Steve Irwin, RIP. It is my fondest hope that there are dinosaurs in Heaven, so he can go mess around with them, too.

The Royal Game of Ur is an intriguing wee bugger, it really is. I daresay there's a full analysis of it out there, but for now I'm having enough fun playing. Analysis comes later.

And for one last thought: artbroken has informed my consumer whoring yet again. I'm rather enjoying Diane Wynne Jones' Tough Guide to Fantasyland, and the best bit is that it's research — mostly into what not to do, this is true, but research all the same.