1. Don't kick the baby.

2. I hope this doesn't apply to my Volvo.

3. Yay!

I didn't know Thomas Harris was connected to the case.

4. More bullshit about being so impressed/shocked that Marlee Matlin can dance without hearing the music. Oy.

5. Some covrage of the Expelled vs. PZ Myers incident, for those who haven't already read about it ad nauseum.

Pendergastian.

1. I'm re-reading Brimstone and found this nice quote:

"I am afraid, Count, I never abandon myself to anything." -- Pendergast, p. 103.

And then some smart-ass on the author's messageboard, on the topic of fangirls:

I must admit, I find thin, near albino men in severe black suits dead sexy. You can always spot them in a crowd. The ones who give off the twisted undertaker vibe? Woohoo! And emotionally unavailable? Sign me up!

2. One of the girls on this show is from my hometown (Lee's Summit). She probably went to high school with one of my sisters. Not exactly the kind of celebrity connection I'd want, but I'll take what I can get, I suppose. And the show's premise looks amusingly inane.

3. From an article on E3:

"About one out of eight gamers, youthful gamers who play games, develop all of the patterns similar to an addiction," says Dr. David Walsh with the National Institute on Media and the Family.

Heh. I know a certain someone who spends hours each day in front of a console....