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The Pursuit of Happiness, "Cigarette Dangles" (1993)

Poison me with liquor, then break out the party hats

Particle acclerator dudes find earliest known star catalog under St. John of the Ladder overwrite

2nd Century BC doc by Hipparchus is “earliest known attempt to record accurate coordinates of many celestial objects observable with the naked eye"

/dnd

In Praise of the Lowly Xvart

Not a goblin, not a kobold, but blue and mean and ready to be seen

/music

15d

Big Head Todd and the Monsters "It's Alright"

Live at Red Rocks, 2008. They're playing here in the Lou on Thursday, man I wish I was going

/offbeat

15d

Haunted House? Here's some advice from ... (checks notes) Pliny the Younger

How Stoic philosopher Athenodorus turned the paranormal tables on a local specter

/entertainment

20d

Ever wonder just what exactly Winthorpe and Valentine were doing when they bankrupted the Dukes?

This Wall Street guy explains it

/books

Jan 7th

Lithub drops their list of most anticpated books of 2026

Some real doozies on here, already dropped several into my wishlist

/music

Jan 6th

Timbuk 3 - Life Is Hard

Can't get to heaven rollerskates, can't take a taxicab to Tumbuktu

/gaming

Dec 31st

Tim Kask, TSR Employee #1, Dead at 76

Kask died after a short illness on December 30, 2025.

/science

Dec 27th

Why do the stars seem brighter in wintertime?

Because in December, January and February, we are looking away from the thick stars and clouds of the Milky Way’s core and toward the Orion spiral arm, where bright stars reside.

/news

Dec 24th

They're Pretty Sure They Solved the Zodiac Murderer Code

and it turns out the murderer was likely the same dude from another high profile murder (LA Times archive link)

/entertainment

Dec 18th

Bruce Sterling tallies up the various drinks served in the 1942 movie "Casablanca"

Wine and Brandy tie for 1st with nine each; Champagne a solid 2nd place with eight.

/music

Dec 11th

Triumph is going back on tour

With April Wine opening. Will include US dates, nothing west of Kansas City though so far.

/gaming

Nov 29th

Illinois gamestore honors Dave Trampier with new mural

Castle Perilous in Carbondale Illinois recently unveiled a mural honoring legendary D&D artist Dave Trampier, who passed away there in 2014 after living many years in relative obscurity after leaving TSR in 1988.

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