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Supergiant
A couple weeks ago the top story at CNN in the most prominent position on the main page used this image to accompany the story:
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On a lighter note...
There was discussion of the "most bangable" aliens in film and television lore. You can probably imagine the answers that followed, so I just had to add this...I can't believe the alien queen from Aliens does not make the most bangable list. She has that slimy, gigantic ovipositor and a killer maternal instinct - not to mention acid for blood and ( Read more... ) -
Surrender
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10 Best Picture Nominees - Open Letter To The Academy
When I heard the news today (June 24th) that the Academy is expanding the field of Best Picture nominees to 10 instead of the five that have been the practice for several decades now, I thought it must be April 1st. It's the truth, though ( Read more... ) -
Transformers Quandary
I'm falling further behind again. Ugh. I have several entries I should be able to knock off in a hurry. I should do that. Here's another time-traveling movie-relevant one...
I have no plans to see Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen at the theater. This is in accordance with my oath two years ago to never see a Michael Bay movie at the ( Read more... ) -
Short-course is for wimps.
I showed up at the pool this morning (the 19th) and was surprised to find that it had been converted to long-course. I had forgotten that this pool makes that change every other weekday morning, a practice they only began this month and will last for the summer ( Read more... ) -
Snowfall Dream
This was a sequel dream of sorts, and it arrived in my brain the very next night ( Read more... ) -
Cloud Seeding Dream
I was asked to go up in a plane on an important cloud seeding mission. The land desperately needed snow for some reason. The sky had an end-of-the-world storm feel and look to it, as if perhaps Ming The Merciless was screwing with planet Earth. The wind was ominous, unrelenting, and cold. I don't know why I could have possibly been critical to ( Read more... ) -
Pretzels
An unsalted pretzel is an abomination. It's an oxymoron. As far as I'm concerned, to produce a pretzel without salt is to rob the pretzel of its very essence. I say this as a longtime connousieur of pretzels and someone who just discovered that he had no idea how to spell "connousieur." I also say this as someone stymied by the unsalted " ( Read more... )
