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“I hear always the admonishment of my friends:
Bolt her in, and constrain her!
But who watches the watchmen?
The wife arranges accordingly, and begins with them.”

Juvenal’s Satire VI, “Against women”

Mr Leslie inspecting the poop deck.

Here’s a link from my Website of the Day calendar - Mr. Leslie, as played by Eddie Paskey, is a background character that appears in a load of Star Trek TOS episodes. Someone made an archive of his appearances, thereby making the internet moar awesome.

Edit: Listen to the audiobook excerpt - it’s genius!

Dr. Ronald Chevalier, acclaimed author of science fiction novels and novellas such as Cyborg Harpies, Brain Cream, and the all-new novel Brutus & Balzaak.

After making Eagle vs Shark, which was pretty much Napoleon Dynamite in New Zealand, it’s nice to see our Conchord friend team up with Jared Hess to make a movie. But a comedy about a guru-like figure…? Ohnoes!

Thanks to Darragh for twittering this - it’s a fan-made film trailer based on the character Slaine (the stories were based on Celtic myths) from the comic 200AD. I wish this was for real.

Adam & Joe have released their Song Wars as an album - it’s from the same series as the Quantum of Solace video but I don’t think that one is on it.