The voice of doom!

Last night saw Our Heroes (tm) return to the White City, which has been decimated by an attack of the Forces of Evil (tm). Also, Azlo may have let out a few nameless monstrosities, Lyanna was temporarily arrested, and Zath and Aily looted everything that wasn't nailed down. It must be time for the voice of doom!

( November 3, 2010 )

That's it for this week! Next week, a-demon-hunting we will go! Or the plague god will kill all the Heironean priests. It's a toss-up, really. See you then!

Grab bag of links

1. Education: class dismissed -- hugely interesting article about a school where there are no set classes, no structure... and students are highly productive.

2. Imogen Heap, "Just for Now" (5-minute video) -- an amazingly talented singer mixes 20+ tracks of her own voice on the fly. Hypnotic.

3. The Muppets: Cårven Der Pümpkîn (2-minute video) -- a seasonally appropriate video about the Swedish Chef and some pumpkins, courtesy of Muppet Studios.

4. Idea of the day: A taxpayer receipt -- admittedly US-focused, but still a brilliant idea. What if you got a receipt every time you paid taxes telling you where, exactly, your money was being spent?

5. Gay scientists isolate Christian gene (1-minute video) -- a brilliant parody of all those Christian scientists who claim to have isolated a "gay" gene.

6. Are you cursed by knowledge? (contains 2 minutes of video) -- I'm a huge fan of Chip and Dan Heath and their book "Made to Stick." This article proves that even a few hours of training in their SUCCESs method can yield huge results for making your ideas more memorable.

7. My son is gay -- an absolutely wonderful, scathing response from a mom to other parents who were offended that her 5-year-old son dressed as a girl from Scooby Doo for Halloween.