Month: October 2013

Titled as found. Samuel L. Jackson sure knows how to have a good time, but then again, it’s hard not to have a good time at Oktoberfest.

When even the cat disapproves, it’s a sign you’re into some really messed-up stuff.

This article also appears in Global Nerdy.

I’m in Tampa for another week, hanging out with the Significant Other and working remotely. I also squeeze in a daily exercise break in a pool that I rarely see used by other people in the complex.

The weather for the new few days should be sunny during the morning and early afternoon with a high about about 30 degrees C (almost 90 F) with a break for rain in the mid-afternoon, and clearing up before dinner, which should give me enough time to do a little grilling:

Life is pretty good.

The initial reports are just beginning to appear all over the ‘net that spy-thriller author and rubber-stamper-of-his-name-on-videogames Tom Clancy has passed away. So long, and thanks for the reading material I enjoyed in my teenage years, the Hunt for Red October and Clear and Present Danger films, and all those Splinter Cell videogames.

In his honour, this classic scene from The Hunt for Red October:

I like CollegeHumor’s graphic of the Seven Deadly Sins, with each sin rendered using the logo of the a suitably-matched site:

This article also appears in Global Nerdy.

Found via Alan Williamson via Tejas Richard.

Click the photo to see the droid horror at full size.

As if poor R2 doesn’t already have to put up with that kind of stuff from C-3P0…