Summits on Titan named for Middle Earth locations

Deleted scenes from The Life of Brian: as usual, it's pretty clear why these didn't make the cut. Nice context for the Suicide Squad, though.

"Lathspell I name you, Ill-news; and ill news is an ill guest they say."

Bow to the Tolkien fans, NYT!

Don't miss the teaser for John Scalzi's new fantasy novel, The Shadow War of the Night Dragons, Book One: The Dead City (announced yesterday).

Lot of overlap between a parody of bad fantasy and good Terry Pratchett. I expect it took a certain amount of willpower for Scalzi not just to keep writing.

Update: And a follow up, a statistical look at fantasy novel titles.

Tell me of your home world, Usul.

Seen recently in Santa Fe, a T-shirt which read:

Fasolt and Fafner Construction
Rates Negotiable

A reminder why the original will always be the best.

Wow, we just passed fifteen-hundred posts. This is 1,503. Hooray us!

"In additional to the intellectual stimulation, you get more cream cheese, because there is slightly more surface area."

How to cut a bagel into linked halves.

Edit: Also, "Mobius Lox" would be a great name for a band.

Thought in the car: the difference between snowmen and snow angels is totally thomistic. Wait. No it isn't. Never mind.

Dork.