cattlestar britannica.

Friend Mark and I have been tossing around a few concepts for a new SF series called “Cattlestar Britannica.”  The story centers on the titular warship, sole survivor of a devastating Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies, and her crew’s adventures as she guides a rag-tag fleet of civilian ships to a new home.
As a [...]

those wacky germans again.

When parking your vehicle without permission on the lot of a private company for five days in a row, blocking the spot for legitimate users, make sure the company in question isn’t one that specializes in building fences.

That’s a recent picture from Germany.  The company employees put a note on the car, asking the [...]

a culinary abomination.

It’s Friday!  For all you newcomers, that’s the day I load up the Battlestar with kids, and head over to the fahm, to get some wicked tasty milk.  After that, we’re going into town for some beans and flour, and maybe some hooch, all added to the tab at Old Man Smithers’ country store.
There’ll be [...]

bedtime in a libertarian household.

Tonight’s bedtime story was “The Three Little Pigs Learn That If You Own A Rifle, You Can Build Your House Out Of Any Damn Material You Want”.
Tomorrow, we’ll do a reading of “Goldilocks Violates Some Property Rights And Is Lucky She Doesn’t Get Shot In The Face”.

why does ron moore hate model 0005 centurions so much?

never swim in the ocean when you hear ominous music.

A locality out on Cape Cod is warning people that several large sharks have been sighted near the swimming beaches recently. 
Of course, it didn’t take very long for the comment thread on that article to devolve into a line-up of “Jaws” quotes…

bitch stole his dog.

Here’s one that pegged my Weird Shit-O-Meter:
A guy with a Britney Spears tattoo stole a Chihuahua puppy wearing pink earrings from another guy in a bar.  (I’m guessing the dog was the one wearing the pink earrings, but from the overall vibe I got from the article, it wouldn’t be totally out of line if [...]

why your leg say “no parking”, roundeye?

You know about Engrish, of course—the bastardized English used by Japanese advertising and marketing folks not actually in sufficient command of the language.
Well, not to be outdone, the West finally has an equivalent: Hanzi Smatter—the misuse of Chinese/Japanese characters in the western world, especially on tattoos.
You know, at least the Japanese tend to only run [...]

reason #42997 i like twitter.

There’s been a fun string of Tweets under the hashtag #failedchildrensbooktitles, and I thought I’d share some of the ones that made me laugh.  Humor is definitely my favorite human quality, and I’m impressed with the amount of comedic talent out there on the Intertubes.
 
#failedchildrensbooktitles
Curious George and Daddy’s Browser History
Guess How Much I Love [...]

may come in handy for those trips to vermont.

I’m thinking about putting this on a t-shirt, or something.