Science knows how it happened... and would rather not discuss it.

I love this single frame from Today's Dresden Codak guest strip:
I'd wear it on a t-shirt. It captures a whimsical notion (their feet aren't even touching the ground!) that science is a super-fun secret.

Which it definitely is, you know, non-scientist readers. It is. We just pretend that it's lots of work and hide all the fun behind long words.

(Bonus: everyone get excited for an upcoming Dresden Codak book! I bought a broken robot poster at TCAF last weekend and it is magnificent.)

Movies based on toys

There has been a recent spate of movies based on toy franchises, which is a bit of a reversal from the historical order of commercialization.

Over at Tor they sketched up an adaptation of the upcoming Battleship movie redone as a more whimsical game.  But still completely serious in its color scheme and tone.

I'd much rather watch this movie.