“E. Gary Gygax!” is a favored faux expletive around here.
I guess I’ll have to watch it now, since he’s got a little more access to the ethereal powers…
Gary Gygax, Dungeons & Dragons creator, dies
*stolen from the Woot Blog
So, the actual digging out of the infected tooth with a rusty spoon won’t happen until March 5 (soonest they could book it). The good news is that it stopped hurting right after I went to the dentist. Of course, that means I have to fight my natural urge to say “It’s fine now.” and skip the appointment. Fortunately, it’s booked for the middle of a planned vacation week for both Mrs. R and me, so she can poke me with a stick and make sure I go (and drive my drugged-up butt home afterward).
In other, unrelated, news, it looks like one of our favorite TV shows is in jeopardy. Robert Irvine’s been caught fibbing on his bio, and the Food Network might dump Dinner Impossible.
As I said in Dave’s comments, so what?? Does the fact that he didn’t actually bake a cake for Princess Diana or cook apple fritters for the President mean his show isn’t entertaining anymore? I say give him a sharp reprimand for lying to get the job, then check the ratings and leave him alone (assuming the ratings are good…I dunno for sure).
So, my plan to bankrupt American dentistry by not using their services has finally come to an end after 41 years. I woke up Saturday morning with an horrendous toothache, and after a weekend of drug-induced stupor (as opposed to Jack Daniels-induced stupor), I went in to see what they recommend I do.
As I suspected, it was something along the lines of “hand me all your money, and I’ll make it stop hurting” (I think I heard him mutter “eventually” under his breath).
Tomorrow I get to call and make an appointment for Orin Scrivello, DDS, to yank out my toof.
This has got to be one of the coolest…um, no, that’s not it…what is the word I’m looking for? Oh, yeah! GEEKIEST things I’ve ever seen.
I’m a little late to the party, but ever since March 10 of last year Rich Morris has been drawing his own mega episode of Doctor Who called The Ten Doctors.
It seems like fo-evah since we obsessed over the news that Will Wright was coming out with the ultimate Sim game–Spore. In fact, it’s only been 3 or 4 years!
But all the “it’s coming out this year…wait, no it’s not…oh, yeah it is…wait…” is finally at an end. EA announced that Spore will be released on September 5 September 7.
Check out this great collection of screen shots, news and reviews.
What do ya mean you didn’t even notice that there was a Blackberry outage?
Anyway, for those of you with one of those expensive doohickeys that keep you tethered to your job at all times, here’s a lits of suggestions from the Woot! blog on how to deal with the next one:
Ok, I really was going to try to stay away from politics for a while. Hey, I made it a whole 4 days! (I’m not counting my whining about Hillary in other peoples’ comments.)
However, this is too funny…and scary…and sad…and funny to ignore.
Remember the music video Obama supporters put together out of his “Yes we can” speeches? (If not, you need to see that one first in order to get the full impact of the following.)
Well, now comes: John McCain–the Inspirinator!
[ via Linkmeister ]
Good news on the kitty front. There are plenty of places willing to take him (including one in North Carolina that will provide transport), and according to a person who is somewhat of an expert in FIV-infected cats, it’s really not that high a risk for us to keep him.
We’re told that it takes a deep puncture wound to infect other cats, and since a.) he’s de-clawed and b.) he’s a big baby, the chances that he’ll do any harm to them is small. The other cats might attack him, but he’d run and hide. So, it’s seeming more likely that he’ll be hanging around for a while longer.
There has been a stray cat hanging around our house for a bit, and despite not wanting to adopt another cat, we
