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The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence 30th Anniversary Celebration
Happy birthday to our friends The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will be celebrating their 30th Anniversary on Easter Sunday, April 12th in San Francisco’s Dolores…
Schoolhouse Crunk, Read a Book by Notarapper
“Read a Book” by Notarapper just stuck me as a beautiful retake on the youth-oriented PSA of the 1980’s like Schoolhouse Rock and the snippets…
Bigwheeling Is Not A Crime T-Shirt
As a result of the on the ongoing saga of the Bring Your Own Big Wheel race, there are now “Bigwheeling Is Not A Crime”…
Kacie Kinzer Wants To See If Humans Will Help The Tweenbots
Designer Kacie Kinzer asks the question, would total strangers help a little robot? I wondered: could a human-like object traverse sidewalks and streets along with…
A Nigerian Dictator Scam on Craigslist?
Last week I posted an ad to Craigslist offering our yellow loveseat for sale for $200. A gentleman wrote to say that he was interested,…
The Simpsons Postage Stamps
¡Ay, caramba! On May 7th the US Postal Service will be releasing a series of postage stamps commemorating The Simpsons. As part of the pre-release…
Blogging At 37,000 Feet via Gogo Inflight Wi-Fi on Virgin America
I’m posting this via the Gogo inflight internet service on a Virgin America flight from SFO to LAX. I’m getting speeds of 1.3 Mbps down,…
Dave Arneson 1947-2009, Co-Creator of Dungeons & Dragons
Dave Arneson, the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, died last night at age 61 after a long battle with cancer. Gary Gygax who created D&D…
John Law Bridge Stories Book Reading & Film Screening in Portland
This weekend John Law will be visiting the fine Northwestern city of Portland, Oregon (home of the Portland Cacophony Society) like a man on a…
Crush All Hu-Mans! Diesel Sweeties Book Featuring Red Robot
“CRUSH ALL HU-MANS!” is a new book by R. Stevens featuring Diesel Sweeties comics staring Red Robot. photos via Diesel Sweeties