Chad writes, Voting has started for the second round, but I still think this would make a good Bureau42 article: http://www.suvudu.com/cagematch.html. I predict it will come down to Gandalf vs. Cthulhu. And anyone who can beat a Balrog can probably whip a Great Old One (even if he dies again in the process).
Archive for the ‘Ask The Bureau’ Category
As some readers know, my day job is in education. I’ve got a career in private education that I love, but it doesn’t cover all of the topics I’d love to teach. I’ve been thinking about covering those topics elsewhere, namely here, but wanted reader feedback in deciding the exact form it would take. Details below.
After Christmas, I counted my collection. I had 236 unwatched seasons of TV shows on DVD, HD DVD and Blu-Ray. I’m now trying to work through them, and I’m looking for reader input about which series they want to see reviewed. EDIT: I missed a few choices the first time.
Do you have anything to add to this accumulation of items from around cyberspace? Here’s a place to post Bureau-friendly links.
WolframAlpha answers inquiries about Skynet, altered primates give their offspring one to glow on, some nerdy observations needed to be made, and the founder of Cirque du Soleil will be the next Billionaire in Space!
We’ve run across a few oddball stories or links in the past week that we feel are worth sharing, but don’t really fit into any of our existing categories. (See below.) To kludge this particular article into one of our categories, I’ll ask the Bureau this question: do you want to see more articles like this one?
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I’m a collector. I’ve got numerous comics, books, and movies to keep track of. It’s also a safe bet that a number of Bureau readers do as well. Below, I’ll describe how I keep track of mine, and open the floor for the alternatives our users are using.
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They get Bill and Jerry together for an ad, and this is the best they can come up with?
Denvention 3, the Sixty-Sixth World Science Fiction Convention, winds down today after mind-bending days and nights. I’ll have photos, commentary, and video up next weekend or thereabouts. Meanwhile, here’s the scoop on last night’s Hugo Awards.
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Since Tuesday, the debate has raged over the identity of this corpse which washed ashore on Long Island. Is it a turtle, dog, or raccoon? A beast as yet unknown to science? The result of a mad experiment? A viral marketing campaign?
Video below.
What do bureau-crats believe?