So Tony Romo injured his throwing hand last week. Which means that the Cowboys will lose this week to the Panthers, and the Packers will win out. The Packers will therefore play every game of the playoffs in Lambeau. The NFC championship game will take place in Lambeau, against the Cowboys, 40 years after the Ice Bowl. This version's result ( Read more... )

I really liked Hugo Chavez. I thought nationalizing the oil industry and giving the profits to the poor was damned good social policy. I was naturally pretty disillusioned when he proposed constitutional amendments to get rid of presidential term limits and put the central bank under his direct control. That shit just ain't cool. Which is why ( Read more... )

I hear a loon. My house is made primarily of brick, and it's about five blocks from the nearest body of water. Yesterday, I saw what was either a hawk or an owl cross University Avenue a block in front of me, flying right around street level. I'm not sure what's happening, but it's Halloween, as far as Madison is concerned, the moon is just past ( Read more... )

So, this is a really well-written article on the fact that George Lucas is making a Star Wars TV series. Y'all should read it ( Read more... )

I was walking to work today when something on the side of the Associated Bank on University and Lake caught my eye. It was a bat. A tiny, sleeping bat clinging to the side of the building at about my eye level. A little higher up was another one. I hate mosquitoes, ergo I love bats, but what the hell are they doing out in the middle of ( Read more... )

Just got back from a week on the road, first in River Falls, then in Bloomington, Minnesota for CONvergence.

I was in River Falls for a fourth of July party at my Uncle's place, and it was, as always, a blast. I love the farm because it's so low-key. Lots of sitting and talking and drinking. Nothing more strenuous than poker and boccie ball, unless ( Read more... )

I saw him today at the Kohl Center. I feel I should Say Something about it ( Read more... )

What Be Your Nerd Type?
Your Result: Literature Nerd

Does sitting by a nice cozy fire, with a cup of hot tea/chocolate, and a book you can read for hours even when your eyes grow red and dry and you look sort of scary sitting there with your insomniac appearance? Then you fit this category perfectly! You love the power of the written word and it's ( Read more... )

Today started kind of shitty for me when I found out that Fortress Games is closing.
Fortress was a huge part of making me who I am from just after it opened. I played my first game of D&D at that store. It's where I first picked up Legend of the Five Rings, a game I still play fanatically to this day. I consider the owner and many of the regulars ( Read more... )

This brightens up an otherwise rather shitty day for me:
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