triskaidekaphobia tris-ky-dek-uh-FOH-bee-uh, noun: A morbid fear of the number 13 or the date Friday the 13th. –via Dictionary.com

A reference for the Nine Princes in Amber game: Brass Goggles website.

…by Maureen Johnson. “You mean . . . like Luke and Leia in Star Wars?” “What’s Star Wars?” she asked. “Star Wars!” “I don’t watch much television. What is that? A reality show? Like American Idol?” “It’s a movie!” I exclaimed. “A very famous movie. Darth Vader, the Dark Side, the Death Star, may the

Christine Lavin throws a twist in the old mother-daughter conflict.

A Beatles-Nine Inch Nails mashup. This works absurdly well. Warning: Language.

Here I am, writing a fight scene where none of the characters are working together, and the only thing that’s saving them is that the bad guys are using a new tactic they don’t know how to take advantage of, either. And I’m thinking, “You know, I know exactly how they should have handled this…because

Galaxiki, a sci-fi wiki.

A priest, a doctor, and an engineer were waiting one morning for a particularly slow group of golfers. The engineer fumed, “What’s with those guys? We must have been waiting for fifteen minutes!” The doctor chimed in, “I don’t know, but I’ve never seen such inept golf!” The priest said, “Here comes the greens keeper.

The other Apple guy has fun at other people’s expense.

Johnette Napolitano. What a good song to get stuck in your head 🙂