Two friends have received packages of great awesomitude in the post in the last couple days:
Draw, who blogged the arrival of the international compilation Abstract Comics: The Anthology by Fantagraphics, which features his work.
And Jarratt, who on Twitter announced the arrival of the board game he created with Qarl, Endeavor, released by Z-Man Games (and hitting just in time for Gen Con)!
I can only imagine the buzz you must both be feeling right now. HUGE congratulations!
Day: August 13, 2009
Call me Neo-Malthus
Greenpeace campaign fronted by noted Kiwi scientist Jim Salinger: “NZ needs to achieve 40% reduction in carbon emissions”
NZ govt, Monday 10 August: “Our target is between 10%-20%”
NZ govt, Tuesday 11 August: “but all you other countries better do 30%-40%”
Climate Action Network, Tuesday 11 August: “Will New Zealand name the countries it expects to do its share of the effort in its place?”
Don Nicolson, President of Federated Farmers, Tuesday 11 August: “Back in the early 19th century, Thomas Malthus published An Essay on the Principle of Population… The world was producing as much food as it ever could. The Greens would call it ‘Peak Food’… Neo-Malthusians can be seen in the anti-globalisation and green movements. Peak oil, peak food, peak carbon.”
Hot Topic, Weds 12 August: *cough*
Global climate system: “Taiwan suffers worst floods in 50 years”