RIP: E. Gary Gygax!

Wow! The big EGG is dead! Apparently passed away at his home yesterday. I never met the guy myself, and I worked for (then) D&D's biggest rival, Tunnels & Trolls maker Flying Buffalo. But he was undoubtedly one of the pioneers in the industry, and he definitely deserves kudos for that.

http://www.giantitp.com/index.html#AmQKTxMeXozCUZHVw0L

Order of the Stick has a very good tribute comic at http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0536.html, and I'll never forget his guest "appearance" on Futureama.

Super Duper Tuesday!

From News of the Weird:

When These People Vote, Theirs Count as Much as Yours

During the media hoopla on Feb. 5, about that day's 24-state "Super Tuesday" "national primary" for president, enthusiastic voters called election offices for the addresses of their polling places so they could run down and vote: 400 called in Virginia (but its primary would be the following week); 1,000 called in Dallas (its primary would be a month later); "hundreds" called in Florida (its primary was the week before). At least six people were lined up to vote by 6:30 a.m. at one precinct in Milwaukee (Wisconsin's primary would be two weeks later). [MSNBC-AP, 2-5-08] [Dallas Morning News, 2-6-08] [Orlando Sentinel, 2-5-08] [WTMJ Radio (Milwaukee), 2-5-08]

Whorton hears a Who?

Heh.



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