On the cryptozoology front, an interview with Jon Downes, Monster Hunter Dr. Julius T. Roundbottom, Victorian scientist from the universe next door The (thankfully) unproduced script for the Watchmen movie [IMDb; official site]. For those who haven’t read the graphic novel, even this wildly divergent script will spoil things for the real film, so tread [...]
Okay, what are the Illuminati up to now? I’ve been getting a flurry of messages from nurses who inherited bulldog puppies from their dead grandmothers, and want to give them to me. But it isn’t just me, as the message is turning up in a variety of places on the Internet and in print publications, [...]
While sitting at a traffic light beside the Federal Courthouse I saw two young people walk toward the corner. Both the man and the woman were impeccably dressed in smart black suits, both carrying obviously expensive leather briefcases. At the corner, the tall blond woman stopped and spoke to her companion for a moment, and [...]
For your education, amusement, and arousal*, please enjoy these fine pointers. Wouldn’t it be interesting if you had to answer a simple question before you could browse the Internet? Something like this, perhaps? Looking for something to spruce up your cubicle? Consider a Glow-in-the-Dark Flesh Eating Zombies Play Set, from Archie McPhee. I confess, I [...]
I’ve not yet succumbed, but I’m still having a hard time concentrating enough to write. I’m trying to force myself, though, so you may see more from me soon. knight anole(?)on my porch In other news, I have hired a new web developer at the day job, a lovely and talented young woman from Volgograd. [...]
Those of you who are interested in movies will want to read Robin Laws‘ journal this week. He’s a major Toronto film geek who is spending this week watching five or six films a day at the Toronto International Film Festival. Robin’s coverage really begins here, with his run-through of the pre-festival scheduling work (which [...]
I’ve not yet received any word from my doctor concerning the results of my tests. Current thinking (sans any significant scientific basis) points toward multiple sources: eye trouble of some sort, and a neck injury that causes the sporadic ice-pick pains. But I am not going to get complacent or paranoid until I hear something [...]