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Today's Dilbert
Feb. 1st, 2008 08:09 am
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Feb. 1st, 2008
Yeah, I've got me a new userpic.
Just finished Heroes in Training, an anthology that concludes with a new Peter David Apropos of Nothing story.
It contains a sentence beginning with:
As King of Ahl-Meedya, I was stern. . .
That may be the most groan-worthy pun I've encountered in ages.
(And yes, I recommend the story and the anthology. There are a few clunkers, but there's enough good stuff there to make up for it.)
It contains a sentence beginning with:
As King of Ahl-Meedya, I was stern. . .
That may be the most groan-worthy pun I've encountered in ages.
(And yes, I recommend the story and the anthology. There are a few clunkers, but there's enough good stuff there to make up for it.)
Amazon's got a bunch of deals, mostly to secure the Valentine's Day market:
The video game Deal of the Day is Halo 3: Legendary Edition for $59.99 (54% off).
Everything else is in the DVD section:
Gilmore Girls is on sale at $19.99 a season (except for Season 2, which is $25.49), 58-67% off.
Veronica Mars is on sale for $16.99-$19.99 a season (67-72% off).
There's the I'm in the Mood for Love sale, with up to 57% off 90 movies, including Sleepless in Seattle, The Princess Bride, 50 First Dates, Mannequin, Down With Love (yay!), and Say Anything (double yay!).
Then there's the Valentine's Movies for Everyone sale, which has deals up to 57% off (even though the page claims only 35% off) on movies from a bunch of categories. There's overlap with the other sale, but there are also movies here like Lust, Caution, Persuasion, Closer, Cruel Intentions, a bunch of HD/Blu-Ray flicks, The Evil Dead, Hellraiser, and the Mario Bava sets. These last ones, in my opinion, are the epitome of romance. Note that there are some non-sale movies mixed in ($1 off Some Kind of Wonderful and Pretty in Pink, for example), but there's lots of good stuff here.
Finally, Amazon noticed that there's other stuff happening in February, and has a Black History Month DVD sale, with 40-47% off movies like Jo Jo Dancer: Your Life is Calling, A Raisin in the Sun, Glory, Devil in a Blue Dress, The Gods Must Be Crazy, and others.
The video game Deal of the Day is Halo 3: Legendary Edition for $59.99 (54% off).
Everything else is in the DVD section:
Gilmore Girls is on sale at $19.99 a season (except for Season 2, which is $25.49), 58-67% off.
Veronica Mars is on sale for $16.99-$19.99 a season (67-72% off).
There's the I'm in the Mood for Love sale, with up to 57% off 90 movies, including Sleepless in Seattle, The Princess Bride, 50 First Dates, Mannequin, Down With Love (yay!), and Say Anything (double yay!).
Then there's the Valentine's Movies for Everyone sale, which has deals up to 57% off (even though the page claims only 35% off) on movies from a bunch of categories. There's overlap with the other sale, but there are also movies here like Lust, Caution, Persuasion, Closer, Cruel Intentions, a bunch of HD/Blu-Ray flicks, The Evil Dead, Hellraiser, and the Mario Bava sets. These last ones, in my opinion, are the epitome of romance. Note that there are some non-sale movies mixed in ($1 off Some Kind of Wonderful and Pretty in Pink, for example), but there's lots of good stuff here.
Finally, Amazon noticed that there's other stuff happening in February, and has a Black History Month DVD sale, with 40-47% off movies like Jo Jo Dancer: Your Life is Calling, A Raisin in the Sun, Glory, Devil in a Blue Dress, The Gods Must Be Crazy, and others.
Discover responds to io9
Feb. 1st, 2008 11:45 amDiscover Magazine has a snarky response to io9's snarky response to Discover's original list of "20 things you didn't know about science fiction." It's funny, but unlike the original piece, it never once used the term "Dickbot."
Assorted WTF stuffs
Feb. 1st, 2008 08:52 pm1. TV Guide has an interview on Hollywood's beauty obsession with Lisa Rinna, whose ludicrously collagen-injected lips also doubled as the Cloverfield Monster.
2. The morons at Woolworths UK named a kid's bed Lolita. Their excuse is that no one who works for the company is functionally literate, and had never heard of Lolita before. Which is even less believable than the idea that someone at the company just has bad taste.
3. There's a peer-reviewed Creation "Science" journal. Of course, peers of creation scientists are, by definition, going to be morons, so it's not exactly a rigorous process.
2. The morons at Woolworths UK named a kid's bed Lolita. Their excuse is that no one who works for the company is functionally literate, and had never heard of Lolita before. Which is even less believable than the idea that someone at the company just has bad taste.
3. There's a peer-reviewed Creation "Science" journal. Of course, peers of creation scientists are, by definition, going to be morons, so it's not exactly a rigorous process.