Sillybean

Several excellent reasons not to stay at the Houston Intercontinental Airport’s Marriott hotel

It occurs to me that I haven’t yet told you all about the wonderful hotel experience Sarah and I had on our way to Rochester. (By the way, most of the presentations are up, along with lots of

There’s always one who’s special.

Via nihilistic_kid, the funniest thing I have read in months: ‘Perhaps I have a special anus.’

It doesn’t matter that I skipped the gym today. My stomach muscles got the workout anyway.

In case you have to…

Book stuff

A misguided fanficcer has not only published her own work of Star Wars fic, but has made it available for sale on Amazon, for which she has been loudly disowned by the larger fanfic community. John Scalzi has,…

Michael sent me this.

… and I laughed my ass off.

“Make You Happy Tonight”, by Tripod

Baby… gonna make you happy tonight!
Give my love to you, aw baby
Gonna make you feel so right!
Spend some time with

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“So that’s what he meant when he said he had a mandate…”

A must-see video clip: Bill Maher, Robin Williams, Leslie Stahl, and Joe Biden riff on Jeff Gannon. Absolutely hilarious.

Camp Anderson yell

“Camp Anderson, Apathetic Ags!
Whoopty freakin’ do.
We don’t go to stack or cut,
Reveille is just a mutt,
Midnight yell is for buffoons.
We SURE as hell don’t bleed maroon.
AAAAA….…

PA and Atlanta Nights

Atlanta Nights is the hottest book going at the moment.

What the hell is Atlanta Nights?

It’s a book (I use the term loosely) written by a cadre of SF writers in order to prove that Publish America…

QOTD

My office neighbor, upon being shown the document that was just sent to me for publishing on the web:

“Who is their liaison with this office? The Marquis de Sade?”

My sentiments exactly.

The NOAH certification

As we enter our fortieth day of rain, I propose that starting with next month’s summer session, the university should offer the NOAH certification program, consisting of ark-building 101, animal husbandry, and community waste management.

Geek workout

PacManhattan (via Monkeyfilter)

Catch-all post

Dorcus Menswear for Men is exactly as painful as it sounds. From the incomparable Lileks.

JohnKerryIsADoucheBagButImVotingForHimAnyway.com is my new favorite URL.

I was really cranky on Friday, in case you couldn’t tell. Saturday was entertaining. It’s not every…

Silmarillion humor

Another addition to the LOTR humor file: the Silmarillion in 1000 words.

LAST ALLIANCE OF ELVES AND MEN: Push off.
SAURON: Make me.

ISILDUR: Whack.

SAURON: Ow.

ELROND: Hey, you got his ring. Let’s

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Nice crown, Jim.

The Passion of the Christ: Blooper Reel, by the fabulous Paul Ford.

Each link more appalling than the last…

Florence Foster Jenkins, Queen of the Night Aria.

Lines from The Lord of the Rings which can be improved by substituting “pants”

Apparently I’m eight too, 3jane, because I thought this was funny as hell:

Even the smallest pants can change the course of the future.

Life in the wide world goes on much as it has these past age,…