Gather round, children, for I have a strange tale to tell ( Read more... )

arrogant_gamer recently posted the following anagram: A REM THING. I'm reasonably certain he did this specifically to vex me. Well I solved it, oh yes, but in the process I wound up with about a half-dozen alternate anagrams. It seemed like a shame to stop there... so I didn't. But by the end I had all these great anagrams just going to waste ( Read more... )

I think we'll aim to start the Superman marathon 'roundabouts 6-6:30 tomorrow night. (Ziggy, you're welcome to join us a bit late if you want... let me know if you need directions.)

So here's the plan:
This Saturday, we get together at my place and have a marathon of all four Superman movies.
Eh? Yes?

I have just been mailed the greatest scam package ever ( Read more... )

I heard the disintegration before I saw it. I turned my head, and my mind made a quick and simple sense of what I saw. Someone had thrown something at the car. It had shattered the windshield. The car had come to a halt. I glanced distractedly at the two small objects left sitting in the middle of the road. Two small thoughts dropped quietly ( Read more... )

Scientists at Manchester University have developed an ink-jet style printer that can "print" human skin to heal injuries.

I would seriously buy these guys a cookie.

It didn't smell like snow, but there it was. Snow is usually a filter that sucks the foulness out of the air, covers up the roughness of the earth; you can smell good snow before you see it. It's like someone snapped a map of the Earth to shake the dust off. But the Earth wasn't hiding today, and the strange olfactory disconnect combined with ( Read more... )

This is your fault.


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Ah, the joys of second-degree burns to the left hand. My index finger got it particularly badly. That's too bad; it's one of my favourite fingers. It's very expressive. Middle finger is a hulking, surly gorilla; he doesn't talk much, and he tends to be rather uncouth when he does. Ring finger is elegant likes to get dressed up, but I'm afraid ( Read more... )