Blizzard has announced that they are working on a sequel to their classic sci-fi strategy game, Starcraft. They began development after the release of Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne, which was in January 2003. So, they've been working on it for four years! There's no release date yet, but it will be out for both Macs and PCs at the same time. You can watch trailers, see screenshots and read about some of the new units at the Starcraft 2 site. Starcraft is still my favorite video game. After their success with World of Warcraft, it's great to see Blizzard revisiting this game.

Penny Arcade has a theory about how Blizzard was able to keep this project under wraps for so long.

Veronica Mars - The Complete First Season

Veronica Mars - The Complete Second Season

Catch & Release

Light at the End of the World, Erasure

The Stand: Complete and Uncut (Signet) by Stephen King

It wasn't too long ago that I discovered the awesomeness that is Veronica Mars. I watched the entire first season in a matter of days. While not quite as good, I thoroughly dug the second season. I also enjoyed the third season, but could tell the show was in some trouble with their new format of having only mini-arcs and not an entire season mystery arc. Sadly, this plan to get more viewers sucked into the show didn't work and The CW has officially killed the show. Tonight's 2 hour episode will be the series finale. If you haven't checked out the show yet, this is a great site to get your interest peaked. There are rumors flying around that somewhere down the line they're going to do a show that takes place sometime in the future with an older Veronica now at the FBI. I'm not getting my hopes up. After all the talk and rumors about Arrested Development that never happened, I think I learned my lesson. I'm sure this isn't the last we've seen of the talented cast, especially Kristen Bell. I'm sure they'll move on to other things. Here's to you Veronica. You will be missed.

Here are Anthony's pictures from the Pirates premiere. He's even labeled the ones featuring celebs. My personal faves are this one of me in front of the Submarine Lagoon. It was great to see that the walls are down as the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage is opening up on June 11th. I, being the lucky guy I am, get to ride it on the 3rd. I can't even tell you how excited I am. The subs were my favorite ride growing up. I was pretty heartbroken when they closed them back in 1998. From what I've heard, this new version is going to be pretty darn sweet. Oh yeah, Anthony also got some great pics of Keith Richards, Martin Landau, some chump, and a bunch of other folks. Greg's got some more pictures, which I will be posting sometime soon.

Clockwise from left: Dinner, Moz, Me, Yo.

Don't forget to go out and eat a lot of red meat today.

Most everybody's out of town this year, so Yo and I are meeting up (meating up?) at The Steer and Stein. Hold up a forkful of red meat when you eat your dinner tonight and we'll know you're there in spirit.

Catch-22

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief by Francis S. Collins