Saturday, November 21st, 2009
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7:58 pm - (Almost) Damned
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I almost made it... almost.
I had SWORN that I would NOT let myself become involved with Christmas until one of two things happened; The Day After Thanksgiving, or The Day That A Local Radio Station started playing Christmas Music.
I almost failed when the Comcast "Sounds Of The Seasons" digital radio station started playing Christmas, but I prevailed.
But as of this morning it had just become to much of a temptation. It's been non-stop Christmas Music and DVD's all day long.
I felt so ashamed :(
BUT WAIT! I think I can get off on a technicality! TBS is showing the animated "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" tonight! And as we all know, The Holiday Season *can* be jump-started by an early showing of any of The Big Ten* at any time (as long as it's not on the ABC Family Channel, because they have "Countdown To Christmas" marathons starting in January and every month thereafter).
THE HOLIDAY SEASON HAS OFFICIALLY STARTED! I'M IN THE CLEAR!!!
*("The Big Ten" are the ten Holiday Specials/Movies that are SO AWESOME they can kick-start The Holiday Season with their residual amounts of Christmas Cheer. They are: How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Here Comes Santa Claus, Miracle on 34th Street, It's A Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, The Christmas Episode of The Andy Griffith Show, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Home Alone and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. All other Christmas films and/or specials are still wonderful, but only these 10 have any POWER)
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
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9:01 am - Rule 34
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I always KNEW that it was a rule of the Universe, somewhat like "If you stick your tongue to a metal flagpole in Winter it'll freeze there" or "There is no sex in the Champagne Room"... I just never knew that it had an actual name or number! From this point forward I shall be citing Rule 34 whenever and however I can, frequently.
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
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2:00 pm - The Next Game Night?
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This month is not looking too good for a Game Night; neither is next month. Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Santa Pictures, Christmas Decorating, Christmas Shopping, Christmas... EVERY WEEKEND IS BOOKED SOLID!!!
So what are you doing for New Years?
What if I were to propose a Mystic Order of The Sacred Slinky Game Night for the night of December 31st? Anybody up for that? Official invites will be e-sent out some time after Thanksgiving if there's any interest...
I've NEVER done ANYTHING for New Years other than watch TV, so this could be interesting!
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
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2:17 pm - I can't stop starting!!!
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I have started no less than 5 different long-term and involved projects today. Mixed with an exceptionally playful Molly-Day, this means I've accomplished a whole lot of nuthin'.
I thought - THOUGHT - that by having a non-stop movie marathon on the TV today, Molly might have been distracted enough to let me do stuff. But each and every movie has lead to some of the greatest indoor adventures we've had in recent memory! "Up" made us have to fly around the house with a balloon and all her stuffed animals. "Pinocchio" made us have to go looking for Gepetto and hide from Monstro the Wale. And "Return To Oz" had us mounting an expedition in to deepest, darkest Oz to find her friend, Jack (he was in the BATHROOM of all places)!
I give up. TV is now off, and she's playing at her computer as long as I choose to sit at this computer right next to her. I might sneek off to try and clean the kitchen, though... would be nice to finish *one* project...
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8:44 am - THOMAS JANE!!!!
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Yet another announcement for The Emerald City Comic Con; THOMAS JANE!!! Above all others, he was by far my favorite "Punisher" actor. If you take The Scientologist and the Super Model out of his Punisher Flick, you've got a darned fine movie! And of course he was effin' brilliant in The Mutant Chronicles. This just reminds me that I need to watch a few episodes of "Hung" t see how it is :)
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
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1:34 pm - Up
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Watching a Pixar film is kind of like having a prostitute alternately tickle you and knee you in the junk. After it's all said and done you're left with this kind of empty and embarrassed feeling because you just PAID somebody to make you laugh and cry so much.
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Sunday, November 15th, 2009
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12:28 pm - Easiest way?
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tech-nerds, I ask of you! What is the EASIEST WAY to get video from your computer to your regular digital TV set? Is there some device that will allow me to just connect my Laptop to my TV?
Ideal situation would be some set-up where i can sit on my couch with the laptop, use it to browse the files on my desktop computer and then play said files on my TV set in front of me.
I've found plenty of devices that (as I understand the descriptions) send TV shows from my TV to my Computer, but not the other way around? Am I missing something?
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
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3:52 pm - I can't stop shuting NO EFFING WAY!!! at my computer screen!
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
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12:45 pm - Jokes
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Okay, see... the thing about JOKES? You're not really supposed to research them, because that kinda drains all the funny. Chickens very rarely cross the road unless found in undeveloped countries, a knock at the door isn't usually followed by a series of questions and answers unless you happen to be a shut-in paranoid, and Henny Youngman would actually be quite upset if somebody were to abduct his wife despite his repeated requests that somebody take her.
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11:02 am - Worried
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3 years ago, Chinese calendar year of the cow... Mad Cow disease. 2 years ago, Chinese calendar year of the bird... Avian flu. This year, Chinese calendar year of the pig... Swine flu. Next year is the year of the cock...Anybody else worried?
(Stolen shamelessly from ex-cowerker John Waraksa)
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8:42 am - Veterans Day
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It's Veterans Day! Where's my Missing In Action/Rambo Movie Marathon?!?! AMC and TMC are showing actual WAR MOVIES, not VETERAN MOVIES! GRRRR!!! Don't get me wrong, I understand that the Battle is what we remember the Vets for, but... it's...
It's like having a Pizza Day and having non-stop movies about Ovens. Hey, that's great and I totally understand that without the oven there would be no pizza, but THIS IS A DAY ABOUT PIZZA, NOT OVENS!!!!
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
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11:26 am - Boob E. Cheese
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I'll just come right out and say it; a Woman's breasts are a lot like a Chuck E. Cheese. In theory, these places are meant for feeding; CHuck E. Cheese is a Pizza Restaurant according to their business license, and breasts are the original and best way to feed your newborn.
BUT! Most people at Chuck E. Cheese aren't there for the pizza, if ya know what I mean. They're there for the fun and games, just like most fans of Boobies! That's real nice and all that you serve Pizza here, but baby I'm just here for the Whack-A Mole! The Skee-Ball! The chance to win tickets which you can exchange for stickers and candy and other prizes, if ya know what I mean ;)
And hey! If there's an unenthusiastic teenager dressed-up like a rat involved somehow? ALL THE BETTER!
Oh, and of course... most of the best, older Boobies out there used to be much superior Showbiz Pizza Places in the 80's.
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7:43 am - Full of Crap?
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Convention on Sunday at the Seattle Center was good, we made some money and some new friends... but Len Wein was not there. An unfortunate last minute illness/cancellation left me with an odd feeling of sameness compared to the past several years of Seattle Center Comic Book conventions.
The last several shows there have promised one "Big" guest and a fistful of mini-guests, only to have the Big guest suddenly cancel at the last second. And coincidentally enough, the "Big" guest that drops out at the last moment has pretty steadily been somebody without a very large on-line presence so that people could actually check on the validity with any ease. Len Wein is about the tech-saviest guest he's had recently, as he's an infrequent blogger/twitterer, but past guests who have suddenly become ill include Mike Grell, Bernie Wrightson... folks who don't really interact with fans except for at conventions.
I've heard of unscrupulous convention organizers pulling this type of stuff before, putting semi-large-yet-believable names on the guest list even though there's no real chance of that person showing up... Star Trek conventions in the 80's and early 90's did it all the time (back before "Creation" were the nly Star Trek conventions out there).
But this is the Seattle Center Comic Con! This little show has been going on for something like 25 years now with the same promoter! Has he just lost interest at this point and figures it's okay to do the underhanded sleezeball dealings? Or has there REALLY been just a terrible 8-year streak of illness within the semi-elderly comic book professional community?
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
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11:11 am - Sometimes I worry myself regarding my own Sexuality...
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
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9:52 am - Bad Parenting
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Molly is having cold Mashed Potatoes and Gravy for breakfast...
This is one of those things that CPS is gonna get me for, isn't it?
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
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3:37 pm - Convention Checklist
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3:13 pm - Comics Squee!
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KEVIN MAGUIRE (artist of The Bestest version of The JLA ever) will be at the Emerald City Comic Con in march this year! SQUEE!!!
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12:13 pm - HOORAY!
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Steve Miner just called me because he wanted to let me know that I got the table I wanted for the Seattle Center Comic Con this weekend! That means I'll have a wall behind me to hang stuff on AND an electrical outlet to plug in my Laptop to play Bootleg DVD's on! WOOOOO!!!
If you find yourself on Sunday afternoon with nothing else to do and you want to meet the guy what invented WOLVERINE, head on down! I'll be the guy with a table full of random crap (board games, lunch boxes, puzzles, toys, comics etc) at Garage Sale prices :)
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8:52 am - By Popular Demand
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I don't think I know anybody who has ever completed a game of Monopoly in under 3 days. Oh, I know PLENTY of people who have FINISHED a game of Monopoly in just one night... usually "finished" by having everybody except for The Winning Player getting bored and wandering off, or by somebody landing on the Gee-Dee LUXURY TAX square and "accidentally" flipping the freakin' board and all the pieces off the table, or it coming down t just two players left and one player says "Fine, whatever, I'm tired YOU win" or some other such undignified ending. But to actually FINISH the game? To keep playing till all players (except one) are completely out of money and properties? Never happens. And I've even had games where we decided to continue playing in the morning to make sure and have a definitive winner!
So of course the biggest problem with Monopoly is... that it just desn't take long enough to play. That's why Parker Brothers now offer MONOPOLY: CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION! Not just ONE game of Monopoly, but SEVERAL games to be played in a row to determine who is the best player! So NOW after the game is done 7 days after you started playing and you're exhausted and just want to go to bed, you get to calculate your net worth and record it for the ongoing totals, average your score, compare it to the past weeks scores and determine wh is the better player!
Now if they could only find some way to make a trip to the Dentist last longer, too...
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7:00 am - Tomorrow's just your future Yesterday
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I heart Craig Ferguson's late-night talk show SO MUCH! It's cheap, embarrassingly unfunny at times (any time they try t do a skit), but above all else it's HONESTLY FUNNY. Like, ya know how Leno and Conan's interview style is extremely rehearsed and timed... how every line seems to be the set-up for an anecdote from the guest star? Craig's not like that. Craig just TALKS to his guests, which leaves a lot of them twitching and gasping for some sense of reason to come along. It's a real joyride of an hour that feels fluid and natural.
Anywho, I really REALLY enjoy his theme song, which I've embedded the full version of here (courtesy of Mark Evanier's blog)... it's extremely catchy and perfectly sums-up my entire pre-Daddy days :)
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