Friday, December 31, 2010

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Monday, December 13, 2010

Has a "Scottish Dagger" feel to it.

What we are missing out on with our lack of British citizenship:



Via Tor via Boing Boing.

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In Sauron We Trust

Also in Tolkien-related pop-culture:


Via Boing Boing.

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A deviation from cannon

The DM of the Rings comic had been pretty much a retelling of the Lord of the Rings as if a D&D adventure with the PCs grumbling as they were railroaded through the plot of the books. At this point though the train jumped the track.

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Parenting Taboos

Summary of the Ted Talk (scroll down to the section by Rufus Griscom and Alisa Volkman)

Don't think we really felt taboo number 1 to be the case. Though number 2 is pretty familiar.

Pursuing your (bad) dreams