I just want to quickly point out that there is some new stuff happening in the comments to my “Confusing The Art and the Artist” post, the “most linked to” post here so far. In particular, look for the lengthy response from John C. Wright, one of my examples in the post. His response is reasoned, and way more civil… Read more →
Author: Mr. McLaren
I promise to use this power only for good
It’s not quite exactly what I demanded of the universe, but the news that Golden Gryphon will be doing a lovely matched edition of Jeff Ford‘s three Well-Built City books is certainly welcome. New intros, etc. Also this will make it easier to assemble sets for gift-giving purposes. Now, if only the universe would pay closer attention when I specified… Read more →
Darwin wins
Hahahahahahahahahaha… Lioness in zoo kills man who invoked God A man shouting that God would keep him safe was mauled to death by a lioness in Kiev zoo after he crept into the animal’s enclosure, a zoo official said on Monday. “The man shouted ‘God will save me, if he exists’, lowered himself by a rope into the enclosure, took… Read more →
250 million years == “strange aeons”??
When I read today about the discovery of a giant asteroid impact crater in Antarctica my immediate amused thought was that they had discovered the Plateau of Leng. Everybody in the world has read At The Mountain of Madness, right? (If not, what’s your excuse? The story is online. Besides, if you haven’t read it then how are you supposed… Read more →
06-6-6 Poker Variant
Here’s what I came up with for a “crazy game” on tonight’s theme for the poker game. You can download a one-page PDF of these rules as well. The Omen This game is played as 7-card stud, with the following variations: An extra hand is dealt, in addition to all player hands. This is referred to as “Damien’s hand”. (This… Read more →
Poker Of The Beast vs Mysterious Readings
vs. So, you all realize tomorrow is 06-6-6, right? Hence, my normal Tuesday night poker game shall be transformed into the Poker Of The Beast. I’ll have to come up with a new game for the “crazy games” time at the end of the nightWe normally enforce a strict “no goofy games” rule for the first several hours: we normally… Read more →
Tweaking up the blog
The keen-eyed among you (who aren’t reading this in RSS) may have noticed a few tweaks in the blog presentation. I’ve added numbering to the comments, and I’ve written a tiny plugin and made some changes to support distinguishing my comments from the ones the rest of you make. (With the amount of comments I get here this is completely… Read more →
The best news I’ve read all day…
…can be found here. I especially love the “take advantage of [his] position” bit. Heh. Read more →
Comics in Halifax
It’s been a big week in comic book news here in Halifax. First there was last week’s release of the third volume of Scott Pilgrim (by current Halifax resident & HGPA member Bryan Lee O’Malley). This was a big enough deal get coverage in a national paper (see a scan here). If you believe what you read on the Internets:… Read more →
Making zucchini edible.
My wife loves zucchini. I… do not. I no longer even try to agree with her on pizza toppings–who refuses mushrooms and actually wants zucchini??!? However, I have found one way to cook it that makes it palatable for me. Using this recipe will not result in the Vegan Police taking away your powers. Sweet And Sour Zucchini 1 lb.… Read more →
New Danny CD in two weeks!
Hear a sampler here. Sounds like the level of pure goodness I expect from my favourite live performer. It’s things like this that make me wish I still lived in Ontario. You Waterloo, and Toronto, peeps better get out and see this show! June 15 Peterborough, ON June 16 Toronto, ON tickets June 17 Waterloo, ON tickets June 21 Surprise… Read more →
Getting spammed, almost to the DDOS point.
In the last eight hours, there have been 2404 attempts to post spam comments to this blog. Ooops, 2407. The count keeps going up, with between three and ten attempts per minute, sustained over the last eight hours. It looks like they are all generated from the same script, running on several machines. Of course my system, using both Spam… Read more →
Jumped-up desert mythology.
I got a kick out of the “Top Ten Signs You’re a Fundamentalist Christian” list from EvilBible.com. A couple of examples: 9 – You feel insulted and “dehumanized” when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt. 6 – You laugh at Hindu beliefs… Read more →
Things that are pissing me off today
Well, Heather Reisman, the CEO of Canada’s nigh monopolistic corporate bookstore chain is marking up our country with her censor’s marker again. You might remember that in the past she’s banned such things as Mein Kampf (although, amusingly, not the “sequel“), books by famous whack-job David Icke, and gun magazines. None of them things I have any interest in reading,… Read more →
Irish For Awesome.
Heh. Is it wrong to want a pint at 10 minutes before noon on a Monday? (It’s a holiday for the Yanks today, so maybe holiday rules apply to me since I work for an American company? I mean I know I’m working today, but surely they wouldn’t begrudge me a pint? Oh wait: I work at home! Excuse me…) Read more →
