Year 2005

Chuckle For The Day

I’ve always thought that romance novel covers offer an frightening intriguing view into the bizarre notions that publishing companies hold regarding what attracts female readers. Were I a female, I do believe I’d be downright offended at the vast majority…

WordPress, Incorporated

Exciting news on the WordPress front: Not only has version 1.5 surpassed 100,000 downloads, but, apparently, WordPress, Inc. has officially been formed. Let’s just hope that they don’t go the Six Apart direction and suddenly find the need to close…

Congratulations Are In Order

Mike Krahulik, otherwise known as “Gabe” of Penny Arcade has been comissioned by science fiction author John Scalzi to create the cover art for Scalzi’s upcoming book Agent to the Stars. The book itself sounds intriguing, at least inasmuch as…

“If”

Sharp Knife has a very moving post on the Terri Schiavo case. I quote it here in full: If If Terry [sic] Schiavo had only starred in “Superwoman”, we’d find a way not to kill her. If she were a…

Billy Bob And T-Bone’s Excellent Adventure

-or- Wait a second, Doc, you’re telling me you made a time machine…out of an El Camino? “I have only done this once before”? Somebody’s been hitting the homemade moonshine a bit heavily as of late, methinks.

They’re Baaaaaack!

Remember the burkha-clad Iranian policewomen? LGF has a video of the graduation ceremonies, courtesy of MEMRI TV. It features such memorable moments as: A group kung fu demonstration. Cadets rappelling down the side of a building. Cadets leaning out of…