Archive for November, 2008

Early Star Wars Script: Han Solo Had a Wookie Bride

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

http://io9.com/5095275/meet-the-wife-that-han-solo-never-had Also, he was raised by wookies, maybe thats why he and Chewie had such a strong rapport.

Thoughts on Bond

Monday, November 17th, 2008

So Pat and I were talking on Saturday about Quantum of Solace and the bad reviews it had been getting. Well, John Scalzi posted a mini-review of the movie (which is actually more a review of the reviewers) that is exactly what I was saying to Pat. It's a well ...

What I saw on Craftster

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

I was checking out my favorite knitting board and site and discovered that somone had an awesome Halloween costume. Sadly the girl who posted it wasn't referring to him, but her Katamari outfit... http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=277368.0

BoingBoing Poetry Battle

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/11/we-can-has-games-1.html#comments There is some powerful verse being laid down over there, one bit in particular was particularly delightful... In reference to a recent article about a stupidly high-end watch http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/04/ridiculous-550000-cr.html A pirates of penzance tribute was created... verse after the jump

Great picture

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

This is a great picture. I felt that I should share. Also, the new Wordpress is weird, it seems more complicated to me but I'm sure if I did more than post awesome pictures once a month all these features might be useful. That is all.

Under the cover of the Election, my favorite childhood author passed yesterday

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Rest In Peace: Michael Crichton http://blog.ted.com/2008/11/remembering_mic.php He motivated so many young readers to get interested in Science that was just on the cusp of feasibility. He showed us that nerds were awesome.

This place is awesome.

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Check out the link for Steam Wars - A New Hope. Among others. Holy crap. http://www.sillof.com

Happy Election Day Everyone!

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Vote John McClane http://www.anationforchange.com/main.swf Yippie ki yay, America

Vigilante Idea “The Gotham”

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

In eastern Turkey flows the Batman River, on it's banks sits the City of Batman. "Until the 1950s, Batman was a small village. When oil companies moved in and the city's economy started to grow" discuss

Scientists have discovered a spider in East Africa with a craving for human blood.

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1011_051011_spider_vampire.html Basically the wolf spiders have a strong disposition toward hunting and eating mosquitos which have recently fed on humans. also Russian moth speciation event: Hook and Barbed blood drinking moths