This was too good not to share:

http://www.neatorama.com/2013/02/22/Medieval-Manuscript-Peed-on-by-a-Cat/#!kynL9

In case there's confusion, this is a medieval scribe complaining about a cat pissing on his manuscript as he was writing it, not a modern-day cat pissing on a medieval manuscript. Although I wouldn't be surprised if that has happened,

You've probably already heard about the White House Death Star petition, and the amazingly geeky official smackdown it received. But I'm posting a link to this story about it anyway, and you should check it out ( Read more... )

Particularly if the year is somewhere between 1600 and 1750:

http://community.livejournal.com/fanficrants/8671796.html

I wonder if this is somehow related to the spate of badfic in which time is measured in minuets instead of minutes...

Happy birthday to the United States of America! And for the first time since I bought it back in...03? 04? I can't remember...I have not felt the need to wear my American Traveler's Apology Shirt, because we no longer have an idiot for a president.

Just for fun, to celebrate, here's a bit of US history whimsy: Stan from American Dad! explains the ( Read more... )

Gaming/metagaming weekend is cancelled due to an extremely sick jetshade.

So, to cheer all of us up, and especially jetshade, here is Star Wars explained by someone who hasn't seen it.

Enjoy!

Oh, and happy belated birthday to shadowflyer. The birthdays just come thick and fast this time of year, don't they?

I laughed my ass off at these -- and I never even PLAYED Magic!

This one will really only be funny to people in talandra's SF game, but I figured they'd get a chuckle out of it ( Read more... )

Just an amusing moment, courtesy of Scary Cakes and Temple of Doom.

I noticed my coworker J. looking at pictures of unusual wedding cakes (her sideline business is wedding photography, so that's not surprising), so I sent her the link to this site which I found courtesy of racerexmachinaHence the following ( Read more... )

Here's something I found whilst trying to distract myself from thoughts of death and taxes (which I may post later):

Remember to keep your sense of humor intact while reading this!

Personally, I don't think this is limited to Star Wars fans, but may well be something endemic to F/SF fandom in general. Heck, maybe just plain fandom in general!

"Playing live always feels to me a little bit like getting naked in front of a crow..." [emphasis mine]

This was in a pullquote, no less. It's the little things that make freelancing so much fun.