Saturday, May 30, 2009

I Keep Saying It

John Scalzi is an EVIL MAN!

For the record my entries were:

Serious:

By Cathedral Bound

Funny:

I’m Tired Of These M*****-F****** Chains On This M*****-F****** Slave!

Friday, May 29, 2009

New Doctor Who Companion

Her name's Karen Gillan. She looks a little young, but then, so does the new Doctor. I guess we'll just wait and see, I suppose. She's cute, though. And she's been on the show once already, as a Seer in "The Fires of Pompeii". Click the pic for the BBC article.






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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

I Wish I Thought Like This

Truly I do. This man may be a genius.

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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Geology = Extreme Science

Kim Hannula is just awesome.

Saturday, May 09, 2009

Why You Should Listen To Your Elders

They have lived long enough to meet EVERYONE, and work with most of them. In reading that article, I'm struck by one thing. Isaac Asimov looked cooler the older he got. Weird.

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Halloween Never Stops

At least, in my head it doesn't. You never know when you're going to run across something really awesome that will be useful for that next scare-the-bejeezus-out-of-the-neighbors project you've got cooking in the back of your head.

Here's an awesome example:

How To Make Entrails

Mary Robinette Kowal is (unfortunately, apparently) not an author I've read much of, but anyone with a short story named "Evil Robot Monkey" has got to have some cool ideas.

Hat tip to John Scalzi

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Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Oh, My Freakin' Onion!

Seriously, ROFL.


Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As 'Fun, Watchable'

Hat tip to Phil Plait (of course).

Friday, May 01, 2009

Praise Be To Thor!

I thought I was the only person who had conversations like this with my friends.

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"Loyalty to petrified opinion never broke a chain or freed a human soul..." -- Mark Twain

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Fire does not wait for the sun to be hot,

Nor the wind for the moon, to be cool.

-- the Zenrin Kushu