Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy dies at 83.

I never watched Star Trek when I was younger, nor did I really watch it when I got older. I've seen a few of the movies (I, IV, and whatever Nemesis was), a few scattered episodes here and there, and part of the first season of Enterprise back in university before we just mutually decided it wasn't worth ( Read more... )

A week or so ago, I was bored at work and checked in at The Night Land, and I saw a link there to the Night Land blog, which had been updated since in the months since the last time I visited. Curious, I clicked on it, and the first article I saw was this oneI didn't know Andy Robertson at all. I never spoke with him nor interacted with him in any ( Read more... )

How are those concepts connected? Well, I'll explain ( Read more... )

Well, okay, I might have just been injured instead ( Read more... )

I could have gone my whole life without learning the Japanese for "to be buried alive."

Abby--our oldest sheltie. She was three months shy of 17. She'd been having kidney problems, bladder problems, stomach problems, mouth problems, and all kinds of other problems for over a year, so it's a not a surprise. And I'm really not a pet person, so I didn't even really like her...but I still got a bit teary eyed when I got the news ( Read more... )

RIP E. Gary Gygax.

I no longer play D&D, or particularly like class/level based systems, but D&D is one of the main reasons there even is a role-playing hobby, so indirectly, I have Mr. Gygax to thank for all the hours of fun I've gotten so far pretending to be an elf/embodiment of reality/vampire/whatever ( Read more... )

...in his sleep. Medically, anyway. He was long past the point where he forgot who I was ( Read more... )

When the newsroom is full of activity, it's almost always bad newsWe have several TVs. They're usually off--after all, on a normal day the wire provides us with updates--but they get turned on for two things that I've seen before. Tragedies, and sporting events. I could probably write an entire essay just about that, but not now ( Read more... )

It is a sad day for crocodile enthusiasts everywhere.

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