A new call of duty game is coming out soon! (well it might be out, but without a current generation console I can't play it yet).  This trailer looks good, and it appears to tackle the topic of alien invasion of earth :)  I wonder if it keeps within the continuity of the previous CoD games I've played...

This comic strip of Jurassic Trek makes fun of the (time honored?) trope of killing off the red shirt ;-) Pretty fitting for this to be the last strip in the TOS. Starting next week, TOS movie-based comics ;-) (original archive here)

OK...yes...I am still talking about Spain even though I've been back for two weeks now ;-) ID4: 2 I am catching up on some things that I wanted to blog about while I was away - namely in-flight entertainment.  Heading over to Europe is usually sleep-time on the plane, so I don't get to see a ton of movies, but coming back we're going back in time (so to speak) and that allows for some

Όταν ήμουν μικρός ένα οπό τα εύκολα φαγητά που μου έφτιαχνε η γιαγιά, και κάτι που μου άρεσε πολύ, ήταν ο ψωμί με ντομάτα. Το να το φτιάξεις είναι πολύ εύκολο. Κόβεις ψωμί στα δύο, στίβεις μια ντομάτα πάνω του, βάζεις και λίγο

What happens when Mario dies?  Something found via facebook this weekend :-)  Happy Halloween to you out there :-)

Το είχα ξεχάσει αυτό το τραγούδι, και μου άρεσε αρκετά όταν βγήκε. Η μουσική μου θυμίζει λίγο ταινίες δράσης της εποχής.

This past week I was looking on the web for interesting news, research, and funny humor, relating to language and linguistics for my department's social media presence (here, here, and here are some places - if you are interested).  I came across this Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic strip which made me chuckle, but it seemed inappropriate for work...so here it is :-)

Another one from MTV spain while on vacation.I liked the energy of this song and the clip itself Spain Kiss the sky by Jason Derulo

This comic strip of Jurassic Trek makes fun of themany time Kirk had a torn shirt... (you'd think Starfleet would have more durable materials!) (original archive here)

As is customary for me, when I travel abroad for an extended period of time I tend to get a local SIM card to put into my phone, so I can have a local number, some local SMS, and more importantly data!  It makes it easier to communicate with the locals and verify AirBnB information.  Luckily, in recent years, T-Mobile allows for free 2G (GPRS) data roaming, which made things a little