MILE HIGH COMICS presents THE BEAT at COMICON.com: A FOR ALAN, Pt. 1: The Alan Moore interview We’ll probably see V for Vendetta, the movie. Which is apparently fast-and-loosely based on Moore’s original premise, but the American comics-and-movies industry have screwed up Moore’s original vision. Keep in mind that the original has anarchists vs. fascists in the near-future tale, not Redstate vs. Bluestate. Moore has demanded that DC take his name off books and movies and stop sending him money, but they keep paying him. Also, they send him advance copies of books with poorly edited back copy: I have…
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Ha! What a great HALF a leg so far. I love how the producers figure out ways to change the rules, play with expectations, and keep this show fresh. In a normal 2-person team, international itinerary season, of course. This week I started smelling a rat at the beginning, when Phil said “Who will be eliminated… next?” In the past, this always used to herald a non-elimination leg. Fans got wise to this. Producers got wise to fans getting wise, and sometimes a team was eliminated on a “…next?” type episode. Tonight, it wasn’t a non-elim, and I should have…
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Teresa Nielsen Hayden has posted a “differently illegible” version of her nielsenhayden.com: tangible artifacts | CafePress” href=”http://www.cafepress.com/nielsenhayden.11458217″>blue on yellow nutbar T-shirt at CafePress I’m tempted, it’s a great design. And then, of course, the yellow indicates that I’m a happy, optimistic person. I heard about this on WWDTM this morning, then when I saw the nutbar-yellow T-shirt just now thought “Wall-la! I want a T-shirt that shows I may be a nutbar conspiracy theorist, but I’m an optimistic one.”
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I’m listening to WWDTM just now on WBEZ and they had Scott Simon on playing their “Not My Job” game. His subject: “Painter of Light” Thomas Kinkade (REGISTERED TRADEMARK). As soon as Peter said “Kinkade,” “LA Times,” and hints of the chiaroscurity of Kinkade’s doings in private life, I had to Google it. Because, of course, I can’t stand Kinkade or his crappy drek, which is all over Lahaina in multiple galleries on both sides of the street. Dark Portrait of a ‘Painter of Light’ – Los Angeles Times Amongst his more colorful (and beautifully depicted) acts: he got loudly…
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We’re such geeks. While waiting for the replacement TiVo to arrive. my husband David has Snapstream set up so we’re watching the big TV through his laptop, with the sound coming out of the home theater speakers. And I have Snapstream on my laptop (which is also my main computer) and can watch shows David doesn’t follow, with my headphones on. And vice versa. So the Alton Brown show about steak was on (it’s a rerun), and I wondered what NECI on his ballcap stood for. Now thanks to Google, I know it stands for New England Culinary Institute, which…
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Got an email from the Synergy Brass Quintet website folks – it seems this excelling classical musical group is trying to get their music on iTunes, and they’re asking for help from their fans. So if you like their music, go here and request that iTunes add them. If you don’t know their music, check it out.. http://www.musicianmp3.com/stream7.cfm?id=2921&Mode=New&CFID=8380&CFTOKEN=60274713″>If Ye Love Me, Keep My Commandments iTunes: Synergy Brass Quintet: If Ye Love Me, Keep My Commandments: Masterworks For Brass From The Baroque And Renaissance [2:17]
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Oh, my God, MY SHOW IS BACK. MY SHOW IS BACK! MY SHOW IS BACK! Due to being in Maui for the premiere, I missed it completely. And then when we got back, TiVo… died on us! So we’re getting a replacement. TiVo. Yep. In the meantime, David set me up with Snapstream’s BeyondTV, which he was using as a casual backup just to play around with. What with one thing and another, I was finally able to watch the premiere of TAR tonight, a week late. Unlike previous seasons, when I’ve listed all the teams with like/dislike, going on…
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Via: Flickr Title: Taxi home By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 5 Mar ’06, 11.43am PST It doesn’t look like much of anything, but this is the taxi that brought us home this morning. Neither of us slept on the flight(s) back but we’re going to try to stay awake until a decent bedtime. This will be harderr for me than for David, because he’s got an appointment this afternoon that will keep him going for a while afterward. We’ve both had a fair amount of coffee and we’ll see how long we manage to hold out. Meanwhile, we have a VERY…
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Here’s another CD I’ve really been enjoying, but under For My Ears Only. This is because it’s a rough, raw, almost cheekily punkish rock sound, and David’s CD collectioin runs more to James Taylor and Kenny G. Me, I may be middle-aged, but musically I’m in denial. 😉 The first thing you hear on this CD is that the singer doesn’t give a crap about singing in “Received English” – he’s a Yorkshire lad, they’re all Yorkshire lads, and they’re not having any of that elitist crrrap about singing like a BBC advert for the latest beer or ringtone or…