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Of Super Powers and Night Terrors

I was trapped in some kind of high-rise dormitory with my old college friends. We had heard, and were somehow convinced that it was true, that there was some kind of mystical/scientific source of super powers on the top floor of our prison/dorm. We had devised that the only way to get up through the intervening floors was to go through the closets. Every floor is identical to every other...

Feb 28th

“That’s why I said I relate I said we relate It’s so fun to relate”

– Silversun Pickups - “Lazy Eye”

Feb 28th

“A googol is precisely as far from infinity as is the number one.”

– Carl Sagan (via cookedwood)

Feb 28th

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Feb 28th

Are Video Games Teaching Kids The Skills They Need... →

Feb 28th

[audio] Muppeteer's Right Hand In Critical... →

Feb 28th

Slow motion video of grid of magnets lining up... →

Feb 28th

Penny Arcade! - The Whedonite's Dilemma →

Yet again, Tycho perfectly sums up my opinion about something - in this case, the new pile of shit squirted out by Joss Whedon, Dollhouse.

Feb 28th

World-Building and the "Yes, And"

My own writing lately has been a broad adventure story, hopefully of novel length and hopefully better than some of the junk I’ve been writing lately. Part of the process of writing a science fiction or fantasy story of any kind is to do what’s called world-building. For some people, it’s the most fun part of writing and it’s all they ever really do - these people often...

Feb 27th

Feb 26th

Star Review: The Camel's Back by Psapp

The Camel’s Back: ✭✭✭✭ • Fickle Ghost: ✭✭✭ • • Fix It: ✭✭✭✭ • Homicide: ✭✭ • • • Marshrat: ✭✭✭✭✭ Mister Ant: ✭✭✭✭ • The Monster Song: ✭✭✭✭ • Parker: ✭✭✭✭ • Screws: ✭✭✭ • • Somewhere There is a Record of Our Actions: ✭✭✭ • • The Camel’s Back: ✭✭✭ • • I Want That: ✭✭✭✭ • Part Like Waves: ✭✭✭✭✭ (ratings are based on the author’s iTunes/iPhone ratings, recorded at time...

Feb 26th