Daily Archives: November 19, 2008
Man, If Blowing the Heads Off of Zombies With a Scoped Rifle is Wrong, I Don’t Ever Want to Be Right
Posted on November 19, 2008 57 Comments
Seriously, man. I’m doing them a favor. They’re zombies, after all. It’s not like they have rich internal lives. The time for book clubs and PBS has passed for them, you know? And anyway, there’s something oddly soothing about going to a high place with a scoped rifle and picking off their shambling asses. I […]
Why You Totally Want to Come to Loscon Next Week
Posted on November 19, 2008 82 Comments
So you can catch the live show of this: Me, to Wil Wheaton, via IM: Confirming: We’re going to see you next week at Loscon? Wil Wheaton: I haven’t been able to get anyone on the horn in an official capacity, but I’m still planning on crashing it, if nothing else. Do you have an […]
The Big Idea: Dave Freer
Posted on November 19, 2008 13 Comments
There are a lot of stars out there in space — and as we’re constantly discovering, lots of planets around those stars. But how many of those planets are “earth-like”: that is, good for us? And what will it take to reach them? And what if we get there and discover the planet’s not as […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying