The other day I was reminiscing about the Thieves' World series and thinking I should go back and read it again and then someone mentions it on the civfanatics forum . . . now I'm definitely going to have to do that. If I can pull myself away from the teachings of Zerthimon, that is ;-)

I consider the series one of my favorites, along with Elric, ( Read more... )

I have fallen behind on my daily readings . . . but I am being happily Tormented along the way. Thanks PaulHope :-)

Commence random countdown . . .

Expect false positives in the war on social phobia.

Drink more beer.

Check the emitters.

There may be a connection here.

Or then again, not.

Ctrl-Alt-Del does Civ.

No, not really . . . only in my latest Civ3 game.

“The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.”

Wow. The power of the mind to rationalize contradiction is . . . "um", amazing.

"Apparently our legislators and law enforcement officials have little time to watch Survivor or Cops. They still ( Read more... )

Cool blogI pulled Tipler off the shelf today (Paul, not Frank) . . . lots of hours and memories there. I was feeling kind of sentimental and then I noticed that I'm missing several texts, most notably those from my Astro and Quantum Mechanics classes. WTF ( Read more... )

The theorists who first created the mathematics that describe the behavior of the recently announced "invisibility cloak" have revealed a new analysis that may extend the current cloak's powers, enabling it to hide even actively radiating objects like a flashlight or cell phone.Right now it is effective for a limited range of wavelengths, but I'm ( Read more... )

Hey, prayer works here. The description of utility within the game was rather metaphoric . . . I laughed ( Read more... )

Nearly 20 years ago, I played my first computer RPG - Ultima IV and was instantly hooked. That was the first time I ever experienced the sense of "being there" like is common with totally becoming immersed in a good book. I was completely captivated by the rpg experience, but it was this particular rpg's central quest that made the experience all ( Read more... )

Civ happens.

Just one more turn . . .

Bah, I was going to post a link to an article about artificial inflation of natural gas prices (big surprise there), but I've lost the link and google isn't helping.

How about something funny instead?