08 Thursday Oct 2015
Posted in Pop Culture
Crisp autumn days are made for team sports. Many of you probably picked football or baseball or soccer. I played on the chess team.
I can hear your mocking laughter from here. Go ahead, let it out. Did I mention I lettered in it? Got the cool school jacket and everything. Even Codex is standing over my shoulder trying to maintain her composure. Failing at it, too. Continue reading
06 Tuesday Oct 2015
Posted in Pop Culture
A broken part of me has fantasized about repeating grade school in my childhood body with current adult knowledge, in order to mess with teachers who probably don’t deserve my brand of mischief. Thus, when my daughter announced she was reading Nancy Drew #18 Pit of Vipers, for a school project, I decided to read the book and do a good old-fashioned book report on it. If you want to avoid spoilers, or preserve your love of a beloved childhood character, you should probably stop reading now. Continue reading
05 Monday Oct 2015
Posted by Quizzer | Filed under Sad Puppies
02 Friday Oct 2015
Posted by Quizzer | Filed under Evil League of Evil, Sad Puppies
01 Thursday Oct 2015
Posted in Behind the Frames
The universe is out of whack. It has been completely unbalanced for a week now. Last Thursday, Kate Paulk, leader of the Sad Puppies IV movement, wrote a blog post about… kittens. Miniature gattos. Floppy, fluffy, felines. The new addition to her family, Princess Buttercup, is adjusting to her new home and has just about finished taking her place as head-of-household. For tax purposes only, probably.
Of course, her post rendered the cat/dog universe completely unbalanced. So congratulations on your new therapy aid, Ms. Paulk, but I think I should help out by balancing accounts with this post. Continue reading
30 Wednesday Sep 2015
29 Tuesday Sep 2015
Posted in Life as a Leftie
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A group of disgruntled Torlings held a peaceful protest at Tempest in a Teardrop Studios yesterday. Nearly two dozen Torlings snuck in, disrobed, and began chanting their demands: “No Lists, No Slates, Puppy Books we Love to Hates!” The Torlings contend that a group called the ‘Puppies’ are discussing books they like and ranking them into a list on the internet. A list that will “turn into a slate any day now,” contends GalaxyCat, a Torling who bared it all to make a point. Continue reading
28 Monday Sep 2015
24 Thursday Sep 2015
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The Schmidt Sting Pain Index measures how much the sting of various insects will hurt. If you are ever captured by a supervillain and given a choice between escaping thru the tunnel guarded by Mud Daubers or the tunnel guarded by Paper Wasps, this knowledge will be helpful.You may also find it useful when dropping a hive into the villains’ lair to avoid being caught in the first place. Continue reading
23 Wednesday Sep 2015
Tempest in a Teardrop: The Churchians 