Category Archives: Silliness

This is quite cool: Richard Garriott, the millionaire creator of the Ultima series of fantasy role-playing videogames, is now in orbit!  Garriott is one of the board members of Space Adventures Ltd., the space tourism company which has been sending … Continue reading →

(Update: For those who are interested, there’s an article in pdf form describing the underground in more detail at LV Mag, the magazine of Life in Leavenworth County.) I’ve been busy with departmental stuff the past few days, so posting … Continue reading →

Via The Greenbelt, I learned about and took another one of those silly but oddly compelling internet quizzes: this one asks, “Which Chess Piece are You?”  In my case, I scored as The King’s Knight, which makes me sound like … Continue reading →

As long as I’ve got dice on my mind, I should point out this glass 20-sided die that dates back to 2nd century Rome: But $17,925 for it? I have old Dungeons and Dragons dice that look to be in … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago I stumbled across this fascinating quiz on GoToQuiz. Many of the quizzes one takes online are just silly, content-free distractions (with the exception of the Dungeons & Dragons character quiz I’ve talked about earlier), but this … Continue reading →

Via Respectful Insolence, I found a wonderful web tool that allows you to rate the amount of cussin’ you do on your blog. I rated a pathetic 1.7%: I need to swear more, for fuck’s sake…

This made me laugh: CNN’s headline right now is “Americans confident in 2009 turnaround”, at least as far as the economy is concerned. The first thing that came to mind for me: what’s the one thing that absolutely must change … Continue reading →

This post is mainly for my girlfriend: today’s xkcd comic: