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Booklist on Transformers: Exodus
It’s pretty rare for licensed fiction to get reviewed in the trades, but Booklist took a look at the Transformers: Exodus, and seemed to like what they saw: Transformers: Exodus is precisely the origin story that the franchise needed. It’s entertaining, filled with the sort of epic battles Transformers lend themselves to, and keeps the…
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Why Soccer Is Theatrical, in a Mathematical Nutshell
Size of NFL field: 48000 square feet. Number of players: 22.Number of guys with whistles: 7. Formations: Players largely concentrated in one part of field.Probability of something illegal happening: high.Official eyeballs per player: 0.636Official eyeballs per acre: 14/(48000/43560)=14/1.102=12.705 Official Eyeball Coverage Quotient; 0.636*12.705=8.080 Avg. size of FIFA regulation field: 81000 square feet. Number of players:…
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A Funny
From the Eschaton blog: Both Virginia and Tennessee have passed bills allowing people to carry a concealed handgun into establishments that serve alcohol. (It turns out that Plaxico Burress was a freedom fighter with a bad sense of timing and place. Who knew?)
Crooked House Fictions 