(pause)
OK, yeah, WTF Robots has this one absolutely nailed. This is the one that they’re going to send the time travelers back on a one-way mission to stop, even if it means nuking the entire city from orbit*.
To quote Eric Flint
Moe Lane
*Because it’s the only way to be sure.
Having read this on Cracked, it immediately became obvious that what it was starkly necessary for someone to look at the “6 Insane Discoveries That Science Can’t Explain” and explain them using the tools designed for such things: ie, roleplaying games.
Well, it was obvious to me. This is going to go unapologetic gaming geek now, so I’m giving the rest of you the courtesy of a page break. Continue reading Six Insane Discoveries, and their gaming applications.
OK, the trouble that I went through just to tell you that this samurai umbrella from ThinkGeek
was one of the coolest things that I saw last weekend! Nonetheless, it was and is.
Moe Lane
PS: OK, he didn’t really taunt me with it. But he had one, and I didn’t. That sort of counts.
Blues Traveler
Just remember, though: if he does this, that’s good.
It’s quite fun to read: they start with organic foods and end with carbon offsets, with quite a bit of profane sneering along the way.
These guys really did blossom in an Internet environment, huh?
Age of Sail has a bit up about a British captain that took on six frigates with one converted Indiaman in 1796… and drove them to port.
You know. Just in case you were feeling like you had a hard day, or something.
Moe Lane
PS: Actually, you can’t go too far wrong with Errol Flynn. Captain Blood
wasn’t completely unlike the book
, which is cheap enough that I have to sit and think about it for a minute about whether I want it.