http://chronicideonline.com chron' · i · cide : (kron' · ə · sId) n. - the act of killing time Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:29:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Apparently I'm not the first one to notice this: http://chronicideonline.com/where-theres-a-wil-theres-a-rae/ And this was the line that awaited me when I got to my local Ben & Jerry's at 7:40 this evening: I only had to wait maybe five minutes for my free scoop of ice cream (chocolate peanut butter swirl, if you must know), but still an impressive line. Yay, free ice ... http://chronicideonline.com/civic-duty-740-pm/ This was the line that awaited me when I got to my local polling place at 6:40 this morning: It was as long again inside before reaching the actual voting room. I haven't voted in all that many presidential elections yet, and this is my first one at this polling place, ... http://chronicideonline.com/civic-duty-640-am/ This is a neat bit of emoticon performance poetry, courtesy of TED: Watching it made me :) http://chronicideonline.com/a_love_story/ This just blows my mind : Ford Motor Company is introducing an innovative new technology – called MyKey – designed to help parents encourage their teen-agers to drive safer and more fuel efficiently, and increase safety-belt usage. ... The MyKey system allows the parent to program any key through the vehicle message center, ... http://chronicideonline.com/mykey-he-likes-it-or-does-he/ Oh yeah, first things first...this is awesome. http://chronicideonline.com/but-firstpipe-wrench-fight/ No, not this guy: (Ah, the '90s...such an inspired time for creating new comics characters...) Okay, so I kinda forgot how to log into my blog... But I'm back, baby! And the login page is bookmarked! And I wrote down my login and password! So let's see if I start posting again... ... http://chronicideonline.com/access/ I've never been shy about my fondness for Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game and (to a lesser extent) its sequels. I've read the book several times, and the earliest sequels (Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind) at least twice. At times, it's been hard to defend ... http://chronicideonline.com/radfords-game/ Right, so if I want to see The Dark Knight in Imax on opening weekend, these are the showtimes that, as of right now, are still available to me: Saturday, 5 a.m. Sunday, 5 a.m. Sunday, 1:30 a.m. (it's listed at the end of the day, so I wonder if that's actually Monday ... http://chronicideonline.com/box-office-bats/ It occurs to me, I should share the excitement... Coming this Tuesday! What? You don't know what Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is? Okay, check this out: (Teaser from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog on Vimeo.) Awesome, yeah? That's the brain child of Joss Whedon, folks; always worth a look. So let's look forward to seeing part ... http://chronicideonline.com/telephone-call-for-dr-horrible/