@papahuaha: Punny!

@Jonas: I'd like to suggest a novel that might be something like what you are looking for. It's "The Iron Dragon's Daughter" by Michael Swainwick which is set in more or less the present time in an industrialized society that grew out of a world of fantasy and magic. The rules are different, but in spite of elven…

@Logan5: I believe the classic book(s) you are trying to remember is "Empire of the East" by Fred Saberhagen. I read it a long time ago as well. In addition to the AI Dijinni's, there were also Demons that were created somehow (as I remember) from nuclear weapons that were being used when the change in reality…

@MissBuckyC: The aptly named Colossal Squid is larger than the Giant Squid. Here's a link to a fact sheet on the two species:

Looks like they are setting up the scene for Jack's particular type of pansexual philandering. I'm so glad they are keeping with those aspects of his character, he needs to be true to form!

@pigsdofly: Probably indirectly, but their "one child" policy was designed to save their population from starvation. Seems to be working for the most part.

@Dr Emilio Lizardo: Very well said good Doctor!

@Shamatta: Thanks! That's a pretty good price for iTunes.

@swenson: I'm scratching my head over that one too, I can't remember too many orange dragons on book covers. Other commenters are surprised by the scarcity of red dragons. I wonder if the folks at orbit are classifying some reddish dragons as orange for some reason? Maybe if it's not all ruby red all over, it gets…

@FrankN.Stein: Isn't it Europe, where they generally have universal health care for their citizens? This is a bad thing?

@corpore-metal: I agree, the Chinese are already engaged in huge alternative energy projects nationwide. Maybe they could put in a wind turbine farm in this area as well?

@Dragoona: Yeah, there's a lot of Dr. Who related sites, and Blogter Who really is one. There's another one called Gallifrey Base, you can go there if you want to get into very detailed discussions/disputes about Whovian things.

@moetop: I hadn't made that connection till you pointed it out, but I think you are absolutely right.

I've got to agree with Annalee, this is covered in awesome-sauce. Wow! It makes me wish I knew Russian so I could get the lyrics without the subtitles. I'm going to have to check out this band's website.

@Shamatta: Thanks for the heads-up on iTunes availability. Is the $15 season price for SD or HD?

@Cameroo: You know, that's a good observation! It does look a lot like their classic wizard logo.

@Strakus: I've heard of the system you described. It appropriately is known as The Doomsday Device.

@MarlboroTestMonkey7: Maybe so, if goats like licking salt as much as cattle & deer do, they are no doubt very grateful.

@LittleDragon: Yeah, it looks like it's saying, "We're Mountain Goats, it's what we do!"

# 9 is really interesting. We rarely think of clams, mussels, or other bivalve mollusks having a free swimming larval stage before they settle in and become sedentary filter feeders. In fact the larva of certain freshwater mussels are parasites on the gills of fishes.