This is deeply disturbing.

Joss Whedon explains the future of TV. But the important bit is: Serenity is out on DVD.

I have sixteen books sitting either unread or unfinished on my shelves: four borrowed from Cindi, three purchased for myself before Christmas (two of the three from a local used bookstore), and nine Christmas presents ( Read more... )

For the two of you who will get this: I am back from Hotzelplotz ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas everyone!

Glory to God, and peace to all on earth.

At risk of offending my fellow Christians, I have decided that Happy Holidays is exactly the right phrase for stores to use for those sales and displays they have from Thanksgiving Halloween to New Year's day.

( Here's why )

It's just a shame Dave Barry's not writing, because this would have been a perfect installment of Stuff Guys Do.

In less cheerful news, my car ought to be one of the ones they use here -- stupid thing's in the shop again with a cylinder that isn't firing.

. . .when I walk into a music store for a minor trombone repair, and as long as I'm there pick up music for violin, clarinet, and saxophone, plus a pair of drum sticks and a clarinet swab.

In other news, someone made a robotic snail. The best part of this article is the opening of the second paragraph. "Mechanical molluscs" would be an excellent ( Read more... )

As many are aware, the French government recently announced a raise in its terror alert level from "Run" to "Hide". The normal level is "General Arrogance", and the only two higher levels in France are "Surrender" and "Collaborate". The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France's white flag factory, effectively paralyzing the ( Read more... )

In an article comparing search engines, an MSN executive is quoted as saying the majority of its customers are happy with its homepage.

But earlier on, the article had pointed out that MSN has 5.5% of the market. A majority of 5.5 = @ 3% of the market likes this service. And they consider that decent?