(If this sems a little disjointed, it's because I made the mistake of trying to do something at work, and this took me the better part of two hours to write.  No, really.)

I'm a big fan of Electro/Futurepop music as a genre, and of the band VNV Nation in particular.  They just released a new album, Of Faith Power and Glory, which I just picked up at ( Read more... )

You ever get a Hate Headache? And the muscles around my eyes won't stop twitching from stress. My blood pressure is up noticeably at my last doctor visit.

But I should count my blessings I'm still working, right? :P

I'm sure many of you read XKCD regularly, but I had to share the pain with this one:


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No, seriously. WTF?

(Yes, I know it's a preview for a Wii game, Muscle March. Still.)

Now that I have a little more free time, I started getting the ol' MMO itch again.  I re-upped my CoH subscription, but CoH hasn't been doing much for me.  So, I finally picked up the LotRO Moria Collector's Edition that had been gathering dust on my shelf at the local game store since it was only $30, the same price as the regular edition.

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Some of you may have seen this on Cute Overload already*, but I'm going to repost anyway.

I think we have discovered the mathematical perfecion of cuteness: A calico forcibly grooming a fennec fox.

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*What? Shut up! I get really stressed out at work sometimes!

Detritus from the blogosphere hits the very essence of truth:

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to ( Read more... )

Some of you may very well have seen this on Digg or elsewhere, but I haven't caught it going around until tonight. This video is a 10-minute overview of the lending practices that exploded into the credit crisis. It glosses over a few bits, but is an excellent primer. Even if you're familiar with the information (or don't care, the graphic ( Read more... )

As per title: best cosplay ever. Remember this next time you think about going to a con, nephilimnexus .  :D


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As a follow-up to my Jan 13th entry, I have come across this:


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