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October 2006 Archives
Something dreadful on this Halloween night
On this night, October 31st, All Hallow's Eve, as the wind shrieks through the trees outside my window and the dogs huddle under the couch, barking at suspicious noises buried in the night, I find...
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Superman returns, again
Bryan Singer has reportedly signed on to do another "Superman" movie, due out in 2009 or thereabouts. I'm guessing he's jumping at the chance to cram in all those Christ metaphors he couldn't quite find...
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Dear fans, please stop being so darn fanatical
Want to see what happens when the creative arm of an entertainment company gets confused with the legal arm? Cease and desist hijinks! Such as Universal's recent attack against one of its "Serenity" fans. When...
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Forget stakes, vampires can be defeated by math
I always thought math was a formidable weapon, considering the effects it has on me -- even the proximity of an algebra problem forces me to go lie down with a damp washcloth on my...
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This story is six words long
New in Wired: Very Short Stories. After mentioning Hemingway's classic six-word story. Wired asked a raft of writers from different fields to contribute their own short-short story. William Shatner, Neil Gaiman, Kevin Smith, Stephen King,...
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