mostly from my friends list

[clauclauclaudia]

A podcast (Slice of Sci-Fi or one of its brethren) introduced me to Xombie, a continuing flash-animated story set in a world with sentient zombies.

Tom Smith forwards the important question, "How would the Mighty Thor re-interpret contemporary pop hits?" Smite Me, Infant, One More Time

dictionary_wotd entries that I haven't known this year so far: daedal,

Comments

[annathepiper]

Heck, my whole library is things I might theoretically re-read. Otherwise, why own 'em?

Hear hear. The whole idea of having a bunch of books just because they "look good" is astounding to me. The other day I saw someone posting in evident seriousness that they just did not get the point of reading in general, too, which is even more astounding to me.

[clauclauclaudia]

And then you get the decorators who buy books for their pretty leather-bound spines. WhatEVer, dude. Not in my world.

[annathepiper]

Yeah, exactly--the types who buy the books because they 'look good'. And who would pitch a fit if you dared to actually take one off the shelf and, like, y'know, READ IT.

(Man, the sheer idea of curling up in a comfy chair with a pretty leather-bound book and a mug of something hot and tasty at my elbow and a cat in my lap sounds beyond delightful right now... :) )

[fox1013]

Verbal abuse triggers adult anxiety, depression.

Dude, no WAY.

*shock!*

[clauclauclaudia]

*solemn* Well, they might have to do a few more studies to be sure.

[arsmith]

It's the obvious things that most need control groups.

[bikergeek]

I pitched that to Fark with an "Obvious" tag and a "still no cure for cancer" headline. We'll see if they greenlight it. :-)

[emmacrew]

I think it's sort of funny that doll boobie dude thought he had to pain tthe nipples and add pubic hair for the sake of authenticity, but apparently has no qualms whatsoever about using scary day-glo hula skirt bits for the clothing.

[clauclauclaudia]

It could just be that the nipple-less boobies look really silly to him--even more so than day-glo fabric. They do to me!

[emmacrew]

Agreed, but his pubic hair mods are kind of... peculiar.