Many adventures were shared by myself and Ryn on the 4th of July, and the one that I am going to talk about today is the accidental formation of a new national sport: Duckball.

Duckball has a long and rich history that spans all the way back until about 5:00 PM on Wednesday, when we went to Baker's Park and saw the Duck Swarm. We sat and watched for ( Read more... )

Here is a great story about how a container of rubber ducks fell off of a chinese ship 15 years ago, and the ducks all escaped. Since then they have provided an invaluable tool for scientists studying ocean currents. It's rather amazing that they are reaching the end of their journey, with many having traveled from the Pacific ocean all the way to ( Read more... )

Here is your reading for this evening.

My favorite part is when the journalist is talking about possible causes, and gets this: "Some scientists believe the fish use it as a form of communication, others think it is aimed at flushing the gills. Some theorise that sturgeon leap simply because they can."

I'd like to discuss option number three today. ( Read more... )

Alright, so look at this. I'm not confident in my own ability to summarize this article in a clear and unbiased fashion, so it is left up to the reader as an exercise.

People are turning in all kinds of great stuff for the Capsize campaign, which is always awesome. More involved is more interesting. We've got pictures, write-ups and more, all posted ( Read more... )

This is the episode guide to the campaign I designed and hosted this weekend. I finally decided to name the campaign Capsize. Note that the Prelude episode 0 actually occurred on PlayByWeb in the week before the game, and both episodes 1 and 2 happened on Saturday. The cast descriptions are written based on how I saw the characters act, and will ( Read more... )

So here's a trick question everyone has heard before, and I'd consider it a favor if you formulate an answer before reading the rest of my post: Which is heaver, a ton of feathers or a ton of gold?

Generally if a person is responding without thinking, they'll say a ton of gold. If you actually think about it for a second or two, you'll realize that ( Read more... )

A lot of crazy stuff has been going on lately. I'm running a D&D game for the first time this saturday, so that's something. I'm not generally a very social person and so this is a little out of character for me. I have been trying to keep the group size to a minimum until I get used to DMing. Unfortunately, that means that when Sharon called us ( Read more... )

To: NanaCats Employees ( Read more... )

First I want to show you a picture I via e-mail from the creator of one of my favorite webcomics:

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Two things tonight: First, a very promising announcement about alternative fuel sources. A research team in the U.S. just completed developing sugar-to-hydrogen technology. This is similar to the technology you might have heard about involving cane sugars and other foods being converted into alcohol or gasoline, except without the conversion part. ( Read more... )