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You might want to check out Ravenloft: Masque of the Red Death from Sword and Sorcery. The whole setting is Earth in 1890.

Oh, and Enterprise is the only series ending I've seen that actually was an episode of another series...giving it the award for worst in my book. It was a mediocre episode, at that.

You have to take the word of whatever was actually broadcast on a show like B5. The commentary on the destruction of the station came from Zack Allen, who, as the security chief, should know enough about it to not be full of BS. I have no idea WHY it was a hazard to navigation. I also have...

I completely understand not wanting to write in books. A book in good condition is a beautiful thing. It represents a complete package as offered by the author and publisher. With proper care, it can give enjoyment for years to many people. When I was a child, books from the library were a...

Energy weapons have a few advantages over ballistic weapons. Time to target is effectively zero, making them impossible to intercept (other than with armor). Aiming is trivial -- no windage, no gravity, and you can adjust aim until the target goes boom. Even in modern firearms, recoil does...

Mythusmage, I have to agree with Starman on the draft animals thing. The ratio of force to feed you get out of a horse or ox is better than what you get out of a human. Add a horse collar or yoke and you get even more disparity. The Aztecs did not have easy access to bison, and even if they...

Sorry, could resist. :-)

I own most of what WotC has produced for D&D 3.5. I don't have all of the DM screens or character sheet sets. I used to have all of the 3.0 stuff, but I have also sold off some of the 3.0 stuff that was redone for 3.5 (Sword & Fist, etc.).

Is anything truly innovative? We as a species have 6,000 years of human history upon which to draw, deeply ingrained cultural contexts, and occassionally the humility to admit that no matter what we do, somebody, somewhere, has probably done it better. The question isn't really, "have they...

Probably the best you could hope for would be to be a solidier with full kit out on maneuvers when you're sucked away to another realm. Or even better, have your whole vehicle sucked in as well.

I think the key would be listing an invention that nobody thinks about. Television, flight, roads, pottery, plumbing, etc., are all fairly commonly listed as important advances. What about traffic lights? Think about driving anywhere without them. Think of the humble typewriter, and how it...

Talking on the phone (cell or otherwise) is not rude. What is rude would be: - ignoring your dinner companions, - being disruptive to others in the vicinity. If I get a call while I'm talking to someone, I check the number, and if it is urgent/important (e.g., the doctor, or somebody I'm...

GWU required a first-year mathematics course for business students (statistics didn't count). I was stuck taking Calculus for a second time after having already had it in high school. What was worse was that it was in the evening, and it was filled with older adults who probably hadn't had a...

Happy Thanksgiving to everybody (or at least, all those in the US of A). QD, be thankful you're not dealing with the DC bureaucracy. My SO spent a good full day trying to clear up an error in a real estate title with multiple round trips. I have heard the DMV is even worse. (To be fair, I...

Actually, decanters draw water from the elemental plane of water, IIRC. The source is effectively infinite.

Well, think about it this way. Hunter-gatherers settle into villages and towns when agriculture produces a better yield than hunting and gathering. Lots of inventions at that point are about feeding yourself and/or your community -- writing, wheels, roads, plows, horse collars, etc. Anything...

At the right moment earlier today: 1 Glock 19 semi-automatic pistol with a loaded 15-round magazine 1 Ruger .357 magnum and a box of .38 Special rounds Oh, and jeans and a polo.

I walked into Silence of the Lambs completely ignorant. I had no idea what it was about, other than it was supposed to be good. I also am generally not a fan of horror films... Not only was the content a shock, but the fact that it was a great film also threw me for a loop. Also, more votes...

I think it actually might have had a pen tracheotomy, now that you mention it.

There was a sequel to Dragonheart called A New Beginning. There is also a sequel to the D&D movie called Wrath of the Dragon God. The D&D cartoon featured Tiamat a lot. Does Godzilla count? Or at least Ghidra? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone had a dragon in it, IIRC. Spirited Away...