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Reading: Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands (P.S.) by Michael Chabon
Music: Green Day
TV/Movie: King of the Ants
Link o' the Day: What's New (with Phil and Dixie)
Rumor has it... Cartoonists Gary Larson and Bill Watterson have never been witnessed in the same room together. While most consider this evidence that the two are the same person and that Watterson's moustache must be a fake, some also believe it is simply because they tend not to attend many public events.
Rumor has it... IRS agents are encouraged to take courses in divination--particularly water-dowsing. This practice dates back to the Depression era when tax cheats would often hide gold in wells. It is estimated that there is still over $2 billion in gold hidden in wells across the country.
Rumor has it... Of the 110 people who have held a seat on the US Supreme Court, three have had a sixth finger on their left hand.
Rumor has it... Late, great astronomer and science-populist Carl Sagan was born with a full set of adult teeth. This occurs in approximately 1 out of 550,000 births and those born with this condition often gravitate toward careers in science.
Rumor has it... A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time equal to 1/100th of a second.
Rumor has it... A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge. A dime had the same number of grooves up until 1963 when one groove was removed to honor the memory of President Kennedy.
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I've used these posts in the past to pimp for Phil Foglio's Buck Godot and Girl Genius series. Now it's time to pimp out one of the reasons why I first became a Foglio fan back in the early 80s to begin with. What's New (with Phil and Dixie). This started as a comic appearing in the back of Dragon magazine in 1981 where the comic goofed mostly on the world of tabletop RPGs--always promising to do a special on "Sex and D&D" but always getting stymied before they could deliver. It disappeared for a while, then re-emerged when Magic: The Gathering became a big hit. Eventually they got to theit "Sex and D&D" segment, and many other adventures. They're available in print form, but you can read most of them at the website for free.
Warm up the wayback machine! (Look for the comic on computerized roleplaying games. It's amusing.)
Cheers!
Music: Green Day
TV/Movie: King of the Ants
Link o' the Day: What's New (with Phil and Dixie)
Rumor has it... Cartoonists Gary Larson and Bill Watterson have never been witnessed in the same room together. While most consider this evidence that the two are the same person and that Watterson's moustache must be a fake, some also believe it is simply because they tend not to attend many public events.
Rumor has it... IRS agents are encouraged to take courses in divination--particularly water-dowsing. This practice dates back to the Depression era when tax cheats would often hide gold in wells. It is estimated that there is still over $2 billion in gold hidden in wells across the country.
Rumor has it... Of the 110 people who have held a seat on the US Supreme Court, three have had a sixth finger on their left hand.
Rumor has it... Late, great astronomer and science-populist Carl Sagan was born with a full set of adult teeth. This occurs in approximately 1 out of 550,000 births and those born with this condition often gravitate toward careers in science.
Rumor has it... A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time equal to 1/100th of a second.
Rumor has it... A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge. A dime had the same number of grooves up until 1963 when one groove was removed to honor the memory of President Kennedy.
-=-=-=-=-=-
I've used these posts in the past to pimp for Phil Foglio's Buck Godot and Girl Genius series. Now it's time to pimp out one of the reasons why I first became a Foglio fan back in the early 80s to begin with. What's New (with Phil and Dixie). This started as a comic appearing in the back of Dragon magazine in 1981 where the comic goofed mostly on the world of tabletop RPGs--always promising to do a special on "Sex and D&D" but always getting stymied before they could deliver. It disappeared for a while, then re-emerged when Magic: The Gathering became a big hit. Eventually they got to theit "Sex and D&D" segment, and many other adventures. They're available in print form, but you can read most of them at the website for free.
Warm up the wayback machine! (Look for the comic on computerized roleplaying games. It's amusing.)
Cheers!
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