A reading of Chao Yuen-Ren’s “The Lion-eating Poet in a Stone Den,” in its original Mandarin. Click that for a translation and more sound clips. This is killing me. Amazing.

zabracadabra: fuckyeahrockyhorror: Via DeviantArt user love-and-commissions “Go for the gold! Go for the gold! Go for the… okay, silver’s not bad.”
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fuckyeahrockyhorror:

Via DeviantArt user love-and-commissions

“Go for the gold! Go for the gold! Go for the… okay, silver’s not bad.”

Source: fuckyeahrockyhorror

zabracadabra: theladyisagent Yeah. No. Wait… aw, MAAAAN…
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theladyisagent

Yeah. No. Wait… aw, MAAAAN…

Source: foundshit.com

smalltowngayblog: Fall Back, Spring Forward! No sleeping in for anyone affected!
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Fall Back, Spring Forward!

No sleeping in for anyone affected!

Source: falsematurity

The Xbox LIVE Terms of Use and Code of Conduct are designed to create a place where people can safely enjoy all of the ways to interact on our service[…] without fear of discrimination or harassment. As the service evolves and our customers provide us with feedback, these rules evolve to incorporate new features or changes in how people wish to interact.

With that in mind, I’d like to announce an update to the Xbox LIVE Terms of Use and Code of Conduct which will allow our members to more freely express their race, nationality, religion and sexual orientation in Gamertags and profiles. Under our previous policy, some of these expressions of self-identification were not allowed in Gamertags or profiles to prevent the use of these terms as insults or slurs. However we have since heard feedback from our customers that while the spirit of this approach was genuine, it inadvertently excluded a part of our Xbox LIVE community. This update also comes hand-in-hand with increased stringency and enforcement to prevent the misuse of these terms.

I truly believe that our diversity is what makes us strong: diversity in gaming and entertainment options, and diversity in the people that make up this amazing community. I look forward to seeing you on LIVE soon.

A Letter from Marc Whitten: Update to Xbox LIVE Code of Conduct - via Slashdot via Crystaltips/Wonderlandblog. Cheers.

The Runner

Interesting single-topic, short-run weblog about the game Mirror’s Edge, which is one of the few games I’ll pop in again a year after finishing it. This touches on a lot of the things I like about it. The author also recently had this article about the game’s shortcomings published, and I agree somewhat with it, too, especially regarding combat. But on that note, I agree with forum-poster BobisOnlyBob, who said, “At no point did I disarm anyone else, or use a single firearm against a human. I did, however, kick about a hundred men in the balls. And I enjoyed it a lot!” Me too, BobisOnlyBob, me too.

Source: bluecasket.sekritforum.com

Trap doors and hatches all around: Jeff Hull on infusing variability and play into the workaday world

An interview with one of the producers behind that thing that I keep bringing up to you if you live in the Bay Area as something you must check out if you have any sense of play, of adventure, or a love of weirdness, whatsoever.

Source: remotedevice.net

katierosepipkin: new poster design. if you play a certain ‘dungeons and dragons’, or have ever wanted to, you should come to this. location may change. but seriously. I just like this poster, the name and the idea. Also, two notes. One: predictably, I’m not going to SxSW this year, but if you want to get away from whatever, here’s another option on Monday night. Two: Yes, it says 2009, but March 15 is a Monday this year, so I’m assuming it’s the year that’s wrong. So there you go. Then again, there’s no contact info, so make sure to have your party’s rogue check for traps I am a dolt, and Nik has pointed out that that’s the address, not the year. Good morning.
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new poster design. if you play a certain ‘dungeons and dragons’, or have ever wanted to, you should come to this. location may change. but seriously.

I just like this poster, the name and the idea. Also, two notes.

One: predictably, I’m not going to SxSW this year, but if you want to get away from whatever, here’s another option on Monday night.

Two: Yes, it says 2009, but March 15 is a Monday this year, so I’m assuming it’s the year that’s wrong. So there you go. Then again, there’s no contact info, so make sure to have your party’s rogue check for traps I am a dolt, and Nik has pointed out that that’s the address, not the year. Good morning.

Source: katierosepipkin

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Husbands and Husbands

This video is only a minute long. You won’t regret watching it.

Watch what happens when a little boy named Calen meets a pair of husbands for the first time. He talked things out, asked a few questions, and things just seemed to click in his head for him.

Let’s quit with the ignorance and fear and play ping pong. (rb)

Source: justmarriedus

(This little piggy)(9.93)(10^27)

  • Jason: Okay, tangent
  • Jason: apparently my D&D DM can't stand the word "shrimping" and the meaning thereof
  • Jason: which didn't stop us from turning "shrimp" into a Pee-wee's Playhouse style secret word, or from bringing it into conversation during the game last night
  • Heidi: wtf is shrimping
  • Jason: sucking on somebody's toes
  • Heidi: OMG OMG OMG
  • Heidi: that has a NAME?
  • Jason: uh
  • Jason: we are living in the era of naming everything
  • Heidi: wow, you maybe have ruined the act for me with that name
  • Heidi: be careful what you teach me obiwan!
  • Jason: so Scott, another player, just gave a one-word response to the list: "Shrimping"
  • Jason: to which I'm replying:
  • Jason: "Hellashrimping: That's 10^27 shrimpings."
  • Heidi: wow
  • Heidi: the sick thing is
  • Heidi: I am now wondering how many toes there are in the world
  • Heidi: or for all time
  • Heidi: and if that's even possible
  • Jason: Well
  • Jason: ...
  • Jason: wait, I don't have an appropriate response to that
  • Heidi: I realize it's just X*10
  • Heidi: which X = everyone ever
  • Jason: more like X*9.3, or whatever the average is
  • Heidi: WTF
  • Jason: well
  • Heidi: 9.3?
  • Jason: missing toes, extra toes
  • Heidi: EXTRA TOES
  • Heidi: WHERE ARE YOU SHRIMPING
  • Jason: I'm guessing it trends more towards missing
  • Heidi: no way it's 9.3
  • Jason: 9.93 then
  • Jason: I don't know
  • Heidi: I mean, I'll give you a decimal place
  • Heidi: I am *happy* you don't have that statistic
  • Heidi: because if you did I would be, um, a little weirder out. or maybe just impressed
  • Jason: What's giving me pause is that someone, somewhere, has this info
  • Heidi: you know, this conversation has unintentionally spawned way too much thought for my tastes this late in the day