With great pedantry comes great responsibility

In the past 24 hours, I've twice seen the saying, "With great power comes great responsibility," attributed to Spiderman. I grew up attributing it to Voltaire.

The logical conclusion being that Voltaire was Spiderman. Bitten by a radioactive spider, Francois Marie Arouet adopts the name "L'Homme Araignee," and scales the buildings of 17th century Paris by night to defend truth, justice, and the ideals of the French Enlightenment.

Damn. I would so read that.

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Got myself a holiday present today: climbing gear! I now have my very own climbing shoes, and harness, and chalk bag. And it turns out that Planet Granite sells a nicely discounted beginner's package of those three items, so the whole lot cost me about what I expected to pay for the shoes.

Choosing the chalk bag was the hardest part. It came down to a choice between one with pink skulls and crossbones on it and one that was blue paisley. I chose the blue paisley.