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Irony. The oil pressure light on the bug (which is a she but still has no name) had been going off. Changed oil. Changed to different oil viscosity. Listened to the mechanic explain to me (after a few people had already expressed this opinion) that it was probably the oil pump, but he wanted to […]

Coined. ***Dave invented the following term to describe the first decade of the century: aughty. Please pass it on.

Octavia Butler Dies. Science fiction writer Octavia Butler died on Saturday at age 58. She was an amazing writer–a real storyteller who could lead you into the worst parts of gender and race without turning pedantic or bitter. She had amazing ideas. I haven’t read all her books yet. I can only handle one every

Pun. Lee comes home from work yesterday and says that he noticed that the elevators are made by a company called “Shindler.” That’s right. Shindler’s Lifts. Any suggestions on what I should do to him?

Mirror Mask. We picked this up the other day. I guess I’ve come to hold anything that Neil Gaiman does (except comic books) at arm’s length. Is it going to be good? Probably not as good as it should be. Will I like it? At least somewhat. That’s how I felt here — not as

Politics or Ethics? South Dakota’s legislators are trying to pass a law to ban abortions. Is this politics or ethics? I don’t mean this as a question of individual people’s consciences. I mean as a larger effort, as something that gets signed into a law. Politics or ethics? Well…I’d say that if this law were

The butler did it! Looking to build secret passageways in your house? Try looking here. (via BoingBoing.)

Big Damn Parents. Lee and I were over at Doyce’s house to set up an RPG based on Firefly with Jackie, Stan, and Dave when it was decided to start drinking the wine. Lee and Jackie, being the bitter, contentious people they are, don’t like anything that doesn’t taste like cough medicine, so they opened

Pinyin Dictionary. Need to translate English in to roman-character Chinese (called pinyin) or vice versa? Try this.

A Terrible Idea. I just had a terrible idea. This is Picasso’s Guernica. Imagine this as a jigsaw puzzle. Okay, that’s been done before, actually. A daunting task, maybe, but not a terrible idea. Now imagine this as a double-sided puzzle. Yeugh.