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He Does Have a Point
Scott Adams mentions the new planet that Myst wrote about on his blog, and comments: The scientists named the planet Gliese 581 C, evidently to showcase the reason scientists can’t get laid. Science fiction writers all over the Earth are muttering, “Fuck you very much.” No one is going to buy a book titled “Escape…
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I Can Actually Envision This on HGTV in About 20 Years
The latest Alt-Text column on body modification.(I was going to title this post “Pimp My Body,” then realized that was too close to the actual meaning of the term.)
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You Snooze, You Lose…Really
ThinkGeek, who’s already near the top of my list of companies I’d like to work for someday, has found a novel use for WiFi. Working on the theory that hatred is the best motivator, the SnūzNLūz alarm clock connects via WiFi to your online bank account and donates money to an organization you hate when…
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o/~ Daisy, Daisy… o/~
Encounter at the Intersection of Maudlin and Geek :::giggle:::
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6 Little Words
I think Margaret Atwood should be invited to be an O*W*C’er … From wired.com (Issue 14.11 – November 2006) “We’ll be brief: Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words (“For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”) and is said to have called it his best work. So we asked sci-fi, fantasy, and horror writers…
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Twitter: Offering New Ways to be a Smartass
By now Twitter has filtered through teh intartubes sufficiently that most of us have at least heard of it. For those of you who are thinking, “Hey! She spelled ‘the’ wrong up there!” a quick recap may be in order: Candy bar : fun-size candy bar :: Blogging : TwitterChris Livingstone of Not My Desk…
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March Madness Sweeps Innsmouth
I like Defective Yeti. “WOOHOO, Dagon’s going all the way this year!” exclaimed Barnabas Marsh. “Cthulhu fhtagn, baby!” Others, however, were more skeptical of the hometown hero’s chances. “I dunno,” slurred Zadok Allen, “Shub-Niggurath fieldin a gud team, whut with her thousand young an’ all. We’ll be lucky to mak’it past the Eldritch Eight.” :::giggle:::
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Cartoon Laws of Physics
Any body in motion will tend to remain in motion until solid matter intervenes suddenly. Whether shot from a cannon or in hot pursuit on foot, cartoon characters are so absolute in their momentum that only a telephone pole or an outsize boulder retards their forward motion absolutely. Sir Isaac Newton called this sudden termination…
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Kitten Cannon
Chip always said she liked cats … with mustard. Well, I found kittens that go BOOM! http://www.addictinggames.com/kittencannon.html
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Another One of Those Headlines
Swiss accidentally invade Liechtenstein Interior ministry spokesman Markus Amman said nobody in Liechtenstein had even noticed the soldiers, who were carrying assault rifles but no ammunition. :::giggle:::