If you’re here, you probably like a lot of the same things I like. Geeky things, perhaps.

And, if you’re like most people, you probably don’t have a job doing something that you’re passionate about — maybe involving that very same geeky stuff I mention above.

Don’t you think it was about time that changed?

Stained glass TARDIS by Alexandria, via Craftster.
Webcomic is Pink Rhombus, by Josalynne Balajadia and Mark Nordstrom.

Here is the story of a young Star Wars geek who was teased by bullies, and the actual Star Wars stars that came to her rescue. Or something. Maybe the word “rescue” is a bit much.

(The Little Skater, by Janine Niepce, 1954.)

Here is a fantastic set of photographs by Michael Wolf, depicting people crammed into subway cars in Tokyo.

In a nutshell, why journalists should be supporting Wikileaks, not condemning it.

So there’s a guy who claims not to have had a bite to eat or a drop to drink for seventy years. Scientists, of course, are now observing him. Or they were on April 28th — which was day six of observation. I wonder how he’s doing now.

(A picture of the day at the Telegraph, turned upside down by This Isn’t Happiness)

What your blood type says about your personality.

The telephone as antisocial? Who decided that it’s a good idea to have a device that sounds a bell and interrupts whatever somebody else is doing?