according to this quiz, i am a chaotic good human bard. i guess it's cos i love the ladies and the liquor. according to the details, i am also very close to being a chaotic neutral dwarven barbarian, which is perhaps less surprising.

Alignment:
Chaotic Good characters are independent types with a strong belief in the value of goodness. They have little use for governments and other forces of order, and will generally do their own things, without heed to such groups.

Race:
Humans are the 'average' race. They have the shortest life spans, and because of this, they tend to avoid the racial prejudices that other races are known for. They are also very curious and tend to live 'for the moment'.

Primary Class:
Bards are the entertainers. They sing, dance, and play instruments to make other people happy, and, frequently, make money. They also tend to dabble in magic a bit.

Secondary Class:

Detailed Results:

Alignment:
Law and Chaos:
Law ----- XXXXXX (6)
Neutral - XXXXX (5)
Chaos --- XXXXXXX (7)

Good and Evil:
Good ---- XXXXXXX (7)
Neutral - XXXXX (5)
Evil ---- (-1)

Race:
Human ---- XXXXXXXXXXXXX (13)
Half-Elf - XXXXXX (6)
Elf ------ XXXXXX (6)
Gnome ---- XXXXXXXX (8)
Halfling - XXXXXXXXX (9)
Dwarf ---- XXXXXXXXXX (10)
Half-Orc - XXXXXXX (7)

Class:
Fighter -- XXXXXXXXXXX (11)
Barbarian -XXXXXXXXXXX (11)
Ranger --- XXXX (4)
Monk ----- (-2)
Paladin -- XX (2)
Cleric --- X (1)
Mage ----- (-7)
Druid ---- XXX (3)
Thief ---- (0)
Bard ----- XXXXXXXXXXX (11)

Joe Sacco and Art Spiegelman spoke to THE NATION last week about what's shaped up to be the biggest comics-related news story ever.

Filmmaker Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and Daniel Clowes are teaming up on Gondry's upcoming film, Master of Space and Time, based on the novel by Rudy Rucker and set to star Jack Black. Clowes will pen the script.

The Top Ten Sci-Fi Films That Never Existed (thanks Sonia)

i'm sorry i stole you're cloudsong

shadok points us to http://paris.craigslist.org/rnr/. loaded with gems. a shining example of american cultural superiority.

email from mark:

vigilante.net is sitting in my livingroom for the moment as of this evening, and I found a circa-1997 mbox of mine. among many other gems, this:

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
####
####
#### Program: HelloFuckBag
#### Author: Grinning Evil Death (brian@7r.net)
#### Date: 01.13.97
#### Version: 1.0b1
####
#### Copyright 1997, Seven Raven, Inc.
#### All Rights Reserved
####
####


## print statement to screen
print "Hello FuckBag!\n";

## exit gracefully
exit 1;

#### END of HelloFuckBag

no -wT or use strict? exit 1, not exit 0? noob!

from urcella: clothing dissing my old neighborhood. there is much dong to be eaten by this fellow.

reuters reports on the new harry potter and narnia movies. i hope prince caspian is better than the first narnia movie, which was a bit of a let down, i thought. i want gritty realism!

also thanks to neil for finding the snl videos on youtube, particularly the debbie downer and harry potter ones with lindsay lohan. you look very nice hermione!

thanks neil for the heads up on goblin cock. check out that video and tell me that's not a mighty stoner riff. i ordered the cd!

UPDATE: Goblin Cock are playing in SF in March.