Aetherial Vox

"The Jennifer Morgue"

nobody@vox.com(cjkarr) — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:37:05 -0500

On Friday, I finally finished Charles Stross's Lovecraftian spy thriller "The Jennifer Morgue". It is the second book in the Bob Howard series that follows the former Unix system administrator as he undertakes cloak-and-dagger jobs as part of a s...

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Stylin' Jungle Hat

nobody@vox.com(cjkarr) — Sat, 26 May 2007 14:57:56 -0500

I finally hit level 70 in the Outlands this weekand and as a reward, I bought my character this pimped-out hat. Gotta love the leopard-skin accents... Details at Thottbot.

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Card and comic collecting news

nobody@vox.com(cjkarr) — Sat, 26 May 2007 14:35:37 -0500

I made it out to Graham Cracker Comics yesterday to pick up a few comics that they have been holding for both me and Holly. While I was there, I took the plunge and spent $40 on Uncanny X-Men #266. This was the single issue that stood between me ...

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The "Smallville" finale was actually pretty good

nobody@vox.com(cjkarr) — Thu, 17 May 2007 21:03:13 -0500

I'm rather surprised, but instead of looking a gift horse in the mouth, I'm just going to enjoy it. (Though I wonder where all this goodness was during the rest of the season. Pacing, guys. Pacing...)

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Looking for alpha/beta testers: "Chicago Stubs"

nobody@vox.com(cjkarr) — Sun, 13 May 2007 08:36:33 -0500

A couple of years ago, I managed to get tickets to the Timeline Theatre Company's production of "Copenhagen". This seemed to be an interesting play and I was looking forward to seeing it. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. For some reason or oth...

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Lovecraft + World of Warcraft

nobody@vox.com(cjkarr) — Tue, 01 May 2007 13:58:42 -0500

"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" meets "The Outsider" meets Murlocks meets Naga.

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