Noelle's Bloggy Goodness : A little Birdhouse in my Soul

Take Your Credit Cards...

...throw them in a safe, loose the combination, toss it into a deep deep river and click this link.

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Plug

Check out Kevin's site. He has a rad link on there to a Wired article about haptic interfaces for DJs. Looks rad.

When you get there - watch the video. It's f*&king amazing.

— posted by Noelle at 3:14 PM [PermaLink]

OH NO (this rules!

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I found flash pac man online....

This is bad.

Nothing is going to get done.

— posted by Noelle at 2:42 PM [PermaLink]

I'm doing it again

I really think that I have a mental block. Somehow though, I still get as much done as everyone else.

See, here's the thing. I have all of these things I want to do at home, like cleaning this or that or getting stuff up on ebay or reading whatever or playing games, but I don't have time when I go home because I am out with my friends every night. I WILL NOT give that up, but I seem to need more time. It has occured to me that if I did not have to show up here every day and do silly web things, I could be doing all of that stuff.

I think I need a plan. This sucks. I can do better, I know I can.

— posted by Noelle at 1:57 PM [PermaLink]

Nolan Pumped For Batman 5

Director Christopher Nolan—who is in preproduction on the fifth installment in the Batman film franchise—told British newspaper the London Metro that it's been an enjoyable experience so far. "I'm having the time of my life," the Memento director told the paper. "[It's at the] very early stages, which is where it's tremendous fun. I'm getting to watch my vision of the world of Batman. To do that and get paid for it is brilliant."

When asked for details about the story, Nolan was less forthcoming. "It's absolutely, excruciatingly top secret," he told the paper. Batman 5 is scheduled for release in 2005.

When things that I do start to suck, I look at them and say to myself "self, we should stop doing this." And my self usually agrees. Apparently the good people over there paying for all of those Batman movies haven't seen the last couple.

— posted by Noelle at 1:54 PM [PermaLink]

Spike rumors now on Cinescape

Hm, more likley that it is true if it is here....

— posted by Noelle at 1:50 PM [PermaLink]

Have I mentioned

that Danny Elfman makes me really happy?

He's helping me through Thursday (still not good at those) :-)

— posted by Noelle at 10:19 AM [PermaLink]

Underworld site news

They updated the Underworld site with some cool downloads stuff and a half life mod if you play...

— posted by Noelle at 9:59 AM [PermaLink]

Hellboy Set Interview #1

This movie looks like it will be good. (new concept art and stuff up on the site)

Hellboy is a pretty good comic - I'd recommend it.

Anyway, click here for interview and video link if interested.

— posted by Noelle at 9:57 AM [PermaLink]

New Buffy e-comic

Online on the BBC website - part 2 of 3 is now posted

— posted by Noelle at 9:51 AM [PermaLink]

ANGEL finds his Eve

read

— posted by Noelle at 9:34 AM [PermaLink]

There are these kids, see, and they're aliens...

TVShowsOnDVD.com is reporting that Roswell's first season is due on DVD in early 2004.

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Re: LOTR ROTK Preview

If you didn't go this morning, you are out of luck - New Line asked for a cese and desist on that one. They had to take it down.

— posted by Noelle at 4:16 PM [PermaLink]

Re: Damn Programmers

I guess I should tell you what they did.

1) Part of site that should be fine, has already been tested, and works well, has been moved to new server with new file stucture (A WEEK BEFORE DUE DATE!!!!). Now does not work. I get SQL statements on my pages. Damn it. Also, there are now 3 separate servers, all with different code, two databases, and two file structures.

2) Code that was supposed to be delivered has not been, with no warning, or mention of when it will be done. Again, I remind you, it goes to the client in a week and I need time to test and re-test.

3) exe files that were promised a week ago were never delievered and I was never told taht they were wrong in the first place and needed to be, so I could not harass people.

4) code is marked as "coming soon" in places and EVERYONE claims not to know what that section is for.

5) India never looked at our production environment or our template system so they are now "surprised" and have a "large work load" because they have to incorporate into and environment that we built and showed them two months ago.

In the future:

One server.

One database.

One Program team working on it.

One file structure.

Now:
One pissed off Project manager with three broken sites.

p.s. Did I mention that Tom is the technichal project manager and I am the logistical/programming project manager so most of this actually should have been handled by him??? He just decided to stop managing the programmers so they went all willy nilly without a leash. I was supposed to herd all the cats toward QA and take the project over for delievery. The problem came when no one told me that Tom wasn't managing anymore, or rather, never was.

— posted by Noelle at 3:56 PM [PermaLink]

Damn Programmers

Blew up my website.

All of them.

Programmers 1/2 way around the world, and programmers sitting 10 feet from me.

Next due date for completion of huge project #2 is next Friday.

Mad.

Nasty e-mails have been sent.

— posted by Noelle at 3:41 PM [PermaLink]

No, I'm hot

— posted by Noelle at 3:38 PM [PermaLink]

I'm hot!

You are Belle from Beauty and the Beast!

What Disney Princess are you?
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Re: Wow!

Those photos are great!
Now, I wanna do more photography.

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Wednesday: Update

Yeah, I suck at this. The after lunch apathy has set in.

An hour and a half of sitting and reading and looking up comics and gazing at the splendor of the planet has not gotten me much farther in my work load.

OK, power hour. Starts now.

— posted by Noelle at 2:27 PM [PermaLink]

Re: Princess

Here's me:

Jasmine

You are Jasmine from Aladdin!

What Disney Princess are you?
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Yay! I'm a princess!

You are Aurora from Sleeping Beauty!

What Disney Princess are you?
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WOW.

I am awed by the beauty of this planet.

Check out the landscape gallery I found, it's amazing.

— posted by Noelle at 1:28 PM [PermaLink]

NASA Science News

NASA scientists have discovered a new extreme-loving microorganism in California's exotic Mono Lake [more]

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What Disney Princess are you?

Can't wait to see what Kevin gets!

me:
Belle

You are Belle from Beauty and the Beast!

What Disney Princess are you?
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— posted by Noelle at 1:21 PM [PermaLink]

News on Spike's role on Angel

Theses are rumors, but they have all been but confirmed...
We'll see.

— posted by Noelle at 12:57 PM [PermaLink]

Watts Back For Ring 2

Naomi Watts told SCI FI Wire that she has agreed to star in the proposed sequel to last year's hit supernatural horror film The Ring. Watts added that she expects to start shooting next year.

"I really liked that role, and it seemed to do well, so absolutely," Watts said in an interview. Watts played a journalist who discovers a videotape that kills people seven days after they view it.

In December, Ring producer Walter Parkes told SCI FI Wire that the follow-up film would be both a prequel and a sequel, telling parallel stories. Though the original Ring is based on the first film in a series of Japanese horror movies, the U.S. sequel will be an original story.

— posted by Noelle at 11:41 AM [PermaLink]

Supe's Suit For Sale

Los Angeles-based Profiles in History will auction off some 360 items of Hollywood memorabilia on July 31, including the Superman costume worn by George Reeves in the 1950s television series and Arnold Schwarzenegger's gloves from Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the Reuters news service reported. The Superman suit will be the centerpiece of the auction because it is one of only two known to exist, Profiles chief executive Joseph Maddalena told the news service. It is expected to sell for around $150,000.

The majority of the items to be auctioned come from science-fiction movies and television shows, "hot" material for collectors, according to Maddalena. Last year, Profiles auctioned Captain Kirk's command chair from the original Star Trek television series for $306,000, the news service said. Bids can be made in person at Profiles in History's Beverly Hills office or online at the eBay Web site.

— posted by Noelle at 11:40 AM [PermaLink]

Astin Joins Jeremiah

Sean Astin told SCI FI Wire that he will appear in most of the second-season episodes of Showtime's SF series Jeremiah, playing an odd prophet. [more]

— posted by Noelle at 11:39 AM [PermaLink]

Wednesday: Update

So far, so good.

I have managed to work for 2 solid hours (I wonder if anyone else out there thinks that this is an amazing feat and that I should be congratulated?).

I have also managed to figure out how to sneak my way around Shopsite limitations so that I can stuff JavaScript into a hole where it doesn't belong. This blockade was previously prohibiting me from having anything neat in my shopsite pages like rollovers and layers. (none of you have any clue what I am talking about. *sigh*) Anyway, my office has deemed me the (wo)man and I have gotten much petting for my crafty ways. Go me! (I should consider actually working more I think)

ok, so goofing for 10 more minutes and then off to lunch. I'll let ya know how the afternoon goes.

— posted by Noelle at 11:37 AM [PermaLink]

LOTR ROTK Preview

For those of you who want it: TheOneRing.net brings you this exclusive first look at THE RETURN OF THE KING! This file was sent to us by person or persons unknown, it shows 1:35 minutes in GLORIOUS Quicktime a TON of shots from ROTK. Sam and Frodo in Mordor, Pippin and Merry, Gandalf at Minas Tirith, fell beats, Pelennor Fields, Orcs and Men fighting, Aragorn and MORE! !!!MAJOR SPOILERS!!!

Here ya go.

p.s. I know i am being bad, but I did a solid hour and G should be in soon and I wanted to remember to post this. More in an hour....

— posted by Noelle at 10:33 AM [PermaLink]

Wednesday

OK, I HAVE to get stuff done today. It's not like anything's due, per se, but I need George to believe that I do something around here. I don't think he has caught on yet, but yesterday he walked in twice and I was pretty much just staring blankly at my e-mail program. I also think if i get motivated, inertia may kick in and I may get more stuff done in general.

The mission: To do at least 6 hours of actual work
The probablility of this happening: I'd give it about a 30% chance of success
The consequences (have to set myself a punnishment): no bloggong until 2 hours of work are done. Then 30 minutes of blog/goof off time. Repeat 3X daily.

I'll keep you informed....

Wish me luck.

— posted by Noelle at 9:24 AM [PermaLink]

Harry Potter III movie photos available online

Check out the Cinescape story:

Photos from Azkaban magically appear

— posted by Victoria Hyde at 9:16 AM [PermaLink]

Re: Feelings Quiz

Here's my result, although I'm not so sure about it...
At least I got a hot chick. :)

You represent... desire.
You sure are motivated. You have a definite knack
for getting what you want. You always put your
own interests before those of others, and you
almost always find youself being satisfied.
Though you have determination, try some
compassion. Putting others first occassionally
can get you even more satisfying relationships.

What feeling do you represent?
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— posted by Wendy at 7:01 PM [PermaLink]

Yay new quiz (feeling)!

You represent... hope.

You're quite a daydreamer and can be a hopeless romantic. You enjoy being creative and don't mind being alone at times. You have goals, and know what you want in life... even if they are a little farfetched.

What feeling do you represent?
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Quiz: What feeling do you represent?

You represent... happiness.
Boy, are you full of cheer or what...? You have a
sunny disposition and enjoy trying to spread
your happiness. You have a tendency to be a
little hyper, but you have the ability to make
your own fun no matter what.

What feeling do you represent?
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Not right now I don't! Right now, I represent jealousy - at the kid outside with slurpee all over his shrt. **giggle**

— posted by Noelle at 5:09 PM [PermaLink]

Lamenting Tuesday

Just a little more insight into my brain....

I am sitting here, looking at my task list, completly grief stricken that it is only Tuesday.

I think adults should get summer break. OK, I think I should get summer break.

I had the thought that I should again persue the idea of teaching. Then I looked outside and saw the teenager sitting outside the window of my office (and I use the words "my" and "office" VERY loosly) picking his nose. He then got up and proceeded to spill at least 1/2 of his cherry slurpy all over the front of him. I also remembered that I cannot spell. I also remembered how much I hate kid's parents.

hm.

Tuesday is L.

re-read editing note: Tuesday itself is not actually L. Tuesday is a pretty cool day, for the most part. I get to see my girls. I usually get fed at lunch by a really awesome person. Sometimes I get a chai. Buffy even was chosen to be on Tuesdays. If one were, say, at home, Tuesday would not suck at all.

I think the L part of Tuesday happens right around 9:45 when I wake up and realize that I am at work (and so does George), and lasts until around, ohhhhhhhhhh, 5:23, when I realize that I can get my stuff together to go home.

Now Thursday... Thursday is a day of almost complete L. There's the off chance that I get to hang with Steph and Vince, but that never works out right. Thursday is a big tease. (more on this on Thursday I would venture to guess)

— posted by Noelle at 4:21 PM [PermaLink]

re: Things my girlfriend and I have argued about

This is a testament to the f#cked up nature of the male mind.

Leave the psycho. Never look back.

— posted by Mike at 2:46 PM [PermaLink]

re: Things my girlfriend and I have argued about

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

OMG, it just gets better and better....

I am literally crying.

— posted by Noelle at 2:22 PM [PermaLink]

This is NUTS

Check out this .jpg

They need to make that in wrapping paper!!!

— posted by Noelle at 2:07 PM [PermaLink]

As Dave told me, "It's like a train wreck."

He's right.
Things my girlfriend and I have argued about.

— posted by Wendy at 1:31 PM [PermaLink]

Campbell Hurt In Crash

Genre actor and director Bruce Campbell, 45, suffered minor injuries in an auto accident this weekend in Oregon, the Associated Press and Zap2it reported. Campbell's car was struck on July 26 by a Jeep driven by Steven Michael Sellars, 36, who was listed in critical condition with head injuries, the site reported.

The Jackson County Sheriff's Department cited Sellars for driving under the influence of intoxicants, assault, failing to maintain lane of travel, driving while suspended and for outstanding traffic tickets, the AP reported.

Campbell (Evil Dead), who makes his home in Jacksonville, Ore., was treated and released from the hospital.

— posted by Noelle at 1:21 PM [PermaLink]

Comic Book News - Jim Lee to draw SUPERMAN

Artist says he will take over a Superman book with 100 BULLETS creator [more]

**Mutters under my breath *** Crap. Now I have to start reading Superman. I promised myself I'd never get that sucked in....

— posted by Noelle at 1:19 PM [PermaLink]

Cool Race

My friend Melony is in this...

Robot Vehicle Desert Race

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Bob Hope dead at 100

Kevin told me about this...[more]

— posted by Noelle at 10:24 AM [PermaLink]

I'm telin ya

Germany is a freak state.

Toddler Crashes Dad's Car Twice in Four Days
BERLIN (Reuters) - A motor-mad three-year-old German boy crashed his father's car twice in four days, police in the western town of Borken said on Monday. [more]

Thief Goes Bananas with Stolen Fruit
BERLIN (Reuters) - A raging German fruit thief battered a shop worker with bananas when he was caught swiping a bunch, police in Duesseldorf said Tuesday.

Attempting to flee, the man first kicked and punched the 38-year-old assistant but then switched to using the fruit.

"The bananas were handy so he decided to use them," said Duesseldorf police spokesman Norbert Peters.

"By the time the police arrived, the attendant's face and upper body were completely smeared with bananas," police said in a statement. He was not seriously injured.

Police arrested a 24-year-old man.

— posted by Noelle at 10:12 AM [PermaLink]

Quiz: faeries

Feedin' the addiction...

You are most like the air faerie!!!!

The Air Faeries are magical, joyous little creatures who love to dance on the wind. Meet one and it will bless your pet with abilities from the sphere of air - powers such as invisibility, haste or flight.

What faerie you? placment guiz
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Re: Bible Book Quiz

You are Proverbs.

Which book of the Bible are you?
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One more, then I have to stop....

What Fairie are you quiz
fire

You are most like the fire faerie!!!
Fire Faeries are mischievous urchins that inhabit the hotter realms of Neopia. They love nothing better than playing tricks and causing havoc wherever they go. If you want a strong creature in combat then visit these Faeries, as they can grant many battle magics.

What faerie you? placment guiz
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— posted by Noelle at 2:37 PM [PermaLink]

Re: Plug

Thanks for the plug, Noelle!

— posted by Victoria Hyde at 2:33 PM [PermaLink]

SWEET!

Quiz: What book of the bible are you?

You are Revelation.

Which book of the Bible are you?
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— posted by Noelle at 2:25 PM [PermaLink]

Plug

You guys should go read Kev's Friday 5 from last week. It's a couple posts down on his site. Somehow, in the movie of his life, I should be played by Julia Stiles....

Yeah,....... anyway, he did a great job with it.

— posted by Noelle at 2:00 PM [PermaLink]

Quizes

Sorry Steph... from Kev's site.

What's YOUR sexual fetish?
voyeur

voyeur

What's YOUR sexual fetish?
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What Body Part Are You Most Like?

You Are a Like Abs
Strong and hardcore - with a wild side that drives the opposite sex crazy.
You know what you want in the bedroom and how to get it.
Your friends appreciate your creativity and spunky personality.

People love you for your spontaneous ways and high sexual energy.
You offer a ton of excitement in relationships...
That is, if someone is able to catch up with you.

What Body Part Are You Most Like?

ummmmmmmmm....... sure, whatever.

— posted by Noelle at 1:52 PM [PermaLink]

Weapons expert dies. Sinister twist to Brit scandal over justification to invade Iraq.

SOUTHMOOR, England -- A body found in the Oxfordshire woods added a sinister twist yesterday to questions about the intelligence Prime Minister Tony Blair used to justify war in Iraq.

Police tentatively identified the dead man as David Kelly, a Defence Ministry expert suspected of being the source of media claims that the government hyped its reports on deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

Called before Parliament for an inquiry, Kelly, a former UN weapons inspector, denied being the source. His wife reportedly said he was stressed and "very, very angry" about being caught up in a public controversy.

Janice Kelly reported her husband missing Thursday night when he failed to return from an afternoon walk. The body was found yesterday morning on the edge of a clump of woods within 1.5 km of Kelly's home in the village of Southmoor, 30 km southwest of Oxford.

As the prime minister flew to Tokyo to begin an Asian tour, his office said there would be an independent inquiry if the dead man is positively identified as Kelly.

Kelly's apparent death was a sensational development in a scandal threatening the government's credibility.

The big issue is whether the prime minister misled the country about Iraq's weapons.

The drama also includes a highly personal feud between Blair's communications chief and a journalist from one of the world's most prestigious news organizations.

The furor started with a May 29 report by the British Broadcasting Corp. that an unidentified intelligence source had said a government file on Iraq was "sexed up" to make a more convincing case for military action.

Quoting an unidentified intelligence source, BBC defence correspondent Andrew Gilligan said the government had ignored experts' doubts in claiming Iraq could deploy some chemical and biological weapons within 45 minutes.

Gilligan later said his source had accused Blair's communications chief, Alastair Campbell, of insisting the claim be included.

Campbell denied that in testimony to the House of Commons foreign affairs committee.

Kelly told the committee that he had met Gilligan but did not think he was the source of the BBC report.

Kelly was grilled in a nationally televised committee session during which he was pressed to give the names of other journalists he had met.

Andrew Mackinlay, a legislator from Blair's Labour party, asked Kelly, "Have you ever felt like the fall guy? You have been set up, haven't you?"

Kelly replied, "I accept the process that is happening."

Meanwhile, a conference of top-level military analysts was told Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks - a message that later fell on deaf ears in the American capital, analysts say.

Former Canadian military officer-turned-analyst, Sunil Ram, remembers the June 2001 conference Understanding the Lessons of Nuclear Inspections and Monitoring in Iraq: A Ten-Year Review.

Ram says the conclusion was that "Iraq's nuclear weapons program (didn't exist) because (the Iraqi government) had dismantled it.

— posted by Noelle at 12:13 PM [PermaLink]

Interesting Trivia

Thanks to Zac Heyer...

Question:
What is the name of the largest island, on the largest lake, on the largest island, on the largest lake?

Answer:
Ryan Island.

Ryan Island is the largest island in Siskiwit Lake.
Siskiwit Lake is the largest lake on Isle Royale.
Isle Royale is the largest island in Lake Superior.
Lake Superior is the largest lake in North America.

Map

— posted by Noelle at 12:09 PM [PermaLink]

JMS To Quit Jeremiah?

J. Michael Straczynski, executive producer of Showtime's SF series Jeremiah, told fans on a message board that he won't return to the series if it's picked up for a third season. "I have zero desire to return to a third season of Jeremiah," Straczynski posted on the rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated newsgroup on July 24. [more]

— posted by Noelle at 11:56 AM [PermaLink]

Since we can't legally download music anymore, lets download videos instead!

free music videos

P.S. Yes, it's legal.

— posted by Carl at 6:04 PM [PermaLink]

Big Brother Strikes Back

The subpoenas are flying, and we're naming names. Are you on the list?

By Tech Live staff
The Silicon Valley company that stops swappers

The recording industry has launched a sweeping effort to identify and shut down individual song swappers, making good on recent threats to expand its legal battle against copyright theft.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has now issued more than 911 subpoenas to Internet service providers across the United States, trying to get the names of people still offering music on file-sharing networks such as KaZaA and Grokster.

Today, "Tech Live" brings you the RIAA Hit List, the user names of file traders targeted in the recording industry subpoenas.

Last month, we brought you the story of Jesse Jordan, a 19-year-old college student who became one of the first to be hit with a lawsuit by the RIAA. Jordan settled his case by paying $12,000 to the RIAA.

The following user names were culled from subpoenas filed with the US District Court in Washington, DC. All subpoenas, incidentally, are being served by the Los Angeles law firm of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp. A total of 253 RIAA subpoenas were listed as of July 22 through the federal court system's paid online database, PACER. The actual subpoenas are available to view online in about half the cases.

The court documents don't show individual users' real names. They do show file-sharing network user names, the user's ISP, the user's IP address, and a sampling of copyright songs the user allegedly made available for download. To date, many ISPs have been contacted, including Pac Bell Internet, SBC, Charter Communications, Comcast, Adelphia, RCN, and Time Warner.

Following is a list of the first user names from our review of the subpoenas.

Aab@Kazaa
Aboggs2@Kazaa
allstatetide@Kazaa
Amissann2@Kazaa
AngelaMikesell@Kazaa
anon39023@Kazaa
anthonybotz@Kazaa
aoster1@Kazaa
Ariel167@fileshare
asheejojo@Kazaa
Ashley@Grokster
azn_bahamut@Kazaa
B.B.C@Kazaa
badandy@Kazaa
Benchy987@Kazaa
Bigeasssy24@Kazaa
Bigpimpinitopey187@Kazaa
bigjohnhc@Kazaa
blazel@Kazaa
bluemonkey13@Kazaa
Boilermaker1214@Kazaa
brentandjonna@Kazaa
brich410@Kazaa
budman5000@Kazaa
Bush323@Kazaa
cado@Kazaa
Carolyn@fileshare
Casal@Kazaa
cbegalle@Kazaa
cherriie@Kazaa
CLOVER77@Kazaa
Corky101@Kazaa
Cortez1023@Kazaa
CowgirlMDR@Kazaa
crazyface@Kazaa
d-dubb@Grokster
dallass@Kazaa
daredevil@Kazaa
DEFAINCE357@Kazaa
definitely_ditzy@Kazaa
dimples0530@Kazaa
dmadigan@Kazaa
dotzbadger@Kazaa
dubcha@Kazaa
dulfingurl2@Kazaa
Dyellagurl22@Kazaa
Dziion@Kazaa
eddieh@Kazaa
emmi4@Kazaa
enbbarnes@Kazaa
ERIKA@Kazaa
felicia_alvarado@Kazaa
flowerpower0818@fileshare
fox3j@Kazaa
freckles72587@Kazaa
fritzbuilding@Kazaa
Generalby@Kazaa
Ghettobootybabe8@Kazaa
h2ochamp@kazaa
harris@Kazaa
heather_thee_amazing@Kazaa
hoami316@Kazaa
hooterzzz@Kazaa
hottdude0587@Kazaa
HyDang@Kazaa
ilovemydez@Kazaa
indepunk74@Kazaa
inthisroom@Kazaa
jamonie@Kazaa
JE_WV@Kazaa
Jeff@Kazaa
Jessica@Kazaa
jim@Kazaa
joanjett@Kazaa
joe@Kazaa
jomada@Kazaa
JustineRiot@Kazaa
kelney12@Kazaa
kenne007@Kazaa
KrAyZiE@Kazaa
ktgurl13@Grokster
kunstrukter@Kazaa
ladypimp8669@Kazaa
laurelbean@Kazaa
leahpate@Kazaa
LiLHuNnIe1480@Kazaa
Lisweet@Kazaa
Lyssy348@Kazaa
madkirk@fileshare
Marge4131@Kazaa
Marla262@Kazaa
mgokey@Kazaa
mike@Kazaa
Motivator@Kazaa
munkeyspanker21@Kazaa
nikki@Kazaa
Niltiak@Kazaa
Nodopefor2@Kazaa
paulina@Kazaa
pdia@Kazaa
PDJ1846@Kazaa
Playgirlmama@Kazaa
Prtythug23@Kazaa
qjade512@Kazaa
rebecca_m_122@Kazaa
rips42@Kazaa
rochelle@Kazaa
RockOn182@Kazaa
samlionofzino@Kazaa
shakobe@Kazaa
shonga84@Kazaa
sk8boyben@Kazaa
sneil@Kazaa
soccerdog@Kazaa
StolenSi@Kazaa
sus@Kazaa
Sweet3114@Kazaa
sweetthang1421@Kazaa
TheLastReal7@Kazaa
TMONEYNDHIZOUSE@kazaa
Tyler@Kazaa
Unit984@Kazaa
Westly_NoGood@Kazaa
www.k_lite.tk_Kazaa_Lite@Kazaa

We want to know how you feel now that song-swapping user names are being made public. Sound off on our message boards!

Remember, idle hands use Napster and we know how much Big Corporations hate that!

— posted by Anonymous at 3:41 PM [PermaLink]

Joss Talks

Interview with Joss on Angel and Buffy... read here

— posted by Noelle at 2:47 PM [PermaLink]

RE: Star Wars Kid

Oh Jesus Christ.

WTF? If you put something like that on tape, EXPECT it to be in the internet.

— posted by Noelle at 2:38 PM [PermaLink]

Uh oh...

Star Wars Kid Files Lawsuit
The parents of Ghyslain Raza, the infamous "Star Wars Kid," have filed a $160,000 lawsuit against the classmates who posted their son's humiliating video to the Net. The episode landed Ghyslain in a phsychiatric hospital, according to the suit.

More at the Wired News story.

— posted by Victoria Hyde at 11:27 AM [PermaLink]

Re: Yosemite

Maybe the Shrub's just taking his cues from this old piece in The Onion...

— posted by Victoria Hyde at 10:29 AM [PermaLink]

Home Today

Hey there. Stayed home today so if you need me e-mail me at lbc42@yahoo.com or cell phone me.

Just needed a day off...

— posted by Noelle at 10:16 AM [PermaLink]

Re: Yosemite bill passed

The parks administration has been trying to do this for years, with massive resistance from the general public. After a very similar program was tested in Zion National Park (Utah) and was amazingly successful, the parks administration has finally been able to implement the program in Yosemite. ( It's a real shame that this dumbshit congressman is trying to undo a plan that has been in the works since he was riding a bike to school. )

For those of you who might be a little hazy on your Yosemite history ... the park used to have more campgrounds, and allowed camping in the meadows in Yosemite Valley. This enabled more people to visit the park at one time, but lead to traffic jams, degredation of park facilities ( the staff couldn't keep up ), and worst of all, destruction of much of the valley floor by foot and automobile traffic.

In the early 70s, the National Park Service established one-way road traffic patterns, eliminated cars in the far east end of the Valley, offered free shuttle bus transportation in the Valley, converted the parking lot in front of the Valley Visitor Center to a pedestrian mall, and generally encouraged visitors to enjoy the park by walking or using public transportation. ( Yes, it has been that long, and people are still bitching about how they used to be able to drive to Mirror Lake. )

Sadly, the park needs protection from the people who want to see it. Overcrowding nearly destroyed the valley 30 years ago. With minimal funding, and mostly volunteers, the park is much better now. Hopefully, the NPS ( not exactly the "Bush Administration" ) will succeed in holding their ground. Hopefully, Gail Norton ( Secretary of the Interior, exactly the "Bush Administration" ) won't sell Yosemite to a logging company.

— posted by Mike at 8:37 AM [PermaLink]

Yosemite bill passed

So, the Bush administration passed a bill to reduce the amount of cars, etc, into Yosemite. There are Californians who want the number back up to almost what it just was plus adding more campgrounds... I undeerstand the desire to let people into Yosemite to view it, and I understand that if spending for parks is increased, it may not be a good idea to kick people out of them, but I, personally, would have a much better time there if there were less people and less cars. I'd rather make my reservation super early and deal than have the disneyland like crowd that I saw when I was there last year. I think I may actually agree with something that passed while shrub was in office.... huh. Go figure.

Here's the article.

— posted by Noelle at 9:47 PM [PermaLink]

Re: Quiz > Jack

You're Ladies Man Jack.
You love the ladies, and they love you... usually, that is...

Then I pulled a Noelle and got:

Always Has a Plan Jack

You're "Always has a Plan" Jack
No matter what mess you get into, you can always find a way out.

Which of Jack's (from Pirates of the Caribbean) multiple personalities are you?
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— posted by Victoria Hyde at 4:08 PM [PermaLink]

Thursday - the usual problem

I need some inspiration.

Or motivation.

Or something.

— posted by Noelle at 3:34 PM [PermaLink]

Joss talks

Why you should watch Angel season 5 - he says it's easy for people who have never seen the show to jump in here - a whole new show almost...

(QT required)

— posted by Noelle at 3:32 PM [PermaLink]

Buffy e-comics online

Now at BBCi site

— posted by Noelle at 3:29 PM [PermaLink]

Re: The Jack in me...

You're "Always has a Plan" Jack, no
matter what mess you get into, you can always
find a way out

Which of Jack's (from Pirates of the Caribbean) multiple personalities are you?
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— posted by Carl at 12:59 PM [PermaLink]

Re: comic-con recap

I forgot to mention that we saw the whole Scary Godmother cartoon (click on the banner in the frame for the trailer), which was very cute. Jill Thompson;s art is really cool - I think I may pick up that series and see if it is any good!

— posted by Noelle at 12:14 PM [PermaLink]

MORGAN!!!!!!!!!

Yes, but you could also be seeing Army of Darkness on the big screen at midnight with me for a mere $6.50!

(Hey look everyone! Morgan is here now!)

— posted by Noelle at 12:05 PM [PermaLink]

LOTR - TTT Extended version DVD News

Here's the stuff that will be included on the Extended DVD...

— posted by Noelle at 9:57 AM [PermaLink]

Buffy News

Organizers are soliciting submissions for BuffyFest 2003, a conference devoted to the just-ended series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, taking place in San Diego Oct. 11. The conference's aim is to celebrate the social and cultural effect of Buffy and its WB spinoff series, Angel.

I can't figure out if I think this is kinda cool or really lame... If it were actually scholarly, I think it could be neat - but, it's probably a bunch of geeks raving about Buffy and sex....

*sigh*

— posted by Noelle at 9:49 AM [PermaLink]

King Reshoots Described

Beware: not much, but some spoilers within...

— posted by Noelle at 9:47 AM [PermaLink]

Full Underworld Trailer

Yo - so they put up the full Underorld Trailer - I downloaded it and put it up on my server for you guys for easier access.

It's 33 megs - Quicktime format - full screen - zipped

I saw the panel on this at Comic Con. While the actors themselves were annoying and pretty lame, the movie looks really good. They guy who wrote it and came up with the concept is this HUGE black guy with the deepest voice I have ever heard. It was pretty funny because he's so scary, and he's all "I wanted to do a love story, a romeo and juliet between a vampire and a warewolf..."
heheheheh

— posted by Noelle at 9:33 AM [PermaLink]

The Jack in me...

Yeah, they are horrible when you first find them. I was a hug from behind in the other one last time - they don;t change much though so you run out of good ones fast...

Silver Tongued Jack. Also known as fast talking
Jack. You can convince anyone to do anything,
unless they're stuck up commadores

Which of Jack's (from Pirates of the Caribbean) multiple personalities are you?
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— posted by Noelle at 9:29 AM [PermaLink]

Re: What Sign of Affection Are You? Quiz

cuddle and a kiss on the forehead - you like to be
close to your special someone and feel warm,
comfortable, and needed

What Sign of Affection Are You?
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— posted by Carl at 5:55 PM [PermaLink]

P.S. Nancy should post for herself!

— posted by Noelle at 4:52 PM [PermaLink]

Re: Chinese ball

YAY! When people are with me, they have a ball!

— posted by Noelle at 4:52 PM [PermaLink]

Comic Con Recap

So, while I sit here, waiting for some report to run (hey, it's billable, I don't see a reason I should do anything else while it's running), I thought I'd recap the whole Comic-con thing for people.

Wednesday: The ride down went super fast, Wendy and I got to go to the yarn store in so cal, and Carl and I got to go to the camera store and say hi to an old friend. We showed in SD up right as preview night was starting, so we went straight there.

We got there and the line was literally like 1/2 mile long to get the badges, but it went super fast so we had them in no time and went in. We scoped out 1/2 of the sales floor that night, and I went and did a testimonial on camera for the "ringers" documenatry that the lordoftherings.net people are making. It was pretty cool.

We got back to the hotel, and much to our dismay, our 2 room suite was one room with 2 beds, but we were too tired to fuss about it so we took it and went to sleep.

Thursday: Got up early and went down to see Grandma and have lunch. They pawned off some stuff on me and then we went to the con. 6 decades later, we found parking and resigned that we would take the shuttle from now on. We got in, did the other 1/2 of the floor and met up with some of the artists. Had some yumminess at The Spaghetti Factory and then went back to the hotel for some sleep.

Friday: Went in early to the con, got some sketches, sat in a panel on the Haunted Mansion (which looks rad BTW) and generally bummed around the con. Also met Wil Wheaton from Star Trek, some Bab 5 people (started out every conversation with "you can't tell me what happens!"), and some Buffy people. More SF for dinner - this time, we found Steph, and back for some sleep.

Saturday: Went straight in to the pannels (see earlier post), and sat there all day. By this time, my throat was hurting *SO* bad that I just wanted to sit all day anyway. The give-aways were really cool though so that was rad, and then we went down to meet up with Karl (Moline) after the show. He ran up and got the Fray axe. I wish I had a pic of Steph's face when she saw that. Man, that was great. Had some Thai for dinner and went to the masquerade party for like 10 minutes until we announced that it was mostly like a jr. high school dance.... Back to hotel for sleep.

Sunday: Went straight in to CrossGen to get a couple sketches and then to Eliza's panel on Tru Calling, which was pretty cool. Then made the long and hot journey home.

We had this great scheme where the 7 of us would run around all day and get a bunch of everything and throw it in a pile at the end of the day or whenever we met up so that we all got all of the stuff, but didn't have to stress about waiting in line for everything or going to all of the panels.

We never got back to the hotel before 11:00, which is a long day, but totally worth it. I already signed up for next year - you guys should do whatever it takes to get there - it's worth it just in give-aways and sketches! Even though I was sick the whole time, I still had a great time! The only thing I will do different is stay in a closer hotel and stay through Monday so I could enjoy Sat night instead of having to pack the car.

Only 363 days until next comic-con!!!

— posted by Noelle at 3:40 PM [PermaLink]

How is Kevin a bigger threat to the administration than me?

Threat rating: Low. You are annoying, but too much of a softy tree hugger to pose any threat to the mighty machine of Republican progress. And the FBI know where you live.

— posted by Noelle at 3:17 PM [PermaLink]

Hot damn! Party at my place!

Threat rating: Medium. Your total lack of decent family values makes you dangerous, but we can count on some right wing nutter blowing you up if you become too high profile.

What threat to the Bush administration are you?
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— posted by Victoria Hyde at 2:49 PM [PermaLink]

Random funny inbox shtuff:

15 things to do at Walmart when you are with a slow shopper

Pick up condom packages & randomly put them in peoples carts when they aren't looking.
Set all the alarm clocks in house wares to go off at 5 minute intervals.
Make a trail of tomato juice on the floor to the rest rooms.
Walk up to an employee and tell him/her in an official tone, "Code 3 in house wares" and see what happens.
Go to the Service Desk and ask to put a bag of M&M's on lay away.
Move a "CAUTION - WET FLOOR" sign to a carpeted area.
Set up a tent in the camping department and tell other shoppers you'll only invite them in if they bring pillows from the bedding department.
When a clerk asks if they can help you, begin to cry and ask "Why can't you people just leave me alone?"
Look right into the security camera and use it as a mirror while you pick your nose.
While handling guns in the hunting department ask the clerk if he knows where the anti-depressants are.
Dart around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the theme from Mission Impossible.
In the auto department practice your Madonna look, using different size funnels.
Hide in the clothing rack and when people browse through say "PICK ME! PICK ME!!!!!!"
When an announcement comes over the loud speaker assume the fetal position and scream "NO! It's those voices again!"
Go into a fitting room and yell real loud, "We're out of toilet paper in here!."

— posted by Victoria Hyde at 2:31 PM [PermaLink]

I am just hairy

You are Beast!

You are brilliant and extremely clever. You can
handle almost any problem swiftly and
efficiently. You are devoted to philosophy and
are always up for a good discussion.
Sometimes, though, your anger gets the best of
you and you upset those whom you care about.

Which X-Men character are you most like?
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— posted by Noelle at 2:09 PM [PermaLink]

Hmm..

Threat rating: High. The Bush administration is
concerned that it may not get a second term.
Therefore, we are going to change the rules so
that each Democrat vote only counts as 0.2
votes because Democrat is a shorter word than
Republican

What threat to the Bush administration are you?
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— posted by Carl at 1:54 PM [PermaLink]

Sweet, I'm a chick!

You are Storm!

You are very strong and very protective of those
you love. You are in tune with nature and are
very concerned with justice and humanity.
Unfortunately, certain apprehensions and fears
are very hard for you to overcome, and can
often inhibit you when most need to be strong.

Which X-Men character are you most like?
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And hairy too...

beast

You are Beast!

You are brilliant and extremely clever. You can
handle almost any problem swiftly and
efficiently. You are devoted to philosophy and
are always up for a good discussion.
Sometimes, though, your anger gets the best of
you and you upset those whom you care about.

Which X-Men character are you most like?
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— posted by Carl at 1:46 PM [PermaLink]

What threat to the Bush administration are you?

Threat rating: extremely low. You may think you can
subvert the government, but if you should try
you will be smited mightily because God likes
us best.

What threat to the Bush administration are you?
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— posted by Tasha at 1:44 PM [PermaLink]

Re: They're baaaaack. . .

HOLY CRAP! That's rad!

I used to have so many of those!

— posted by Noelle at 1:38 PM [PermaLink]

They're baaaaack. . .

Ah, finally I can enjoy my entire childhood in updated form.

They are real, and are going to be released by Tops in August. Hooray for nostaliga!

— posted by Tasha at 1:36 PM [PermaLink]

Re: I'm glad this zodiac is fake...

As opposed to the REAL zodiac, which is so accurate and dictates our lives? :-)

— posted by Noelle at 1:21 PM [PermaLink]

I'm glad this zodiac is fake...

The Withered Lover

What sign of the Black Zodiac are you?
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— posted by Carl at 11:45 AM [PermaLink]

Cool Science

Here's a very interesting stress test. I can't tell you for sure if it works as I'm ok on the stress level (according to the test). Anyways check it out yourself to see if it's accurate...

— posted by Anonymous at 11:44 AM [PermaLink]

Damn, that musta sucked...

The Withered Lover

What sign of the Black Zodiac are you?
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— posted by Noelle at 10:23 AM [PermaLink]

Quiz: Not sure what the "Black Zodiac" is...

...but it was on Quizilla's list of popular quizzes.

At least it seems to be a little more complex than the "pick one of these four choices that obviously map to an outcome" quizzes out there.

Anyway... My result:

The Lost Soul

What sign of the Black Zodiac are you?
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— posted by Victoria Hyde at 9:55 AM [PermaLink]

me too!

What Finding Nemo Character are You?
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— posted by Noelle at 9:43 AM [PermaLink]

Quiz: What Finding Nemo Character Are You?

In honor of the near-certainty that Finding Nemo will surpass The Lion King as the highest-grossing animated film of all time, a new quiz from - where else? - Quizilla:

You are GILL!

What Finding Nemo Character are You?
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— posted by Victoria Hyde at 9:25 AM [PermaLink]

Feh! The quiz hates me!

FIRE is your chinese symbol!

What Chinese Symbol Are You?
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— posted by Victoria Hyde at 8:51 AM [PermaLink]

Here's me

EARTH is your chinese symbol!

What Chinese Symbol Are You?
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— posted by Wendy at 6:37 PM [PermaLink]

Re: Humans are amazing, but somewhat misdirected

Batman's going to have to fight her too!

— posted by Anonymous at 6:14 PM [PermaLink]

Pirates of the Caribbean 2 & Firefly: The Movie News

From Steph:
Pirates of the Caribbean 2 & Firefly: The Movie: With this past weekend's success of the 'Pirates' movie, The Hollywood Reporter indicates Disney is already moving forward with plans for a sequel and
in fact made sequel arrangements with actors Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley, as well as producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski. The first film's scribes Ted Elliott and
Terry Rossio have begun talks to pen the sequel but no storyline is yet planned. Meanwhile "Buffy" creator Joss Whedon confirmed to Sci-FI Wire that a film based on his failed sci-fi series "Firefly" is in the works which he'll write & direct - "What's happening with that is that I'm writing a script and I have some interest. But I won't know really until I finish a draft whether or not it's genuine. ... We have a pretty decent shot. It's not a crazed pipe dream".

— posted by Noelle at 5:01 PM [PermaLink]

Humans are amazing, but somewhat misdirected

click

— posted by Carl at 4:54 PM [PermaLink]

Quiz: What Chinese Symbol Are You?

Thought we needed a quiz. Here's me:

EARTH is your chinese symbol!

and pulled a Noelle and got:

LOVE is your chinese symbol!

What Chinese Symbol Are You?
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yeah, ok, whatever....

— posted by Noelle at 4:28 PM [PermaLink]

Re: Batman vs. Everything

Thanks, Carl!

— posted by Victoria Hyde at 4:23 PM [PermaLink]

Re: Batman vrs Everything

I found a link for the Batman movie.

click here to download

— posted by Carl at 3:40 PM [PermaLink]

RE: Army of Darkness

Hail to the King, baby!

— posted by Chris at 2:00 PM [PermaLink]

Re: reminder

It's not any of us... but if he doesn't claim his prize in 2 hours, they draw another so check back at 2!

— posted by Noelle at 12:12 PM [PermaLink]

Reminder -

Comic-con people should go to Weta at noon and see if their names are posted - you only have 2 hours to e-mail them if you won.

While you wait, here's some of their pics from the LOTR pavilion at comic con.

— posted by Noelle at 9:48 AM [PermaLink]

wanna see something nuts???

Check this - check out the bid.

I have 3 of these from this weekend posted already...

— posted by Noelle at 10:41 PM [PermaLink]

McKellen Updates White Book

Ian McKellen (Gandalf) has updated his 'White Book' section of his website. There are some great pictures from the battlefield in 'Return of the
King'!

— posted by Noelle at 10:17 PM [PermaLink]

Prime Minister Strikes The First 'The Lord Of The Rings' Coin

Prime Minister Rt Hon Helen Clark struck the first 'The Lord of The Rings' coin, which will be released by New Zealand Post later this year, during a visit to the Royal Mint in Wales last week. [more]

— posted by Noelle at 10:16 PM [PermaLink]

The 2003 Perseid Meteor Shower

I'll be going out for it.... here's the story from NASA Science News

If anyone is interested and wants to come with, just let me know...

— posted by Noelle at 10:08 PM [PermaLink]

Re: World's Greatest Safety Video

That was rad! Peter Jackson and Sam Rami would be proud of that one!

I love how the bell gets bloodier...

— posted by Noelle at 10:02 PM [PermaLink]

Coldstone having free ice cream day!

On July 24th from 5:00 - 8:00pm, guests will be treated to a regular size “Make-A-Wish Creation™*.” In exchange for the free Creation™, customers are encouraged to make donations to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundationâ.

— posted by Noelle at 9:56 PM [PermaLink]

Security Update for Windows 2000 (823980)

Download size: 897 KB, < 1 minute
A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a computer running Microsoft® Windows® and gain complete control over it. Click here for Windows update

— posted by Noelle at 9:50 PM [PermaLink]

Batman vrs Everything

Well here's the big Batman thing that was going on for "a select few" at Comicon...
WTF??!?

I auctualy found the movie with a single Kazaa search and I have to say though it's really impressive for a non-studio put together gig (the makeup effects in this are top-notch), the story is absolutely absurd. There's this "Surprise Ending" they keep mentioning in the article above and though I wont give it away I will tell you what it isn't. I had originaly thought, "Ah cool, it's got to be Superman. Batman vrs Superman at long last!". Nope, it takes a complete left turn and leaves the realms of plausability way behind. It's too bad as I really enjoyed the Joker segment of the film. Instead I get ripped out of my ability to take this short film seriously.

It can be found on Kazaa, it's about 44 megs in quicktime. How this can be considered to be "The" Batman by the fans and better then the Tim Burton movies I have no idea as it's only Batman for the first 3 minutes or so, after that it's like some fanboys wet dream put to screen. Honestly I was expecting Darth Vader to slice his way out of one of the garbage bins at some point. It should be called Batman Vrs 0tH3r uBer l33t fR4nchizzzez (p0wned eDision, w00t!).

PS If your not familiar with using Kazaa and you really want this, do a google search for Kazaa Light. That's Kazaa with the spyware ripped out of it. Otherwise normal Kazaa will install a hidden program that shares your idle cpu power for some marketing reason (I forget the details).

/rant off

— posted by Anonymous at 6:31 PM [PermaLink]

Garlic festival

So, the Omega Leader (Steph) has invited the Alpha Leader (me) and posse to go to the Garlic festival in Gilroy on Saturday.

If you are interested, let me know by wed evening so I can tell her.

Warning: it will have a call time around 10 or 11 so be aware....

— posted by Noelle at 4:52 PM [PermaLink]

Craft Day

So, August is fast approaching and it signals the "you only have 5 more craft days until Christmas" warning buzzer in my head.

Is everyone ok with the 24th (August)? If not, let me know and we'll move it.

***ahem, that *IS* the Sunday before Wendy's birthday***

— posted by Noelle at 1:18 PM [PermaLink]

Shrub shouldn't be allowed to open his mouth.

"The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country."

"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."

"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any Governor, and that one word is 'to be prepared'."

"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future."

"The future will be better tomorrow."

"We're going to have the best educated American people in the world."

"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."

"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe."

"Public speaking is very easy."

"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."

"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."

"For NASA, space is still a high priority."

"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children."

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."

"It's time for the human race to enter the solar system."

— posted by Noelle at 10:45 AM [PermaLink]

Re: World's Greatest Safety Video

LOL! Sweet!

Give it until about 3 minutes in... that's when it really finds its specialness...

— posted by Victoria Hyde at 10:38 AM [PermaLink]

World's Greatest Safety Video

Glad to hear everyone survived Comicon. To celebrate I give you The World's Greatest Safety Video.

I never knew fork-lifts could be so dangerous...

(This is in .wmv format [still not as bad as real video] so Wendy I'll have to show this to you when you get home.)

— posted by Anonymous at 2:47 AM [PermaLink]

Mark your calendars

Next year's Comic-Con:
July 22-25, 2004

— posted by Victoria Hyde at 10:49 PM [PermaLink]

Comic-con update

Saturday was insane.

I sat in a whole bunch of panels and, get this, got to play with the axe from Fray/Buffy!!! Karl Moline is the penciler for the comic and we had become rather chummy so he took my art that I bought over to Joss's hotel with him when he went to pick up the axe. When he got back, he was all cute and excited and all "look what Joss gave me!!!!" and then proceeded to stake me with is, then I staked Steph (it has a retractable stake so you can kill vamps!!!) It was bitchin!!! We have pics which I will post later!

The inker (tracer) for Fray also was awesome and took the whole batch of my art over to Joss and cut in front of everyone when the line was capped and had him sign it all for me while I was getting other schwag. It was pretty cool.

Mostly, I spent today in panels... Movies that look cool - underworld (even though Kate is one of the STUPIDEST people that I have ever seen), Hellboy, and most notably, Troy, which looks REALLY cool.

I also saw Angelina, who is even more beautiful in person and without makeup, Halle Berry, who is also radient, the hobbits and Andy Serkis, who was very cool!

Good day and lots of cool free crap so YAY!

Will be back tomorrow after 4 more hours of fun!!!

— posted by Noelle at 1:18 AM [PermaLink]

Left Behind, The Continuing Saga

She is not coming back.

The small one and I have resigned ourselves to the fact that the food bringer will never return. The small one blames herself. I blame her too.

The male returned again to fuss about in the yard. He must like it out there. He pushed one of the food bringer's toys around the yard, trailing a fun looking cord. I meowed to him that he should let me out so that I could play with the cord, but he must not have heard me.

Later he spent a lot of time moving the water toy around the yard. I sat in the doorway and tried to tell him of the futility of trying to keep grass green in this desert climate, and that the forecast was for at least another week of hot weather, but again, he must not have heard me.

After so many days with so little human contact, the small one and I were, what is the word? Ah, yes, "all wiggledy" when the male came indoors. It is, of course, beneath me, but ... what can you do? There are legs, and you know you want to rub on them. It is so difficult to resist.

Saddened by the fact that the food bringer will never return, we have decided to sleep all day AND all night.

-- Le Chat Nuit Noire aka Onyx

— posted by Mike at 9:09 PM [PermaLink]

Report from comic-con

Comic-con rules!

I am SO. DAMN. TIRED.

Fortunatley, we have the biggest and longest day tomorrow so I can get completley broken from all the fun. Hey, if you gotta go out, this is the way to go!

Gonna meet Angelina, Kate, and Hugh tommorrow - hopefully a bunch of hobbits too!

Anyone who is reading this should ask for time off right now for next year - you are totally missing out!

— posted by Noelle at 12:30 AM [PermaLink]

Left Behind, Day 2

Sensing that we may be on our own for several nights, we had a party.

Many of the neighborhood cats stopped in. We played "move the shoes", which was very popular with the kittens. There are shoes all over the house. We played "chase". Ahhhh, yes. There is no better game.

I knocked that idiot "HAY" off the high score list on "Road Rage". This is not my favorite game for the X-Box, but without thumbs ... well ... you play whatever game is in the box.

We had just finished grooming and saying "au revoir" to the last of our guests when the male that had come yesterday again intruded on our fun. He played with the food and water bowls, opened windows, fussed with things on the floor, but he soon grew bored of those tasks and left.

Since we didn't get any sleep last night, we have decided to sleep all day.

-- Le Chat Nuit Noire aka Onyx

— posted by Mike at 9:52 AM [PermaLink]

Re: Left Behind, Day 1

Tell the producers of poop that the food bringer is having a blast and may not return.

Be afraid....

Be very afraid......

(miss you guys - we are having a really good time.)

— posted by Noelle at 10:44 PM [PermaLink]

Left Behind, Day 1

The food bringer left yesterday, shortly after daylight.

The small one and I knew that something was up the night before. The food bringer was searching the house and stuffing things into bags. We've seen this before. She's not coming back for several nights. Luckily, she left the Q-Tips on the table for us.

We had a close call this morning. One of the males came into the house. Thinking quickly, we distracted him by rubbing all over him. I don't think he saw anything, but this one is tricky. Only time will tell.

We don't know when the food bringer will return, but perhaps one of the males will be back before the food bowls run empty. The male that came in this morning showed his respect by cleaning our litter box. Perhaps he will return with food.

As always, we are skeptical about the return of the food bringer. We will sleep all day to conserve energy.

-- Le Chat Nuit Noire aka Onyx

— posted by Mike at 10:41 AM [PermaLink]

RE: Just posing a question....

On behalf of.....well,............ me: Thanks!

— posted by Noelle at 5:16 PM [PermaLink]

RE: Just posing a question....

I'd go for more, but I was making sure there'd be enough to go around :)

— posted by Tasha at 5:14 PM [PermaLink]

Yet another reason to hate Dubya. . .

I know, like everyone needed one more.

Hmmm, Clinton was in office from 1992-2000. . .gad, bush is a bastard.

— posted by Tasha at 5:09 PM [PermaLink]

Just posing a question....

Why stop at 5?

And can you burn me a copy?

— posted by Noelle at 4:56 PM [PermaLink]

I'll take 5.

This is currently the 12th most popular photo on Yahoo photos.

I really think it deserves a 1st. Yum.

— posted by Tasha at 4:52 PM [PermaLink]

Re: A truly great quote. . .

Proper punnishment?

Death... By Bondongo.

— posted by Noelle at 2:55 PM [PermaLink]

Re: Feeling Insecure?

Those rule - it's like a nerd mood ring.

— posted by Noelle at 2:54 PM [PermaLink]

The Dot-Matrix

This might take a few seconds to load. Think of the buttons you'll first see as DVD Remote buttons and give it a few secs...

There is no 5400|\|

— posted by Anonymous at 12:39 PM [PermaLink]

A truly great quote. . .

"If Bubba lying about getting a blowjob was impeachable, what's the proper punishment for lying to the American public about something that took us into a war?"

— posted by Tasha at 10:09 AM [PermaLink]

Feeling Insecure?

Then Warn Everyone About it with this AMAZING Rip-Off!!

My last PC Gamer showed off those light up keyboards. I'm all about getting one some day :)

— posted by Anonymous at 6:54 PM [PermaLink]

Drooling

ooooooooooooooooooooo............. shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiny.

— posted by Noelle at 4:57 PM [PermaLink]

Tim Burton Tee: San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive

Tim Burton and Dark Horse Comics are proud to announce the creation of a special Tim Burton Tee to commemerate the 2003 Comic Con International convention!
This stylish t-shirt comes in black and features Stain Boy and Toxic Boy on the front. The back of the shirt reads:

Tim Burton's Stain Boy & Toxic Boy
Comic-Con International
San Diego 2003

This shirt is only available at the convention!

see it

*****wiggles all over the place*****
(you'll note it's been 1/2 hour and I am still not working)

— posted by Noelle at 4:00 PM [PermaLink]

Work ethic....

So I am sitting here, pondering my navel as I stare blankly at my screen (which I know should be producing some sort of workflow).

I am thinking that I am finding it exceedingly difficult to actually do any work when I am here, at work.

I have noticed that this is the case on most days.

I am wondering if I have a bad work eithic, or if most people encounter this problem - which, I guess, are not mutually exclusive.

The thing is, I sit here and play with my blog and read online stuff and generaly goof off DESPITE the fact that I know that I really need to get some stuff done because I am only here for 2 days this week.

I think I'll go ponder on that for a while while I look for yarn for Wendy....

— posted by Noelle at 3:27 PM [PermaLink]

They Might Be Giants Documentary

Have you heard about the "They Might Be Giants" documentary ?

— posted by Mike at 3:08 PM [PermaLink]

A.Word.A.Day--charrette

charrette (shuh-RET) noun

1. A final intense effort to complete a design project.

2. A preliminary meeting involving stakeholders (citizens, planners, designers, etc.) to brainstorm or to elicit input on a project.

um..... aren't those two definitions opposites?

— posted by Noelle at 1:13 PM [PermaLink]

School Room Rock

Man, this is great.

Media-opoly

— posted by Noelle at 10:59 AM [PermaLink]

Re: Pirate Keyboard

Ooooooh ... that was low, matey. Yer bad pun was like a kick to the crotch with a wooden leg. I'll be singin like a wee boy for a week.

— posted by Mike at 10:54 AM [PermaLink]

Re: Pirate Keyboard

What, ye want good arrgh-onomics?

— posted by Victoria Hyde at 10:45 AM [PermaLink]

Re: Pirate Keyboard

Arrrrrghhh! But do ye have a pointing device that I can make work with me hook?

— posted by Mike at 9:54 AM [PermaLink]

Pirate Keyboard

OK, the only reason this is really funny to me is taht we seel ergonomic keyboards here and I loved Pirates...

Check it (note the escape key)

— posted by Noelle at 9:48 AM [PermaLink]

Muuwaaahaaahaaa !

The blog is mine! The other admins will soon leave their cushy high-speed Internet access for the painful tease of a public, low-bandwidth, sticky keyed, kiosk. Soon, I will take over and ...

— posted by Mike at 9:43 AM [PermaLink]

WISCONSIN AURORAS:

A strong geomagnetic storm erupted on July 12th when Earth entered a high-speed solar wind stream flowing from a coronal hole on the sun. [more]

— posted by Noelle at 9:37 AM [PermaLink]

Sean Astin Added to Comic-Con Roster

Sean Astin (Sam) is now listed to join the New Line panel with Andy Serkis (Gollum). They also mention more special guests, so anything might happen, woohoo!

— posted by Noelle at 9:29 AM [PermaLink]

Cyberfest

OK, so I got tix to Cyberfest already. September 20 - $35 at the cow palace. Last year was very cool - had a really good time.

Those of you interested in a massive, it ends fairly early (last year was like 2 or 3 am) and features, noatbly, Christopher Lawrence and Kraftwerk Live! featuring Karl Bartos.

— posted by Noelle at 9:20 PM [PermaLink]

R.E.M.

OK, me and Chris have lawn seats tickets to R.E.M. on Saturday, September 6 at Shoreline. If you want to come, you are welcome, but you must secure your own tickets.

It's supposedly an all request concert from KFOG so you could theoretically go request what you wanted to hear and, if enough people agree with you, you could hear it.

— posted by Noelle at 8:55 PM [PermaLink]

review: Pirates

Great. Go see it.
It's worth seeing more than once, I think (so I may go see it again tomorrow).

— posted by Noelle at 8:39 PM [PermaLink]

review: LXG

I give it an "eh."

It was ok, not great, but an interesting thing to do for the eveing with my friends. I'd watch it again on video or whatever.

One snap up, no twist, no kiss.

— posted by Noelle at 12:32 AM [PermaLink]

re:I just love it when someone brings it all home...

Dave, I could hug you right now.
People talk crap on Clinton - dude should get a hooker a day for the rest of his life for what he did for this country as far as I am concerned - I'll even vote for tax dollars to fund it .

I am serious guys, do whatever you can to get whoever you know to vote, espcially if they are in other states.... It isn't rocket science, but it will take a huge effort.

— posted by Noelle at 12:28 AM [PermaLink]

I just love it when someone brings it all home...

Posted in a gaming news forum

DM, it would be nice if shrub's motives were a little more pure, but unfortunately they're not. There's just too much history with the US, the Bush family, the Bin Laden's, Hussein, Israel and the entire Middle-East. I have a degree in Poly-Sci and have closely followed Middle-Eastern politics for 15 years.

US foreign policy has always been predicated on a broad spectrum dominance policy. That translates into making sure the US is always #1 as a military prescence to enforce the will of industry, and ensure that no one ever approaches the level of being a capable, credible threat to that dominace. The exception to that of course are places like China and Russia which are just too huge to tell what to do, short of WWIII.

American media doesn't help. It's woefully remiss in what it reports to the public at large. Did you know that the CIA has been, and still is, the largest purchaser/supplier of "(dis)information" in the US. Conspiratorial as it sounds, it's sadly true and can be verified through the Library of Congress and FOIA.

Consider the new spin we see today. During the Vietnam conflict, you saw body bags and coffins comin home every night on television. This certainly helped bolster the anti-war movement, hence the reason you don't see that sort of footage today.

What you're allowed to see are carefully crafted pieces of PR like Jessica Lynch. Jingoistic banter and flag waving all carefully crafted to sell the image of America and cloud peoples vision to the reality of it all.

The very short and simple reasons this whole war of aggression is about petroleum are pretty obvious to anyone in the know.

#1) Iraq's infrastructure is in piss poor shape and needs rebuilding to the tune of 10's of billions of dollars. Who has recieved the contracts for that work without even bidding? Betchel and Kellog, Brown and Root (a Haliburton subsidiary). Haliburton is Cheny's old company and Betchel has deep ties with the GOP. So far they've been awarded 6.1 billion dollars worth of work.

#2) When the oil starts flowing in real volume, then you'll see corps like Chevron (Condy Rice's old company) and the others cleaning up. Controlling Iraqi oil effectively puts an armlock on OPEC. The US can now not only tell OPEC to fuckoff, but they can maintain the whole "terrorist" BS as leverage to justify an invasion and bust up OPEC entirely-whilst further lining the pockets of their supporters. Mark my words, if Bush gets re-elected he'll be going after Iran and Syria.

#3) Afghanistan. I won't even get into Afghanistan, but suffice it to say that was another con. The warlords are back in power and so long as they get to grow their poppies and get a cut of the profits for the pipelines now being built through their territories, the US is happily turning a blind eye. Unocal, Exxon, etc. all have pipeline construction under way which should be complete around 2005, which will pump natural gas from Turmekistan and Afghanistan into the Caspian Sea for transport. This is why Russia went into Afghanistan in the first place and Regan opposed them so hard (including the finance and training of Bin Laden).

#4) The Military Idustrial Intelligence Complex comes up smiling from all of this. Particularly the Carslyle Group which is now the world's largest military contractor headed up by all the ex-Regan (Frank Carlucci) and Bush Sr. cronies (including the Bushter himself). Since Regan, the MIIC has received about 4 trillion dollars while education and social spending has amounted to about 300 billion. Bush part 2 has seen their funding increase over 400% himself. Those guys love it. Let's face it, if there's no enemy, there's no reason to waste...er spend all that money is there?

It goes, on and on. It's a goddamned tradgedy that so many people just have zero idea about what this all about.

If you're interested in getting a better understanding of all of this, here are two books yo should buy/get from the library.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1567510523/ref=ase_counterpunchmaga/002-7426943-6336844?v=glance&s=books

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671799320/qid=1054373439/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/103-4010105-0145464?v=glance&s=books

I think it's great that people want to be so optimistic about government, but they really need to make a concerted effort to question the motives of those in power if they consider themselves moral and decent people.

Bush is a real criminal plain and simple. Clinton might have been a crook and into self-aggrandizement, but he's a boy scout compared to guys like Bush and Cheny.

Then there's the economy.

Regan - deficit, recession, mass unemployment
Bush Sr. - deficit, recession, mass unemployment
Clinton - deficit eliminated, boom economy, surplus employment
Bush Jr. - largest deficit in history, recession, mass unemployment, the worst environmental record of any president, and he's still not finished.

It's not rocket science.

Now, all that considered, do you really want a GOP administration in for another 4 years-or ever-for that matter?

— posted by Anonymous at 3:44 PM [PermaLink]

Spaceweather News

NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS: Look west after just sunset any evening this summer. If you see luminous blue-white tendrils spreading across the sky, you've probably spotted a night-glowing or "noctilucent" cloud.

Noctilucent clouds (NLCs) are puzzling. They're inside Earth's atmosphere, but just barely; at an altitude of 80 km, NLCs are near the edge of space. Some scientists think they're seeded by meteoroids. Others suspect they're a telltale sign of global warming.

Although noctilucent clouds appear most often at high latitudes--e.g. places like Scandinavia and Canada--they have been sighted as far south as Colorado and Utah in recent years.

This month our readers have reported seeing a good number of these clouds. Visit spaceweather.com to browse a gallery of their images and to learn how to spot the clouds yourself.

— posted by Noelle at 3:17 PM [PermaLink]

YES!

These rock!

Retrosystem - everything old is new again
The "LunchBoxPC"

— posted by Noelle at 2:53 PM [PermaLink]

Kreuk/Femme Fatales posters

From Comics Continuum:

CFQ will be selling posters of Smallville's Kristin Kreuk during Comic-Con International in San Diego next week.
The posters will be oversized (16 inches by 20 inches) versions of the cover of Femme Fatales magazine that Kreuk is featured on. The actress, who plays Lana Lang, is featured in a six-page story.
The print run of 50 posters is expected to sell through at the CFQ booth on Thursday.

— posted by Victoria Hyde at 10:21 AM [PermaLink]

Missing Python Slithers Out of Dutch Toilet Bowl

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A pet python missing over the last two months made its reappearance by scaring a Dutch woman when it slithered out of her toilet bowl.

The constrictor snake, which kills its prey by coiling around it and squeezing, had been on the loose for more than two months after breaking out of its terrarium in a town near the port city of Rotterdam, Dutch news agency ANP said on Thursday.

As police and vets came to catch the two-meter long

fugitive python, it slid under a bathtub that they had to demolish to capture it.

The snake was returned to its owner, but local residents were unhappy to hear the owner admit that a second pet python, this one almost one-meter long, had also escaped and was still on the loose.

OH. MY. GOD. CAN YOU IMAGINE???????

Ok, you're sitting there, right?......

— posted by Noelle at 9:49 AM [PermaLink]

UK Scientists Eye Half Mile-Long Microscope

LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists are lobbying to build the world's most powerful microscope, an instrument so advanced that it can see individual atoms moving. [more]

— posted by Noelle at 9:36 AM [PermaLink]

Today's word

A.Word.A.Day--gestapo

gestapo (guh-STAH-po) noun

Nazi secret state police notorious for brutality.

adjective

Employing method similar to Gestapo; marked by brutal suppression.

— posted by Noelle at 9:29 AM [PermaLink]

Brain Nugget

Yes.

Exactly.

— posted by Noelle at 9:12 AM [PermaLink]

NASA: Oldest Planet Formed 13 Billion Years Ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The oldest planet ever detected is nearly 13 billion years old and more than twice the size of Jupiter, locked in orbit around a whirling pulsar and a white dwarf, astronomers said on Thursday. [more]

And more here from NASA

— posted by Noelle at 4:02 PM [PermaLink]

Re: Thursday

"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays." [WAV, 54k]

— posted by Victoria Hyde at 12:02 PM [PermaLink]

Harry Potter Fan's Magic Attempt Sets House Ablaze

from Yahoo News:

MADRID (Reuters) - A woman set her Madrid home on fire as she cooked up a potion in an attempt to imitate the fictional wizard Harry Potter (news - web sites), emergency services said.

The 21-year-old was rescued Wednesday by firemen and treated for minor injuries, but half her home was destroyed.

The ambulance service said she had told them she was trying to emulate the boy magician, hero of the books by J K Rowling that have been a sensation among adults and children alike.

For want of more magical ingredients, the woman cooked up a potion of water, oil, alcohol and toothpaste, local media reported. It was unclear what spell she was trying to weave.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that it was some sort of intelligence-increasing potion. Clearly it's needed and clearly the attempt failed.

— posted by Victoria Hyde at 11:52 AM [PermaLink]

Thursday

blah.

— posted by Noelle at 11:48 AM [PermaLink]

"It's Italian-American Sausage, dammit!"

From Wired News' Furthermore:

Struck Out Swinging
Milwaukee is the home of the sausage, so the city's baseball team (those woeful Brewers) stages a footrace between the sixth and seventh innings of every game where four contestants run around the diamond dressed like sausages. There's a bratwurst, a Polish, a hot dog and an Italian. Wednesday night's race came to an abrupt end as the sausages sped past the dugout of the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates. For reasons known only to himself, Pirates first baseman Randall Simon took a bat and whacked the Italian sausage, causing her to trip and fall (and take out the hot dog as she went down). The 19-year-old woman scrapped [sic] a knee but was otherwise unhurt. The Brewers were outraged, the Pirates contrite and Simon will be interviewed by the Milwaukee district attorney's office on Thursday.

More details available via Google News' links.

— posted by Victoria Hyde at 11:39 AM [PermaLink]

Re: SUV rat-bastard foster "mother"

I get all Old Testament, eye-for-an-eye at stories like that.

Let HER cook to death in a locked car.
Slowly.
Painfully.

— posted by Victoria Hyde at 10:36 AM [PermaLink]

Re: "our users are zealots"

Mike, I think you've stumbled upon the next Apple marketing tagline! :-)

— posted by Victoria Hyde at 10:32 AM [PermaLink]

Southern California Youngsters Left to Die Inside Hot SUV

Authorities say she left the boys, ages 3 and 5, alone for at least five hours in 100 degree heat, inside her Cadillac Escalade after she pulled up to work at a day care center. [more]

SHE'S A F*&^ING DAYCARE WORKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

— posted by Noelle at 10:18 AM [PermaLink]

No High School Exit Exams For California Students

California high school seniors won't have to pass an exit exam for another two years. On Wednesday, the state Board of Education voted unanimously to postpone the graduation requirement until 2006.

State Superintendent Jack O'Connell authored the legislation creating the test. He recommended the delay to give teachers more time to prepare their students.

A recent report found 20 percent of the Class of 2004, could not pass the math portion of the test. [links from here]

Sooooooooooooooo, that's what we want to teach our youth? If you can't accomplish your goals, just don't have them (i.e. goals) anymore???

— posted by Noelle at 10:14 AM [PermaLink]

Comic-con programming

It's all up now!

Heh, don't be fooled by this either - this stuff is a lot and really cool, but when we get there, there'll be like 4 times more stuff announced, and all of the show floor stuff will still need to be fit in.

Sigh - this is gonna be great.

— posted by Noelle at 10:08 AM [PermaLink]

PC Users Rate PC Brands

In a recent survey of computer users, HP / Compaq flunked in terms of user satisfaction. Surprised? Read the AP story.

( Apple did pretty well, but our users are zealots, so we expect that. )

— posted by Mike at 9:59 AM [PermaLink]

Comics 101: LOEG Edition

Check it out over at MoviePoopShoot.Com.

— posted by Victoria Hyde at 4:08 PM [PermaLink]

Ex-Stripper Sues Pamela Anderson and Stan Lee Over Stripperella

"Ex-Stripper claims she is true creator of comic character"

Seriously.

— posted by Victoria Hyde at 4:02 PM [PermaLink]

Re: Dust Clouds on Mars

Of course not; don't be ridiculous. :-)

It's just advance marketing for the sequel to LXG: "a huge outbreak of incandescent gas upon [Mars]." (See the annotations for LOEG vol 1 #2, Page 9, panel 4.)

— posted by Victoria Hyde at 2:37 PM [PermaLink]

Re: Dust Clouds on Mars

Caught "red-handed"! Bush's nuclear tests in space were bound to be discovered sooner or later.

Dept. of Unfounded Conspiracy Theories

— posted by Mike at 1:52 PM [PermaLink]

Shaolin Pingpong?

Closely related to Shaolin Soccer.

click here

— posted by Carl at 11:45 AM [PermaLink]

NASA Science News

Something is happening on Mars and it's so big you can see it through an ordinary backyard telescope. [more]

— posted by Noelle at 11:30 AM [PermaLink]

Movies: Times

OK, League - there's a 7:50 show at the Century 21 (online ticketing not yet available but if you let me know, I can go see if I can grab tickets over there after work some day).

Pirates - Century 22 at 2:45?

Donnie Darko is at CAmera one at midnight on Sat night.

Comments? Suggestions? These times good?

— posted by Noelle at 10:26 AM [PermaLink]

National Do Not Call Registry

Click here to add yourself to the don't call registry for telemarketers.

— posted by Noelle at 10:15 AM [PermaLink]

Depp Flies To Neverland

Johnny Depp—who stars in the upcoming biographical film J.M. Barrie's Neverland—told SCI FI Wire that the film depicts the real-life experiences that inspired the beloved children's story Peter Pan. [more]

Man, the movie making these days is made for me!

— posted by Noelle at 10:00 AM [PermaLink]

Dim Sum

And Den Some...

So, Steph and her mom have invited any and all of us to go get some Dim Sum with them on Sunday for lunch.

We are going to meet at Steph's at 11:00 (yes, that's in the A.M.).

If you want to go, let me know soon - We need to give them a body count....

Food is Yummy and it's a chance to try it at a place and with people who know what they are doing.

Also of note, Cheralyn and I were gonna go take a low impact walk in the morning before that, so if any of you are insane and want to get up early like me, say the word and you are welcome.

— posted by Noelle at 9:53 AM [PermaLink]

Pirates review

The guys at Cinescape liked it.... [read it]

— posted by Noelle at 9:45 AM [PermaLink]

Ghostbusters vs. Cthulhu

Does anybody else remember this one?

The Collect Call of Cthulhu

— posted by Carl at 10:45 PM [PermaLink]

More Cthulhu Related Lyrics

THE THING THAT SHOULD NOT BE
(Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett)

Messenger of fear in sight
Dark deception kills the light

Hybrid children watch the sea
Pray for father, roaming free

Crawling chaos, underground
Cult has summoned, twisted sound

Out from ruins once possessed
Fallen city, living death

Not dead which eternal lie
Stranger eons death may die

Drain you of your sanity
Face the thing that should not be

Fearless wretch
Insanity
He watches
Lurking beneath the sea
Great old one
Forbidden site
He searches
Hunter of the shadows is rising

immortal
in madness you dwell

— posted by Carl at 4:48 PM [PermaLink]

re: X Prize

Here's the guy most likley to win it at this point....

— posted by Noelle at 12:36 PM [PermaLink]

Completely Random

The Teddy Bears Summon Cthulhu!

"If you go out to the woods today
You won't like what you will find
If you go out to the woods today
You're certain to lose your mind
For every bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain because
Today's the day the teddy bears summon Cthulhu!

Ritual time for teddy bears!
The little teddy bears are waking the Elder Gods today!
Smell the incense in the air!
And see them dancing their eldritch ballet!
See the waving tentacles
While in their pentacles
They summon your worst nightmares!
And soon their Lord, Great Old One Cthulhu
Will rise up from the sea
Because they're faithful little teddy bears

You could go out to the woods today
With the bears and their evil tome
It's lovely out in the woods today
But safer to stay at home
Beneath the trees where nobody sees
They'll chant and pray as long as they please
Today's the day the teddy bears summon Cthulhu!"

--lyrics by Mia Sherman, with apologies to Jimmy Kennedy

Check out the Cthulhu Cultist Teddy Bear ( Steve Jackson Games )

— posted by Mike at 12:15 PM [PermaLink]

Ian McKellan news

Ian McKellan has also updated his official site with news about the reshoots conducted this month in New Zealand.

— posted by Noelle at 12:14 PM [PermaLink]

Re: Elephant Sex Logo

The logo should be criticized as being stupid.

Who wants to identify with two elephants having sex?
( This is a rhetorical question. We know who you are. )

I imagine that the Thai public would find that an offensive use
of their national emblem, as we would find the idea of one
Uncle Sam boffing another to be offensive.

— posted by Mike at 12:02 PM [PermaLink]

Elephant Sex Logo Criticized for Lack of Condom

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai community groups wanted to use a logo featuring two elephants having sex for next year's World AIDS (news - web sites) conference in Bangkok but the plan was criticized by health authorities because the bull was not using a condom. [more]

— posted by Noelle at 11:58 AM [PermaLink]

Chinpokomon

Chinpokomon defined.

— posted by Victoria Hyde at 11:52 AM [PermaLink]

Arthur Gets Real

Jerry Bruckheimer—who is producing King Arthur, a new movie based on the Arthurian legend—told SCI FI Wire that the film will be very different from, and much darker than, previous cinematic incarnations. [more]

— posted by Noelle at 11:51 AM [PermaLink]

Re: Hulk doll's monster willy

When contacted, the Japanese makers of the toy claimed that it was made for the American market, and that the Japanese merely made a mistake in estimating the proportions of the doll, being as theirs are "so sooo small".

— posted by Mike at 11:50 AM [PermaLink]

Re: Hulk doll's monster willy

There's been a bit of chatter about it on some of the comics news boards. Over at Pulse's Hulk Doll Has Enormous... Personality article, you can find such comments as:

"The MADDER Hulk gets, the LONGER Hulk gets."

and

"Ho! Ho! Ho! Green Giant!"

and

"Looks like Barbie can finally dump Ken."

— posted by Victoria Hyde at 11:48 AM [PermaLink]

Who`s going to be Willie Wonka?

Judging from the casting buzz being overheard by ourselves and Dark Horizons, it looks like the search is well underway to find the new Willie Wonka in Tim Burton's remake of CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY.

According to one of our scoopers, Christopher Walken (CATCH ME IF YOU CAN) is one of the leaders emerging from the acting talent pool. It wouldn't be the first time Walken's worked with Burton; the actor played the part of scheming industrialist Max Schreck in BATMAN RETURNS.

But here's where it gets stranger: yesterday Dark Horizons ran a rumor that Walken's adversary in BATMAN RETURNS, namely Michael Keaton himself, is also being considered for the role of the candy tycoon.

So is Burton looking back at the BATMAN franchise to find his Wonka?

YES!!!!!!!!!! Christopher Walken would RULE as Wonka!!!

Tim Burton doing Wonka...
Fuck yeah... creepy ass umpa lumpas!

— posted by Noelle at 11:46 AM [PermaLink]

Hulk doll's monster willy

SHOCKED six-year-old Leah Lowland checked out a mystery bulge on her Incredible Hulk doll — and uncovered a giant green WILLY.

[more]

LOL - That's a great collector's item!

— posted by Noelle at 11:39 AM [PermaLink]

Crocodile's Dilemma: Logic problem

An unsolvable problem in logic dating back to the ancient Greeks and quoted, for example, by German philosopher Carl von Prantl (1855). The dilemma consists of a crocodile capturing a child and promising his father that he will release it provided that the man can tell in advance what the crocodile is going to do. The father says that the crocodile will not give the child back. What should the crocodile do?

Now what's really gonna bake your noodle later is whther or not he would have broken the vase if she hadn't said anything....

— posted by Noelle at 11:36 PM [PermaLink]

X PRIZE

The X PRIZE is a $10,000,000 prize to jumpstart the space tourism industry through competition between the most talented entrepreneurs and rocket experts in the world. The $10 Million cash prize will be awarded to the first team that:

·Privately finances, builds & launches a spaceship, able to carry three people to 100 kilometers (62.5 miles)
·Returns safely to Earth
·Repeats the launch with the same ship within 2 weeks

More info

Alright. Dave, you are on construction, visual communication systems, and the stereo system ( I want to be able to hear NIN on takeoff). Mike, you are on engineering and navigation (more plumbing). Wendy, you tackle supplies (everything NEEDS to sparkle and be fuzzy) and the ground communication systems. Morgan is on the training simulator since he is skilled in that arena....

— posted by Noelle at 10:59 PM [PermaLink]

Tomorrow

I won't be at work tomorrow (Tuesday).

Going to Ozzfest.

Cell phone, AIM, or lbc42@yahoo.com if you need me.

— posted by Noelle at 10:08 PM [PermaLink]

RE: Tasha'a post

I am absolutley livid.

The fire within me rages for one man alone...

— posted by Noelle at 10:03 PM [PermaLink]

Because we. . . I can't even think of a good joke.

I'm actually crying.

— posted by Tasha at 5:55 PM [PermaLink]

New Blog Feature!

Hey! New Blog Feature (thanks Kev!)! We have a title box in the edit now so you don't have to bold - it does it for ya!

Yay being lazy!

(if you want your header bigger or whatever, just do it the old way not in the title bar, but linking and stuff does still work in there)

— posted by Noelle at 4:31 PM [PermaLink]

Just wanted to make sure....
That you all knew how much comic-con is going to rock...

It's not too late - you can just show up.

You can just show up for the weekend part.

San Diego is surprisingly close.

I'm tellin' ya, you are missing out if you don't go.

I'll have my cell phone....

— posted by Noelle at 4:19 PM [PermaLink]

Apple gets exclusive rights to 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' soundtrack

No physical CDs will be made for the US market. The Apple iTunes store will be the only distribution point.

More info from MacCentral

Wierd.

— posted by Mike at 3:21 PM [PermaLink]

Citizen's Intelligence Agency
Turn about, it seems, is fair play.
You guys will be interested in this.

— posted by Noelle at 3:11 PM [PermaLink]

R.E.M.
Coming here (shoreline) on Sept 6 to do an all request concert so it should be good.

The last time I went, I had a really good time (although I don't remember much).

Tickets are $35 for lawn - if anyone wants to go, lemme know soon and I will get tix.

— posted by Noelle at 2:22 PM [PermaLink]