Apparently, Disney drove a dump truck full of money up to Tim Powers' house.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

Yeahbuhwha? o.O;

--Sam

"Sarsaparilla and fresh horses for all my men!"

...so it behooves me to wish those that celebrate it a Merry Christmas.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

I seem to recall once hearing a parody of REM's "Losing My Religion" that went along the lines of

Quote:That's me at the corner
That's me at the stoplight
Losing my transmission...

For anyone whose Christmakwanzakkah dinner plans include duck... try this. Made it on Thanksgiving (we're not turkey
lovers) and... wow.

--Sam

"It's a YULE TIDE!"

Since I'm going to be away from internets due to being with family in the back end of nowhere:



Like the beloved Liverpudlians have stated. Merry Christmas, folks!
''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

How it probably started

edit: Bob, can you place this in the General section?
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Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

I'll just leave this here:


''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

Well, after studying the official Wiki for James Cameron's Avatar, one thought comes to mind...

Do you honestly think that the RDA is going to just stop after that?

Sure, the Na'vi, against all odds, beat them back and then sent them packing. But now that I have seen what the RDA is (a quasi-governmental entity that
has a monopoly over all interstellar resource gathering) I can't help but feel that the RDA will be back, and with more guns.

Are the few scientist left behind smart enough to realize this, and can they help the Na'vi build an effective defense mechanism that gives them the edge?
Because if the last battle came at great cost, then what will the next one do to them?

I don't have time to watch this now, but I'm reliably informed it's worth a look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0lwLB-xAVw

(No, of course it's a parody. They used the music from Banana Splits, after all!)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

you a merry...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012