The International House of Bacon

…of a non-political nature.

* At work the last few days, I’ve been pulling some Lurlene McDaniel books that were rather beaten up. Can someone, anyone explain the appeal of dying teenager love stories to me?

* Maybe it’s just me, but is there something with some conversion that makes British programming look washed out? Is it just that Hollywood cameras are better?

* Is the Civilization series really the greatest “one more turn” game in the universe?

* Along those same lines, couldn’t some video game company make millions licensing a bunch of those silly flash games, throwing ‘em on a CD, and charging $20? I know XBox Live did it with Bejeweled, but I’m shocked a DVD with, like, 6 gigs of flash games doesn’t exist.

* Listening to The Baseball Project recently, has there ever been a concept band that’s worked well at all? Not so much a band with a schtick (like, say, Daft Punk or Tenacious D), but an actual overriding concept?

* Dwarves with Battleaxes = always cool, right?