Pariah

Weather

Along with Utah and Colorado. As I related elsewhere, there was a day in January where my brother in Colorado recorded a temperature of -29°F. The next week, the Chinook winds blew in, and the high temperature one day was 61°F. That's a swing of 90°F (50°C) in less than a week.

40,000 rows in an Excel spreadsheet.

Coffee

The Toronto Blue Jays just introduced an alternate jersey that has no blue in it whatsoever.

Daily

Led Zeppelin

All right, ladies and gentlemen, the First Round matches for the Under 21 bracket of the Tournament of Heroes have been posted! Go vote! Debate! Expound! Have fun with it! Voting on all matches closes Thursday, February 2nd at 5:00 p.m. EST.

Blue

Live a life of ease?

Evidence

Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!

Can we sail the seven seas?

Pyromania

"I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don't know what to feed it." -- Stephen Wright.

Is that a coulomb? Oh, and, er, 273.15.

Saw

Soup

Prince

Q: Giganta is my inspiration. I've always looked up to her. A: Maybe, if there's a way to contact the Alpha Site and if we can find 700 kg of fresh tomatoes.

156

I thought about 3d6, but that gives a 3-18 range. Considering that we only had 20 people vote on the poll, I thought that would be too big an influence.

Holmes

Historically, how often has a sitting President had significant opposition from his own party in the Presidential primary election? I don't know that it's ever happened in my lifetime.

Voting has concluded in the Under 21 Qualifying / Seeding poll, and the bracket has now been set up. Polls will (should) open tomorrow. I anticipate each round running for about 48 hours, with a day off in between for processing and additional setup on my part. Here's how it will work: The single most important factor in determining the winner of each bout will be your votes! So come over and vote at the beginning of each round. Vote in every match. Post commentary. Persuade the readers why that character got your vote, and should get theirs. Blatantly promote your favorites. Have fun with it. There is one other factor to consider, however. Sometimes strange and unexpected things happen in the comics, and sometimes the character who should win a fight...doesn't. Upsets can happen at any time. So in addition to your votes, there will be a "Whim of Fate" factor--namely, I will roll 2d4 and add the sum to the votes to give a grand total. The higher grand total wins the match and advances; the lower grand total goes home. This won't change the outcome of most matches...but it'll change a few. It'll keep things interesting.* What can I say? Sometimes the writers do bizarre things with these characters. So, look here for additional details, and let's get the ball rolling tomorrow. Excelsior! -- *Don't blame me. I got the idea from Logan.