Dr. Horrible is Joss Whedon's latest effort, a direct to internet show starring Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, and Felicia Day. It's a musical about a want to be supervillain and his nemesis, Captain Hammer.

Will Doctor Horrible prove himself worthy of admittance to the Evil League of Evil? Will he be able to finish his Freeze Ray and stop time? Will he win the heart of Penny?

You can only find out, true believers, by tuning into Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog this week only!

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Simon spent this morning making a map for his roleplaying world, deriving its politics and geography from such various sources as World of Warcraft, Eragon, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and, of course, the D&D source material. You may not be able to tell from this photo, but it's done in watercolors with marker for the hand lettering. He explained it all to me in about a half hour and I won't ruin it for him by trying to explain it to you now.

Thanks to my buddy Russ for providing materials and inspiration.

I'm so proud of my geeky son. It makes me a little weepy. Really.

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You.
Can.
Only.
Type.
One.
Word.

Not as easy as you might think.

1. Where is your cell phone?
pocket

2. Describe your boyfriend/girlfriend?
generous

3. Your hair?
hair?

4. Your mother?
commandant

5. Your father?
affectionate

6. Your favorite item?
laptop

7. Your dream last night?
weird

8. Your favorite drink?
coffee

9. Your dream car?
carless

10. The room you are in?
sunroom

11. Your ex?
sisterly

12. Your fear?
incompletion

13. What do you want to be in 10 years?
content

14. Who did you hang out with last night?
Buffy

15. What you’re not?
lazy

19. The last thing you did?
gamed

20. What are you wearing?
smile

22. Your favourite book?
Tolkien

23. The last thing you ate?
smoothie

24. Your life?
wonderful

25. Your mood?
calm

26. Your friends?
scattered

27. What are you thinking about right now?
bed

28. Your car?
adequate

29. What are you doing at the moment?
typing

30. Your summer?
crammed

31. Your relationship status?
happy

32. What is on your tv?
dust

33. When is the last time you laughed?
minutes

34. Last time you cried?
days

35. School?
happens

Copy.
Paste.
Answer.
Questions.

(Thanks Fuzzy.)

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Heather and I were craving something summery tonight so we made our own grilled chicken salad with stuff from the Whole Foods Co-op (mostly). The chicken was marinated in an oil and 7-Up marinade with thyme, ginger, garlic, salt, and pepper and then grilled on the charcoal grill. The salad was a bed of baby spinach with craisins, toasted walnuts, feta cheese, and Annie's Papaya Poppy Seed dressing. On the side we had lightly steamed snow peas. To drink we had Beringer's Gewürztraminer which was light and apricoty. Mmmm-mmm!

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I had a dream last night in which I looked up and saw a handful of moons in the sky, each a carbon copy of the other, and strung out like a pearl necklace across the sky. In my dreamlike logic I thought, "Why had I never noticed that before?" and just accepted that there were multiple moons and probably always had been.

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Continue reading "Q: What's better than being carded when you're 41?" »

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Over at F.A.T. (Free Art and Technology) they are encouraging people to get their inbox down to 0 messages and then take a photo of themselves with their newly conquered inbox. I decided I was up to that challenge. Actually, it wasn't much of a challenge. I set my email program up to sort mail as it comes in so very little real mail gets to the inbox anymore. What does quickly gets categorized and sorted into boxes. Yeah, I got mad mail skillz.

But, as you see, I gotta do something about my desktop.

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