Jackie Bradley led off with a single, and after Tzu-Wei Lin failed to get down a bunt, the Sox sent up Michael Chavis to make his big league debut.

Then, in 2014, Hellgate returned as a Steam Greenlight pitch as Hellgate Global, which includes a Tokyo expansion. But this didn’t end up going anywhere on these shores.

Anyway, one thing about a “risk-on” market is this – you’d normally expect it to be accompanied by a weaker US dollar.

Like Lilith’s Brood, Lagoon is not necessarily a horror in the sense of the Alien franchise. Instead it’s a tense thriller documenting an encounter between humanity and extraterrestrial life as a massive object falls from the sky and lands in the ocean off the coast of Lagos. The descent of this impossible object unites the lives of three strangers—a marine biologist, a rapper, and a soldier—as they band together to save their country and their world. Whether it’s bloodthirsty xenos, sex-happy healers, or some great unknown that throws Earth into chaos, stories like those found in the Alien franchise or in Okorafor’s Lagoon are all about that what if question of human meets alien.

Not ready to commit to a full-length Alien novel yet? Don’t worry! You can still get your fill of all that screaming, bloody, good-time Xenomorph fun with Aliens: Bug Hunt, an anthology of fifteen short stories by authors from the Alien franchise and beyond, set during the events of all four original Alien films and featuring everyone’s favorite Colonial Marines. This “bug” infested volume includes stories by well-known genre fiction authors such as: Rachel Caine, Christopher Golden, Brian Keene, Heather Graham, and Jonathan Maberry (also the editor), among others!

Not everything Christmas-related needs to include snowflakes and sleighs, as seashore-dwellers celebrate the holidays, too! Find some seaside inspiration in this tree by Crafts By Courtney, which incorporates oceanic elements like starfish, seashells, mermaids and more in a white-and-aquamarine palette. The overall effect is as soothing as a day at the beach.

How do you sleigh Christmas? With a pun-covered Christmas tree, of course. Winding a string of holiday puns around your tree from top (“I’m the Star”) to bottom will result in a Christmas centerpiece that’s sure to get your guests talking and laughing (or groaning!). Check out The Paper Mama blog for a step-by-step tutorial on achieving this masterpiece of festive wordplay. Holla! (Days.)

Can I just say: Ahhhhh OMG a YA Alien Novel! Okay. Okay. I’m good. I’m just so excited that the Alien franchise has finally broken into the YA sci-fi/horror market and is introducing its fascinating universe to younger readers. On top of which, they recruited Mira Grant to write their first YA book, which is just so fantastic because when it comes to sci-fi and horror, Grant has all her bases covered. Echo is about Olivia and her twin Viola, the daughters of two prominent xenobiologists known for their work on “obscure alien biology.” Their family has been hopping from planet to planet all their lives, and space isn’t always the friendliest of final frontiers, but this most recent colony world poses a threat more dangerous than any they have encountered before. And the only thing more dangerous than the creatures themselves may be the family secrets Olivia’s parents have been keeping.

Even amid the three-quarters of a million residents of Winnipeg, Canada, Rocky Bergen felt alone when it came to his love of vintage computers.

“It is hard to get into the holiday spirit [here] like it is in the Midwest, where it is cold this time of year,” she said. “I felt like switching it up would make a fun spin on having a Christmas tree and we get more excited about Christmas now.”

on wednesday april 10, at 7pm the fondazione sozzani bookstore will host a discussion between british architectural designer john pawson and curator carrie scott. the duo will discuss the relationship between space and photography and will be followed by a signing of the book ‘spectrum’ published by phaidon. a selection of photographs by john pawson will also be on view at the fondazione sozzani bookstore.

Have you ever taken your car to get an oil change and felt hopelessly lost when the mechanic comes back with twenty other supposed problems that your car is experiencing? Or, maybe you took a shop class in high school hoping that some of that grease monkey lingo would rub off on you? In reality, learning about the car industry and general mechanical knowledge is something you acquire gradually over time.