Pic of The Litter

Today's Pic of The Litter is "Trees for Tomorrow" by Bradley W. Schenk. It is PSA from Schenk's imaginary world of Retropolis, a setting that is one-part Buck Rogers and one-part Franklin D. Roosevelt. Imagine the New Deal with Rocket Science. As a fan of FDR's CCC, I found this piece a must-buy, but I had to put it on the list of things to buy once finances improve. If you dig retrofuturism, mad science, rocket ships, and robots, check out Schenk's other works at his Deviantart page and his blog. This one is defintely going on the blog roll, folks.

Xmas List 2010

We went Christmas shopping in Columbus last night, and I saw this book.

Harper Collins calls the book:

An unstoppable collection of the most hardcore figures who ever strapped on chain mail and ran screaming into battle

And from what I saw while skimming through it last night, they are right. Ben Thompson's Badass tells the story of badasses like Chandragupta Maurya, Wolf the Quarrelsome, and Bass Reeves. Don't know who they are? Read the book.

In addition to being a collection of badasses, the book also has a sections of badass-related topics such as "The French Foreign Legion" and "The Ten Least Baddasses in History."

Xmas List 2010

Too bad my son has already sent of his letter to Santa for this year, otherwise, I ... er, I mean, he would so be getting these this year. For more pics, see Reis O'Brien's Geek Orthodox.