I am in shock.  Jeanne Robinson, Spider's wife, is fighting severe cancer.  Spider Robinson is the single most important writer to me I've ever read and one of the best people I've ever met.  Jeanne is just as amazing a person.

thegallopingbeaver.blogspot.com/2009/04/shared-pain-is-lessened-shared-joy-is.html

So is it my male chauvinism showing or is it completely ridiculous that they've replaced Christopher Robin with a girl in the new Winnie the Pooh movie?

Anyone looking for a fantasy baseball league?  Mine is in need of managers.  We're on a weekly update schedule (as opposed to daily) to make it easier on people with limited time.

Things my co-workers probably shouldn't find out: I filled out my March Madness Tournament Bracket with a d20.

I treated each school's ranking as its Basketball skill and rolled opposed skill checks.

For someone who doesn't follow college hoops at all, it seemed like a decent way to do it if a bit too geeky for gen-pop teachers.

I knew it!  I fucking knew it!  It's the FUTURE!!  Scientists create laser gun to kill mosquitoes

Pew pew!

(Oh, and I know Jordin Kare, the scientist in the picture.  Hung out and accompanied his guitar on the harmonica in the filk room at the Heinlein Centennial.)

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/07/avon-teams-with-resident-evils-umbrella-corp-for-face-cream/

Watchmen, for me, has always been primarily Alan Moore's The Lady or the Tiger.  The story stops right at the crucial moment to leave you with an unsolvable question; it leaves you with your mind casting circles around itself.  Does she choose the lady or the tiger?  Do you want the item in the basket found or not?  Which is more important to you: ( Read more... )

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix ate my evening.

Dear Pres. Obama,
re: your speech

If you want schools to work better, lower class sizes.  Period.

It will cost money.

Each class up through high school caps at 20.  15, if you really want results.

It's not complicated.  Just expensive.  Hey, you wanted to create jobs, right?

Someone on Lake Washington needs to rent one of these: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4640262/James-Bond-style-jetpack-powered-by-high-pressure-water-invented.html