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Is Harry Dresden really Joe Flanigan?


2010
05.18

I’m a big fan of Jim Butcher‘s series “The Dresden Files“, and I voraciously consumed the latest (last?) book in the series. However, the cover art:

The Dresden Files:  Changes

The Dresden Files: Changes

…portrayed Harry Dresden with a face that reminded me of someone. That someone? Well, I think it looks like:

Joe Flanigan from Stargate: Atlantis

Joe Flanigan from Stargate: Atlantis

Joe Flanigan from Stargate: Atlantis. Am I right? And am I not the biggest nerd in the world? :-)

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Three Major Houses Have Fallen Before Me…


2008
08.23



Well, to be more accurate, two of the three. House Corrino is gonna be done by the time I land in Maui

I rarely go for epic sagas when it comes to my favorite books, but having read the first three Dune prequel books (“The Butlerian Jihad“, “The Machine Crusade“, and “The Battle of Corrin“), I have been ravenously consuming the final three prequel books that lead up to the events in the original Dune books written by Frank Herbert. It’s a great read, but not for the faint of heart because each book clocks in between 500 to 700+ pages.

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Callimastean


2008
03.04

For those who thought “callipygian” was a cool word (from my last post), consider this rare gem: callimastean.

The only reference I can find to it online is from the original source I learned it from — a Robert E. Howard “Conan” novel.

Consider this snippet:


Conan… the callimastean?

It’s like soft-core porn for sword & sorcery nerdlings…