Kent

(non-technical, non-whiny post)

Like many geeks, I was a big fan of "the new" X-Men growing up (Back before The Beast went shaggy for you children. Now get off my lawn.). So, seeing this opened up some scary possibilities. It seems there are a group of frogs in Cameroon that - when threatened - drives bones through it's flesh to cut up the attackers. No mention if they hang out with toads that control the weather, or salamanders with laser eyes.

On another front, if you're looking for a nice, amusing, light summer read, take a gander at Gods behaving badly. It's a story of "What would happen if the gods of the Greeks were still alive, and living in London?" (I also spent way too much time as a child reading Bullfinch's and every other myth book I could get my hands on). It's a fast read, full of inside jokes for Greek god fans, and it recharged me so that I could take another tilt at The Ancestor's Tale again.