Uncategorized 15 Apr 2008 08:56 pm
oh bother: viral smackdown for me
Well, shoot. I have a favor to ask of you all.
Josh is a lot better; I, on the other hand, have picked up something nasty. Possibly the same nasty thing, but very possibly some other nasty thing. I dragged myself in for the last day of my SP gig today; by the end of the day, the faculty member evaluating my part of the test, an experienced physician’s assistant, was asking me pointed questions that seemed to be circling around the possibility of pneumonia. So that’s all a great deal of fun. I came home, went straight to bed, and am seeing a doctor on Thursday.
Grrrr.
So I’m going to be an irritable coughing person for the next few days, and that’s going to be very dull. So what I was thinking was this — if you have any recommendations for Neat Stuff On The Web, I would be delighted to know of them. If you use Google Reader, maybe you’d like to add me, eclarios, to your contacts list and share neat things there.
Otherwise I’m just going to play Desktop Tower Defense again and again and again.
on 15 Apr 2008 at 10:54 pm 1.Lisa said …
http://www.themoth.org/
The Moth, a not-for-profit storytelling organization, was founded in New York in 1997 by poet and novelist George Dawes Green, who wanted to recreate in New York the feeling of sultry summer evenings on his native St. Simon’s Island, Georgia, where he and a small circle of friends would gather to spin spellbinding tales on his friend Wanda’s porch. After moving to New York, George missed the sense of connection he had felt sharing stories with his friends back home, and he decided to invite a few friends over to his New York apartment to tell and hear stories. Thus the first “Moth” evening took place in his living room. Word of these captivating story nights quickly spread, and The Moth moved to bigger venues in New York. Today, The Moth conducts six ongoing programs and has brought more than 2,000 live stories to over 60,000 audience members.
on 16 Apr 2008 at 3:04 am 2.Karen said …
The Mansion of E is a very odd narrative webcomic of which I’ve grown quite fond. Best of all, its archive consists of almost 2000 strips, so if you aren’t already reading it, you’ll be a long time catching up.
During my last cold, incredible as it may seem, I actually grew tired of Desktop Tower Defense. Fortunately I found Vector Tower Defense to fill the gap. (But I’m better now, and back to Desktop Tower Defense.)
Zen-game-wise-speaking, you might also check out Planarity.
on 16 Apr 2008 at 4:20 am 3.Rechercher said …
I have found the games at http://www.armorgames.com to be of a consistent quality.
If you want laughter and don’t think it’s politically incorrect — try some mangled english at http://www.engrish.com
on 16 Apr 2008 at 9:25 am 4.Ian J said …
On the webcomic front, Scary Go Round is one of my favorites, and has a completely enormous archive for the time-passing. You may already know of it, though, since I think Josh reads it.
on 17 Apr 2008 at 5:57 pm 5.Sarah said …
I love
http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com/ The blog of unnecessary quotation marks
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/ What’s that Bug? You could spend days here if you like bugs.
and I like this post, if you haven’t seen it already: http://cereta.livejournal.com/189901.html
If you feel like building your vocabulary, you can go to: http://www.freerice.com/index.php and learn things and donate food at the same time.
And if your eyes start popping, you can go worship the Hypnotoad: http://www.lhaddix.net/htoad.htm
on 17 Apr 2008 at 10:41 pm 6.Amy said …
I don’t have any fun web distractions to offer, but I do hope you feel better soon!