| Doctor Who - Journey's End |
[Jul. 5th, 2008|10:49 pm] |
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| The storm breaks |
[Jul. 5th, 2008|07:52 pm] |
So, after LJ being quiet for the last hour or so I guess my friends page will now be inundated with loads of comments about the season finale of Doctor Who :p
Looking forward to Victorian-era cybermen though ;p |
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| Pimp, pimp, pimpetty pimp... |
[Jul. 5th, 2008|02:35 pm] |
Saturday night, July 19th, Quebec club, Leicester, UK:
Come to Abdomination as part of the Gothla UK weekend!
Featuring Open Stage with Gothic Bellydance peformance by attendees at the event, DJs Neal Unreal, Nigelmouse and Cruel Britannia, drinks promotions, and a club full of half-naked goth chicks.
How can you bear to miss it?
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| Do-It-Yourself Obit Cartoon |
[Jul. 4th, 2008|01:12 pm] |
Today's Dork Tower is up...
Click here, there or anywhere to see it.
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Larry Harmon, the man who played Bozo the Clown, has died at the age of 83. This is a damn shame.
Generations of kids grew up on Bozo here in the US, and this news can mean only one thing:
Many crappy Bozo obituary cartoons.
However, since it's a holiday weekend in the US ("The Fourth of July") and in England ("Thank God We Got Rid of Those Americans Day"), many cartoonists may not get the chance to phone in a Bozo at the Gates of Heaven cartoon until Monday.
So here's your very own "Do It Yourself Bozo Obituary Cartoon."
Grab it, open photoshop, and beat many a salaried editorial cartoonist to the punch! Post your results in the comments section below! Bonus points if you have St. Peter saying something that is later used by a salaried editorial cartoonist!
(Note: there will prolly be fewer Gates of Heaven cartoons for Bozo simply because a fair number will also take the "Two People Reading a Newspaper or Watching TV news about the election/Congress/Bush/Whatever and Commenting 'At least we have THESE Bozos left...'" tack. Or maybe just a CLOWN...with a TEARDROP...sniff...)
EDIT: Former Senator Jesse Helms passed away as well. So...take your pick! (And yes, since you asked, people DO wear their campaign buttons at the Pearly Gates. Has Editorial Cartooning taught you nothing? Frankly, I should have labelled Bozo "Bozo," St. Peter "St. Peter" and the Pearly Gates "Heaven." I stop short of calling the Clouds "Clouds," though...)
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A note from my Mom, in London:
"A huge thank you to your readers from glorious, sunny London. Your dad will be well chuffed when I take his laptop to the hospital for him to read. Tomorrow, I think. Get wells from places we've loved in our travels. Places we have yet to explore. They will be a great morale booster. Thanks to each!"
Thanks a million, gang! Dad's doing great, I'm told. I deeply appreciate all the good thoughts!
And if anyone wants to keep posting Get-Well-Soons to my dad (I want to say "Father Muskrat," but that sounds a bit like a Terry Pratchett character), feel free to!
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The Madison Mallards swept the Battle Creek Bombers in their own crib last night, 8-2 in the first game and 7-2 in the second. This means they're First Half Southern Division Champs, which also means an automatic playoff berth come August! They beat out the Wisconsin Woodchucks by a half a game, meaning the de-facto rivalry will now become even more hated. As the Woodchucks had a five-game lead just a couple of weeks ago, a crueler fan might refer to them as the Wood-chokes.
Not me. No-siree bob. Uh-uh...
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Last night at CONvergence, there was a lovely young lady who filled out a Power Girl costume, uh...well...um...I suppose "spectacularly" is the only word that comes to mind.
I have a camera with me, but didn't have it on me at the time, which is a darn shame. On the other hand, that may be a good thing, as the lens might well have melted. Power Girl is NOT an easy costume to pull off well.
I'll try and upload other CONvergence images later. But the con is going brilliantly, and I'm relaxed and happy. Spent much time at the Dreaming cabana party, were everyone pulled off an Egyptian theme brilliantly, and were kind enough to give me a little Dreaming gift bag, complete with Dreaming beer and Dreaming shot glass! (I was too late for the House of Toast party, which had run out of toast by the time I'd gotten there - tonight, perhaps...)
You know how you alays hope one set of your friends likes another set of your friends? I think there should be a CONvergence/Warpcon exchange program. My two favorite cons in the world need to see just how fabulous each other is... |
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| UFO's Over Wales... Presumably over us all... |
[Jul. 4th, 2008|06:28 pm] |
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This is genius and just goes to reinforce my opinions of many who apparently belong to the same human race as I allegedly do:
Control Room: "South Wales Police, what's your emergency?" Caller: "It's not really. I just need to inform you that across the mountain there's a bright stationary object." Control room: "Right." Caller: "If you've got a couple of minutes perhaps you could find out what it is? It's been there at least half an hour and it's still there." Control: "It's been there for half an hour. Right. Is it actually on the mountain or in the sky?" Caller: "It's in the air." Control: "I will send someone up there now to check it out." Caller: "OK." The mystery was soon solved, as the exchange between control and an officer at the scene, makes clear. Control: "Alpha Zulu 20, this object in the sky, did anyone have a look at it?" Officer: "Yes, it's the moon. Over."
Police Sat UFO Was Just The Moon (BBC News; Friday 4th July 2008) |
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| The weekend starts here! :D |
[Jul. 4th, 2008|05:32 pm] |
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| | Turisas - Five Hundred and One | ] |
It was the last day of university-term today, so it felt a bit like the last day of school before the holidays, everyone was messing about. Although unlike school we ended up in the student bar, where I found out that Bulmer's pear cider is but a mere shadow of the wonder that is Kopparberg's pear cider.
Narnia goodness tonight, and Iron Maiden tomorrow! Yay :D :D :D :D
*runs around* |
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| Wow |
[Jul. 4th, 2008|04:03 pm] |
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I find series of pictures of an elephant painting deeply moving. The thought that we might wipe these creatures out when we could be helping them to evolve saddens me. |
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| You know what? |
[Jul. 4th, 2008|03:52 pm] |
Somehow I bet that this sequence isn't in the new Batman film.
Shame, really.
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| Report on the Third World Trade Center Tower Collapse to be Unveiled |
[Jul. 4th, 2008|01:09 pm] |
An interesting article about the report on the third World Trade Center Tower to fall (Tower #7) is due to be published in the States this summer.
"The official explanation is that ordinary fires were the main reason for the collapse of Tower 7. That makes this the first and only tall skyscraper in the world to have collapsed because of fire. Yet despite that all the thousands of tonnes of steel from the building were carted away and melted down."
"Avery points out that Tower 7 housed some unusual tenants: the CIA, the Secret Service, the Pentagon and the very agency meant to deal with disasters or terrorist attacks in New York - the Office of Emergency Management."
I didn't realise so many people, in the States, felt that Bush and his government were hiding something over the attacks (53% according to the New York Times) or that a third of another poll believed that government officials either assisted or allowed the attacks to take place.
Anyway, here's the BBC's article:
The Evolution of a Conspiracy Theory (BBC Online; Friday 4th July 2008) |
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| (Film Trip) Kung Fu Panda @ 10.40am Sunday 6th July @ North Finchley VUE |
[Jul. 4th, 2008|12:43 pm] |
In addition to this Saturday's cinema trip to Hancock (see below for details) it appears that Liana and I, at least, will be going to see Kung Fu Panda on Sunday at the North Finchley VUE. The film starts at 10.40am so we're meeting at the cinema at 10.30am.
Hope to see some of you at one or both of the cinema trips this weekend!
Hancock: Saturday 5th July
We're meeting outside the VUE North Finchley at 10.45am for the 11am screening. |
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| Independance Day |
[Jul. 4th, 2008|12:43 pm] |
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Happy 4th of July to all my Yankie chums out there by the way! You stand a towering tribute to us all of how great life can be when you kick the English out of your country ;) |
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| The Goon |
[Jul. 4th, 2008|11:44 am] |
As I was in a foul mood yesterday I treated myself to comics (and a save the cheer leader, save the world t-shirt). I picked up a the first trade of The Goon I can't remember the last tiem I giggled so much at a comic.
Considering I was on a damp filled train this was scary to passers by.... |
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| Give it back, arseholes |
[Jul. 4th, 2008|11:40 am] |
As seen on ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) s0b's LJ
BBC story here |
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| What my characters are thinking right now... |
[Jul. 4th, 2008|10:59 am] |
Online space game: *more san loss* *wibblewibblewibble* *hides*
Online ancient-times game: *confusedly ponders just how out of her depth she is*
Dark Heresy: *looks around at the rest of the party* *raises an eyebrow*
Serenity: "Aieee! Reavers! Fleeeeee!" *hopes they don't steal the coffee*
Legion of Dreams: *ponders who it is that needs to be sacrificed to the demon god of chaos*
Maelstrom: *mutters something about glorious cathedrals whilst continuing to draw diagrams*
Requiem Character 1: *prays in their sleep*
Requiem Character 2: *hangs off rigging* "Land ahoy!"
Random NPC 1: *confused* *hopes nobody notices*
Random NPC 2: *concerned*
Random NPC 3: "urrrrgh..."
Random NPC 4 (far away): *maniacal laughter*
Ahhh, how bored am I at work today (technical documentation makes me want to go to sleep) :) |
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| Parables updated |
[Jul. 4th, 2008|09:38 am] |
The parables of the New Testament are intended as metaphors to teach us how to live our lives; basically they're stories about how you should be nice to other people and in the main other people will be nice to you back so everyone's a winner. However, one thing that quickly becomes clear about the parables is that first-century Judea was not contemporary London.
Lets just say that loving thy neighbour is a great deal easier when your neighbour is a shepherd who lives five miles away and you see once a month than when your neighbour is a sink estate full of career criminals.
This really got me thinking. How do the Biblical parables transfer to modern life? What would they be like if Jesus had lived in Wandsworth rather than Nazareth?
The Good Samaritan
There was once a man from Samarita who was on the road to Jericho when, by the side of the road, he saw a miserable slumped figure. He was bruised and covered in contusions, his clothes ragged, his purse gone and he was covered in dust and grime. The Samitan was overcome with sympathy and kindness and stopped to ask the man what had happened to him.
"It was terrible", said the man. "I was set about by robbers, and they stole my donkey, my purse, my possessions, even the clothes on my back. I have lain here for hours and even a Levite and a Pharisee have crossed by on the other side and did not aid me."
The Samaritan was overcome with sympathy and helped the man to his feet. He took him to an inn and bought him food and paid for the finest medical attention. He bought him a new ass and new clothes, and went on his way.
Two weeks later the Samaritan was on the same road again when a familiar sight caught his eye; a miserable slumped figure. He was bruised and covered in contusions, his clothes ragged, his purse gone and he was covered in dust and grime. Propped in front of him was a piece of cardboard which read "Set about by robbers, please help".
"Mate! Mate!", said the man. "Can you help us out, like. I've been set about by robbers and a Levite and a Pharisee have passed by on the other side. Can you spare a few shekels to get me into a inn for the night?"
The Samaritan was aghast. "But, not two weeks ago, I bought you food, clothing, a new ass, everything!", he replied.
"Seriously, mate", said the man. "Can you help us out? I've got five shekels, I just need another two to get me into an inn for the night, an' maybe buy me a me pair of cider. Shoes. I mean shoes. Or can you spare a ciggie at all?"
"You don't even remember me, do you?", said the Samaritan.
"You what?"
"Get a job", said the Samaritan, and walked on.
And that's how charitable fatigue happens. |
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| Hot War: This is it |
[Jul. 4th, 2008|09:30 am] |
NAME OF GAME:
Hot War
AUTHOR:
Malcolm Craig
PUBLISHER:
Contested Ground Studios
ILLUSTRATORS:
Paul Bourne
PRICE:
$28/£15
PAGES:
204
SIZE:
Digest
DUE FOR RELEASE:
Pre-order from Indie Press Revolutionduring July 2008 (order the hardcopy and get the PDF free, pre-order period begins during the week of 7th July), see it at GenCon US (14-17 August 2008) on the Play Collective booth
DESCRIPTION:
A game of friends, enemies, secrets and consequences in the aftermath of a horrifying war.
Features stunning and terrifying artwork by Paul Bourne. Many elements of information in the game are shown through propaganda posters, protest sheets, memos, diaries and documents, giving a real feel for the world.
This alternative history/horror game for three or more participants has players dealing with life a year after the apocalypse. You'll confront hidden agendas, sinister factional machinations and see the changes in relations with friends and enemies.
Hot War allows both short term and campaign play, with a system that allows the group to work out exactly the kind of game they want to play amongst the wreckage of 1960s London.
You can find out more about the game on the CGS forums. |
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