It's not getting what you want, it's wanting what you've got...
Just a thought from Ms. Crow.
Re: Job seeker
Ok, I have resume accounts at all the big companies I would like to work at. I have them on Monster and HotJobs. I have my cover letter written and I am searching for employment as we speak. I think this is going to be a long journey, but I have taken the first huge steps. Hopefully, it will not take me as long as my fallen comrades to find new employment.... Wish me luck.
More Legal Follies - Lawyer Convicted of Mailing Poisonous Snake
An Arkansas lawyer and his son were convicted of mailing a poisonous copperhead snake to a neighbor with whom they had been feuding. Sentencing was delayed because both men tested positive for drugs. Go figure. Geez, guys, haven't you heard of the flaming bag of poop? [
article]
I am now a "job seeker"
More corrections in and the resume is being sent out now... Any suggestions or help in the "getting Noelle the hell out of hell.com" arena are more than welcome.
Adding to my theory...
Judge Shoots Boy for Throwing Snowballs
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German judge took the law into his own hands and peppered a teen-ager with lead shot when snowballs went astray and hit the wall of his house, a court in the northern town of Lueneburg said Wednesday. "Two 16-year-olds were having a snowball fight, and the judge's house got hit. Then the light went on, the door opened, and a shotgun fired off two rounds," said court spokesman Juergen Wigger. "The judge was alone at home." He said one of the boys' mothers saw her son had been shot in the arm and called the police who arrested the 55-year-old judge and confiscated the firearm. Investigations were continuing.
Random spam subject of the day
curium penitentiary deniable illegitimate
Went Home
I am feeling really run down so I went home to get some sleep. If anyone needs me, e-mail and cell phone are good options.
No, bad Halle Berry, bad
Catwoman is gonna look like
this? *sigh*
OH SO Happy that it's Friday
**rocking gently** please, dear god, let this day move along quickly.
B is cranky. I think G is going to yell at him today so he's about to get crankier.
I'm staying low today.
Will start sending resumes out tonight....
Darabont: Indy IV Script Done
Frank Darabont told Variety that he has completed the screenplay for the long-awaited Indiana Jones 4, which may shoot this year with Harrison Ford starring, Steven Spielberg directing and George Lucas executive producing. Paramount is hoping to distribute the film in 2005, the trade paper reported.
"I've finished my work, so now it's in the hands of God, or Spielberg and Lucas, if you prefer," Darabont told the trade paper.
Writer-director Darabont, whose Darkwoods Productions just signed a three-year first-look production deal at Paramount Pictures, is also developing the action-adventure film Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, based on the 1930s pulp novel series.
Pixar to Disney: Buh-bye!
Steve Jobs says so long to the House of Mouse [
more]
Yeah, couldn't resist this one
OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quiz: Which male celebrity are you going to marry?
You are going to Marry Josh Hartnett. He is really
shy, but don't let that fool you. He is really
outgoing and sweet with those he loves and will
be loyal to them for the rest of his life.
Congrats!!
Which male celebrity are you going to marry? brought to you by Quizilla
I wonder who Kevin will marry....
RESUME DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YAY!!!!!!!
It's all done! It's pretty damn good too. It's only a page and a half. I sent it out to people, but if anyone missed it and wants to see it, I'll send it to you.
THANK YOU!!!! To everyone who sent in corrections and suggestions, they helped more than you can imagine! I am so very lucky to have many caring friends who will help take my work load and make it a little easier. I love you guys!
Mission 3: 50% complete
Ok, now the hard part....
Beware! Here be Dragons!
A recently taken undated hand out photograph received on January 25, 2004 shows a fake baby dragon encased in a 30 inch (0.76 metres) jar which was discovered by David Hart in a garage in Oxfordshire, southern England. A metal tin found alongside the dragon contained paperwork written in an old-fashioned German style of the 1890s, a time when their was intense rivalry between Britain's and Germany's scientists. The documents suggest that Britain's Natural History Museum turned the dragon away and sent it to be destroyed, only for the jar to be intercepted by David Hart's grandfather, Frederick Hart, who worked as a porter.
Reality and ideology are too far apart today
And I can't figure out if I need my reality to change or my ideology to change.
Here's how a Zamboni works
Yeah,
this was all the interesting stuff OddTodd had to say.
The world is boring today
Not finding anything that interesting to post today for some reason.
I will consult OddTodd....
Life once existed on Mars, Australian scientists say
Australian scientists believe they have found evidence that life once existed on Mars.
They have found that microscopic fossils of primitive bacteria-like organisms in a Mars meteorite match characteristics of bacteria found in mud in Queensland. [
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At least something got done tonight
So I watched the 3rd episode of theis season's Alias and am catching up on 4-9 via internet summary (hopefully I can see them in the off season) before I watch the major episode that Esther taped for me (thank you!!!) so that I can just start watching weekly. (That was one hell of a run on!)
I also got everything that people have paid for from eBay packaged up and ready to go. I transfered the $500 I got for it all into my bank so I can send that off to my credit cards (YAY!) and then did my federal taxes during commercial breaks of Angel. I managed to get an $1100.00 refund so that's all going to credit cards too (again, YAY!).
So I think that I will finish catching up on Alias and then go watch the crack that I have been teased with for like 4 weeks now...
Hm, I should finish up my resume.... I guess I will have to do that tomorrow night. Then I can spend the weeknd sending it out into the void like my dear friend OddTodd.
Yeah, that's my random update for the evening. Hope you all are having a swell week.
SCOOP: Beyonce and Depp in mind for McG`s SUPERMAN
JOHNNY DEPP AS LEX LUTHOR!!!!!!!!! AGH! [
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SPam eMail TiTle of the DaY
Lyrics! Macy Gray: Oblivion
it's real sick
the state of the world today
it's real thick
to come up and find a way
solution
the next time you're alone
you can
create a world of your own
make it magic
give it love
make it all you're dreaming of
everybody
in my underwear
sometimes I visit there
oblivion
ignorance is bliss
don't know nothing but this
oblivion
forget
bounce from right to left
here with the broken hearted
let's get this party started
lalalalalala
I eat my marimbas
oblivion
I tingle when I sing
bling bling bling ting ting
oblivion
forget
bounce from right to left
here with the broken hearted
let's get this party started
it's tempting to pack up your throne
move in
make this magic place your home
but nobody else can go
you'll be forever all alone
forget
bounce from right to left
no longer broken hearted and I don't know when it started
oblivion
RE: Bowie
The concert was REALLY good!. Macy Gray opened for him, which I sat through most of an heckled, however, her closing number, Oblivion, made Esther and I laugh so hard that we were crying. It was great.
Anyway, seeing Bowie sing Man Who Sold the World and Under Pressure was one of the coolest things I have seen in a long time. His backup singer for Under Pressure sounded
better than Freddie. It was rad.
Looking forward to Sting Next month....
Off to see Bowie soon!
I am excited about this show - he shoudl be a trip to see (last time I was in the BACK row of teh great Western Forum in LA and NIN was on next so I didn't see much)!
RE: A Slight Vindication
You were
castrated for being alive?? Is there something you haven't told us? Or am I the last to know, as per usual? :-)
RE: W32/Mydoom@MM
Evidently somebody doesn't like SCO, as the worm also mounts a DDoS attack on them. But hey, who
does like SCO? Not the folks in the Linux community. They've also been GoogleBombed recently. Go to Google and try I'm Feeling Lucky on "litigious bastards" some time. Takes you to the SCO site. Well, it would if they weren't currently under a DDoS attack. :-D [
article]
A Slight Vindication
So I am over there, talking to G today about all the stuff I am doing. I mention a project that Bill is involved in. I see him get up and bee-line straight over to where we are and he starts in on me about the project and what did I mean by saying that I had to figure out what we needed to do blah blah blah. I was taken aback and started to say that I think he misinterpreted what I said.
G butts in, yells at B and tells him the he (G) is talking to me and B needs to stay the hell out of it. He then tells me to get in the conference room and slams the door on the way in.
I am mortified.
However, G sits down and launches into a 1/2 hour bitch session about how he is sick and tired of B's "Egomaniacle attitude problem" and states repeatedly that Bill is a "big fat bully." He goes on and on about what a jerk he is and how he doesn't know if he can take much more of this.
Ahem.
Yeah.
I think I mentioned that several weeks ago when I was castrate for being alive....
Anyway, that made me happy. :-)
Carl's double
So, for those of you who know about Carl's gift giving habits (I frequently get new CPUs or RAM for Birthday/anniversary/Christmas/Valentine's Day gifts),
this dude should really show him how it's done...check out the pictures!!!!
W32/Mydoom@MM
W32/Mydoom@MM is a High-Outbreak Risk mass-mailing worm flooding email servers worldwide. When run, the worm steals email addresses from the infected machine and also automatically generates random email addresses for propagation. This email generation engine is similar to technologies spammers use to generate addresses for spam email campaigns.
W32/Mydoom@MM generates emails with a spoofed From: field, so incoming messages may appear to be from people you know. Furthermore, the subject line and message body are both randomly generated by the worm.
The infected emails we've received at work tend to have delivery failure messages and are from address from your addess book.
click here for more info
From Wired News' Furthermore
Unhappy Meals
Ever wonder what would happen if you ate nothing but fast food for an entire month? Just ask Morgan Spurlock. He bagged the documentary-directing prize at the Sundance Film Festival for his film,
Super Size Me, which chronicles his 30-day McDonald's diet and the subsequent deterioration of his health. Dining at the golden arches three times daily for a month, Spurlock packed on 25 pounds and suffered headaches, depression and a low libido. His liver became toxic, his cholesterol skyrocketed and he found himself vomiting from car windows. "He was an extremely healthy person who got very sick eating this McDonald's diet," said Spurlock's physician. What says Mickey Dees? "Consumers can achieve balance ... by choosing from our array of quality offerings and range of portion sizes to meet their taste and nutrition goals." Mm-hmm.
King Leads Oscar Nods
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King led the Academy Awards race on Jan. 27, with 11 nominations, including best picture and director, the Associated Press reported. Return of the King also earned nominations for best original score and song, visual effects, film editing and adapted screenplay, for Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens' script based on J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy trilogy of books. [
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I would rant, but it seems futile...
So I actually got in trouble because, despite 3 e-mails and 2 "hey Bill, can we talk about this sometime today?"s, Bill did not get around to actually doing his job.
G came in and had the nerve to tell me that I needed to stay on top of it.
I will not note to G that I was there, working on said items at 6:00, whereas Bill was already home in the city after coming in at 9:30 and leaving at 5.
Working on my resume right after I get stuff ready for shipping for eBay and my taxes done...
Today's word: swivet (SWIV-it) noun
A state of anxiety, discomposure or agitation.
(Usually used in the phrase "in a swivet".)
Hm, there's a word for that.... neat.
And then reality sets back in
Bush to ease limits on strip-mining rules
The Bush administration is moving to revamp a stream-protection rule that Appalachian environmentalists view as their best weapon for fighting the strip-mining technique known as mountaintop removal.
The proposed rule change by the Office of Surface Mining would make it clear that filling valleys and covering streams is permitted under federal law if companies show that they are minimizing mining waste and the environmental damage caused by it. The rule could take effect as early as mid-March.
SANITY ABOUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!
Part of Patriot Act Ruled Unconstitutional [
read here]
I'm sinply never going to back down on my stance about Germans...
KASSEL, Germany (Reuters) - A German man who has confessed to killing and eating a willing victim "slaughtered him like a piece of livestock" and should be jailed for life, prosecutors said Monday.
Armin Meiwes, 42, has admitted killing a man he met via the Internet in 2001, first chopping off his penis at the man's request and finally storing his flesh in the freezer to eat bit by bit. He has insisted his victim wanted to die. [
more]
Cocaine Found in Tropical Fish Cargo
MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. customs officials seized $300,000 worth of liquid cocaine disguised as water in a shipment of live tropical fish from Colombia. [
more]
Philips Creates Foldable Screens for E-Newspapers
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch firm Philips Electronics said on Monday it was preparing to mass-produce a slim, book-sized display panel onto which consumers could download newspapers and magazines -- then roll up and put away. [
more]
Interview with the Vampire
David Boreanaz and Joss Whedon chat to TV Guide about Angel the series. [
read here]
RINGS' KING takes four Globes
THE RETURN OF THE KING wins Best Dramatic Picture
It was a Sunday to remember for hobbits everywhere: Peter Jackson's final film in the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy won all of the four Golden Globes it was up for including Best Dramatic Picture and Best Director. THE RETURN OF THE KING also took home Globes for Best Original Score (Howard Shore) and Best Original Song ("Into the West" by Howard Shore, Annie Lennox and Fran Walsh.) [
more]
Gotta love Windows
So another day of me screwing with my programs to get them all installed correctly.... If I don't answer e-mail, it's because I am fighting with Outlook at the moment....
CBLDF news
For those who are interested in the goings-on of the
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, here's an item taken from their
email newsletter that might be of particular interest to those of you in the Bay Area:
CAM & CBLDF TEAM UP FOR APE PARTY!
The Cartoon Art Museum and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund are proud to announce the Fourth Annual Alternative Press Expo (APE) Benefit Bash. On February 21, 2004, come to CAM to mingle with dozens of the finest stars in comics and many up-and-coming cartoonists as they gather to celebrate the comics medium and support these two distinguished organizations.
The party will be held from 8 to 11 PM at the Cartoon Art Museum, where over 300 pieces of original art spanning 100 years of comics history will be on view, including works by contemporary legends Alex Ross and Frank Miller, underground masters R. Crumb and Justin Green, rare pieces by pioneering cartoonists George McManus and E.C. Segar, and comic strip icons Walt Kelly and Charles Schulz.
Beyond the visual feast of the museum's walls, refreshments will also be provided for party guests, who will all be entered to win rare, signed comics and original art to be raffled off throughout the night.
General Admission for the party is $10, or $5 for members of the Cartoon Art Museum or Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.
All proceeds from this reception will benefit The Cartoon Art Museum and The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.
For information please call (415) CAR-TOON, ext. 314
They also have some
eBay auctions ending in less than 24 hours with stuff like an Elektra and Wolverine HC signed by Greg Rucka and a Blue Beetle and Batman sketch from Gabe Hernandez and Mike Norton.
Re: What Nintendo Character are You?
It's a-me... Mario!
You are Mario. You're pretty good-all-around. You're most of the time the hero, and you don't get too hung up in it...just try and let others get a little spot-light too, k?
What Nintendo Character are You? (pics)
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What Nintendo Charater are You?
Weekend of getting nothing done
To counteract last weekend's productivity, I managed to get next to nothing done this weekend... And I'm off on a 7 hour adventure shortly, which proves that I will probably continue that trend. Oh well, not gonna worry about it now. :-)
Looks like Kevin had an interesting weekend...
Next time, go ahead and stuff the bills.... in the grand scheme of things, it's worth the experience. Hell, I've done it. [
read about it]
Daughter's fury at father's corpse in art exhibition
A Macabre row has erupted over an alleged case of body snatching. The daughter of a Siberian hospital patient - who says her father's corpse was sold for use in an art exhibition - plans legal action to reclaim it.
Svetlana Krechetova believes that the body went to the the German artist and anatomist Dr Gunther von Hagens, who has stirred controversy for strengthening corpses with plastic, skinning them and putting them on show with the internal organs exposed, in a 'celebration' of art and science. [
more]
re:San Ramon Gaming Con
Of course, It is the weekend that I am moving....
Lame.
Raw EPISODE III footage online - How could this have happened?
It appears that the Dark Side is alive and well.
Footage from a two-and-a-half minute Lucasfilm presentation for EPISODE III was filmed by someone and has now made its way onto the internet. We've been told from a source (but unable to confirm with Lucasfilm yet) that the presentation was part of a marketing meeting. The material was placed on the internet as early as last evening. [
more]
(SPOILERS!!!!!!!!)
Some **BAD** Movies
Tip to 'yall.
NO Matter How High You Get, 2 Fast, 2 Furious is
REALLY that bad. ON the up side, if you get high enough, you'll laugh while others cry out for the pain to stop (sorry Steve).
Another Tip: Paycheck: Good story, crappy delivery. Trust me, go get the book. I be it's much better and you can't go wrong with PKD.
HAMLET!!!!!!!!!
Here's a text-based
Hamlet Game where you get to go kill Uncle Claudius. FUN! At one point, you even get to talk to rosencranz and Guildenstern (hmmm... I thought they were dead....)
;-) have fun!
My World
Neil found a cool toy to map all the places taht you have been in the world. I have visited 24 countries (apparently), which it says is 10% of the possible. Anyway, here's my map. I'll have to work on making the whole thing red (except for a big hole in the middle, where India is):
create your own visited country map
24 Hour Comics Day (April 24, 2004) is Coming
The comics community gets a new holiday this April 24th with the introduction of 24 Hour Comics Day, a day to not only celebrate but to engage in the creation of comics. Based on the creative experiment created by Scott McCloud, this holiday encourages everyone from comics fans to big-time pros to try to create their own full 24 page comic book in 24 consecutive hours. [
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Lyrics: Truly (Featuring Nerina Pallot)
Artist: Delerium
I know good things, I know bad as well
Any witness to the world will tell
If there is sorrow, then there is beauty and trust
A secret pearl inside the heart of us...
So truly, if there's light then I want to see it
Now that I know what I am looking for
Truly, if there;s joy then I want to feel it
Here in this world is where I want to be
'Cause I can't cry anymore
And there is magic now, under blood red trees,
All the sky will scream a mystery
And if we're strangers here, from the day we are born
Why be afraid of freedom if it is yours?
So truly, if there's light then I want to see it
Now that I know what I am looking for
Truly, if there;s joy then I want to feel it
Here in this world is where I want to be
'Cause I can't cry anymore
All the world is calling, calling out my name
All the world is saying it won't be the same
All the sky is showing how it;s gonna be
But I'm scared and I'm tired of being like me...
So truly, if there's light then I want to see it
Now that I know what I am looking for
Truly, if there;s joy then I want to feel it
Here in this world is where I want to be
'Cause I can't cry anymore
Computer went boom
Yeah. My computer stopped working. I got fed up.
Motto for the year = things that suck, must leave.
I put in a new hard drive and am not re-formatting both drives. We are stuck on a driver issue right now, and I'll be doing this for the rest of the day - hence not online for those looking...
Hope that you all have a great weekend if I don't see you!
Review: American Gods
I finished up American Gods today. It was a pretty good book, but had a very distant and cold feeling to it. At any time, if I put the book down to do something else, I wasn't left with a happy or excited feeling about what would happen next. Mostly, I just wanted to see what was up with Shadow.
Anyway, it's a good read....
And another one gone, and another one gone, Another one bites the dust
R.I.P. Sales Widget, Justine.
She came, she worked, she quit.
Woman Headed for Exorcist with Son in Suitcase?
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police have arrested a Croatian woman who was traveling with her two-year-old son shut up in a suitcase on the way to an exorcist, authorities said on Thursday.
Police in the Bavarian capital Munich said they arrested the 24-year-old mother at a bus stop after a passenger heard noises coming from her suitcase and discovered the almost naked toddler huddled up inside.
"It was almost freezing that day, but the boy was only wearing a nappy. He was shivering quite badly but unharmed," said a police spokesman.
The woman told police her son was "possessed by the devil" and that she wanted to bring him to an occult priest, the spokesman added. She is now in psychiatric care.
Well, You're in a Good Mood Today, Officer...
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police had to close an entire floor of their station because the pungent scent of tons of confiscated marijuana was making them high, an Israeli newspaper said Friday.
The drugs, smuggled from Egypt, are kept in a storeroom of a police station in the southern town of Dimona. Police have confiscated so much, that the room is filled up almost immediately after its contents are sent to be incinerated.
"Every time I came to work I felt...like I was high," the Maariv newspaper quoted one officer as saying. "The smell of marijuana was killing us -- it was impossible to work."
The newspaper said a police medical officer ordered personnel to move to another floor until the drugs could be shipped out.
Satanic Cult Probed in Monster of Florence Murders
FLORENCE (Reuters) - Almost 20 years after the last murder blamed on the "Monster of Florence," investigators have reopened the case because they suspect a Satanic cult ordered the killings and kept body parts as prizes.
"The refrigerator of horror," was Friday's headline in Il Messaggero newspaper, referring to new witness reports of female genitalia and body parts in the fridge of a plush Tuscan villa. [
more]
Friday 5
I have returned my
Friday 5 to its rightful place next to Kevin's. Go check them out.
Happy Blog-Day!
Wow. A year of bloggy goodness. Congratulatory drinks all 'round!
NASA: Spirit Rover Not Sending Data
PASADENA, Calif. - NASA (news - web sites)'s Spirit rover stopped transmitting data from Mars for more than 24 hours, mission managers said Thursday, calling it an "extremely serious anomaly."
NASA last heard from Spirit early Wednesday, its 18th day on Mars. Since then, it has only sporadically returned random, meaningless radio noise, scientists said. Initially, the scientists believed weather problems on Earth caused the glitch. They said they now believe the rover is experiencing hardware or software problems. [
more]
Hmmm, I wonder haw many acres of old growth forest we could have saved with 820 million dollars....
I might ride a shortbus. But at least it's cooler than yours. :p
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
It's Chinese New Year today! Stephy says that today is a day to be very positive, and happy, and set the tone for the next year.
Let's all participate in Chinese New Year this year!
You can get more info on it
here and
here.
Google is cute today:
Yeti Baseball
Go check the
SoulCookie for the link - it's totally fun!
7-year-old gets stuck in stuffed animal game machine
You have to see the photo that goes with
this article. It looks like the fireman has put several quarters in and is getting rather frustrated, but has a good shot at getting the gripper around the kid's head.
2005 Mustang and GT40 (Retro = cool)
Ok, normally I don't like Fords but these cars are bad ass...
A Perfect Circle Pre-Sale
Presale starts tomorrow for A Perfect Circle Tickets. It's on 4/3 a the Bill Grahm Civic Auditorium.
Click here to check it out tomorrow. Log In with thirteenthstep.
I will be attending, get your tickets ASAP if you want to come with!
The State of the Union
Ahem. Yeah.
Here's the website for those of you who want to watch and/or read the address. (I know I have to read it because I can't stand the sight or sound of that man).
Oh, BTW, this is an election year. For those of you who are not, as of yet, registered to vote, please click th elink over there on the right and get yourself registered. We are gonna need all the help we can get this time...
Some **Really Bad** TV
Just a reminder that
tonight's edition of Angel was directed by David Boreanaz, so it should be side-splittingly bad for all interested parties.
End Times Near - Johnny Rotten On Reality Show
John Lydon, aka punk revolutionary Johnny Rotten will appear on a celebrity reality show called I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! according to this
CNN story. If ever there were a sign that punk is dead, I think this is it.
Continuing Carl's Spam Trend...
So I logged into my Lycos account for the first time in 4 or 5 days to more than 200 new spam emails. Here are a few non-sensical subjects:
bootlegger carefree dish hobgoblin resin
function malformed furtive
dreadnought bullhide gladiator
harpoon ronnie astonish opulent draw
And my favorites:
.Guys. supercharge your zecks life 500%
enhance the length and width of your man
Review: Bab5 Season 4
It was really good! I watched it all in like a week. I can't figure out what they will do with Season 5 though...
Hm, back to next Gen... which is not nearly as good.
Quiz: Which Of The Greek Gods Are You ?
Microsoft Lightens Up on Teen's Mikerowesoft Site
TORONTO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. indicated on Tuesday it might have overreacted to the Web site of Canadian teenager Mike Rowe who had added the word "soft" to his name and registered the address mikerowesoft.com. [
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Gee, ya think?
Angel Looks Ahead
Joss Whedon, co-creator of The WB's Angel, told SCI FI Wire that the show's upcoming fifth-season finale will wrap up the current storyline but leave open the possiblity of returning for a sixth season. No word has come yet on whether the show, which recently shot its 100th episode, will be picked up for another year. [
more]
Looks like Joss wants to do another Fray
Buffy Lives In Comics
Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon told SCI FI Wire that he hopes to keep the franchise alive—in comics, including a follow-up to his Fray series. "I'm still doing [Dark Horse's] Tales of the Vampires," Whedon said in an interview. "And after that I'd like to do another Fray book [about a Slayer in the future]. But I keep taking things on, and my wife is still smiling, but I don't know how long that's going to last."
Earlier, avowed comics fan Whedon confirmed to SCI FI Wire that he may be writing a series of X-Men comics for Marvel. "I can't answer that question at all, because I'm really not officially doing it," he said. "It sort of leaked out that I wanted to do it. I'd say the same thing I say about the show, I really like the characters, and so I want to put them in pain."
19 Ways To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity
I love #7 - I think I may start doing that to G...
1. At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hairdryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.
2. Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice.
3. Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that.
4. Put your garbage can on your desk and label it "In."
5. Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gotten over their caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.
6. In the Memo field of all your checks, write "For Sexual Favors."
7. Finish all your sentences with "In accordance with the prophecy."
8. Don't use any punctuation
9. As often as possible, skip rather than walk.
10. Ask people what sex they are. Laugh hysterically after they answer.
11. Specify that your drive-thru order is "to go."
12. Sing along at the opera.
13. Go to a poetry recital and ask why the poems don't rhyme.
14. Put mosquito netting around your work area and play tropical sounds all day.
15. Five days in advance, tell your friends you can't attend their party because you're not in the mood.
16. Have your co-workers address you by your wrestling name, Rock Hard?
17. When the money comes out of the ATM, scream "I won, I won!"
18. When leaving the Zoo, start running towards the parking lot, yelling "Run for your lives, they're loose!!"
19. Tell your children over dinner, "Due to the economy, we are going to have to let one of you go."
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Today's word: crapulent
crapulent (KRAP-yuh-luhnt) adjective
Sick from excessive drinking or eating.
[From Late Latin crapulentus (very drunk), from Latin crapula (drunkenness), from Greek kraipal (hangover, drunkenness).]
Again, not what I thought, but it does make sense - "how are you?" "crapulent."
WILLOW COMMITTED TO NBC
Alyson Hannigan has committed to star in NBC's untitled Matt Tarses/Bill Wrubel comedy pilot.
Meanwhile, the network has picked up "The Friendlys," a comedy pilot from NBC Studios and Robb and Mark Cullen, the duo behind FX's offbeat comedy "Lucky."
Hannigan had been eyeing the untitled Tarses/Wrubel comedy project -- which revolves around the relationship between a brother and his sister who haven't spoken in 18 months -- and had met with the producers of the show when it was still in development (HR 1/7). [
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Angel Network Goes Dark
Uberproducer John Wells (The West Wing, ER) is developing a new version of the 1960s vampire soap opera Dark Shadows for The WB, network officials announced. But WB honcho Jordan Levin told reporters that he doesn't believe the supernatural series will conflict with The WB's other vampire show, Angel. "I don't think the two shows will be competing against one another," Levin said at the network's winter press tour in Hollywood.
Levin added, "We haven't seen Dark Shadows yet. What was interesting about that is that anytime John Wells walks in the door and says he's excited about wanting to do something differently—in this case, a gothic soap opera, you know, based on Dark Shadows—I think that's something you're obviously going to pay attention to. I think that two shows could co-exist. One is an action-adventure franchise, and one is a very gothic soap opera franchise."
Angel co-creator Joss Whedon, meanwhile, expressed surprise when informed that another bloodsucker series was in the frog network's docket. "I was not aware of that," he said, with typical tongue in cheek. "I quit." He added seriously, "You know, clearly, I'm the 97th guy to use the vampire metaphor to tell stories. I have no problem with there being a 98th. ... But at least it's not an important, successful producer."
Do you know what happened this week back in 1850?
California became a state.
The state had no electricity.
The state had no money.
Almost everyone spoke Spanish.
There were gun fights in the streets.
So basically, it was just like California today...
only the women had real breasts
Quick fix
OK, well, I decided to not spend my morning surfing my normal sites in order that I could finish my resume and pass it around. So that's done now and one more thing off my plate! Is uppose that it will undergo some changes and then I can start Mission 3, which may take a while.
I messed up
I had delusions that I was gonna post more stuff to eBay and get all of my resume done and stuff last night.
Instead, I fell asleep at like 7:00 and at 9:30, when Carl called, I woke up but then spent a good chunk of time watching Bab5.
I guess I'll have to do it all tonight....
MMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmm Van Helsing
Yeah,
looks Yummy. I'm down for that. Hopefully it will prove better than Underworld.
Misleader
In my quest to see if I can get
absolutley nothing done today, I cam across this website:
http://www.misleader.org.
They will provide you with an accurate daily chronicle of mis-representations, distortions and downright misleading statements by President Bush and the Bush Administration.
THEY HAVE ENOUGH INFO TO UPDATE IT DAILY!!! Does this concern anyone else?
Farmer's Diamonds Go to Waste But Are Recovered
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - It's not quite the goose that laid the golden egg, but an Indian diamond merchant's prize cow is producing bejeweled dung.
Dilubhai Rajput had stashed a bag of more than 1,700 small diamonds, worth almost $900, in a pile of hay at his home in Gujarat state, famous both for its dairy and diamond-cutting industries, but hadn't reckoned on the risk of a hungry cow, the Economic Times newspaper reported on Monday.
Now he's feeding the animal a diet of grass, grain, fruit and laxatives and has so far recovered 300 diamonds in three days.
"I am sure within a week I will retrieve all my diamonds," the paper quoted Rajput as saying.
It was unclear why he chose to hide the stones in the hay.
Note to self.....
I need an infinite amount of free time.
Word of the day: alienist
alienist (AYL-yuh-nist) noun
A psychiatrist, especially one who has been accepted by a court to assess mental competence of those appearing in court regarding a case.
[From French aliéniste (alienist), from Latin alienatus, past participle of alienare (to estrange), from Latin alienus (alien). Why this word? Because an alienist treats those who are believed to be alienated from their normal state of mind.]
Not even close to what I thought it meant....
Quiz: What quote best describes you?
you are a very curious person. when you don't know something or someone you explore it [or them] from every possible angle - dam the consequences.
What quote best describes you? brought to you by Quizilla
Microsoft takes on teen's site MikeRoweSoft.com
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- It's Microsoft versus Mike Rowe-soft.
Rowe, a 17-year-old high school senior and Web designer from Victoria, has angered the software giant by registering an Internet site with the address www.MikeRoweSoft.com.
"Since my name is Mike Rowe, I thought it would be funny to add 'soft' to the end of it," said Rowe.
Microsoft, however, is not amused. [
more]
Hubble condemned to slow death
There will be no more servicing missions to the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA has announced, leaving one of the agency's most spectacularly successful projects to die a slow death.
The decision, announced late on Friday, is the first serious fallout from President George W Bush's new plan for the US space program. One part of this is to scrap the space shuttle fleet in 2010. [
more]
I don't even have words to describe how I feel about this man is ruining our future.
Chase Scares Up Ring 2
Daveigh Chase, the young actress who played the evil Samara Morgan in The Ring, told SCI FI Wire that she reprises her ghostly character in the sequel. "I will [go back to work] soon," Chase said in an interview. "They're going to start filming in March. Unfortunately, I can't say anything about it, [but] it will definitely be horrifying."
Chase added that the producers have not even shown her the script yet. "They're waiting until the last minute [to show me]," she said. "I'm pretty sure I'll get to kill everybody again. That'll be fun." DreamWorks plans to release The Ring 2 on Nov. 10.
My rage begins to well....
U.S. Eyes Space as Possible Battleground
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush's plan to expand the exploration of space parallels U.S. efforts to control the heavens for military, economic and strategic gain. [
more]
Weekend in Review
Wow. It's over already.
I got a lot of stuff done this weekend - more than I had actually anticipated, but, of course, less than I had hoped.
I am not sure what my brain is doing when it thinks that I can accomplish two full pages of tasks in 2 days, but whatever.
Anyway, got the house more or less cleaned, got all of my wash done, got musical kickdown done for my girlies, went to Steph's Party, went out with Esther and her friends, most of my resume is done, eBay stuff is located and photographed and in the computer, went to pick and pull and got new headlights and turn signal for my car (as well as a new dash plate so my rear heater button won't be ghetto anymore), read a bunch (almost done with American Gods), etc....
I feel accompished, but like I still have a very busy month ahead between everything that is left and then moving.
At least pick and pull is making my $1600 from the car accident go far! I will probably only spend like $200 to fix everything and the rest will cover new deposit, moving expenses, first 1/2 month rent, etc... YAY!
OK, off to post to eBay and then to read my project management book. I now get homework from work. This really sucks. Oh well, more incentive to accomplish Mission 2 and move to Mission 3! :-)
Happy Sunday folks!
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American Library Association Posters
The American Library Association is pulling out all the stops with their posters! Click on them if you want to buy one and links on the side bar take you to even more interesting ones...
Elementary, my dear Watson, Elementary
Just got back from Steph's How to Host a Murder Party.
I was much more fun than I thought they would be.
Once I get settled in casita Noelle, I'll probably host one so we can all share in the fun!
Update: Procrastination
OK, I think that I am at a point where my very rough draft is done. I think I will leave it alone for a while today and come back to it for some touch ups either later today or tomorrow and then send it out to some people for comments and assistance.
Mission 2 = 66% complete
Company Cuts Heavenly Mobile Link
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A service promising to answer people's prayers with a text message apparently sent by Jesus has been shut down after complaints by Finland's mobile services watchdog. [
more]
Update: Procrastination
I am about 1/3 of the way done with the rough draft.
It's amazing the amount of stuff I do and the amount of things that I will be able to do if I get the chance.
Procrastination is my friend... He can be your friend too...
Yeah, somehow cleaning started to become more appealing to me than writing my resume.
I have a metal block about it right now. Possibly because I feel like I have to do it, possibly for other reasons.
It started when I thought that I might post it up here for you all to look at and comment on. Then, I suddenly got very nervous about that. I couldn't really see why for quite a while. Then, it occurred to me that resumes are really all about puffing yourself up and listing all of your accomplishments and that is horribly embarrassing to me, especially when you all know the truth about where I work and what I have to do.
It's very difficult to write a resume stating that you are proactive, when everything that you have done for the past 3.5 years has been reactionary, thanks to your environment.
I fear that I have to suck it up and make it happen, but it's still much more of a painful process than I had anticipated.
Those of you out there who have jobs that you love and don't want to leave right now, take my advice: go update your resume every now and then... It will make it a lot easier when you need to do it.
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spam email title I got today
Re: RLHBYEB, hallucinations are beginning
The Crystal Method Show
Tickets for 3/4 at the Warfield are on sale at the
TCM site.
I'll be there and so will Carl and Esther if anyone else is interested.
I have secured a new hole
No, not a piercing.
I have found, looked at, paid a deposit on, and accepted the 3rd story shoebox that I am about to move into. $1085 a month for a 2 bedroom isn't bad. I just hope that my life fits in there. I suppose that if it doesn't, I will have to get rid of parts of it.
On the upside, I now have access to a hot tub or two, I am close to dear friends, I won't be getting a $233.55 electricity bill like I did this month, I now have my choice of TWO bathtubs to use, and hopefuly, that won't be on the verge of crashing through the ceiling, I now have a dishwasher that works, I won't have to worry about the state of the yard, and it will be MUCH quicker to clean.
Things I will miss: Huge dinners, mowing the yard, pumpkin parties, huge rooms, and, above all, my swing. I love my swing.
Anybody need a washer/dryer, a fridge, a twin sized bed, or a movable dishwasher?
Move date: The weekend of Feb 14th (Happy Valentine's to me!) and I have until the 29th to move out of my beloved huge house.
Anyway, Mission 1 is complete. Moving on to Mission 2 and 3 this weekend....
Odds
So, it's kind of weird to be driving down De Anza at 11:30 last night, stop at a red light, look at the car next to me, and there's Mike. As he said, "What are the odds of that happening?"
Wired News: Mars Mission a Trojan Horse?
Give some credit to Bush: In stoking interest in a mission to Mars (which may or may not happen), his administration may have figured out a clever way to kill the space shuttle and other costly projects, space experts say.
President Bush's plan to go to the moon and to Mars without much additional funding will force NASA and Congress to make hard choices -- particularly regarding the space shuttle and the hugely expensive International Space Station, observers said.
The Bush plan increases NASA's budget by just $1 billion over the next five years. That means the space agency has to figure out how to carry out the mission -- first a return to the moon and later a trip to Mars -- without a lot of additional money in its budget. [
more]
Re: Neat stuff
Hadn't even noticed that!
I am so not even close to paying attention today!!! **Happy**
Re: Neat stuff
Me too... now that the auctions have ended, anyway. ;-)
Neat stuff
So one of the gaffers from Buffy has some cool stuff up on
eBay.
Fortunately for me, I have no desire at all to buy any of it!
Kev has his up also!
1. What does it say in the signature line of your emails?
At home, nada. At work, work stuff.
2. Did you have a senior quote in your high school yearbook? What was it? If you haven’t graduated yet, what would you like your quote to be?
Yep. Make a little birdhouse in your soul. 42
(looks up at banner on the head of this blog)
Some things never change. (And some things do.) ;-)
3. If you had vanity plates on your car, what would they read? If you already have them, what do they say?
hmm... maybe nolroks or lbc42 or rockon
4. Have you received any gifts with messages engraved upon them? What did the inscription say?
I have a graduation Bear with the info about that on it. But that's it.
5. What would you like your epitaph to be?
If I had to die right this second?
She rocked.
She bit.
She loved.
She lived.
She died.
:-)
I fully encourage you guys to participate in these and post your own answers....
WHOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO! TGIF!
G is out all day today!
Sweet fredom, how I love thee!
Jurannessic
Cute little caveman animation Sorensen sent over. Download it from my server
here!
eBay joker auctions off West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, West Virginia (AP) -- An attempt to auction off the state of West Virginia drew 56 bids and nearly enough promised dollars to fill the state's projected budget hole before eBay learned of the joke.
By Tuesday evening, with five days to go in the sale of item number 2372779353, "Entire State of West Virginia," bidders had bumped the ante up to just $1 short of $100 million. [
more]
Hundreds Protest Bush Visit to MLK Tomb
ATLANTA - Hundreds of people pushed past Secret Service barricades Thursday to protest President Bush's visit to the tomb of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on what would have been the civil rights leader's 75th birthday. [
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Quiz: Where will you go when you die?
**Giggle** ummmm, yeah...
Reincarnation: You are nice enough to go to heaven, but Earth won't be as fun without you. So you shall come back as someone or something else. As a real optimist and lighthearted person, you always see the good in things. People probably respect you for your wonderful personality and love for life. People like you make the world a happier place.
**Where will you go when you die?** brought to you by Quizilla
Some good news on this very Thursday Morning
G is at a meeting for a couple of hours and will be gone all day tomorrow.
That makes me happy.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! Dumb Germans
Drug Smuggler Rumbled by Call of Nature
BERLIN (Reuters) - The untimely bowel movements of a man arrested with marijuana at an airport yielded German crime fighters an unexpected haul of 54 condoms containing cocaine, authorities said on Thursday.
"It's pretty silly to get caught carrying hard drugs because you've got a tiny amount of marijuana on you," said a spokeswoman for prison authorities in Berlin.
After police discovered the two grams of marijuana, a check revealed an outstanding international arrest warrant for the 51-year-old man for drug-related offences.
But they were unaware he was carrying a kilogram of cocaine, estimated at 120,000 euros ($152,400).
"The man had the condoms in his stomach and after a certain period of time his bowels passed them out again. I don't know why he didn't flush them down the toilet, perhaps he needed to keep them," the spokeswoman said.
The man hid the excreted condoms in his clothes, where prison authorities later found them.
Depp Among SAG Nominees
The Screen Actors Guild nominated Johnny Depp for best film actor for his performance in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as part of its list of nominees for SAG Awards announced Jan. 15, Variety reported. SAG also nominated the cast of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King for an overall award. The 10th annual Screen Actors Guild awards will air Feb. 22 on TNT at 5 p.m. PT, the trade paper reported.
STAR WARS: EPISODES VII - IX?
RE: Carol Mosley Braun Is A SF Fan... but not a candidate
Sources close to Braun were said to have overheard their candidate whispering, "Do. Or do not. There is no try," shortly before
her announcement.
"I guess she picked 'do not,'" said one long-time staffer who requested anonymity.
(No, she didn't really say that. But for the purposes of this joke? Yeah, absolutely!)
RE: Carol Mosley Braun Is A SF Fan!
And now she's dropping out of the race. Wheeeee!
Carol Mosley Braun Is A SF Fan!
I like this woman a lot more having heard her speak on the Daily Show this evening. She made not one, but two Science Fiction references ("Live long and prosper" and "Fear is the mind killer") in her interview with Jon Stewart.
Bush And Chris Paduan Agree On Something: Film At 11
I.e. the moon base and mission to Mars thing. Oh, wait, he' just going to underfund this like AIDS money for Africa, or the No Children Left Behind Act. Never mind. You may go about your business. These are not the droids you're looking for.
Whoa: Total Recall
Making Dreams to Order
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese company that came up with the hit "BowLingual" device that translates dogs' barks into human words has now come up with a dream product -- literally.
Takara Co Ltd says its Yumemi Kobo, or "dream workshop," gadget gives stressed out people a chance to go on a holiday or find their ideal partner -- at least in their dreams.
Before nodding off, the would-be dreamer is supposed to look at a photo of what he or she wants to dream about and then record the story-line on the $140 machine.
Using the voice recording as well as lights, music and aromas, the machine stimulates sleepers during periods of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and helps them direct their own dreams, the company says.
After eight hours, it wakes them up gradually with music and lights that simulate sunlight, avoiding any shock that could destroy fragile memories.
The manufacturers caution, though, that not all users of the gadget achieve exactly the dreams they hope for.
"We are still experimenting, mainly with company employees," Kenji Hattori, a Takara marketing executive, told reporters on Wednesday.
"Some said the theme was right, but the story-line was wrong. Some said the noise woke them up. But it has worked for quite a number of people," he said.
Bush Outlines Plan for 2015 Moon Landing
WASHINGTON - President Bush, envisioning "new journeys to the worlds beyond our own," unveiled a plan Wednesday to send astronauts to the moon, Mars and beyond on missions sure to cost hundreds of billions of dollars and stretch the bounds of technology. He called for a manned lunar landing as early as 2015. [
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Top 100 most frequently mentioned books of 2003
This site looked at weblogs and found the 100 top most mentioned books in 2003. Pretty cool.
Burton Raises Corpse
Director Tim Burton told USA Today that his upcoming stop-motion animated film The Corpse Bride, which he will produce, is in keeping with his desire to laugh at death instead of fearing it. "Rather than make it this dark, unspoken thing—which is kind of how I grew up—I always liked the idea that it was more a celebration," Burton told the newspaper. "It feels more positive, somehow, and more spiritual and right to me."
The Corpse Bride, made in the same animation style as The Nightmare Before Christmas, is based on an Eastern European folk tale about a man who mistakenly weds a dead body, the newspaper reported.
I am so spoiled
So, I went to look at an apartment at Esther's complex today. It was actually one with the most square footage I have seen in a while. Needless to say, I thought about all of my stuff, and I thought about my house, and I thought about this tiny little hole I was about to crawl into and I was kind of horrified.
I guess an extra $400 a month and higher utilities gets you a lot...
I am just going to have to suck it up and squish in there. I can guarantee that there will be no more 15 person dinners and no more pumpkin party, which is sad, but necessary for now.
**becoming humble**
Comic Con Update
Just FYI, I have 5 double rooms at the Sheraton Suites ($135 a night - 1 mile away) and 5 double rooms at the Westin Horton Plaza (where I will be staying for $148 a night and 6 blocks away) for people to use for Comic Con. I have to cancel and set names by 7/5 so let me know well in advance if you are coming and if you want one of these rooms.
Is it live or is it Memorex?
Check out some incredible
chalk drawings.
The images in the main LJ story have been broken since I first saw the page, but these are some additional pictures further down.
Wow.
What you can't say
So this dude, Paul Graham, wrote this essay on how we think that we are so open and accessible, but we have just as much social convention about things that are considered taboo to say as we did in any other time period. Also talks about the people who have the ideas that get them the most in trouble are usually the ones that are true (Galileo), so you should keep an eye out for those people...
Very neat article.
My favorite line so far:
Nerds are always getting in trouble. They say improper things for the same reason they dress unfashionably and have good ideas: convention has less hold over them.
The Best Games of 2003
Game of the Year – THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: WIND WAKER [
article]
Whedon: X-Men Gig Possible
Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon confirmed to SCI FI Wire that he is indeed considering writing a series of X-Men comics for Marvel. "There is a rumor out there," Whedon said in an interview at the television critics' winter press tour in Hollywood. "It's something that could happen."
Whedon added that he would approach such a project with trepidation, knowing the "legacy" of the decades-old franchise and fervid fan loyalty.
But it wouldn't be Whedon's first foray into comics—he previously wrote the Buffy-related Fray series for Dark Horse—nor would it mark Whedon's first dealings with the venerable X-Men universe. Whedon wrote a draft of a screenplay for the first X-Men movie, which wasn't used. "It was brilliant," Whedon said, with tongue in cheek.
Fake fog could defend nuclear plants
Clouds of artificial fog could be used to defend nuclear power stations against airborne terrorist attacks under proposals currently being considered in Germany. [
more]
LEGENDS II SCAVENGER HUNT
Win a Limited Edition Signed by ALL Eleven Authors [
info here]
Googlewhack
Heh,
this is kinda fun to play with when you are bored.
Your goal: find that elusive query (two words - no quote marks) with a single, solitary result!
Dave Gorman wrote a book about it called
Googlewhack Adventure which is about lots of things, including what an author will go through in order not to write a book.
TCM free show
Don’t forget...This Wednesday January 13th at 6:00 PM, The Crystal Method will be at the Virgin MegaStore on Stockton in San Francisco, CA to sign copies of the new album, Legion of Boom. The guys will also be doing a short DJ set, so if you live in the area, get there early!!!!
Legion of Boom is out today BTW...
More Movie News!
Ferrell Up For Bewitched
Douglas Wick, producer of the upcoming Bewitched film, confirmed to SCI FI Wire that Will Ferrell (Elf) is in the running for the role of Darrin. "We can't say that he's not doing it," Wick said in an interview. Ferrell would take on the role originally played by Dick York and later by Dick Sargent in the popular 1960s fantasy TV series.
The movie will tell the story of how suburban witch Samantha (Nicole Kidman in the role originated by Elizabeth Montgomery) meets her future husband. The movie will feature characters from the TV series, including Endora (originally played by Agnes Moorehead), Wick added. "[And] there's an Uncle Arthur [and] Aunt Clara," he said. [more]
Hitchhiker Stars Set
British actors Bill Nighy (Love Actually) and Martin Freeman (TV's The Office) are set to star in the feature-film version of Douglas Adams' SF cult novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the BBCi Films Web site reported. Nighy told the site that he's been cast as alien planet designer Slartibartfast in the long-gestating adaptation. Freeman will play Arthur Dent, the everyday Earthling thrust into an interplanetary adventure, the site added. (Fangoria, meanwhile, reported that Warwick Davis will also appear.)
"I'm a big fan of the book, and the people who are making it are very cool people, and I think they're going to do a good job," Nighy told the site. "It's a really good script. It's really, really faithful [to the book]. All the jokes are there, and they're big fat jokes. It's wonderful. And with all the technology we have now, it can not only be a big satisfying comedy, but I figure it could be quite exciting as well." [source]
Seeing double when Kill Bill Vol. 2 comes
Variety breaks word that Kill Bill: Vol. 2 will hit theaters on April 16 now and no longer in February as originally planned. As well, the DVD release of Volume 1 of Kill Bill will arrive on store shelves earlier that same week, namely April 13. [more]
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An email from MoveOn...
The winning ads in our Bush in 30 Seconds ad contest will be announced tonight, live from the awards show at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. The awards show is going to be hosted by Jeanine Garofalo and will feature performances and presentations by Margaret Cho, Chuck D, Al Franken, Moby, Michael Moore, John Sayles, Julia Stiles, and Rufus Wainwright. It should be a really fun night -- music, comedy, and lots of incredible 30-second ads.
If you'd like to tune in, the event will be webcast live, beginning at 8p EST/5p PST. We'll be announcing the winners around 10:45pm EST. To tune in to the webcast and view the winning ads after they're announced, just go to:
http://www.bushin30seconds.org/
Already, the Bush in 30 Seconds contest has brought tens of thousands of new people into MoveOn, generated millions of dollars' worth of free publicity, and put us in touch with some tremendously talented people. Please join us for the grand finale tonight on the Bush in 30 Seconds website.
Sweet Freedom...
G is gone for the day. B is gone for the day.
**relieved sigh**
Priorities People.
King Seeks Funds for Palaces for 11 Wives
MBABANE (Reuters) - Swaziland's King Mswati has asked his government for funds to help redecorate three main palaces and build others for each of his 11 wives, a royal palace source said Sunday.
The Times of Swaziland reported that Mswati -- sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch -- was seeking about $15 million in a country where landless peasants make up 80 percent of the population. [
more]
Wacky Germans are at it again....
Here's two for ya:
Woman Causes Parking Garage Chaos
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German woman caused more than 100,000 euros ($128,300) of damage when an attempt to back out of her spot in a parking garage ended with her car on its roof and four other vehicles damaged, police said Monday.
Police said the woman reversed sharply out of her spot on the upper level of a multi-story parking in the southwestern town of Kirchen, writing off a parked Nissan and damaging a Mitsubishi next to it, police said.
She then accelerated forward, speeding through her original parking place and over a low protective wall -- pitching her Audi some six meters (20 feet) down on to a lower level of the car park.
The car crashed on to a Renault, hit a Citroen and finally came to rest on its roof.
Police said the woman was treated in hospital but that her injuries were not life-threatening. "A blood test was taken after suspicions she was under medication," a spokesman said.
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police are investigating after an angry man returned a computer he had just bought saying it was packed with small potatoes instead of computer parts.
The store replaced the computer free of charge but became suspicious when he returned a short time later with another potato-filled computer casing, police in the western city of Kaiserslautern said Monday.
"The second time he said he didn't need a computer any more and asked for his money back in cash," a police spokesman said.
Police are now investigating the man for fraud.
Al Franken Discusses Media, Politics
Here's a talk Al gave for the Commonwealth Club last year when he was promoting his latest book. It requires RealAudio. I found it pretty funny. Check it out
here.
On a Mission
OK, mission life makeover starts today.
Mission 1: Find new place to live
Mission 2: Get resume into shape
Mission 3: Find New job
I'll begin looking for apartments tonight.... will keep you up to date.
More Science of Dubious Value
The French have used the powers of science to determine the optimal angle for skipping rocks. They built machines to test their theories. [
article]
*happy sigh*
I called it an early day because I was getting tired and my skiing was getting sloppy, but I had a great time this morning! I went all the way to the top of the mountain and went down all blues a couple of times. It was fun and I have lost most of my fear so I am getting faster as well.
Time for another jacuzzi before everyone else gets back and maybe some Bab5 therapy.
Next week begins the hunt for new job and decisions about living, etc so I'm gonna enjoy my last day of vacation to it's fullest!
Hope you all had a great weekend - I should be home by 10 tonight at the latest.
Oh, and my ebay auctions are doing really great! Another few hundred bucks closer to fredom!!!
mmmmmmmm Jacuzzi
Jacuzzis are the world's coolest invention. I need one.
Off to the slopes again!
Can't resist the pull...
So, I wasn't *upposed* to ski tomorrow, but I can do so for $50 with lift and rentals and I had forgotten how much fun it is.
I had a great day.
Snow was aewsome, the condo is rad, the crowds weren't bad, I improved a lot in technique, and it was a beautiful day.
Oh, and get this, I am looking out at the gondola from the condo right now. We Literally walk outside of the condo and walk straight onto the lift.
Needless to say, I'll be out there again in the morning.
Ok, I am off to take a Jacuzzi now!!!! :-)
Ducks DVD!
(1) Go to
www.amazon.co.uk
(2) Search in
DVD for
Nice Weather for Ducks
(3) Get it! Get it! Get it!
News from the front
Yo, The condo that we are staying in is beautiful! I am looking outside right now at happy little skiiers getting on their first lift of the day. Soon, I will be one of them! I'm gonna have some breakfast and then go down and get my gear - more later....
I am a Maid of Honor Now
So, my cousin, Chelsea, called up just now and asked me to be the maid of honor in her wedding in Tahoe this summer.
I am kind of stunned about it, but I am an event coordinator at heart so I guess this should be fun. Hopefully, the extent of my stress will be in how many parties to throw and that they will be in Sacramento...
Re: A little gift for Kevin
Sweeeeet. Thanks, Noelle!
(Mmmmmm.... Alyson......)
Re: A little gift for Kevin
Yeah, don't we all. She gets to fake orgasm at Dylan from 90210!!! And anyway, she
JUST got married to Wesley from Buffy/Angel so I'm pretty sure she only wants his pants....
Re: A little gift for Kevin
Omg, she really wants his pants...
SKIING!!!!!!!!!!!
Going Skiing this weekend!!! If you need me, I have cell and e-mail all weekend so feel free! Hope you all have a great one too!
Buffy e-comic
New e-comic about what happened right after graduation day.
See here!
A little gift for Kevin
Since he is having a bad day.
Aly's promo pics from her and Luke Perry's London production of WHen Harry Met Sally. They are very cute :-)
Make your own midevil tapestry
This toy is much fun! you can insert people and things and whatnot into your own tapestry and mail them out or submit to the gallery.
Very silly.
When I have time, I will make a good one and post it!
TGIF
Wow, this week was manic! Got a whole bunch of stuff cleaned up, selling stuff for bank on eBay, almost lost my job, lost someone dear to me, had a really good party, lots of fantastic food, watched a bunch of Next Gen season 1, picked up Bab 5 season 4, and am shortly off to go skiing.
Me thinks the winds of change are a blowin' - here's hoping they blow me to calmer waters soon.
;-)
IM Dilly-yo
So I will be on IM when G is not here. When he is, I will put myself to away, but I'm probably here so go ahead and Im and I'll get to it when it's safe.
Lyrics: Aerosmith - Pink
Pink - it's my new obsession
Pink - it's not even a question,
Pink - on the lips of your lover
(oh)
'Cause Pink is the love you discover
Pink - as the bing on your cherry
Pink - 'cause you are so very
Pink - it's the color of passion
Ah, 'cause today it just goes with the fashion
Pink - it was love at first sight
Yeah, Pink - when I turn out the light
And Pink gets me high as a kite
And I think everything is going to be all right
No matter what we do tonight
You could be my flamingo
'Cause pink - it's the new kinda of lingo
Pink - like a deco umbrella
It's kink that you don't ever tell her
Pink - it was love at first sight
And Pink when I turn out the light
Pink gets me high as a kite
And I think everything is going to be all right
No matter what we do tonight
Yeah!
I want to be your lover
I, I wanna wrap you in rubber
And it's pink as the sheets that we lay on
'Cause Pink - it's my favorite crayon
Yeah!
Pink - it was love at first sight
Pink - when I turn out the light
Pink - it's like red but not quite
And I think, everything is going to be all right
No matter what we do tonight
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Update
Thanks for calling and e-mailing, everyone! I am doing ok here so no worries. It could be worse. :-)
Planet Discovered That Heats Its Sun
Usually planets are heated by the stars they orbit, however a Canadian astronomer thinks she has found a planet which is adding to the temperature of its parent star. [
article]
Police Foil Bank Robbery by Drunk 'Dracula'
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police said Thursday they had arrested a would-be vampire robber ready to scare bank staff with his false Dracula teeth.
The man, also wearing a woolen hat and sunglasses, pulled out what looked like a gun and pointed it at passing police officers who had asked him to stop as he approached a bank.
"The two officers managed to overpower him and found it was a toy weapon," police in the northern city of Bremen said in a statement. "The suspect lost his plastic teeth in the scuffle. He was extremely drunk."
Global Warming Threatens Mass Extinctions, Study Says
OSLO (Reuters) - Global warming could wipe out a quarter of all species of plants and animals on earth by 2050 in one of the biggest mass extinctions since the dinosaurs, according to an international study. [
more]
Hubble Makes Mosaic of 10,000 Galaxies
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The newest camera on the Hubble Space Telescope has created an unprecedented image of a huge hunk of the sky, including at least 10,000 galaxies, which could help determine how our own Milky Way evolved, astronomers said on Thursday. [
more]
1984 Commercial
Apple replayed their original 1984 commercial at the MacWorld keynote the other day. It's viewable
here in Quicktime format. It has, however, been subtly changed. Note what the heroine has on her belt, which is a little anachronistic. ;-) Ah, for the days of the hexachrome Apple.
Earthsea Gets Green Light
SCI FI Channel announced that it has given a green light to the original miniseries Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea, which is set to begin production in New Zealand this spring. Adapted from Le Guin's popular book series, the four-hour Earthsea miniseries is written by Gavin Scott (The Mists of Avalon), with Robert Halmi Sr. (Dreamkeeper, Merlin), Lawrence Bender (Kill Bill) and Kevin Brown (Roswell) executive producing. Earthsea is slated to debut on SCI FI in December.
An adaptation of the first two books in Le Guin's trilogy, A Wizard of Earthsea and The Tombs of Atuan, the Earthsea miniseries tells the story of a reckless youth destined to become the greatest sorcerer in the mystical land of Earthsea. On his journey to manhood, he will combat dragons, fall in love, cross death's threshold and ultimately wield the power to reunite a kingdom, SCI FI said.
RE: Ch ch ch changes. . .
Good to hear you still have a job. Had a horrible dream about you last night in which you were terribly distraught and then dissappeared. . . so I was freakin' out a little.
Re: ch-ch-changes
Yes, I still have a job. It's hanging by a single thread right now, but I do have one. Any leads on possible new opportunities would be appreciated...
More later, when I am not at work.
Cable television turns some people into couch potatoes. It might turn Timothy Dumouchel into a litigant. The Wisconsin man is threatening to sue Charter Communications for $5,000 and free Internet service for life, saying his addiction to free cable TV soured his existence. "
I believe that the reason I smoke and drink every day and my wife is overweight is because we watched TV every day for the last four years," Dumouchel wrote in a complaint against the company. Dumouchel says he canceled his cable in 1999, but Charter failed to disconnect the service. A Charter spokesman defended the company's product. "Even though we consider our services to be a very powerful entertainment product, I don't think it's reached a medical level yet where it could be proved to be addictive," he said.
Worst. Excuse. Ever. (emphasis added to the quote above)
Re: Quizzes
Rain: You are the sound of rain. You have two important sides. There is your strong, powerful side and your calm, gentle side. Both are very important. Rain also reflects a bit of darkness in your personality. It isn't bad, just shows that along with the good, you also can see bad which can come in handy.
You're taffy!! You're a clever and kind person, but you tend to hold grudges. You are not big on dishing out forgiveness.
ch-ch-changes
Not to alarm anyone, but tomorrow, when I get to work, I get to find out if I still have a job or not.
That should be fun.
One more: Which kind of candy are you?
You're bubblegum!!! You love to have a good time, and enjoy being around others who feel the same way. You tend to be the life of the party, and people like to be around you as much as they can.
Which kind of candy are you? brought to you by Quizilla
QUIZ!!!!!!!!! YAY! What sound are you?
Rain: You are the sound of rain. You have two important sides. There is your strong, powerful side and your calm, gentle side. Both are very important. Rain also reflects a bit of darkness in your personality. It isn't bad, just shows that along with the good, you also can see bad, which can come in handy.
What Sound Are You?(now w/ pics) brought to you by Quizilla
Presidential Poetry
And
Neil's take on Laura Bush and the peopm cover up.
Very amusing.
Lyrics: Perfect Girl
So, I was listening to my shiny new Sarah McLaughlin CD and this song kind of struck me...
Perfect Girl
Am I faithful, am I strong,am I good enough to belong
in your reverie a perfect girl
Your vision of romance is cruel and all along I played the fool
all your expectations bury me
Chorus:
Don't worry you will find the answer if you let it go
give yourself some time to falter
But don't forgo knowing that you're loved no matter what
and everything will come around in time
I own my insecurities I try to own my destiny
That I can make or break it if I choose
But you take my words and twist them 'round
'till I'm the one who brings you down
Make me feel like I'm the one to blame for all of this...
Chorus:
Don't worry you will find the answer if you let it go
give yourself some time to falter
But don't forgo knowing that you're loved no matter what
and everything will come around in time
You need everybody with you on your side
Know that I am here for you but I hope in time
You'll find yourself alright alone
You'll find yourself with open arms
You'll find yourself you'll find yourself in time
The riot in my heart decides to keep me open and alive
I have to take myself away from you
'cause I can't compete I can't deny there's nothing that I didn't try
how did I go so wrong in loving you
Chorus:
Don't worry you will find the answer if you let it go
give yourself some time to falter
But don't forgo knowing that you're loved no matter what
and everything will come around in time
Bird-Lover's Cat Dines on Rare Flying Visitor
LONDON (Reuters) - A rare feathered visitor to Britain survived a grueling 15-hour journey from Norway, only to be eaten by a birdwatcher's cat on arrival.
The cat's owner wrote to a bird charity to report the unusual sight of a Norwegian robin in her garden in the north of England -- but she had to confess it was dead in her cat's mouth at the time.
The unlucky bird was one of only 30 Scandinavian robins known to have made the 400-mile flight to Britain since 1919.
Talk about a crappy day....
LOTR news
Lord of the Rings stars Elijah Wood and Dominic Monaghan will be celebrity monarchs in big New Orleans Carnival parades before the Feb. 24 Mardis Gras celebration, the Associated Press reported. Wood will be riding in the Sunday night parade of the Krewe of Bacchus, and Monaghan will be with the Krewe of Orpheus, the Monday night parade founded by singer Harry Connick Jr.
Brendon Talks Buffy Film
Former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Nicholas Brendon told TV Guide Online that a proposed Buffy feature film is a ways off. "We've talked about it," Brendon (Xander) told the site. "I'm sure if it happens, it'd be in a couple of years." [
more]
Happy that it is Wendesday
Pezzella's!!!
I got some more Birthday Yumminess from Wendy with Dave and Carl tonight! It was sooooooooooooooooo good! (I have gained 10 lbs in this Birthday Chaunikkah season).
Thanks Wendy! Your Rule!!!
Re: Stitch 'n' Bitch
Esther got me the book for my Birthday! It is very cool and much fun! I can't wait to make Pipi Long Stockings!!!
Bush Grabs New Power for FBI
From a story at Wired News:
As the nation sat transfixed by Saddam Hussein's capture last month, President Bush quietly signed legislation granting the government new and sweeping surveillance powers.
The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 grants the FBI unprecedented power to obtain records from financial institutions without requiring permission from a judge.
Under the law, the FBI does not need to seek a court order to access such records, nor does it need to prove just cause. [
more]
Particularly troublesome given the statistics Tasha cites below.
Crystal Method free show
On January 13th at 6:00 PM, The Crystal Method will be at the Virgin MegaStore on Stockton in San Francisco, CA to sign copies of the new album, Legion of Boom. The guys will also be doing a short DJ set, so if you live in the area, make sure you check it out!
They also have a full show on 3/4 which I think I will probably go to so if anyone wants to join me... let me know!
More Joss Whedon/NEW X-MEN speculation
The latest from the rumor mill... [
more] (also Neil News about the same)
SCARY
1 in every 142 Americans is in the prison system right now.
The US has the highest per capita prison population in the world (more than Russia even)
About 25% of those people are in for non-violent first time offences.
Welcome to the Gulag Archipelago Americana.
Rights Hang Up Hobbit?
A dispute over the film rights to J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit could wreck plans for a prequel to director Peter Jackson's blockbuster Lord of the Rings film trilogy, the Australian Advertiser newspaper reported. Jackson has expressed interest in filming Tolkien's first book. [
more]
Review: Big Fish
 | I saw Big Fish last night. It was really good. Totally odd movie for Tim Burton to do, but it's still very Tim Burton. George described it a an "old person's movie", which I can understand now. Anyway, go see it if you want a fun, but calm movie to watch. |
insect floor electrolytic appetite lubricant
I just got a junk mail with that subject line.
WTF of the day
This was on my recomended items list from Amazon. WTF to Amazon, and WTF to Keanu.
This comes recommended from Neil's Daughter
Re: Rate "Bush in 30 Seconds" Ads
Darwin Awards
The Darwin Awards are out! The winner:
When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a holdup in Long Beach, California, would be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked...
And Now, The Honorable Mentions:
The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat cutting machine and, after a little hopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company, suspecting negligence, sent out one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and lost a finger. The chef's claim was approved.
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A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her. (it was Chicago after all)
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After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to beltway had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.
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An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.
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A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer... $15.
(If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?)
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A thief burst into a Florida bank one day wearing a ski mask and carrying a gun. Aiming his gun at the guard, the thief yelled, "FREEZE, MOTHER-STICKERS, THIS IS A ****-UP!" For a moment, everyone was silent.
Then the snickers started. The security guard completely lost it and doubled over laughing. It probably saved his life, because he'd been about to draw his gun. He couldn't have drawn and fired before the thief got him. The thief ran away and is still at large. In memory of the event, the banker later put a plaque on the wall engraved with the words, "Freeze, mother-stickers, this is a ****-up!"
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Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinderblock through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinderblock and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinderblock bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglas. The whole event was caught on videotape.
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As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, "Yes, officer, that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from."
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The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan, at 5 a.m., flashed a gun, and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away.
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A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER
When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline and plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake.
The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges, saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had.
Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NOELLE!
I second that.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NOELLE!
Review: The Triplets of Belleville
Saw this today with Esther, Zak and Chris. It was pretty good. Very French. Kind of Strange. Silly. Slow. Unemotional. Odd. Definetley worth one viewing.
Party Thanks
Thanks to everyone who came to my Birthday dinner and fun. It was great. I had a really good time! Thanks for all the lovley and thoughful presents as well. You guys rock!
Bible "too big and freaky looking"
In focus groups, online polling, and one-on-one discussion, Transit has found that the number one reason teens don't read the Bible is that it is "too big and freaky looking." This fashion-magazine format for the New Testament is the perfect solution to that problem. Teen girls feel comfortable exploring the Scriptures and over 500 further-study notes because of the relevant format!
"Revolve" is the new look for teen Bible publishing!
Here's an article too.
