The second episode of the new season of Doctor Who was fun, featuring the new Doctor and all, but it wasn’t quite as good as any of the previous season’s episodes. However, it did establish one thing: 5 billion years in the future on New Earth, cat-nuns are the healers. So now I wants, wants, wants me a cat-nun to talk to, because they talk back in a very pleasant British accent, with sharp little pointy teeth they politely keep tucked behind their furry little lips. Oh, so cute! And they cure people too… although they also have some rather…
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Spider (solitaire) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Now the truth can be told: I’m battling an addiction to Spider Solitaire, which I find both oddly compelling and relaxing. Behold teh evul! Dude, you need to deal. Also, you haven’t cleared any “tableaux” (ace through king of one of two suits) and you only have 2 hands left. You won’t be assured of winning until you clear at least 4 tableaux, out of a possible 8 in a 2-suit game. Don’t obsess about “wasted” moves as described in the Wikipedia article; if you want to win, you WANT to have an…
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The screaming begins! And the show I love, love, love, is starting out in my old home, Seattle. I’m going to try to liveblog this one, too. Very boring for you, but fun for me, so deal. AHHHHH! The sundial from the top of Gasworks Hill is the starting point. When Phil is on screen explaining the rules, my old neighborhood is just over his left shoulder, at the end of the high metal bridge. In other words, “I can see my condo from here.” And we’re off. Racearoundtheworld! Many legs, no hints. 8 elimination point pitstops. And in this…
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Immortal DVD | Movie and TV Reviews | SCI FI Weekly Oh, lucky day. I was channel surfing just now and stumble onto the opening credits of tonight’s SciFi.com “scinema” feature, Immortal. Struck by the oddity of just one character so far being played by a fully human actor, and most others with some sort of weird CGI overlay, I decided to record it and see what happens. So far, there’s ripoffs of concepts from the original Stargate movie (Egyptian gods emerging from sarcophagi), stylistic nods to Blade Runner, the Fifth Element, the European science fiction magazine Heavy Metal, and…
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I was checking local movie listings just now, and spotted a potential Perfectly Dreadful Movie contendah. Anything I find bwah-worthy (possibly spit-takeworthy) will be in bold: Beerfest – Movie Details – Yahoo! Movies When American brothers Todd and Jan Wolfhouse travel to Germany to spread their grandfather’s ashes at Oktoberfest, they stumble upon a super-secret, centuries old, underground beer games competition–“Beerfest,” the secret Olympics of beer drinking. The brothers receive a less than warm welcome from their German cousins, the Von Wolfhausens (because evil German cousins are always the Von Somethings), who humiliate Todd and Jan, slander their…
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I was checking local movie listings just now, and spotted a potential Perfectly Dreadful Movie contendah. Anything I find bwah-worthy (possibly spit-takeworthy) will be in bold: Beerfest – Movie Details – Yahoo! Movies When American brothers Todd and Jan Wolfhouse travel to Germany to spread their grandfather’s ashes at Oktoberfest, they stumble upon a super-secret, centuries old, underground beer games competition–“Beerfest,” the secret Olympics of beer drinking. The brothers receive a less than warm welcome from their German cousins, the Von Wolfhausens (because evil German cousins are always the Von Somethings), who humiliate Todd and Jan, slander their…
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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Arctic Monkeys win Mercury prize Woohoo!! I love me some Arctic Monkeys. They make me feel not middle-aged (which I really am). Arctic Monkeys have won this year’s Mercury Prize for their album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. The Sheffield-based band, whose album became the fastest-selling debut in the UK in February, were strong favourites to take the award. Now maybe I’ll figure out how to get Last.fm and Audioscrobbler working. iTunes: Arctic Monkeys: Dancing Shoes: Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not [2:21]
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American Routes: radio show from New Orleans Monday, 9–11 am: For four months after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, American Routes stayed on the air in the French Louisiana city of Lafayette. In this two-hour special, host Nick Spitzer revisits many artists who were displaced by the storms—including Allen Toussaint, Irma Thomas, David and Michael Doucet, and Aaron Neville. Plus, music and conversation by Wynton Marsalis and Ghanaian master dummer Yacub Addy, recorded live in New Orleans’s famed Congo Square. I’m listening to the Labor Day show of this excellent music program. It’s outstanding, and they just played one of…
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Character actor Bruno Kirby has died. Best known for his role in City Slickers as Ed Furillo, the hard-partying friend of Billy Crystal. He’s the one who loses his stack, in his distinctively high tenor voice, over this discussion of a modern-day challenge: Mitch Robbins: It’s nothing to be ashamed of – I had the same problem. Phil Berquist: Didn’t you feel stupid; I mean, didn’t you feel… inadequate? Mitch Robbins: Yeah, for a while, but then I overcame it. Can I explain it to you again? I mean now promise me you won’t get upset. Phil Berquist: O.K.; it’s…
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‘Schroedinger’s Ball’ by Adam Felber – The New York Times – New York Times I have to admit, I’m a Fanatical Apathist, so I’m looking forward to reading Adam Felber’s new novel. I’m a little puzzled by this review in the Grey Lady, though – did the reviewer like the book, were they charmed enough to imitate the style, or just showing off that they “get” all the romantic metaphors possible with a solid background in quantum physics? Anyway, it sounds pretty darn good for a WWDTM denizen, so well done Adam. Take 20th-century physics, add Johann Strauss, the Waltz…