One of THE FUNNIEST 10 minute stretches in American Television History!
"As God as my witness, I thought Turkeys could fly!"
Happy Thanksgiving! ^_^
-Logan
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"Wake up! Time for SCIENCE!"
-Adam Savage
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It's coming up to Christmas, and I'm wondering which new books to either purchase for others or put on my own Christmas list, so please tell us some ideas of your own. Two from me
Soon I Will Be Invincible - Austin Grossman: See the thread of the same name for people's opinions, including mine,
Resident Evil, The Umbrella Conspiracy - S.D. Perry: A paperback novelization of the first resident evil game. As someone who loves the idea and storyline of the Resident Evil series, but who quite bluntly blows at that kind of gameplay, the Resident Evil series always held a particular kind of frustration for me, in that i was always intrigued by them but found them to difficult to play. So when I saw a novelization of the series in my local book shop, I brought into it pretty quickly, and I'm glad I did. Whilst these aren't incredibly good I found them competent at least, and for the most part very enjoyable, The first in particular. I love the dynamic between the S.T.A.R.S team, and way thing seem to so legitimately spiral out of control, as well as the sense of isolation and helplessness she conveys in the team. And the characterization as well, such as the brilliant and capable Captain Wesker's slowly escalating egomania and sinister agenda, and Barry's agonizing choice between his family and his friends, plus a lot of Jill's back story, particularly about the two girls who befriended her when she moved into Raccoon and how she now feels driven to avenge their murders by the supposed, 'cannibal cult'.
There are roughly Seven books in the series so far (including some original stories using the game characters, most often Rebbecca Chambers), with more apparently on the way. I'm personally looking forward to seeing if she does Resi4, the one game in the series I could actually play.
So what kind of books do you recommend?

in the latest chapter of the rather awesome fanfic Shinji And Warhammer 40k, the author brings us a question, which I quote below.

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Shinji did three things in this chapter, but one pretty much fraks Gendo's plans now and forever. Which one do you think that is?

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A vauge attempt to drag the gender identity in MMO comments (which I am interested in) out of the teamspeak/ventrilo thread..

CoH seems a lot less biased as towards gender than many other MMOs I've played - but I think a lot of that is due to the availability of more conservative/modest fashion choices for female toons.. Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979

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Caine reached into his inside jacket pocket and pulled out a
pair of dataglasses, unfolding them. He regarded them thoughtfully for
a moment before glancing sidelong at Gryphon again.
Then, slipping the glasses on, he remarked, "Sometimes rules
change, Benjamin."

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Inspired by a "Crossover that shouldn't be" that I'm going to be putting in the thread of the same name in a couple minutes, I'm offering a fun little challenge.

Alter the name of any TV show, movie or book by one letter, and then write up something akin to a TV Guide entry for the resulting work.
Example:
Zeroes. This six-part miniseries examines the vital role the symbol for "nothing" plays in our economic and cultural history.

-- Bob
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I intend to be a freak for the rest of my life, and I shall baffle you with cabbages and rhinoceroses in the kitchen and incessant quotations from Now We Are Six through the mouthpiece of Lord Snooty's giant poisoned electric head. So theeeeeere....

I just started up my new Vista box.... Kinda MEH atm but I haven't gotten around to customizing it yet.
Heck I haven't even Firefoxed it yet...
I know my current plans include CoH, Firefox, OpenOffice, and my freebie Graphics programs with my tablet.
I may be able to tolerate a week without my goodies until the Geek Squad Guy comes in to help us port over from the old box...
But Firefox and OpenOffice are REQUIRED so my folks don't freak out any more than usual at the sheer NEWNESS of Vista.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

So, lately I've been playing GuildWars, a nice little game, I needed some fantasy in my life after all that Hero stuff.
Anyway, I've had occasion to use TeamSpeak. It's a lovely little thing and it makes teaming ever so much easier when you can actually talk to someone in Realtime, no pauses for typing. Is this something we should look into? My understanding is that it's free. I could be wrong. But I know it costs less than Ventrillo.
That doesn't mean that we need to RP in Teamspeak. That would just be bizarre . I'm sure I sound much to female to ever sound like one of the male Mac Hines. But for all that other chatter, and especially for teaming, would it be useful?
-Cindy

Dunno if this would be a *power* song, but I can *really* see some Loon-fan making up a Doug-centric (Doug 'shipping, perhaps) "AMV" out of it using newsreel footage and machinima scenes from the Warriors video game(s) (C'mon, there *have* to be some in Warrior's World). I mean, the *title* just fits Doug *so* well.
Plus, it rocks hard, which is always good.
Possible power: Doug takes direct control of every radio device within AOE -- "Welcome to WLUN, rockin' and reelin' and HANGIN' FROM THE CELIN'!!!!!"
Saliva:King Of The Stereo
Massive, drastic, classic, I'm interactive
You put me in your computer and Ima crash it
My claim to fame is my brain insane
And if the blame is framed then Ima smash it
I'm back again and on a rampage
Spittin' pain and fables onto a new page
Around the corner I'm comin'
There ain't no use in you runnin'
And now I'm pushin' the button into a new age
The whole world is waiting for the
Waiting for the
Waiting for the
King of the Stereo
King of the Stereo
King of the Stereo
I think we've proven that history's being made now
I see you suckas got nothin' that you can say now
And all the others who've fallen
With all their fakin' and ballin'
The kitchen's too damn hot for you to stay now
To everybody who's left you better recognize
Throw your hands in the air
And let me see your eyes
It only took one song for you to realize
Click, click, boom, the king is here tonight
The whole world is waiting for the
Waiting for the
Waiting for the
King of the Stereo
King of the Stereo
King of the Stereo
King of the Stereo
King of the Stereo
King of the Stereo
You can't catch me
You can't kill me
You can't break me
You can't catch me
You can't kill me
You can't break me
(Turn it up)
(SOLO)
The whole world is waiting for the
Waiting for the
Waiting for the
The whole world is waiting for the
Waiting for the
Waiting for the
King of the Stereo
King of the Stereo
King of the Stereo
King of the Stereo
King of the Stereo
King of the Stereo

Since SAUTEE is getting long in the tooth.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll