A few notes, and several links

[skreidle]

So yeah, there's wireless, though it's not especially -fast- wireless. Still better than dialup, though. And the hotel has an open bar 1700-1900!

The sky here is very clear. I suppose it helps that I'm a mile above sea level.

Mmm, Wendy's. Open late! And basically across a couple parking lots from the hotel. :)

Hm! I was previously unaware that Randy Milholland of Something Positive fame has also been creating another comic, The New Gold Dream, set in an amusingly cynical fantasy world. Starts here, only has seven pages so far.

Via sebatical:
"We've stopped calling this the Farewell Tour," she said, standing center stage, in gold booties and a bikini bottom draped in sparkly diamonds. "Now, we call it the Never Can Say Goodbye Tour."
-- Cher, speaking to jacksonville audience during the 257th show of her 40-show farewell tour

From verloren: A strange tale of Ambrosia at the deli counter.

I'd seen this story before, but I liked how reabhecc linked to it: Music does not soothe the savage beast, but it makes the pain more pleasant: a story of evangelists and the NY subway.

Via xviragox, a crazy-ass race: The Red Bull Race Down to the middle of the earth.

Via notjaffo:

Stephen King interviewed in the Guardian: Dark Rider.

Philip K. Dick: How To Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later

All the good things they never tell you about today's Iraq. "In Sudan, the civilised world is (so far) doing everything to conform with the UN charter, which means waiting till everyone's been killed and then issuing a strong statement expressing grave concern."