From the mighty Wikipedia, in the article on Henry VIII:

Technically, Henry was married only twice. Four of his marriages were annulled, which technically means they never happened at all.

In other words, four of his marriages were retconned out of existence, like the original Supergirl ( Read more... )

Re. today's xkcd comic:

Hell yeah. Duct tape of the Internet, baby, and don't you forget it.

See also In the Beginning Was the Command Line.

The two or three of you who don't already read xkcd may like this:

http://syndicated.livejournal.com/xkcd_rss/49065.html?view=1775529#t1775529

I do like cambler's comment (currently third from the top).

You are all hereby instructed to go and see V for Vendetta, which I went to see last night on the spur of the moment with wormwood_pearl. Given the usual standard of adaptations of Alan Moore comics I was expecting a disappointment, but it's actually really good. Not perfectly faithful to the book, of course - they've simplified the plot a fair bit, changed a ( Read more... )