concerning hobbits and movies has officially been confirmed:
"Guillermo del Toro has been named as the director of the film version of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit and its proposed sequel."

This displeases me. Now I like The Lord of the Rings trilogy. I like Peter Jackson and associates. I like Guillermo del Toro too ( Read more... )

"A 15-year-old boy kicked and stamped to death a woman because she was dressed as a Goth, a court heard."

Absolutely sickening. May the perpetrators receive the justice of law with all haste.

At long last, someone finally made a website for me. I give you... Planet Unicorn!.

Live Action Role-Playing (LARP) Masquerade Ball using the Mind's Eye Theatre system. The LARP uses the Changeling: The Lost setting by White Wolf Publishing, and is hosted by SoulCages: The Essex LARP.

The Masquerade Ball will be held Saturday, January 12th 2008 in Essex Junction, Vermont.Don't worry if you have little or no gaming experience! ( Read more... )

I love short, stout men with hairy feet; especially when one comes right after the other.

A study was recently published entitled "Neurocognitive correlates of liberalism and conservatism" was recently published by doctors David M. Amodio, John T. Jost, Sarah L. Master & Cindy M. Yee. The paper was featured in Nature: Neuroscience. For those that may be unfamiliar with it, Nature is one of the most prestigious and respected journals ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: The following is an obscure SoulCages: The Essex LARP reference.

"Halt citizen! This is a restricted area. Cease and desist immediately."

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"It is the size of a dog but his head is like a monkey!"The single greatest line of this article comes from UK military spokesman Major Mike Shearer: "We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area ( Read more... )

Kijiji has recently gone live in the United States, including a site for Burlington, VT.

However, you could always continue to rock it old school.