Well, it isn't Friday, so I sneak this one in just under the radar of being a creature-of-the-week this time. This should in no way detract from the awesomeness that is the Decorator Crab.

I love these little guys for so many reasons. 1) They're from Australia. Weird, scary, wonderful things come from Australia. 2) They're masters of disguise. 3) ( Read more... )

As nambroth and xkcd tell us, nature is amazing. So in an effort to blog more often, I’ve been meaning for awhile to start a “creature of the week” blog post every Friday. So here we go!

Not only are creatures of all kinds generally amazing, they’re a major source of inspiration for me in both writing and games. Nature is full of fascinating patterns that ( Read more... )

I wasn't actually intending to post tonight, but I received a sign from above. Specifically about six inches over my head and climbing. In the shower ( Read more... )

Frank Sinatra and a crazy dog in the snow.

She makes me cold just watching the video. Hard to be in a bad mood watching something like that, though.

In other crazy links, since my computer is in a slow crash process (you HM guys may get a very unhappy email from me in a moment here)... John Rhys-Davies talks about the "disaster" of making films ( Read more... )

Brought to you by the departments of fascinating and weird, have some animal links...

Genetic engineers in Japan engineer the cat-fear out of mice. I wonder what the auditory equivalent for humans to a lion's roar would be...

And these crazy photoshopped animals come courtesy eamclaren. Many of them really come close to being feasible-seeming creatures ( Read more... )