Bethesda Softworks announced today that Dorothy “D.C.” Fontana and Derek Chester have partnered up to write the scripts for Star Trek: Legacy and Star Trek: Tactical Assault. Woo hoo! [tags]Dorothy…

Some of the people who’ve subscribed to The Big Meow (that’s the final book in the “Feline Wizardry” sequence, in case this is the first you’ve heard about the project)…

Hit the Fly (if you’re a guy)

Must go to this place when we’re next in Paris. Is this where I had that beer once while waiting for the train? Possible. (ETA: Yes it was. And they…

Took them long enough. (eyeroll) Of course, the real joke is that the fries are actually Belgian in origin. (The WWI US “doughboys” who discovered them had simply wound up…

They’re singing it in the streets of Paris…and nearly everywhere else in France, apparently. A song parodying soccer star Zinedine Zidane’s head butt in the World Cup final has soared…

After 16-year-old Jacqueline Cossairt of Markle lost control of a sport utility vehicle on gravel-covered Wells County Road 1050 North about 4:30 p.m., it struck an old hollow tree, rousting…

I had a mail from a nice lady who said she wanted to subscribe to The Big Meow, but was having trouble. I suggested she click on the button at…

Drink whisky, push little plastic army guys around with sticks, conquer the world. Sounds good to me.

…in Belfast this weekend. For those of who who might not have been following Peter’s LJ lately, over the previous weekend a horsefly bit him. He normally doesn’t react well…

I see that the Young Wizards series’s Kit has made the 175 Cool Boys From Children’s Literature list. Neat! Also, a nice mention of the series in/on Blogcritics.org from Tiffany…

I love this. …Not that I’m terribly clear what’s going on. (It has to do with trochoids, I gather.)

…is The Dark Knight. (Variety confirms the Hollywood Reporter story.) Heath Ledger has been signed to play the Joker. [tags]Batman, The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger, Jonah Nolan, Christopher Nolan, Christian…

I can’t believe I’m watching “Krypto the Super-Dog” dubbed into Irish. (As gaeilge: Krypto, an Madra Iontach.) Thank you, TG4… [tags]Krypto, Krypto the Super-Dog, DC Comics, Irish, Irish language, TG4,…

At least they warn you. Update: This one’s silly too. [tags]Battlestar Galactica, wiki, Sci-Fi Channel, Ronald D. Moore, David Eick[/tags]

Not completely destroyed, it seems…but it’s going to take a while to get it back into shape, I’m sure. It was one of the world’s largest sound stages, after all.…

Oh yes. Read the details at BookBurger and be horrified. I desperately wish I could believe that this is a hoax…but I very much doubt it is. See, you can…

As if Peter’s horsefly bite reaction wasn’t enough to deal with right now, the power outages yesterday took out the data provider of Groupee, the firm that hosts YoungWizards.net and…

(Devised for Christmas/Solstice dinner 2001, after thinking about the famous “Black Turkey Recipe” and deciding it was too much trouble. Might as well put it up here so I can…

For those of you who may be interested: The Irish recipe pages at our European Cuisines website are constantly getting search-engine hits from people asking “What do Irish people eat?”.…

Dammit, another old friend lost. 2006 is really starting to get on my nerves. Dave Gemmell died yesterday morning in the aftermath of heart surgery. He and Peter started their…

Seriously. Via Blog of a Bookslut (hi, Jessa!): Daniel Radcliffe, the actor who plays Harry Potter, will appear nude in a London stage production of Equus. Now playing: Elton John–…

That’ll teach me. A popular wizard dish is Shrimpy Halfling Jambalaya. Just take any combination of leprechauns, goblins, elves, whatever, and throw them into a big cauldron. Add some mustard…

I can’t often be bothered to blog about the antic caperings of the various political punditti and pundettes in my native land, but every now and then something comes up…