they perform the theological equivalent of a tesser, a wrinkle in time, and end with the realization that the shortest distance between two points of understanding is not necessarily a straight line.

    You can call me... The Doctor Kat Howard 2009

  • Reply i'd seen a few of the fake tesser ads on hbo, just really great viral marketing, still not as good as the tenga toppa gurren lagann meme that poped up a few months ago on 4chan all i'll say is this lord viral marketing just bloody great marketing.

    Those clever marketing folks. - Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games 2008

  • Madeline L'Engle wrote in A Wrinkle In Time about tessering - the ability to wrinkle time and space so you can instantly be somewhere else is this what happened to Philip when he "appeared at Azotus"? and I have always wanted to be able to tesser - at least once - but I'm realizing now that I tend to want that in my spiritual life as well, and am not content to just wait.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Happy 2007

  • Madeline L'Engle wrote in A Wrinkle In Time about tessering - the ability to wrinkle time and space so you can instantly be somewhere else is this what happened to Philip when he "appeared at Azotus"? and I have always wanted to be able to tesser - at least once - but I'm realizing now that I tend to want that in my spiritual life as well, and am not content to just wait.

    Thoughts on Growing Up Happy 2007

  • anyway, i suspect that Madeleine would agree with you. yay, i've learned to tesser... who knew?

    Spinning Happy 2008

  • 'That tesser-act circuit looks like a good copy of the working model we put together in the lab. "

    Starchild Omnibus Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack 1963

  • "We made a nice, tidy little time tesser, and unless something goes terribly wrong well have you back about five minutes before you left, so there'll be time to spare and nobody'll ever need to know you were gone at all, though of course you'll be telling your mother, dear lamb that she is.

    A Wrinkle in Time L'Engle, Madeleine 1962

  • "We made a nice, tidy little time tesser, and unless something goes terribly wrong well have you back about five minutes before you left, so there'll be time to spare and nobody'll ever need to know you were gone at all, though of course you'll be telling your mother, dear lamb that she is.

    A Wrinkle in Time L'Engle, Madelein 1962

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