Two days ago, several cable channels started acting funny. Either showing nothing or occasionally having picture and sound flick in ( Read more... )

Spent $13.50 for 24 books at library book sale. :D
Then had to walk home carrying them. :(
Clearly, I have to learn to teleport by the next one.

It has a cover price of $3.75, and it's a hardcover.

Quarter past 8 and the local cable company and the CW are still on the outs.
Guess I'm missing Supernatural.

( I grumble about the NJDMV )

Two things that will not immeadiately stop forward momentum, crossbow bolts and killing the engines to a plane. No. Really. The plane will not drop straight down, and neither will a guy who's running forward.

This isn't rocket science.

I now, technically*, own all of Rush's studio albums. :D

*It hasn't shipped yet, but I've paid for it.

So to celebrate Labor Day, Best Buy was running a three day sale and offering free shipping. I decided to save three bucks in bus fare and buy a cd and two used video games on Monday.

( Rant about UPS and the USPS )

I just borrowed Game of Thrones, Season 1 from the library today. It came with a booklet that has, as well as a episode list, a map and little pictoral family trees. Unless they cut a lot of characters from later seasons, these could get a little unwieldy, even with GRRM's determined character pruning.

Not sure why they changed the opening the way ( Read more... )

Someone, somewhere, declared tomorrow "National Embrace Your Inner Geekness Day."

I found this out from the "helpful" article my local paper printed, complete with a handy cheat sheet to help you brush up on your inner geekness for those who don't know how.

Here are some of their suggestions:

( WTF is with the word )