“I met your father when he cat called me while I was walking down the street minding my own business. It was so romantic.” —No one, ever. (via taylamp)
Most disappointing resolution to How I Met Your Mother imaginable.
(Source: agirlandherblob)
Careful Doctor, your sass is showing
Reasons why I love The Doctor #3279
Never thought of this before, but is this a call-back to van Statten’s line in ‘Dalek’?
(Source: gallifreyfalls, via captaincacklefruit)
WIL WHEATON dot TUMBLR: Catan Junior - For ages four and up!
I’ve been playing Catan for years and it was nice to see it featured on Tabletop. Being the father of a rapidly evolving, small humanoid, I of course want to start impressing upon him my love of board games.
This past week, at GenCon, I got the opportunity to try out Catan…
Wait….what do you mean “if” you get a second season of TableTop? This is up for debate?
MAKE THIS HAPPEN, INTERNET!!
9 months ago - 
143 -
143 - Mitt Romney’s `just trust me’ campaign, explained.
This is now the third area in which Romney has refused to share specifics on the explicit grounds that so doing would be bad politically for him. Romney has repeatedly said he won’t release his tax returns because Democrats will find things in them to attack. And he has vowed to eliminate whole government agencies, but has confirmed that he won’t specify which ones precisely because his failed Senate bid taught him that getting too specific puts him at risk of losing. As Jonathan Chait has written, this is akin to saying: “One of the things I have found in previous elections is that announcing my plans makes people want to vote against me.”
(Emphasis mine.)
Do your job, media.
Do your job, reporters.
Do your job, cable news.
Do your job, newspapers.
Inform voters clearly and without the “both sides do it” false equivalency, that the Romney campaign is deliberately hiding what a Romney presidency would mean for the country, because the campaign knows that they will lose if voters find out their actual policy plans.
It is absolutely staggering to me that it is possible in this country for a person seeking to be the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES can completely hide everything that person would do if elected and expect voters to be totally fine with that.
The cable news and national network news programs have a responsibility to clearly explain this to voters: Mitt Romney won’t tell you what he plans to do if you elect him, because he believes that if you knew, you wouldn’t vote for him.
That’s just astonishing to me.
9 months ago - 1860 -
1860 - Dream Big or Go Home: Because I wanted to do this...I'M HAWKEYE.
Because these sorts of things amuse me…
I’m Hawkeye! [GASP SHOCK AWE]Tony Stark / Iron Man
[X] You like booze
[] You are the life of the party
[] You love gadgets
[] You can be rather cocky
[] Your favorite color is red or gold
[X] You’re good with computers
[X] You use sarcasm a lot
[X] You love getting attention
[] You’re good at…
Tony Stark / Iron Man
[X] You like booze
[] You are the life of the party
[X] You love gadgets
[X] You can be rather cocky
[] Your favorite color is red or gold
[X] You’re good with computers
[X] You use sarcasm a lot
[X] You love getting attention
[] You’re good at mechanics
[X] You have issues with your parents
(6/10)
Dr. Bruce Banner / The Hulk
[] You’re good at science
[X] You can get very aggressive when ticked off
[X] You like to be secluded most of the time
[X] You like wearing baggy clothes
[] You like to meditate
[X] You like doing science experiments
[X] You try to avoid getting into fights
[X] You like wearing purple things
[] You’re clever
[] Your favorite color is green
(6/10)
Thor
[] You’re good with a hammer
[X] You like coffee
[X] You can eat a truckload of food and still be hungry
[X] You can be arrogant
[] You have long hair
[] You have an interest in astrology
[X] You can get sulky when things don’t go your way
[X] You’re willing to take a fall for someone else
[] You like to dress up as fantasy characters
[] You don’t get on well with your sibling(s)
(5/10)
Steve Rogers / Captain America
[X] You like helping those in need in any way you can
[X] You hate bullies
[] You’re a great leader
[X] You’re a bit of a do-gooder
[] One of your favorite colors is red, white or blue
[] You like wearing things with stars on them
[] You strongly admire the army
[] You have a good throwing arm
[] You like war films
[] You’re good at running
(3/10)
Colonel Nick Fury
[] You like wearing long coats
[] You’re good at organizing things
[] You’re good at being in the loop
[] You like guns
[] You’re good at giving information to people
[X] You like giving solutions to people’s problems
[] You like eyepatches
[] You work best as part of a team
[] You like beards
[] You like wearing black things
(1/10)
Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
[] You like wearing tight clothes
[] You can do martial arts
[X] You’re interested in the world of spies
[] You have red hair
[] You’re quite agile
[X] People generally don’t know much about the real you
[] You like to make yourself look good
[] You can speak another language
[] You’re good at taking orders
[] You were born in a different country to the one you are living in now
(2/10)
Clint Barton/ Hawkeye
[X] You’re very good at archery.
[X] You currently like/love someone on your team
[X] You like to wear purple and black
[] You’re very good at aiming
[] You’ve worked at the carnival
[] You like working in a team
[X] You’re up for almost anything thrown at you
[] You’d be a top assassin if you ever took the job
[X] You’re quiet
[] You tend to get along with people well
(5/10)
Loki
[] You want to be a great leader
[X] You want to prove something
[] You’re the younger sibling
[X] You’ve been/are overshadowed by a sibling
[] You don’t get along so great with your sibling
[X] You’re good at lying
[] You’re adopted
[] You’re very clever
[X] You are able to manipulate people well
[] Your favorite color is green or gold
(4/10)
So…I’m apparently an even blend between Tony Stark and Bruce Banner, with a healthy (if any of this can be called “healthy”) dash of Hawkeye.
9 months ago - 4 -
4 - 
For the next few days I’ll be signing these sheets of paper when I’m not writing, beekeeping, or walking the dogs. These are for this extremely fancy and expensive edition: http://amzn.to/NPrM8u. (The unsigned edition will be http://amzn.to/RSw3wJ). So far, 100 down, 1900 to go.
The one time in my life (possibly the only time) I’ve actively thought to myself, “Good God, I’m happy I’m not Neil Gaiman.”
| Me: | [looking up at clock] Geez! How is it already 11? |
|---|---|
| My 4-year old son: | I don't know! Maybe 9 became 10, then turned into 11. |
“…cause baby, we’re be at an arcade; in a gaming store; at a convention where I’m screamin’ for more; down in the server room, lock those big steel doors; and baby….
…..talk nerdy to me”
Eureka
So, just a few weeks ago, one of the favorite TV shows of my family ended after 5 seasons. It had a good run, but probably the most disappointing thing is the fact that, after Syfy had announced a shortened sixth season to wrap up a lot of lingering plot points, they back-tracked, leaving the production to try to clear up in the course of a single episode all the stuff they would have done over six. Obviously, this leaves a lot of unresolved things, still.
My wife and I have been following this show pretty-much non-stop from the beginning, but our oldest daughter has only gotten into it recently. Partly because of being able to share a show we love with her, and partly just because we already miss it, we’ve started watching back through the series again on Netflix, and some things are pretty astounding.
Watching the whole series over a period of weeks rather than years, it becomes obvious just how tightly plotted the thing was. I was shocked to realize that Lucas, Zoe’s boyfriend, had been there for quite a few episodes. This attention to detail makes it all the more frustrating that so many plot threads were left dangling, as I’m sure that sixth season would have resolved everything we’re left to speculate. As is, the best I can come up with:
*What was Henry’s motivation for turning traitor? The best I can figure is that it was his reaction to the death of Kim Anderson in the alternate timeline. In the prime timeline, Henry reacts to Kim’s death (after having rediscovered their love for each other) by travelling in time to prevent the accident, which winds up causing a bunch of time anomalies. “The other” Henry (let’s just call him Henry-A), presumably having already met and married Grace, most likely was not quite that invested in Kim’s life. Having been colleagues quite a ways back, he was no doubt devastated by her death, but not to the point of destroying an entire universe to spend more time with her.
I would imagine that, immediately following Kim’s death, Beverly Barlowe and the Consortium reached out to Henry, and his desire to affect change at Global Dynamics led him to turn traitor, rather than attempting to work independently.
*What was the point of divergence between Eureka and Eureka-A? It seems as though it was Henry meeting Grace sooner.
*What was the Artifact, how did it wind up in Eureka, and what happened to it? I honestly have no idea at all on this. My pet theory is, after the accident that killed Kim, the energy from the Artifact, rather than transferring to Kevin (who was not autistic in the alternate timeline), transferred into all the items Warehouse 13 refers to as “artifacts”. Therefore, Warehouse 13 takes place entirely in the alternate Eureka’s timeline.
Tragedies can happen, but it should be noted…
Dear everybody-
There is a world of difference between punk rock, and the music made by a guy who shoots up a temple.
Sincerely,
a punk
