Ben posted a teaser trailer for his film "Marlowe." The plus for me is that while footage of my character actually having any level of a fighting clue was edited out of the film, some effective fighting footage with me was used in the trailer -- a redeeming moment of not being a total goober on film.

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As of late, each time we have looked for something familiar on the local FOX station in the evening, we have instead been greeted with Major League playoffs and now the World Series. I'm not a baseball fan -- I liked playing it when I was a kid but have never gotten into it as a spectator, so it is a broadcast for me to avoid.

However, here is a " ( Read more... )

Be careful of your wisecracking, young jedi...  unique_name_123 gave me a doozy of an assignment for wisecracking in her meme post...

Okay, take two at a much higher level of difficulty...  You know the drill.  It goes like this...

Comment on this post.
I will give you a letter.
Think of 5 fictional characters with names beginning with this letter ( Read more... )

1. Comment on this post.
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Think of 5 fictional characters and post their names and your comments on these characters in your LJ.

I was given the letter J
( My Js )

"As was demonstrated in an interview with Katie Couric, Sarah Palin is unable to name any Supreme Court Case other than Roe v. Wade. The Rules: Post info about ONE Supreme Court decision, modern or historic, to your lj. (Any decision, as long as it's not Roe v. Wade.) For those who see this on your f-list, take the meme to your OWN lj to spread the ( Read more... )

"Awise storm! North wind bwow! South wind bwow! Huwwicanes! Typhoons! Earthquakes! *Smog!*

The thunder and lightning are getting closer and closer to the hilltop.  No rain just yet, but things are steadily getting louder and darker.  I wonder if I am going to lose power?

...no, change that... there are sheets of water coming down outside right now.

Since I answered this for a few other people, I guess I am stuck doing the same thing now.

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, even if we don't speak often, please post a comment with a memory of you and me. It can be anything you want -- good or bad. When you're finished,post this little paragraph on your blog and be ( Read more... )

Stolen from just about everybody else (I may be the last one over the cliff).

You are in a mall when zombies attack. You have:

1. one weapon.
2. one song blasting on the speakers.
3. one famous person to fight alongside you.

Weapon can be real or fictional; you may assume endless ammo if applicable. Person can be real or fictional.

My answers:

1.  A  ( Read more... )

Opinions are valuable tools of organizing thought and taking the steps to learning and clarifying ideas.  Expressing an opinion is an opportunity to be reaffirmed and corrected.  Expression of an unrequested opinion is an opportunity for rebuke.  Exploring opinions within the sheltered walls of silence is pure and without the distraction of outside ( Read more... )

 
Today is the day of arrival of silly fencing news.  Earlier today, my mother sent me this article to inform me that there is a retirement home ready for me.  Finally, I have found fencers older and slower than me with which to fight.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/od_afp/australiaseniorsoffbeat_080512073910

For those who wish to fight with ( Read more... )