I find myself wondering exactly how low he can go.

“When President Bush ordered troops to Iraq, he probably never imagined that he would be ultimately be responsible for what very well could be the very first D&D convention/game day ever held in a war zone…”

Well, I’ll be damned.

An Irish village has cleared the latest hurdle in its campaign to change its names to the Fort of the Harlot.
The loose translation of its old Irish title means “the stronghold of immoral women”. Many residents in the village of Doon in County Limerick reportedly prefer the name of Dun Bleisce, translated as the Fort of the Harlot. However, locals said the name referred to a strong woman and local women were noted for their beauty and culture.

quebec. lemon and ice,

Originally uploaded by kristamas°.

(musicbox)

(DSC01485rdx)

(the masks)

(Stay Away from Our Woman)

• Terence McKenna– Lectures on Alchemy
  (tags: history mckenna magic)
• Primo Posthuman Future Body Design – Natasha Vita-More
  “Neural macrosensing would be comprised of millions of nanorobots in sensory locations designed to work with the entire body by listening to and recording sensory responses and transporting this information to the brain’s cognition center”
  (tags: tech future)

Billy Gray just found this, and…well.

(“Ellis is a rent boy – So many questions have now been answered…”)

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Via Fraction via Chu: the trailer for the new Kitano.

(One would hope so.)

Via Jhayne: This is purported to be the LiveJournal of the Virginia shooter. Developing, obviously.

(EDIT: Debunked while I was sleeping. See comments. Ignore Jim Treacher. Everyone else does.)

(ADDITIONAL: it is believed at this time that the son of novelist Michael Bishop is among the dead at Virginia Tech.)

OOIOO

Someone in the comments today was asking to see this.

(Actually, they might have been saying, “no, Warren, please for the love of God don’t show it to me and destroy the joy of womanbits for me.” But I’m getting old now and my hearing’s going.)

Bit late to this: