Because All the Cool Kids Linked it a Long Time Ago.

World of Goo

Download it. Play it. Enjoy.

(Don't say I never did anything for you.)

[Publisher's note: Area Man Joe Belland was taken to Happy Dale Sanitarium today, screaming obscenities and muttering "it explains everything!" and "it's the source of harmonic cubic wisdom!" He had burned most of his personal possessions, but found amongst the debris was the following diagram, simply labeled "Theory of Everything"]

Smart Girl.

She won a contest for the speech, too.

I think she takes just the right approach. The pro-choice position is based on emotion, not reason, so a reasoned rebuttal is unlikely to change any minds. Instead, we need to take a page from Scott Ott and learn how to love them right.

Any argument against abortion that focuses on the humanity of the unborn is liable to fail, simply because the reasons for why an unborn child is human will never change the emotions of the pro-choicer about the mother's situation. That's why I like the approach of Lia here, who takes the time to talk about the impact of abortion on the emotions of the mother.

And I swear, this blog is not turning into an affiliate of the National Right to Life League. Maybe come August or so, when my child is actually granted rights under the Constitution, we can return to our normally scheduled programming.

And, again, congratulations to little Benjamin for surviving the most dangerous place in America. It shows that your parents love you very, very much.

F.U. News Congratulates Jeff and Liz on their New Baby Boy!

From TBF:

"I am proud to announce the birth of Benjamin George, on 16 February, 2009, at 6:04PM.

"At birth, Benjamin weighed 8 pounds and 3 ounces and measured 20 inches long.

"Liz is doing extremely well, and we anticipate being discharged on Tuesday to take Ben home.

"Earlier in the day, the doctor was able to externally turn Ben so that he was no longer breach, which took us from being classified as a high risk to a low risk birth.

"Five minutes before the birth, everything was going so smoothly, Liz's doctor turned to me and asked if I would like to deliver the baby, with doctor supervision.  I jumped at the opportunity, washed up and got a pair of rubber catching gloves. By time Liz finished being shocked by the idea, Ben was in her arms and being dried off.

"Thank you to everyone for your support."

Bugs Bunny: Psychic?

So The Murloc and I were watching some old Bugs Bunny cartoons, and I noticed the following during the short "Tortoise Wins by a Hare", ©1943. In it, the following newspaper is shown, with a publishing date of Nov. 1, 1942.

How did Bugs know? He must be a psychic.

Link dump.

Firstly, this site is awesome for anyone looking for some music to play.

Secondly, this Pandora radio station is awesome if you want something to listen to while reading Space Pirates.

Lastly, this is just plain awesome.

Happy Valentine's Day!

(Also see: Terrans, Protoss)