Here’s an odd personality test–if I died and went to Dante’s Inferno, where would I go? The Dante’s Inferno Test has banished you to the Sixth Level of Hell – The City of Dis! The City of Dis, for those of you unfamiliar with Dante, is the city where the unbelievers in god and afterlifeContinue reading “Travels with Dante”
Monthly Archives: April 2003
New Star Trek: New Frontier News
While this piece of news was announced several weeks ago on several Star Trek news websites, I’ve held off making the announcement here until the story in question was finished. I was asked to submit a short story for the upcoming Star Trek: New Frontier anthology, No Limits, due out this October. New Frontier, forContinue reading “New Star Trek: New Frontier News”
Quidditch!
When the first Harry Potter movie came out, my coworkers and I were talking one day about how Electronics Arts should make a video game devoted solely to Quidditch. EA produces some of the best sports simulations in the video game industry, and their name is synonymous with quality. When people think video game football,Continue reading “Quidditch!”
The Warner Brothers, and the Warner Sister, Dot
In going through a box of tee-shirts this morning, I found several Animaniacs shirts I had bought a number of years ago and forgotten. Ah, the fickleness of memory. I loved Animaniacs. It was a fantastic show, and in many ways one of the best animated television programs of all time. Certainly, it was amongContinue reading “The Warner Brothers, and the Warner Sister, Dot”
What if… No Khan Noonian Singh?
Try this on for size. It’s 2266. Captain Kirk and the Enterprise are zipping through space, and there’s an emergency distress call from a nearby colony, under attack. The Enterprise diverts from its routine patrol. Had the Enterprise stayed on its course for another day, Spock would have detected a derelict Earth ship from theContinue reading “What if… No Khan Noonian Singh?”
Super-heroes
I like super-heroes. I have the comic collection to prove it. If I were a hero in the Marvel universe, who would I be? Take the test. A warning–the page loads very slowly. Unlike most personality tests I’ve seen online, though, this one doesn’t have many truly obvious answers that point to a particular outcome.Continue reading “Super-heroes”
A Peace Offering
The tale of my cat, Tails, has been oft told. The important points are these–a kitten with a broken tail and a broken foot ran in the garage on a cold November day two and a half years ago and never left. In time the sore on her back paw healed and the fur regrew,Continue reading “A Peace Offering”
The Inner Smurf
Find your inner Smurf! I truly do wonder about these “personality tests.” The last question for the Smurf test, for instance, is so far out in left field that I truly wonder why it’s even there. Oh, well. It’s all in good fun.
Gagh!
A customer came into the store today with his pet lizard, Diablo, situated on his shoulder. He said he had been feeding Diablo crickets. Suddenly, Diablo began to foam at the mouth. “He’s thirsty. He needs water! He’ll die if he doesn’t drink anything!” I ran into the back, pulled out a bottle of springContinue reading “Gagh!”
Tea, Earl Grey, Hot
I have no idea what Jean-Luc Picard ever saw in Earl Grey tea. I was shopping World Market yesterday, a store that carries food and furniture from around the world, and in their tea department they had a sale on Earl Grey tea. Out of curiosity I picked up a box and brought it home.Continue reading “Tea, Earl Grey, Hot”