…and just before the holiday season wraps up, let me sneak in these two links that I totally should have mentioned before Christmas:
Venture Aid 2006–the cast of The Venture Brothers, a show for which I am so the target audience, doing… well… here’s what they say about it: “This year, Dr. Venture has pulled together [...]
Let’s go out for 2006 on some quotables–things that either amused, or enlightened me in the waning hours of 2006.
“Anyone who gets married is a fool. I can understand why a man would get married. Everybody can use a wife. it’s just that nobody needs a husband. If women are fool enough to get married [...]
My daughter is sleeping in a bed. A real bed, not a crib.
Wow. She’s getting old. That means I’m getting old.
Wow.
Yes, I am being a lazy poster during the intra-holiday week. You can’t complain about the cost, though, can you?
M. John Harrison, one of the authors I hold in particularly high esteem, has a lovely piece up at his site about his writing process. Here’s a little taste:
I don’t have any writing pattern. I hate [...]
Why we love Jon Sung.
I am a failure as a consumer. I live somewhere people would rather have a day off than shop, and even today the only shopping I did was to take some stuff in to get framed at the half price framing sale.
Will points us to the Global Rich List, which helps [...]
It wouldn’t be fair to post about my favourite classic Christmas carol and not mention my favourite modern one.
So, without further ado, I present:
Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin’ by Tinsley Ellis.
(That link is to an Ogg Vorbis file, rather than to the perhaps-more-expected MP3. It will probably just work in your music player of choice, [...]
Just for the record, this is my favourite classic Christmas carol:
Good King Wenceslas looked out on the feast of Stephen,
When the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even;
Brightly shone the moon that night, tho’ the frost was cruel,
[...]
In a little bit of synchronicity, the random Russell quote that popped up just now in the sidebar was this one:
“It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.” –Bertrand [...]
(See also: “Nine Days Of Judgement“. Oh, and “Evil Christmas Carols“, which isn’t all Cthulhu, but just familiar tunes moved into a minor key–it really makes them sound like something from a silent film score during the Snidely Whiplash bit.)
Just an FYI that there will be a definite lull this week. We found out on the weekend that my wife’s mother had passed away–it was not a surprise–and this week is pretty much going to be dedicated to dealing with that, so no time for hobbies like blogging, etc.
I’ll catch back up with all [...]
No, it’s a real thing. No, it’s not “half your age plus seven”. In the course of some research today I ran into this, and thought I’d report on my findings here, since it will amuse some people, and interest some others.
The Drake Equation looks like this:
N = R*fpneflfifcL
I’ll get into what each term means [...]
I love when artists open up about their process and show you various steps along the way to a finished product. I’m also quite the fan of Charles Vess (indeed, I have one of his early pieces hanging in the sitting room).
So, when I see today on Charles’ blog a post with a bunch of [...]
The best news story in the world: Camel crashes party, drinks Guinness.
I like a Swiss Army knife as much as the next guy (although I greatly prefer my Leatherman), but this is a bit ridiculous.
I give money to ORC. You should too (at least the Canadians amongst you should.)
I know what an aglet is. I [...]
Let’s start with a piece in the Guardian:
Last week, defence lawyers acting for José Padilla, a US citizen detained as an “enemy combatant”, released a video showing a mission fraught with deadly risk - taking him to the prison dentist. A group of masked guards in riot gear shackled his legs and hands, blindfolded him [...]
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