http://sokar.cwru.edu Every loaf pinched for your viewing pleasure Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:59:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I can't see how it could possibly be safe not to dismiss us from work early on Friday. We're looking at 3-7 inches of snow across the region during the day Friday. (Another 10-14 inches overnight.) The snowfall is supposed to pick up in the mid-afternoon. ... http://sokar.cwru.edu/?p=384 "If I said you had a beautiful grudge, would you hold it against me?" http://sokar.cwru.edu/?p=383 Horrifying scenes of snowman carnage, some based on old Calvin and Hobbes strips. (You actually can view larger versions of some of these pictures. Underneath the images are image credits, and the credited names are links to other sites with bigger versions.) http://sokar.cwru.edu/?p=381 Looks like I get the day off tomorrow, because these wuss Washingtonians can't take a foot and a half of snow ;) http://sokar.cwru.edu/?p=380 This is what $300 lets you do in Uruguay, apparently. The BBC says that Sam Raimi has offered the guy $30M to make an actual Hollywood production. Finally, we can get our explosions without depending on Michael Bay. Also, we can only hope that Bruce Campbell lands a cameo ... http://sokar.cwru.edu/?p=379 Meme via Homis Longest distance ever traveled: - Cleveland, Ohio, to Portland, Oregon... via Newark, New Jersey Farthest North: - Vancouver, Washington (not Vancouver, British Columbia...) Farthest South: - San Diego, California (or Houston, Texas, if you count airports) Farthest East: - Boston, Massachusetts Farthest West: - Oregon coast, west of Portland Highest Mountain: - Bald ... http://sokar.cwru.edu/?p=378 So, apparently, they brought back Let's Make a Deal. Wayne Brady is hosting. Can't wait to see what game show they give to Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie.... http://sokar.cwru.edu/?p=377 In 1913, H. G. Wells wrote about a rule set for a tabletop miniature wargame that he and some friends had invented. The game used tin soldiers common at the time, along with spring-loaded model artillery pieces with 4.7" barrels that fired 1" wooden projectiles. But, since H. G. Wells ... http://sokar.cwru.edu/?p=376 Is Obama constitutionally barred from accepting the Nobel Peace Prize while in office without Congressional approval? http://sokar.cwru.edu/?p=375 I'm writing this from my new cell phone. I think it's gonna take a little gewtting used to. The keyboard on this thing is fairly tiny, so.any tyopos arew thwe result of my not having.a special dialing. waand. (In the future, I'll be a little.more generous with ... http://sokar.cwru.edu/?p=374