77 Quirks: Adding Character to Starships in the Far Future

77 Quirks: Adding Character to Starships in the Far Future

http://www.estarcion.com/kaleja/77quirks.html

This is a method for randomly adding "character" to a particular starship or ship class. As with most such things, it should be used with a large grain of salt, and the referee should feel free to ignore or alter anything that doesn’t work well. The phrase "referee's discretion" gets bandied about quite a bit. Either ship-class-based or individual-ship-based Quirks, or both, can be used.

Holdfast Tables

About 8 random generators, including tavern, magic item, NPC, etc.
http://www.holdfast.org/tools.htm

World's oldest marijuana stash

World's oldest marijuana stash totally busted

Two pounds of still-green weed found in a 2,700-year-old Gobi Desert grave

Stash for the afterlife: A photograph of a stash of cannabis found in the 2,700-year-old grave of a man in the Gobi Desert. Scientists are unsure if the marijuana was grown for more spiritual or medical purposes,

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28034925/?gt1=43001

Odd Comet Possibly from Another Star System

Odd Comet Possibly from Another Star System

... and also some discussion of "normal" comets.
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/081202-odd-comet.html