OK, before I get to the review, I need to get a disclaimer out of the way. This is a novel based on the Traveller RPG, written by the game's creator, Marc Miller. It was funded by a Kickstarter, which I backed. And Mr Miller is an online friend of mine. In fact, for a time, The Shop on the Borderlands was the only place outside of the US where you ( Read more... )

A slight change of pace from Song 45. I was a late convert to AC/DC. This is one of their better songs. I wonder how many heavy metal fans have been (consciously or subconsciously) more attracted to fat girls than they otherwise would have been because of this song. AC/DC - clearly a feminist band.

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Actually, if you prefer your AC/DC with a more ( Read more... )

The random number generator known as Bunn has selected this song from my longish shortlist. It's a song she refers to as 'The Combine Harvester Song' for reasons which will become obvious when you listen to it. It's nothing like the Wurzels' combine harvester song though. Who would have guessed that there could be two wholly different songs ( Read more... )

I Am A: True Neutral Human Ranger/Wizard (3rd/2nd Level)

Ability Scores:

Strength-12

Dexterity-14

Constitution-10

Intelligence-17

Wisdom-18

Charisma-14

Alignment:
True Neutral A true neutral character does what seems to be a good idea. He doesn't feel strongly one way or the other when it comes to good vs. evil or law vs. chaos. Most true neutral ( Read more... )

Not that long ago, Manchester United had a wonderful South Korean midfielder called either Park Ji-Sung or Ji-Sung Park. (There seemed to be some confusion over which way round his name was.) He wasn't a superstar (although he's probably Asia's most successful footballer), but Sir Alex Ferguson would often play him in big games to do specific ( Read more... )

"We can all put aside our partisan differences for a moment and agree that this Trump-Clinton “Dirty Dancing” duet is the best thing to come out of the debate."

Don't trust "factcheckers". Maybe it’s just my innate cynicism and a background as a professional sceptic that always makes me doubt someone who claims to be “unbiased” when giving you “the ( Read more... )

This article struck something of a chord. Actually that's an understatement ( Read more... )

Three good things that Obama is doing in his last days as President.

What's the opposite of 'Grimdark' fantasy? Noblebright fantasy.

The Thoughts and Prayers App

A reasonable stab at classifying various types of leftists.

Interesting story about the man who was the janitor at the US Air Force Academy in the 1970s.

Jeremy Paxman reveals that University ( Read more... )

BBC admits Bake Off is catastrophic social experiment

A pretty clever piece of political profiling and surveying from the Social Market Foundation.

Terror attack stopped by heroic activist who established a safe space in local mall.

A blog that examines the use of fonts in science fiction. What a time to be alive.

Labour's new shadow minister for ( Read more... )

How 'Big Sugar' bribed Harvard scientists to demonise fat.

Sending the World's Most Important Graph to the Elephants' Graveyard

Labour 'moderates' were able to infiltrate the far left Momentum group (aka Corbyn's stormtroopers). Here's their leaked report.

The strange story of a dead cockroach  at Texas A&M University.

The winning images from Astronomy ( Read more... )