tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206760802011-07-28T19:25:59.844-04:00Coraliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821654865085375013noreply@blogger.comBlogger401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20676080.post-1083295597513001352009-12-05T22:16:00.004-05:002009-12-05T22:23:42.858-05:00

Gotta love the stylophone.

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Hat tip to PZ over at Pharyngula, of course.

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Now that I've exercised my free will and had a few beers, I think I can respond to the comments. Thank you so much for all the great comments. I started to type this in the comments section of "Free will...?". Then I wondered whether anyone would have seen the comment being the post is three years old, plus it was getting long for a comment. So I did the old cut 'n' paste and here we are.In

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Why does it seem to me that the white evangelicals have become the extended arm of the Republican party? I mean I know that they vote Republican for the obvious reasons of gay marriage and abortion. They don't stop there though. They're vehemently against the Democrats new Health Care proposal, and not just because of abortion funding and alleged death panels, but also because of fears of

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Sylvia Browne doesn't even come close to deserving the respect she deserves. And now she has evil minions doing her intartubes dirty work for her. Check out what you can do over at Skeptools.(Note: It's always possible that the person who did this is not related to her in any way. I don't know. Nor do I care. He's a douche any way you slice it, which means he fits in quite nicely with the

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It's a little choppy, but still worth a watch.

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Check out this nifty trick with a picture of a castle.Optical Illusion(Hat tip to BAB, Phil Plait is awesome)

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Here's a little meme I found out about over on Abnormal Interests. The oldest book I own, to my knowledge, is a copy of Tom Swift and his Planet Stone by Victor Appleton from 1935. The link leads to a cover, but it doesn't match the one I have. Mine's plain brown. The book's not in the greatest condition, but it's still readable, if you're careful. After that, it's probably one of my Heinlein

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Does PZ Myers of Pharyngula fame....*gasp*....play Dungeons & Dragons? You be the judge:Pharyngula Possible D&D LinkI'm shocked. Truly shocked. Pleased, but shocked.

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YodaYou scored 12% airiness, 10% squishiness, and 73% edginess! According to our patented JawamaticTM technology, you are most like Yoda in personality.A traditionalist at heart, Yoda has honed his intuition through hundreds of years of meditation and study. But don't let that fool you -- he believes the old ways are the best ways. To him, the known is preferable to the unknown.Yoda is, in a word

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Your Theme Song is Back in Black by AC/DC"Back in black, I hit the sack,I've been too long, I'm glad to be back"Things sometimes get really crazy for you, and sometimes you have to get away from all the chaos.But each time you stage your comeback, it's even better than the last!What's Your Theme Song?

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Well, Aradia and I got to go see Silent Hill yesterday, and I only have one thing to say. The hot police woman was sure as hell not a real WV state trooper because her flashlight wasn't a six-cell maglite!

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Your results:You are BatmanYou are dark, love gadgets and have vowed to help the innocent not suffer the pain you have endured. Batman65%Hulk60%Spider-Man55%Green Lantern55%Catwoman50%Superman45%Iron Man45%The Flash35%Supergirl32%Robin27%Wonder Woman17%Click here to take the "Which Superhero are you?" quiz...

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I've spent a lot of time gaming online over the years. From MUDs to puzzlers and strategy games, I've probably played on thousands of different sites. Here are two that I'm currently playing:Cyber NationsThis is an online, massively multiplayer nation simulator. Frankly, it's the best I've ever come across. There's real depth to the factors you control in your nation, from religion to taxes to

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I don't check out Master Ninja as often as I should, but when I do, man, is it ever fun.As most of you gamers out there know, Vin Diesel is a big fan of roleplaying. Chuck, the MN webmaster, mastermind, writer, webmonkey, whathaveyou, put up a list concerning Vin Diesel, a la the Chuck Norris list. Here's a link: Vin Diesel.I don't know about anyone else, but this is my favorite entry:- Vin

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Mike Mignola continues to ease back into Hellboy duties with the two-issue mini Makoma, or A Tale Told By A Mummy In the New York City Explorers' Club on August 16, 1993.Quite the title, that.The action of Makoma takes place mostly as a dream/flashback. We learn that Hellboy has a strange history with the continent of Africa, and has only been there once in his distant youth. While in the

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I found out about this guy over on the James Randi forums. He's one of the most insightful people I've come across in a long while, and he has a blog. Recently, he was asked for some advice he'd give to someone making their way out into the world. Here's what he came up with, and I can't say I disagree with a bit of it. What do you think of it, and what would you add?

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Heh. I'm trying to entice my new lab partner, who insists I refer to him as "Morpheus" on my blogs, into joining us here on Eight Geeks. He said he would like to get back into writing, and I jumped all over him! We need more content!________________________________________Edit: I just had him take the Sci-Fi quiz and he came up the Matrix! Just goes to show that this test is pretty cool.

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You scored as Serenity (Firefly). You like to live your own way and don't enjoy when anyone but a friend tries to tell you should do different. Now if only the Reavers would quit trying to skin you.Serenity (Firefly)94%Millennium Falcon (Star Wars)75%Deep Space Nine (Star Trek)69%Galactica (Battlestar: Galactica)63%Babylon 5 (Babylon 5)56%Andromeda Ascendant (Andromeda)56%Nebuchadnezzar (The

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Wow!I have to say it again.Wow!I just finished Watch On The Rhine by John Ringo and Tom Kratman, and I gotta say, it was an amazingly cool book. The concept of Germany having to revive the SS to fight off an alien invasion, combined with all the moral quandries involved, was pretty gripping. As usual, of late, John Ringo's (and I presume, Tom Kratman's) politics came through pretty strongly.

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According to the Top Cow newsletter, there's going to be a new art team on their hottest title, and my personal favorite comic book of all time: Witchblade! And my oh my, is it unorthodox, to say the least. Starting with issue #99, and then taking complete control on issue #101, here's the new line-up.Artist: Adriana Melo (Star Wars: Empire, Birds of Prey)Inker: Mariah Benes (Superman)Colorist:

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Heck, I know it's late. Shut up!I just got around to watching our copy of the recut, extended version of Sin City and I gotta say, it's pretty nifty. It not only has the extended scenes and everything in it, it also lets you watch the different storylines like they were individual books. That's freakin' cool, man! If you only like some of the stories, you can go right to 'em and skip the rest

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Philoman and his wife just had the beautiful little bundle of joy pictured above, and since he's a bit busy right now, he's asked me to post his first picture for him. Rangy Lil' already favors her mother, and I can't decide if that's a good thing or not.Congratulations, Philoman and family! We love you, man!(cross-posted to Revolvo Inritus)

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Awesome.

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Dark Lord, the most recent Star Wars novel by James Luceno, tells us of the happenings immediately after Episode III, and details how the hunt for the few remaining Jedi got started. Interestingly enough, that hunt doesn't start with the Emperor. That was a pretty shocking surprise, but the best part of the book, as a whole, was the way Luceno made a bid to create a madness within Anakin/

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Well, I finished Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman a while back, and I've been mulling it over, trying to digest it. That always takes a while with his books, and especially the Amercian Gods universe stories. But I think I've finally gotten a handle on it, so here's my review:I'll admit, I was looking forward to this book more than I had realized (even going so far as to call Ranson a jerk because he

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I've always been attracted to games. I don't mean your average "kid likes to play" thing; rather, games are large part of how I became who I am. They are a fundamental force in my life; an influence on my mental processes and psyche. I've been thinking a lot about it lately, and I'd like to share.Some of my first memories of family involved card and board games. My parents taught me how to count

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I saw the trailer for the new Silent Hill movie coming out this April, and noticed something interesting. It's set in Toluca County, West Virginia. That should be interesting to see, since there IS no Toluca County, West Virginia. Ah well, I guess it fits in with the mystery/creepy factor these games all strive for. I'm actually kind of excited by this movie. I have been ever since I heard

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Orson Scott Card, relatively well-known science fiction / fantasy writer, has written an article lambasting us "Darwinists" for using bad arguments against the poor, defenseless IDiots. The bulk of it is surprising incomprehensible, especially considering his relatively crisp work as an SF author. But it becomes clear very early on that he hasn't done his research. I'd like to deal with his two

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I've been thinking about this concept for years now. Science has been able to explain how our mind works using the laws of physics. Our thinking is caused by the firing of neurons in our brains. Every single mental process can be reduced to a pattern of firing neurons. If this is true, then my mind is like a bunch of billiard balls bouncing off each other. How these billiard balls started

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COTG #32 is up! Check it out. This is the last post of the first year's posts. Happy birthday, COTG!(cross-posted to Revolvo Inritus)

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It being my birthday and all, Aradia and I went out to see Underworld: Evolution today. It was a really cool movie. Here's Aradia's review. Being a vampire nut, I'm sure she says it better than I ever could.

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At least one other person thinks that Severus Snape isn't a villain, according to this MSN article. I haven't looked much at Internet resources, but personally, I'm convinced that A. Snape is not the bad guy that he appears to be from the kids' perspective, B. he didn't actually kill Dumbledore and C. he's actually trying to do his best for all the kids at Hogwarts, even Harry, Ron and Hermione.

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Yes, I said dolls. No, I don't care what you're thinking. They're truly beautiful, one-of-a-kind works of art, and they deserve to be seen and admired. Check out the artist here, and to see the WoT specific ones, go to Gallery 2. Sadly, because of griefers, you'll have to enter your email address, but it's not a big deal, and it's well worth the minor aggravation. These things are amazing,

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Here's one for Philoman:Minnesota Roll Cloud

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You don't often think of those two things working in close concert, but here's a nifty little article about how the author used them hand in hand to explain a small mystery that goes back almost 2000 years.The link is here: Snail's Tales(Via Abnormal Interests)

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To Ranson's list, I'd like to add this webcomic, that rocks beyond belief: Sluggy Freelance!It has way too much backstory to read through, but it does the best Harry Potter ripoffs of all time, and Torg introduced me to the concept of emergency pants.Defenders of the Nifty unite!

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In the beginning, I was spending a lot of time on The Fantasy Powers League, and a regular there put up an ad in in his forum signature. The ad led to his webcomic Exploitation Now. EN was raunchy and hilarious; a real and popular triumph for artist Michael Poe. Former lawyer/pornstar Bimbo Moneymaker teamed with with small weird thing Ralph (for legal reasons, we can't call him a Moog -- er,

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The name is short for Eight Geeks In A Duffel Bag, which plays off of the movie Eight Heads In a Duffel ....oh hell. If you don't get it, you don't get it. Pfah on you!There will be a lot of different views around here, and while we only have three members right now, that will change, I can assure you. We will incorporate others.I guess you could view us as a sort of Panda's Thumb for every

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