The Good:  Naruto Shippuden is finally going to be on US TV...

The Bad: ...on Disney XD.

My Brain:  Say what?

"Your Song" by Ewan McGregor from the 'Moulin Rouge' soundtrack.  And it's ahead by quite a bit.

A Bamboo pad,  a card reader that can read any memory card out there, and a BIG external hard drive.  And my camera.

More than 1 Gig of memory is nice.  So is a wireless router.  And bluetooth capability without the annoying adapter.

I've been an animation fan all my life.  I blame it partly on the Disney movies that tended to fill my Saturday afternoons, and partly on the steady diet of Hanna Barbera cartoons that filled my Saturday mornings.  So one would think that a shift to anime would have been inevitable...

Not so fast.

Back when I had my fateful introduction to anime,  we ( Read more... )

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I'm not generally a grammar or spelling snob, seeing how bad my own can be at times.  But once in a great while, I must protest.

Viz Media, this is for you.

I received a Spanish minor at one point in my life, so I realize translating from one language into another can be difficult.  I can only imagine the difficulties of translating a language that ( Read more... )

2:58 pm today

I'm sitting at my desk, still trying to clear the mess accumulated from missing most of the morning when I think I hear something vibrating on my desk.  I glance around for a moment looking for my personal cellphone (is not supposed to be on at all...so it's on Silent.  Yea, I'm bad), and after finding it hiding behind a pile of ( Read more... )

He finally gets that promotion he's been trying for years to get...

I had a fantastic trip home last weekend  *waves at family*...

Funimation figures out how to stream Brotherhood without buffering every 30 seconds...

Guess what that means?

I'm driving home about 5:30 pm.  It's somewhat hot, but at least the traffic is light for once.

I'm about 5 miles ( Read more... )

*...starts counting on fingers...goes to paper...*

16

That's 6 houses, 5 apartments, and 5 different dorms, with two state-to-state moves and two trans-Atlantic roundtrips in there.

My favorite would be the house we had in Missouri - had a full garage, empty field behind the house, and walking trails all through the area.  Least favorite would be my ( Read more... )