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| Monday, July 7th, 2008 |
katianna
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7:20a |
Cherry and Phoenix ~smiles~ I like it! 
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happypete
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6:54a |
Unfortunately, I still can't get it to work On both Firefox and Internet Explorer, I get the spinning wheel, but no results. Hopefully Zemanta will work better for some of you. They just released support for Drupal, MySpace, Tumblr, and Ning, in addition to the plugins for WordPress, Blogger, LiveJournal, MovableType, etc., released previously. |
redaxe
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6:41a |
This you call a scandal? So Cynthia Rodriguez is going to file for divorce from her husband Alex (who happens to be the best player in baseball, and its highest paid) because of his "repeated infidelity" -- the latest incidence of which is reportedly with Madonna. (Of course, she sought solace in the home of singer Lenny Kravitz. In the battle of celebrity, she loses, big.) Honestly, modern Yankee fans don't know from a real sex scandal. Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson trading wives (and kids, and dogs!) -- now THAT was a sex scandal. C'mon, A-Rod. Let's see you really try. :-D Current Mood:  amused |
yesthattom
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6:36a |
Film Log: Y tu mamá también Y tu mamá tambiénWow! Hot sex. Awesome writing. I believe ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ljtourist recommended this to me about 5 years ago I finally got around to watching it last night. I wish I hadn’t waited! Current Mood:  happy |
dglenn
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5:26a |
QotD
"There is this notion that you have to be careful that you're
not taking a side, and I understand that that's important to
journalism, but at the same time, I honestly believe that if we just
take two sides and devote equal space to each, that we are lying. It's
is our job to inform readers. They need to come away with more information, not be more confused. Journalism is in disarray today.
"I think that's of course what happened with the Iraq War, and I
think that's what's happening with so many issues.
"If someone were to go back and take a look at my first couple
of stories, they'd probably see that they were pretty even. But that's
because I hadn't done enough homework, and by 'doing homework,' I mean
gathering information from both sides and sifting through and weighing
the evidence. This 'fair and balanced' approach makes us like a
sponge: We're supposed to just soak up the information and then wring
it back out. But then we haven't accumulated any knowledge. That's
crazy: It's denying everything I've learned. That night, my editor
Randy tried to get me to change the lead because he thought we were
piling too much on intelligent design. I was really scared because I
thought he would take me off the story if I didn't agree, and there I
was, three-quarters of the way through the trial ... but I also knew I
couldn't lie, and that's what it would have amounted to."
-- Lauri Lebo, author of Devil in Dover, interviewed by
Onnesha Roychoudhuri for AlterNet,
2008-06-20
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thanks to
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sunfell
for pointing out the interview] |
death_note
[ kehleejay ]
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2:14a |
Question about Mello... Ok, so I've read the manga and watched the anime twice, but there's something I still can't quite grasp. |
misschili
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10:25a |
At home with Per and Gale
Per (outside on the balcony, repotting a plant): What were those things called from Naked Lunch? There's one out here.
Gale: What, mugwumps?
Per: No, the other things.
Gale: Centipedes.
Per: That's it.
Later, in bed:
Gale: There's something in your ear.
Per (turning ear to the pillow): No! You can't prove it.
Gale: Really, there was. Do you want me to get it out?
Per (ear remaining resolutely turned to the pillow): No.
Gale (having a hard time keeping a straight face): Don't you trust me? Let me see.
Per (turning ear away from pillow): Okay, what is it?
Gale: My TONGUE! (sticks tongue in ear) |
telynor
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8:37a |
The Big Time! I'm a guest blogger now! otherdeb asked me to talk a little more about pens and notebooks and the writing process over at her Wordpress blog. You can read it here. Current Mood:  busy |
| Sunday, July 6th, 2008 |
death_note
[ razzberridust ]
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9:29p |
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| Monday, July 7th, 2008 |
scooterbird
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1:47a |
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wayward_va
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2:02a |
TCWL: 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon, Crane Lake Vineyard (CA) Remember at the beginning I promised not to use any of those weird 'wine' words; like body and bouquet? Well I'm going to keep that promise right now but in return you're going to have to put up with something that may seem counter-intuitive. Cabernet Sauvignon tastes better if you leave it out for awhile. The fancy term for this is to let the wine 'breathe'. Well that's hardly in keeping with the art project known as The Cheap Wine List. Nope. In TCWL speak; some wines need to sit, open, on the counter for a few minutes before they become drinkable. About 10 minutes or so based on my informal test for this particular bottle (YMMV). Those ten minutes make the difference between something you might use to clean a sink and a pleasant tasting beverage. Pretty much the exact opposite of a soft drink or some fruit juices.:) You'll want to serve this with food. It does not seem to taste right all by itself. The flavor settles down to something mild when it's ready to drink so even if the food is only lightly seasoned the wine will not overpower it. I tried it with spaghetti, but regrettably did not leave it open long enough beforehand so I got something closer to 409 than to fine wine. But the next couple of (small) glasses were much better since the wine was exposed to air. This is bottle #2 of the three bottles of Crane Lake wine I got on sale. Bottle #3 will be reviewed sometime later this month. The suspense is just killing you isn't it?:) Current Mood:  calm |
speaker2animals
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2:20a |
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vvalkyri
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1:43a |
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| Sunday, July 6th, 2008 |
speaker2animals
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11:50p |
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| Monday, July 7th, 2008 |
sjo
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12:53a |
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lyonesse
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12:28a |
so then i did some stuff i haven't been all *that* lame since the fourth, though i'm firing on maybe half cylinders.... returned to scul (with babymaggot, ld50! and may i someday be a quarter the biker you already are...) sat. afternoon. although i disagree with one of the ride's premises ("music is not a mechanical") i had a fine, fine time. got whacked on the helmet by pywacket. rode ooh-la-la and only bottomed out maybe twice, and the rubba slippas did not a bad job protecting my toe at that. (i wish i could have tried riding pride, but that would take replacing the stupidly long seatpost, and i will need to enquire as to whether that's permissible....) played on the bumpy cars ("gunning for the tailgunner" as a fellow put it :) and rode the "freak out" to the tune of several new axes for my vertigo. also enjoyed the "haunted mansion", which was ALL ZOMBIES ALL THE TIME! ZOMBIELICIOUS! NOW WITH FIFTY PER CENT MORE ZOMBIES!!! it made me feel loved. also still acquiring bikes. got a lovely italian racer that's a touch big for me from chocorua, but with different handlebars will probably make an awesome ride for elf my elf, so i've got that to work on. joyride offered me a couple old 24" bikes for parts. and then today i trashpicked a nice "radio flyer" tricycle. i kind of want to use this as the basis for the world's tiniest tallbike, as am too short to reach the handlebars on any of the fleet's talls, let alone reach the pedals if, heaven help us, i should somehow reach the seat. on the other-ride front, stjarni and i taught two new beginners today, which i thought went well (one fell off two steps after mounting, when the pony turned, but was okay :) then spent 1:40 covering six-and-two-thirds miles of woods, including a couple nice gallops and finding a lovely lovely sulfur shelf to eat! i had a long trot on a long rein too, in kind of a "what if i just assumed everything would turn out okay" mood, which was pretty fantastic. stjarni's feet are rather tender right now -- his turnout's a mudpit and he doesn't like going on gravel -- but that just meant i got whacked in the face a whole lot. (and on much of the rest of my torso as well -- i had foolishly worn a long-sleeved cotton shirt in the morning, but it probably hit 90f, so i was out in the forest in my fuschia-pink underwear and jeans, and the oversized riding shoes i got in hawaii. ah, high fashion...) i guess i should tally up my injuries somewhere: left side still with the chronic pain. right foot toe still br0ken, though dozer's dad said "no matter what you do it's going to heal" and i've quite taken his word :) banged up *both* knees on trees on the trail -- first one pretty mild, then second *gaspingly* painful, ripped the skin right through my jeans, just as i was tending to the firsts. both wrists iffy. but hey, i live here, and i damn well want to have some fun with the place. speaking of places, stopped by the pond house, where every surface downstairs is covered with pollen! i'm not allergic and am not sure i care, but....how does one clean that stuff up??? (ok i already cleaned off my favorite end table with lemon oil, but it's on the glass and leather and painted wooden floor too....) am babbling. sleepytime.... |
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apod
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4:30a |
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| Sunday, July 6th, 2008 |
swashbuckler332
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11:19p |
Hobbits have hobbies. In the process of uploading the Gotham Avenger scan into my cover art gallery, I realized that the gallery now stands at fifty covers. This is not representative of how many discs are out there; obviously Gotham Avenger and You'll Believe A Man Can Fly are replacing Gotham Avenger: Screen Tales of the Dark Knight and Man of Steel: Screen Tales of the Dark Knight, and I have the covers for disc one and disc two of my never-finished Alex North epic compilation, I never bothered with cover scans for my Jerry Goldsmith box set (although I still count the Valhalla set from that collection to be a personal favorite assembly), nor have I made covers for the two mix tape double CDs. And, of course, some of these discs are sort of being 'phased out' as it were. It is just a daunting number to look at and realize that I've done all of that. I've also added tags to the cover scan gallery. One can get a listing of all of my mixes that contain music by a particular composer, for example, if you want to see all of the mixes that have material by John Barry, one would go to the John Barry tag. Or James Horner. Or Jerry Goldsmith. Or Bruce Broughton. There are also nominal genre tags, such as science fiction or comic book movies. My two Star Wars compilations are listed under both science fiction and fantasy. Unfortunately I can not as yet link images in the gallery to the relevant post, as that would make this a lot easier. The image tag features are also somewhat rickety as yet - the "Up to Gallery List" command doesn't work yet, nor could I find a list of image tags that isn't in a management screen - but it is nevertheless an interesting addition. I've also made a specific tag for my art in the Cartoons gallery.  sleepyCurrent Music: Gotham Avenger |
| Monday, July 7th, 2008 |
death_note
[ sorakachan ]
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12:13a |
BB RP Anyone?
Hello, I just wanted to ask you guys if anyone is interested in RPing with my BB over AIM or MSN? You see..I'm thinking of joining an RP with him and want to make sure I get his character down pat in some 'unofficial' RPs first. So, basically, I'm hoping for someone who will both RP with me as well as critique my playing as the character. I want to make sure I do it right. I've only played BB in humor so far and that's not exactly the best way to play his character, especially since the RP I'm planning on joining is mainly serious.
Of course, RP without critique is fine as well.
If anyone is interested in couple RP, my preferred BB pairings are:
L/BB
Light/BB
one-sided Mello/BB (little boy crush on the 'cool guy' at Whammy's House, so to say..get what I mean?)
And I am also curious about Ryuk/BB as well as Matsuda/BB..I would like to see how those would be like.
So..anyone interested? |
| Sunday, July 6th, 2008 |
thespian
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11:57p |
tonight 45 minute wait at Porter meant I was 20 minutes late for Pandemonium Hancock viewing (please to note; I was 20 minutes late with a 45 minute delay. That means I should have been early, but the T really loathes me. No wonder I steal escalators). Anyway, though it had about 10-15m of previews, the line was long enough that it as almost 7:30 when I got my ticket, so I decided to go to the 7:45 showing. I'm going to paste more stuff now from reviewing it in IM to brianboz: I don't like going to movies alone, because of a really bad encounter with Stallone's Judge Dredd. I really wanted to rant at someone for about 40 minutes after that. Maybe more. It's been 12 years, and I'm still pissed off at that movie.
This movie reminded me of that, though fortunately in the opposite manner. I have never walked out of a movie wanting so desperately to have seen that with gamers. I have never left a movie wanting so desperately to play in the world I'd just seen. It would be really easy; I mean, it's a completely standard world, it's just got some *redacted for spoilers*. But it'd map to any superhero system.
I can see why it's getting the 'meh' reviews; it really should have been done as two of them. there was too much for one movie, so each plot point/thread gets compacted a little too much. I found that I really wanted to get more depth to the villain, or I wanted more backstory, or I wanted other things clarified, like the redemption to come later after more lead up. Jason Bateman is still cute as anything (I was always into Derek over Ricky, and if you get that you, like me, are OLD). Will Smith is starting to look like a young Morgan Freeman. Considering that Fresh Prince was often described as a twist on the Silver Spoons thing, and indeed, Alfonso Ribeiro was the comic foil on both shows (replacing Bateman on Silver Spoons after two years, and playing Carlton on Fresh Prince), I wonder if they had '80s 'teen star' stories to share. (should you want to see how Bateman had some impeccable comic timing at age 12, go watch this mini clip on Hulu of a Silver Spoons episode. He's in it and damn funny from about 1:30 to 2:30.) |
vvalkyri
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11:18p |
As it turns out, Apex Bus has wireless 'course I only have about 45 minutes of battery... Been a full day. Took the 9:30 bus out of Boston and had the afternoon and evening in NYC. Good food, if pricey, and a little time in Chinatown, and a little time in Central Park. All in halfway decent weather, too. Both gents I met had acquired girlfriends in the weeks since I'd last talked with them. Nice and cool girlfriends, though. Also saw Encounters at the End of the World; reaction mixed.
The week's been fun, but quite tiring. I think the last both uninterrupted and 8 hr stretch of sleep I've had was back Thursday a week ago at Fran's on the farm. No major complaints. I do envy the Boston Susboids, though. Contra, Diesel, OPN, and parties on Fri and Sat, and had I not left town, another would have happened today. So many opportunities for hugs and scritches! Or perhaps it's just an unusual week.* Favorite memory: Diesel. Wearing a top and shorts that shows my navel. People are poking me and I'm responding, "EEE". Eventually CEO's 3yro joins in the game: Finger in navel; 'Eee!'. Parents start trying to distract; I realize I'm encouraging behavior probably best not repeated; Merv hugs me, and then I stop making sounds at navel pokes - we explain that Merv hugged me too hard and broke the soundmaker. Child is disappointed, but not very. Or perhaps some of the hot tub and scritches and dancing last night. Whee :) Eagh. Sleep cycle's going to be quite screwed.. Planning to sleep most of the morn, as this window by me is squeaking.
But, OMG... dusc seems to have healed my computer! It's now got SP3 and a couple registry fixers, and, um, a lack of some of the watchdogs. It's not locked up since Friday! Oh. And Giant particles. Muon, anyone? And. 235 MPG VW microcarOh, right. My pants are still bankrupt. Perhaps in the next couple days I'll make a handy dandy poll. Anything important, email.* Also fireworks with dusc's family, and lunches with him and Chris.MIT and danofboston and his girlfriend, and with Mom's school friend Jeaner. |
| Saturday, July 5th, 2008 |
foundphotos
[ wizzzzard ]
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10:09p |
this is the rest that i found with this polaroids posted earlier.this one is scanned  |
| Sunday, July 6th, 2008 |
drbitch
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11:23p |
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skipernicus
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11:06p |
This turns me on like a light
Okay, so I've been blathering on about building a flight sim, and my cockpit is built to resemble a jet. But really, I like vintage planes - the only jet I like to fly is the ME-262. The dogfights are much more interesting because there are no heat seeking whatevers, or radar to detect your enemy before you see him. So I fly a lot of WWII sims. There hasn't really been a decent WWI sim since Dynamix put out Red Baron. That one was released in 1990, a mere 17 years ago.
I still play it, but it's not as good as it once was...
So, some guys made a modification for MS Combat Flight sim 3 - a complete reworking that makes a WWI flight combat setting that looks great. What's interesting about WWI combat is that you have to either kill the pilot, or kill the plane somehow using bullets from guns that don't have much range - early WWI dogfights included such tactics as shooting pistols and throwing bricks at passing planes. Also, the planes move slower, so the combat is more intense (a slow moving plane corners better).
Here's a preview:
Compare to Red Baron
Big difference, eh? |
cchan8
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11:26p |
State Theatre - Hojo OMG I danced so hard. I was up at the front with Sara and James. It was awesome. Poor Winter stayed behind at our table. Especially loved dancing to "Conditioning" and "Equality." It got quite crowded up there towards the end. But the past five years have been nothing but sit-down shows, so I was so grateful. Stayed afterwards for the meet-and-greet. I had my iPod loaded with the wedding waltz video. We showed him a snippet of it, and I think we managed to make it clear that it was his song we were dancing to. (In fact, now I remember, he told us that Duncan Sheik might be at his 25th Anniversary concertin London this September to sing it with him.) He also said "fantastic kilt!" I also showed the video to a few of the HoJo Talk fans before the show, they watched the whole thing. All marvelled at number_12's great camerawork, and the way everyone at the wedding joined in the dance. |
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