Awesome Links

Actual content from me to come soonish. BUT, enjoy this stuff, all of which is awesome.

Chewy Rocks On, the heartwarming story of a Wookie in America.

Myths Retold, a truly awesome site featuring classical myths and legends retold by a totally awesome sounding dude.

but actually his problems are not solved at all
because nine months later
he gets this bonerkilling headache
that kills all his boners with such ferocity
that he actually has hephpaestus split open his head with a shovel
and BOOM
HERE COMES ATHENA
SPRINGING FULLY FORMED OUT OF ZEUS'S BRAINWOMB
and zeus is like aw fuck now i gotta pay child support

so the moral of the story is
always wear a condom
because otherwise
you are going to have to resort to an impromptu skull c-section
with a shovel

Project NES, in which some rather smart PHd kind of person writes essays about old 8 bit games as lenses on culture and life. I thought that sounded awful, too, but it's damned engaging.

And finally, in honor of Presidents' Day, here is the biography of one of our most awesome presidents.