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Hugo Winners...
Serenity took best long form dramatic, and the new Doctor Who two-parter Empty Child/The Doctor Dances took short form. Both deserved it, IMHO. -
Not too much to report...
Spent Saturday NOT fighting Warduke, due to the one time in a thousand (well, technically, one time in 20) that Litano actually managed to make his Will save. The hilarity of Litano "Will Of Beast Boy" Watcheye being the… -
Right! Where Do I Sign?
Small wonder the Empire had no trouble getting people to join up... -
Action Cats!
Stolen from Hippocampus...I'd buy one. I think Cricket would look great as Laser Cat, and Skitter is definitely up for Stegopuss, since he's about as large, and as smart, as a Stegosaurus. -
I Made A Meme!
There's now apparently two memes I can take official credit for.a)Transformers Kibble: http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Kibbleb)"Purple prose rained down like a bad metaphor." -
Darth Cheney
Allegedly, this was played in honor of Dick Cheney's visit to Buckingham Palace... -
Misread Headlines Department
The Actual Headline:"Company to Pay for Election Problems"What I Read:Guess. -
Japan Is Broken, Part III
Remember, once, I warned you about the "Kiss Players" Transformers from Japan, the one's where the Autobots need to smooch prepubescent girls to gain super magic powers? Well, here's a page from a manga from that line. T… -
Mother#%@#^@ snakes in the mother%$%! theatre!
First, people turned "Rocky Horror" into an audience participation event. Now...someone decided to do the same with SoaP. -
9/11 Commission Report as a graphic novel
Being excerpted a chapter at a time, over here.Very nicely done. -
The Return Of The Muse...
At least momentarily. This weekend, I started working on the outline for a large-scale gamebook, something I've been toying with for a while, and tonight, without really trying, I cranked out another thousand words on th… -
Snakes On A Plane
In one of the most amazing pieces of double-blind marketing EVAR, New Line Cinema managed to generate an astounding degree of hype over "Snakes On A Plane". Moviegoers, bouyed by Internet buzz, went to the theatre expect… -
Cats Are Weird, Part II
Cricket is the only cat I know who has a sense of existential, inchoate rage at the universe in general, meaning, he could pass for a Berkeley Peace And Social Justice major. I have seen him, on several occasions, hiss v… -
Fiction Is Harder To Write Than Non-Fiction...
...because fiction must be believable.Take, for example, this true story. Who'd believe it, in a novel? -
It Was, Of Course, Inevitable
Snakes on a Plane, the RPG.In response to other points:a)I used an online Bible. Since computers are the tools of Satan, this allows me to handle a Bible safely.b)I learned it from some "Picture Stories From The Bible" t… -
I Got A Jew Point!
Very rare, as player's in the old Testament (or should be the old Old Testament?) game should know. But I was having a discussion w/Jane, and I commented that Samuel, like Samson, had taken a vow to never cut his hair. S… -
I Have Mastered DnD!
That's "Drag And Drop", not "Dungeons And Dragons". Gods, what a nightmare that was. Turns out I was overcomplicating my code by creating a DragSource and implementing a DragGestureListener, when all I really needed to d… -
Comma Chameleon
Next time some snot nosed punk on the internet tries to tell you that "punctuation doesn't matter" when you take issue with his incomprehensible scrawl, show him this.Or, as Beth once noted:Ephesians 4:28: Let him who st… -
The Gencon Haul
Please note,a lot of this stuff was purchased at EXTREME discount -- 4 bucks for 40 dollar hardcover in mint condition, and the like. OTOH, some of these items were purchased for VERY high prices. Listed in the orde… -
Go Team Halfling!
EDIT:The original image was poorly linked and has thus vanished into the ether. Bugger all.Fate Of The Warduke (this will really only make sense to those in my gaming group...) -
We May Need To Give Jim Davis More Credit...
Check out the official Garfield archives...My interpretation? This was the point at which he totally turned the strip over to his legion of anonymous ghost hacks. The 'real' Garfield, the one he actually created and work… -
Heard In Our House Part II
"We did buy that Ronco Weasel-spleener, didn't we?"I will leave figuring out the context as an exercise for the reader. -
Invasion Of The Small Loud Human
So, we had Number One Daughter, husband, and squalling babe over for a few days, in pursuit of the mythical 'job close to grandma'. Cricket showed remarkably little fear of the beast, even coming up to demand worshipful … -
OK, THIS is Seriously Freaky...
As near as I can ascertain by doing Extensive Research (i.e, checking Wikipedia), this sequence of strips is, indeed, authentic. If this is a hoax, it's a well done and internally consistent one. -
Great Lines Department
Finally got a chance to do a little writing today. I am inordinately proud of this line:"We know what killed him! Monkeys with machineguns!" -
Dear Hippies And Luddites
Click this. -
Department Of The Obvious
Teens Listen To Sexy Music. And then have sex.This study comes to you from the Center For Figuring Out Really Obvious Things. -
I Am Whipped, Part 431
A week or so ago, I noticed the Bug sitting on Jane's monitor, looking upwards longingly. My collection of extreme gaming rarities -- Bunnies &Burrows 1e, Metamorphosis Apha, 'red book' Chivalry and Sorcery -- was si… -
Yes, I'm Alive
Been a very hectic week. Next week will be, too. In other exicting news, Lands Out Of Time is now the sixth-bestselling book on E23! W00t! -
EVE the CCG
So, there's going to be an EVE Online CCG.I can make a few predictions.a)The cards will be darn pretty, but they'll all look alike.b)You will spend a half hour engaging in a setup process which has no mpact on the game.c… -
There Was Supposed To Be An Earth Shattering Kaboom
So I'm back to occasionally playing City of Heroes. Solider1532 (Note. NOT a typo. Yes, it's supposed to be 'soldier'. I typed his name wrong in the character creation screen and now I'm screwed.) and Crimson Render are …
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