Mongolia BBQ anyone?

I’m a fan of a blog called Passive Aggressive Notes. The title is pretty self explanatory, but just to clarify: painfully polite and hilariously hostile writings from shared spaces the world over. A recent post there combines some of the best examples of poor...

So dumb it’s clever

This is a bit of a stretch for inclusion here at The Word but I can’t help it. It’s a clever use of words, so I’m calling it valid. If anyone knows where this originated, please let me know – I got it in an email from a friend and it really...

A ‘Verse Full of Scum – Episode 16

It’s a bit late, but it’s still Monday. I’ve just posted up Episode 16 of A ‘Verse Full of Scum. In this episode Ghost meets a rather repulsive prophet that gives him some interesting news. Click on the Serial Novella button in the lefthand...

The true story of Star Wars

No one believes for an instant that George Lucas had all the episodes of Star Wars planned out from the very beginning. In the same way that no one believes the Wachowski brothers when they try to convince people that the original Matrix movie was intentionally an...