Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- The only thing keeping cable TV alive is expensive Internet packages

- Heh heh

- Terry Pratchett's Discworld finally being made into a TV series

- Funny because it's true!

- Stem cell treatment drastically reduces drinking in alcoholic rats. Mesenchymal stem cells seem to be the super answer to many human maladies (including potentially aging)

- These 12 questions deserve answers. But I'm not holding my breath.

- Heh heh

Discworld

One of Christopher Lee's lesser known roles was as Death (with a capital D not a small d) in the Discworld BBC productions. I recently got into Terry Pratchett's Discworld series with The Color of Magic. I found the book entertaining. About half way in I began picturing the main two protagonists Rincewind and Twoflower as a sort of Hope and Crosby starring in a Monty Pythonesque On the Road in Space adventure. Late to the game with this but I imagine there will be many Discworld books involved in my summer reading.