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Silent Night
This is a fairly old ad for DirecTV that’s made the rounds before, but it’s worth posting anyway.
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There’s a “Dark Lord” Joke in Here Somewhere
The New England Brewing Company recently reported to Beernews.org that it’s about to ship its Imperial Stout Trooper stout in 750-ml bottles. Shipments will go to CT, MA, RI, NY, and FL, and will be available some time around 12/21. The beer has actually been available seasonally since 2006, although in a 2007 interview the…
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Parenting for Geeks
Parenting blogs are thick on the ground, but we geeks who have spawned sometimes feel a little left out. Here’s a roundup of sites aimed at the science-and-technology-obsessed parent. Geek Parenting – “A blog for pop culture junkies who have spawned, yet refuse to give up their geeky obsessions.” Mommy Bytes – The blog of…
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I Have a Business Installing Styrofoam Nuns
Day Job Orchestra (a prog-rock band who makes silly videos on the side) took scenes from ST:TNG and dubbed in random sentences that match the movement of the actors’ mouths. Now I want apple juice.
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December Belongs to Cthulhu
The Tor.com blog is devoting the month to all things Cthulhu, including gift suggestions for the Lovecraft aficionado, the “show us your tentacles” art meme, and poems like The Other Other Gods. There’s Pam, whose gums stink of the sea And Stephanie the bloated sun And Omar, called the Goat and Wheel And what’s-her-name, the…
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In the Core Marvel Universe….
ComicsAlliance recently reviewed The Punisher #11, in which The Punisher suffers a messy death and is subsequently turned into FrankCastleStein. A reader replied that this concept was rather too ridiculous for “the core Marvel Universe.” Chris Sims (who also writes the wonderful Chris’s Invincible Super-Blog) responded by listing some of the other things that have…
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Win a Tuckerization
Tuckerization is the act of placing a real person’s name in a work of fiction. Several authors are currently auctioning off the privilege of being tuckerized in support of the Trans Atlantic Fan Fund. The authors involved in the auction are: Elizabeth Bear David Brin Julie Czerneda Cory Doctorow Nalo Hopkinson Mary Robinette Kowal Charles…
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I Couldn’t Agree More
The You AUGHT to Remember blog has published a cease and desist letter addressed to George Lucas, with demands that he stop destroying his legacy by sucking so egregiously. Dear Mr. Lucas: It has come to our attention that your actions over the past decade in the production of the films Star Wars Episode 2:…
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Nooooooooooo….
Recently in Toronto, Stephen King did an on-stage interview with director David Cronenberg. He gave a short reading from his new novel Under the Dome, related amusing anecdotes…and then announced that he was thinking about a sequel to The Shining. He observed that even though things worked out okay in the original novel, Danny Torrance’s…
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Every Day Carry Choices for SF/F Fans
The CandlePowerForums members are having a long discussion about the everyday tools they’d carry around if they had access to any SF/F technology they wanted. Here’s one list: Pocket knife: Lightsaber, from Star Wars. Blue blade. Doubles as a torch. Firearm: DL-44 heavy blaster pistol, from Star Wars. Self-Defense: Ancient Personal Shield, from Stargate Atlantis.…