Since I haven't even logged in at least a forever and a half, I did the only logical thing and signed up for Facebook, too.

ONLY. LOGICAL. THING.

I'm going on Saturday, and I don't want to miss the Star Wars presentation at 4pm.

That is all.

Woo.  Laptop arrived Wednesday, didn't turn it on until Thursday morning.  (There's a lot to do to break in a new comp- all those programs you use, all those logins and passwords ( Read more... )

(Also crossmailed to List ( Read more... )

So I'm sure everyone's seen webads for a certain free online game, with the ads heavily implying sexiness, despite the game itself being, well, not that at all.

Here's the breakdown.  Fairly logical-- and misleading-- progression, until the end, when the situation just escalates insanely and obviously.

Yes, sex sells, but blatant lying is usually ( Read more... )

You may ask yourself, "Is this real? This can't be real.  Is it?"    But it is. It's real and it's awesome.

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(Seriously, if you haven't seen this yet, you need to. And if you have, then why haven't you told me about it? Jerk.)

A whole day dedicated to fireworks, eating burgers, defeating a tyrannical empire, and our general awesomeness.

And, of course, it brings to mind one of my favorite Issac Asimov columns-- from March, 1991, on the Star Spangled Banner.  (I could've done with a little more background on the War of 1812, with the British impressment of American sailors ( Read more... )

So that gives me an excuse to post the finest music to come out of Canada since Shatner.

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(Hey, it was either that or MST3K's Canada Song.) Happy Canada Day, Canadians.

There's a sort of big event at the airport tomorrow, with its very own confidentiality agreement ( Read more... )

Man, the Revenge of the Fallen toys are great.  So far, I've just picked up Legends, Scouts, and Deluxes, because even I have my limits ( Read more... )