Oh, frak!

No more streaming BSG.

Things you absolutely have to read

Okay, a while ago I said I had a backlog to clear. Done, here:


OBAMA'S PRESIDENCY, AS EXPLAINED BY GAME OF THRONES CHARACTERS

The Simpsons Called It: Three Eyed Fish Caught Outside a Nuclear Power Plant

How to use workplace buzzwords to improve your personal communications.

The Amazing Spaceship Size Chart has been updated!

And: I have never backed a Kickstarter project. But if there's one for a working lightsaber, I'm in.


There you go.

It's that time again!

'Tis the season.

And if you have no longsword handy...

Man stabbed with spear while robbing medieval weapons enthusiast. (That's actually the headline from BoingBoing. Check out the comments there and marvel at the rabbit hole of SCA vs. LARP vs. general mayhem enthusiasts. "What I don't understand is why you think any of that deserves to be mocked, or why you associate weapons enthusiasts with...absurd negative stereotypes....")

Reality Bites

The NYT has an interesting story on the demise of the documentary on the demise of Dungeons & Dragons.

Also, longsword fighting.

Neither of these things is as nerdy as my wife asserts they are. That is all.

Omar Shot First

I hate what HBO is doing in their remastering of "The Wire."

BBC Booklist Primary Election Now Live!

Gentlemen,

The 2014 BBC primary is live!  We have 37 books to choose from, so we will be holding a primary.  Please vote for THREE books that you would like to make it to the next round. Any book that gets any votes at all will be included in round two.  While this does make it possible that the next round will also have thirtysome books in it, let's try this and see what happens.  Choose wisely.  Voting will be open this week.

The SurveyMonkey is here.

The Amazon Wishlist page is here.

Enjoy!

Your BBC Captain