========================================================== Sideshow Toy is our newest advertiser. They've got cool toys from all the best geek stuff: The Lord of the Rings, Bond, Star Trek, The Simpsons, Monty Python's Holy Grail, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Muppets, Young Frankenstein, Outer Limits, Get Smart, Twilight Zone and Army of Darkness. Check 'em out. http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=briggsb ========================================================== NEW STUFF Find out if Van Helsing is worth seeing... http://bbspot.com/News/2004/04/review_vanhelsing.html Ever wish all the errors in Star Trek could be fixed? They have... http://bbspot.com/News/2004/04/star_trek_service_pack.html Top 11 RPG Office Supplies http://bbspot.com/News/2004/04/top_11_rpg_office_supplies.html There are Believers, and believers... http://bbspot.com/News/2004/04/mailbag_20040421.html The biggest national security concern of all... http://bbspot.com/News/2004/04/rice_teeth.html Figure out which Nigerian spammer you are in this new interactive quiz... http://bbspot.com/News/2004/04/nigerian_quiz.php -------------- SITE NEWS - I've settle with The Oregonian about the article they published without permission. I think both parties are happy. Also, a BBspot story will be turned into a 2-3 minute piece for a TV show on The Discovery Channel in Canada. Check out the details in the BBlog. (http://bbspot.com/Log/) - Summer is coming up, you probably need a new t-shirt (http://bbspot.com/store/tshirts.html) - I've updated the BBspot Forums to the most recent version of phpBB. (http://bbspot.com/forum2/) - This week's poll was "Best Thing for a Healthy Life" Find out the winner. (http://bbspot.com/polls/2004/23-April-2004.html) Check out next week's poll: Most Overused Star Wars Cliche (http://bbspot.com/Polls/) ------------------------------ QUOTE OF THE WEEK The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor.', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs.' -Roy Blount Jr. ------------------------------ LINKS OF THE WEEK Here are my favorite 5 links from the BBspot Daily Spot section (updated M-F) in case you missed them during the week. A list of the worst song ever. http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-04-18-worst-songs_x.htm World War 2 photos from the Soviet Union. http://www.schicklerart.com/exh/sovietwar/index.html Beer Trek http://www.planetofthegeeks.com/trek/beertrek/ Video game quotes http://www.tiptonium.com/videogames/favorites/Lair%20of%20the%20Bemani%20Bas tards.htm The science goof gallery http://www.strangescience.net/goof.htm ----------------------------- Do not reply to this e-mail. If you have any questions please direct them to briggsb@xxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to the list use the following link: mailto:bbspot-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe To unsubscribe at any time to the list use the following link: mailto:bbspot-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe OR Use the convenient form on http://bbspot.com Brian Briggs http://bbspot.com