Matt TheHat

EDIT: This just in, it isn't a shop. It was a gag photo taken to be the punchline for a joke at the White House Correspondents Dinner about engaging our friends and enemies diplomatically. The pirate is Obama's speechwriter Cody Keenan.

Copypasta from morgaath

St. Louis Renaissance Faire in Wentzville MO
Travel back in time as you step into the beautifully wooded, 16th century village, we call Petit Lyon! Immerse yourself in the costumes and mannerisms of the era. Thrill to the exploits of Jousting Knights on thundering steeds. Roam the village shops for unique crafts and goods as our artisans demonstrate period skills. Delight in comedy, music and feats of derring do. Feast on delicious food and drink while strolling minstrels entertain. Interact with the colorful villagers, nobles, peasants and personalities of ages past.

Petit Lyon is privileged to host some of the finest crafters and artisans in the realm! You will find a wide variety of handcrafted treasures as well as unique items brought from the far corners of the world to entice and delight. Our merchants offer a delightful selection of period-inspired wares for your perusal, games, services and foods for your enjoyment. Visitors can watch some of the crafts in progress as the artisans demonstrate their talents.

You'll witness swordfighting and juggling, and hear music and laughter around every corner! Our costumed cast have re-created a 16th century French village where you will be able to see and interact with everyone from peasant to noble courtier.

Children will enjoy the petting zoo and games in the Kid's Kingdom. The King's Quest lets our young visitors earn a special audience with the King and Queen. The Faire is especially proud of several new educational offerings this year: the Hospitaller Knights encampment, the Viking camp and longboat display, and the wood collier camp.

http://stlrenfaire.com

Saturdays, Sundays and Memorial Day
May 16 through June 7, 2009 at Wentzville’s Rotary Park

Gates open at 10am, and close at 6pm.
And yes, we are a pet friendly faire.
Oh, and here is a $2 off coupon: http://stlrenfaire.com/docs/gslrf_2off_coupon.pdf    Each coupon is good for up to infinite tickets. If you are getting more then that, please bring a second coupon.

Look! A map so you can find us!

Due to a new mut5ation of the H1N1 strain of flu, London has been quarantined to prevent the spread of zombism. This new strain reanimates the body a few hours after the victim has deceased, which then acts violently in spreading the virus to others.

Muahahahahahaha!!!

Make magazine is all about steampunk this issue

Gillian Anderson will be in the next season of Doctor Who. She'll be playing The Rani, another renegade Time Lord. I guess he can stop crying about being the last of his kind now, since they seem to be popping up all over. Granted, he's only running into the evil ones, but that's all he ever talked to before anyway.

The new Doctor Who special will premier on April 11 at 6:45 GMT. That means a couple hours after that it should be all over the torrent sites!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/news/090403_news_01

48 are confirmed dead in Islamabad, Pakistan, arousing suspicion that the much-feared Conficker.c computer worm has taken its first victims.

Skepticism has arisen amongst claims of the worm's involvement. Many eyewitnesses liken the tragedy to that of a mail truck careening into a packed marketplace and crushing the victims, but numerous discrepancies between the reports leave most uncertain.

A complete (as it's updated) list of the Internet's April Fools jokes can be found here.
http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/2009.html

Of course, the best are always by Google. This year they are introducing artificial intelligence, CADIE (Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity). Oh, and CADIE loves pandas.

I'm most likely going to be here Saturday night. It looks like a lot of fun and hopefully will become a regular thing.




Click the flyer to embiggen, or just go to the myspace site for more info.

All you Watchmen fans should appreciate this.

rorschachsdiary

He writes as if Rorschach is around now, witnessing the opening of the movie.

If you use Twitter and Gmail, now you can get a Twitter feed in an easy "reader" type format with Twittereader. Add in the Integrated Gmail addon for Firefox and you can add a custom, collapsable section to your gamil inbox that displays your friends' feeds and allows you to update your own Twitter status. I've been using that addon anyway, because I love having my Blogger, Calendar and Picasa all on my inbox page for easy access.

While cleaning the trash out of a pond in Beaulieu, Hants they fished out the remnants of an old Dalek. Was it left over from an earlier invasion of Earth, or just dumped from and old shooting of Doctor Who? We'll never know.

Tonight at 9:43 p.m. Central time, the comet Lulin will reach it's brightest and fastest apparent speed in the night sky. It will appear as a two-tailed comet with a greenish hue, near Saturn.

It should be visible all night, in both hemispheres, and if you miss it tonight there will be some other chances this week.

I have to pass on Hugh Jackman's opening sketch for the Oscars, in case you missed it.