RNZ news reports that the pillars will be returned to the Grey Main School Reunion Committe. That is, unless the Greymouth Mayor steals them back first. This article at stuff.co.nz has Mr. Maika Mason's statements. Long story short, he says we did it so we didn't get stuck with them permanently. The rest of what he says is _so_ unlikely to help ( Read more... )

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18V of spinning steel motion. If you told me about this, I'd say "that'll work, but not well". It works far better than I expected. It's really cool the way they mount the complete drill, instead of stripping it down and just using parts.

I'm sure this has been in the pipe a while, but I haven't seen anyone mention it on LJ. The trailer looks brilliant. Napoleon Dynamite-esque +Kiwi. The website (doubleplus flash) perfectly matches the feel of the movie too. I got Team Eagle. Good - 'cause eagles are slightly better than sharks.

My mother, who I thank for introducing me to scifi by taking me to see Logan's Run back in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy something, dropped off a VHS tape of The Last Starfighter. I remember the movie, and the game very fondly. The movie was cool 80s scifi - back then, anything with aliens and a budget was cool. Starfighter ( Read more... )

1987 : Prozac makes its debut in the United States of America.
1987 : Japan produces this cure for depression...

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Single or coupled (or multi), pro or anti (or apathetic), I think everyone can benefit from StrongBad's reflection on the meaning of Valentine's Day through the medium of his Teen Girl Squad comic, issue 12. Thank you, muerk for that link, and for being my Valentine.