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I realize that most of you did not watch Survivor: Samoa. I remain guiltily surprised that I did. However, there's too much to summarize and most of the season is still available for free online if you care to check my references, so I shall proceed as though everybody knows exactly what and who I'm talking about here ( Read more... )

The first five people that respond to this post will get something made by me. It will be about, or tailored to, those first five people who respond.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
+ I make no guarantees that you will like what I make.
+ What I create will be just for you.
+ It'll be done this year.
+ You have no clue what it's ( Read more... )

Cubans, now.... Those guys know how to spin a story!

A Cuban athlete fails to get an extension of an injury time-out, even though all he apparently had to do was stand up and ask for more time. By the rules of the competition, he is disqualified. Naturally, he gives the ref a boot to the head. Here's that video:

Fidel Castro had much to say about ( Read more... )

This pops up pretty frequently, with slight changes to the list to include one "New Classic" each time. Apparently Rowling has made the cut recently. I wonder what book was taken off the list to make room?

"The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed."
1) Look at the list and bold those you have ( Read more... )

For a few years now, I've occasionally joked that soon a manager's approval would be needed to use cash to conduct business. I never thought that would actually happen, but it has ( Read more... )

Now with Muppet Show Goodness!

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Second only to The Hunting of the Snark, of course.

I've read a few reports from a recent SCA event, and was in the process of replying to one when I saw that I was spun off on a rant of my own, which should more appropriately be put in my own collection of digital gripes, bitches, and complaints. The theme of the rant: What happened to the events ( Read more... )

Ran into some trouble today on I-24. Not so much "trouble" as "minivan", actually. No injuries except some rug burn caused by the airbags knocking my hands off the wheel, but the car, she is toast. That was a 98 Cavalier with over 200,000 miles on it. Its predecessor was a 97 Cavalier that barely outlived its warranty before I ran it under a semi. ( Read more... )

As has already been reported by erikthedane, Robert Lynn Asprin died suddenly and unexpectedly in his home Thursday night, apparently of a heart attack while reading a Terry Pratchett book in bed (morbidly, the thought that crossed my mind upon finding that detail was of my last conversation with the Dane. Have I read the killing joke? If Pratchett wrote it, ( Read more... )