t’s that time again. We took a bit of time off to ruminate, but we’ve got new entries over at the Carnival, now, and it’s good stuff.
     The Good Doctor fights back against intermittent Internet access to bring us Slidescope, a catch-up post detailing the events between Becky and Dr. Celestine in his trailer.
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     Becky’s gown was [...]

     ‘ve been doing a lot of reading and movie watching lately, and I’m afraid I’ve been slacking off in the reviewing department. So, that having been confessed, let’s play catch up.
World War Z, by Max Brooks
     Do you own this book? Why not? You should. You should own it, perhaps several copies of it, because writing [...]

     nfortunately, I lack the time to have a proper coronary about these things, but here’s what we’ve got going on in the big wide world today:

‘Cuz I Know You Don’t Read, Fool! — What’s wrong with you people? Read something, goddammit! It’s fun!
Evolution: We finally proved it in a lab. Now leave us the fuck [...]

     o, I’ve had an interesting morning, and I mean “interesting” in the sense of the old Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times.”
     I’m driving home last night, and I abruptly notice that the van is pulling hard to the right. Huh. That seems a bad sign, I think to myself. Sure enough, moments after [...]

woke up yesterday morning, threw on some jeans and a shirt and my ball cap, lassoed Jazz with the leash. I led her outside, listening to the automatically-locking door behind me close. At the exact same time the door clunked shut with impenetrable finality, I realized I hadn’t grabbed my keys. I turned to [...]

     alk about appalling:
     Ohio Teacher Burned Cross On Kids’ Arms
     A public school teacher preached his Christian beliefs despite complaints by other teachers and administrators and used a device to burn the image of a cross on students’ arms, according to a report by independent investigators.
     Mount Vernon Middle School teacher John Freshwater also taught creationism in his [...]

      must own this — Knight Rider GPS:
     When we were first contacted by Mio about their Knight Rider device, we couldn’t wait till the day that we could finally tell you. An officially licensed GPS unit with the original voice of KITT behind it, how could you lose?
     Thankfully, you can’t! We have been very fortunate [...]