I come bearing completely random links! The only thing they all have in common is the fact that they all made me go "coooool!" when I stumbled upon them. Oh, and they all involve pictures of things. Yes. This is a very coherent list of links, indeed!

The One Day Poem Pavilion by Jiyeon Song is a construction composed of a bunch of panels ( Read more... )

1. My car works! I forgot to give this fact the glee it was due because it was somewhat overshadowed by OMG SURPRISE RADIO! But having a car that works is nevertheless awesome ( Read more... )

CA company to offer rides on zeppelin airship.Zeppelin ride!! Over San Fransisco and Napa/Sonoma!! That is so awesome that I don't even care that saying "zeppelin airship" is kind of redundant!!! ZEPPELIN!! Ride! In Zeppelin!! Zeppelin rides!! OMG ( Read more... )

So I'm keeping up with the friendslist but haven't really been posting much the past few days because I'm monster-hunting in Whiskey Lake, Maine. Don't worry, I'm staying away from clowns and storm drains, though I can make no promises about unusual birds. The town's nice, and it looks like the hunt will be on for another few days, at least, so ( Read more... )

Some thinky linkage to start your morning off right:

SF Signal's most recent Mind Meld asks the question "Is Science Fiction Antithetical to Religion?"

Various sci-fi authors weigh in with their answers, including our own johncwright (whom I must thank for the link). Lots of chewy goodness to be had, go and sink your teeth in.

I am not at all sure how I feel about thisBecause on one hand, I am on record as being thoroughly opposed to "niche" Bible translations, especially ones that go beyond having hip cover art and actually contain hip verbiage, too. I can't see what's so wrong with the KJV and the NAS (and, if you really must, the NIV, though I don't see why you'd want ( Read more... )

abyssinia4077 is hosting LeapGate, a Stargate(s) comment ficathon for the purpose of adding some awesome to the month of February. Click here for details and to submit prompts of all shapes and sizes! (And to shake your head at my folly for thinking that anyone will actually write me anything for this prompt. I know, I know, it's never going to happen. Let a ( Read more... )

The only thing that could possibly make this image more awesome is some Stargate.

It has BSG, Doctor Who, Galaxy Quest, Treasure Planet and a bazillion other representatives of all that is excellent in skiffy entertainment, though, so I'll give it a break.

Dude, you guys, how is it that no one ever told me about the existence of flowering teas? *stares in awe*

Seriously, check this out: these tea balls are sewn together in such a way that when they're placed in hot water, they "bloom" into various lovely flower shapes. What could possibly be cooler than this?

This site has pretty, pretty pictures, ( Read more... )

1. Shiny: Mr. Bill and our bookstore-owning friend went to Quartzite last week and brought me back geodes (I collect them in an occasional, desultory sort of way). We broke/cut them open this weekend (fun with hammers! chisels! wet saws! whee!). They are all very pretty, but my favorite is the first one we opened, which turned out to have a heart- ( Read more... )