A recent issue of Archaeology magazine (November/December 2008) had a fascinating article called “The Gladiator Diet: How to eat, exercise, and die a violent death.”

The world’s only known gladiator graveyard has turned up at Ephesus in Turkey. Analysis of the bones reveals that Roman gladiators ate an almost exclusively vegetarian diet. Why? ( Read more... )

Last night the Seattle Supersonics, better known as the Sonics, played their first game of the new NBA season as the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Sonics.

Thunder.

Gah! We already presaged this conversion in 4e by changing sonic damage to thunder damage.

I hope it wasn’t sympathetic magic.