Bears React To Losing This Year’s Summer of Fear Badly
Sunday, June 15th, 2008Bears reacted badly to losing this year’s Summer of Fear contest to Sharks by trying to attack an Alaskan town and being driven off by a puppy.
Archive for June, 2008
What Would You Do?
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008Marginal Revolution has an interesting post and comments on what to do if you suddenly find yourself in the year 1000. Interesting points include how we would stand out for our height, how soft our hands are (the old Khmer Rouge standby) and how vulnerable we would be to the diseases of the era. On [...]
Summer of Fear 2008 Winner: The Shark
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008It has been a lean year for the Summer of Fear, but I want to congratulate the 2008 and winner, return champion, the Shark. It has been close up the wire but the Shark pulled a win out with this brilliant story in the ever reliable Sun. Well done Sharks everywhere.
World of World of Warcraft. Heck Ya.
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008‘Warcraft’ Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing ‘Warcraft’
The Real Dunwich Horror
Saturday, June 7th, 2008Most readers of this site will know Dunwich more for HP Lovecraft’s version than for the historical city, but the News For Medievalists site points out a story in the London Times I missed about the historical city, long lost to the sea. Dunwich was once one of the most powerful cities in England, one [...]
Bears Go For It, Fail In Last Minute Summer of Fear 2008 Bid
Saturday, June 7th, 2008Bears make a last ditch attempt at being this year’s Summer of Fear winner and fall short of the mark. Really now, does any right thinking bear think that breaking into a house and stealing bread and milk is going to throw the media into full panic mode? In an election year this had no [...]