Ambiguous pronouns
(Sorry if this is a repeat; I have a feeling I've talked about this before, but I can't find any...
YAQ
Time for Yet Another Quiz: Which Fantasy/SciFi Character Are You? Unlike most such quizzes, this one has nearly 50 possible...
Dystopian allegories
Nice article this week at Strange Horizons (note that I have nothing to do with the articles department, so this...
Nukular softballs and nipr.mil
Bhopal.Net is a site for and about the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal, which is an "umbrella organisation of...
Mormons vs. suicide bombers
Hee—cute piece on using Mormons to deter suicide bombers....
Glum
Have been feeling generally disconnected and fragmented in recent weeks. Which is a little weird, because this past week has,...
RPGs
I've been thinking a lot about roleplaying lately, and had an interesting chat about gaming and GM and player styles...
New money
Y'all know that the new peach-and-blue $20 bill is now in circulation, yes? (I knew the new bills were coming,...
Spam of the day
Occasionally I glance at a piece of suspected spam just to be sure it's spam. Sometimes it's so wacky that...
Pirate etymology
Arthur H. () (belated happy birthday!) provided a pointer to a list of etymology of pirate terms. I always assumed...
Author points
Apparently, I've never mentioned author points here. I'm in a rush, so I'll be brief: I forget who introduced me...
Travel
When I'm staying at other people's houses, I go too long without eating. The food is in a weird place,...