Quote of the Week: Continuances

“We are a boatful of monsters and miracles, hoping that, somehow, we can
survive a world in which all hands are against us. A world which, by
all evidence, will end extremely soon. Yet, I posit we are in a
universe which favors stories. A universe in which no story can ever
truly end; in which there can be [...]

Dangerous Dungeons and Dragons

So, I was reading these, which are truly, amazingly fantastic, and I got really excited about Dungeons and Dragons, and then I went and found I had a complete collection of the rulebooks for Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2, and then I found that it’s really, really tedious. Which made me give it up.
And then [...]

Quote of the Week: Apocalyporn

I don’t know if we’re so much inured to apocalypse as almost sexually obsessed by it. We could only love apocalypse more if it had 4 liters of silicone in each tit.
–Grant Morrison, on “Final Crisis”
Ok, ok, not the most general or enlightening statement you’ve heard all week. But surely, one of the most INTERESTING [...]

Quote of the Week:Setting Yourself up to Fail

“The thing is, you can get crucified on the same cross that you worship.”
–Zach Snyder, on making Watchmen

Tentative Plans for December

The key word being tentative.
“Constructive” Stuff:
Where constructive is defined fairly loosely.

Do my own version of NaNoWriMo, in December*. Wish I could have done it in November with everyone else, but endsems are a pain.
“Prepare” for next semester. Yeah, really. All my courses depend to a very large extent on prior knowledge which I’m supposed to [...]

Verse of the Week:Madness

Something copied from a friend’s blog, although the contents are not likely to be similar.
On madness, from someone who knows it very well:
When the world is full of care
and every headline screams despair,
when all is rape,starvation,
war and life is vile;
Then there’s this certain thing I do
which I shall pass along to you
that’s always guaranteed to [...]

Get the Joke?

From xkcd:
“So, you’re up for a night with a charming stranger?”
“Depends.Top or Bottom?”
Hint: go here.
Physics-nerd-five…

I Guess That’s Only Fair

Sinfest

Cectic on ID

Mathew puts me onto another webcomic:

at Cectic . Also, check out his new blog on the blogroll: Quantum Spectacles.

Sorry for the Delay

For some reason, I just don’t feel like updating. Originally planned a little something about Hong Kong, but it just doesn’t seem to come. Meanwhile, here’s the lyrics to the end credits song in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. The song is called Lithium Flower. Try and read the whole thing, its worth [...]