Nice. For a followup, how about Jane Austen’s Kick-Ass?
August, 2010
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Apparently, there is a widespread belief in South Korea that sleeping all night with a fan blowing directly on a person can be fatal. The Wikipedia entry and Snopes.com entry about fan death are fascinating looks at how easily urban legends gain traction even in contemporary, technological societies. No other culture appears to regard its…
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Grapevine Fires makes these excellent Cthulhu hats. They come in several sizes and go for $30.
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For people who want to take their Star Trek cosplaying to the next level, there’s Shirtless Kirk Cologne for Men. Personally I’m holding out for Eau du Tribble.
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Greetings, my friend. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future. Steve Spalding reminds us of just how amazing the age we live in is…
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Skirmish Wars: Advance Tactics is a board game based on the awesome Nintendo turn-based strategy game series, Advance Wars. The game is completely free and rules can be downloaded here. Very cool. .
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Back when I was a kid, we didn’t have these crappy mushy USB keyboards. We had keyboards that took up most of the desktop, weighed 15 pounds and sounded like a dot matrix printer going full bore when you were typing on it. And we liked it! Seriously, I type about 150 WPM and detest…
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Surfing the web a few weeks ago, I ran across this bizarre entry on Glenn Reynolds’ Instapundit blog. Now, personally, I would have thought that Reynolds would be opposed entirely to naming buildings after terrorists, but apparently not so much: HMM: University of Texas regents take KKK organizer’s name off dorm. Does that mean that…
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Phillip Reed recently vented his frustrations at attempting to collect Mattel’s DC Universe Classics line of action figures, I want to love the DC Universe Classics* series of toys, but too many times the frustration of finding a specific figure is just more than I’m willing to deal with so I basically just ignore the…
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And what exactly is the gresat game you will ever play? Nethack if you believe thegreatestgameyouwilleverplay.com Personally, I’d like Nethack a lot more if it had an achievement system, but that’s just me (*ducks*).