Wil Wheaton’s blog is a source of many kinds of delight, but this post about role playing gets an amen.
Warren Ellis is a lot of things, and this post sums many of them up well. He shines here as a futurist able to put himself into a historical context while writing poetically. “This is the path people walked when they first thought about how to talk to time,” indeed.
Some bozos seem to have decided to make another movie called The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Several people are up in arms about this, including Wil Wheaton and Richard O’Brien.  I share their recognition that this is wrong and blasphemous: I think it’s wrong to view the RHPS anywhere but a theater at midnight; there isn’t a scale that captures the odiousness of remaking the movie. Still, I’m not expecting this attempt to amount to anything. The RHPS survived Shock Treatment, which was made by people who understood the RHPS. These nimrods don’t scare me.
There are those actively resisting the attempt, and you may want to help, but honestly, I trust the universe on this one.
Here’s an amazing bit of americana. Via BoingBoing. The kid’s diagnosis is correct.
Street Use has followed up on its ominous segways sighting by finding a monster segway. Video included.
I’ve been living in California for a while now, and the place still manages to amaze me. Not just the people, who are really sort of wackily charming, but the state itself. This week the LA Times tells me that there’s a hunk of land near Fillmore that just heated up to 800 degrees F. Apparently it just does that. Man, what a weird place.
George Bush explains the economy (from the BBC).
Excellent interview with Teri Garr on the AV Club. Everything I’d like to believe about her seems to be true.
Ominous segways from Street Use.
Just so you all know, I did get into a real-world, out-loud discussion today about who would win a fight between R2D2 and Dr. Zaius. (I was an Artoo supporter.)
Sad to see George go. Via the AV Club, here are some of his words on death.
Boing Boing points out an interesting church sign. As with many signs and portents, I think interpretation is key.