August 31, 2005
Time Flies When You're Having Fun
It just occurred to me that we are two-thirds of the way through 2005. I don't know about you, but I'd be perfectly happy if the rest of this year were boring and uneventful.
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Man, I'm with you.
I've already had way more excitement than I can stand.
Posted by: Paul at August 31, 2005 03:49 PM (vbP6L)
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The year 2001 was pretty packed with personal tragedies for many of my friends. And that was before September 11th. A bunch of us decided that, on New Year's Eve, we were gonna gather up all of our 2001 calenders, throw 'em in a pile and burn 'em. Shame that we never did. Maybe this year...
Posted by: Tuning Spork at August 31, 2005 09:16 PM (ttcpJ)
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Oh yeah, 2001 sucked. 2005 has been a handful, but 2001 just sucked.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 01, 2005 12:01 AM (RbYVY)
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Relief
My niece called. Her and the kids are
safe alive. They're still in the vicinity of what's left of Gulfport, Mississippi.
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Glad to hear it. Here's hoping they stay safe.
Posted by: owlish at August 31, 2005 01:00 PM (QiOeU)
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Thank God they're alive. I was really concerned for the kids sake.
Posted by: Silver Blue at August 31, 2005 01:18 PM (GuDvW)
Posted by: Paul at August 31, 2005 01:29 PM (vbP6L)
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Whew, that's good to hear Ted.
Now you can get back to your obsession with zombies and the living dead.
Posted by: Oorgo at August 31, 2005 01:49 PM (lM0qs)
Posted by: Jennifer at August 31, 2005 02:03 PM (KfF78)
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I'm really glad to know they're safe & alive. will keep them in prayer
Posted by: michele at August 31, 2005 02:22 PM (qTmgd)
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Thanks for the update, Ted. Its nice to get some good news, all things considered.
Posted by: RP at August 31, 2005 04:39 PM (LlPKh)
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Good news. I wish your niece and her kids strength in the days ahead.
Posted by: Cindy at August 31, 2005 04:42 PM (ziuFP)
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Great news,Ted!Here's wishing them well.
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I've been wondering all day if there was an update. Came home and came here first. Great news! Hope it gets even better.
Posted by: Tuning Spork at August 31, 2005 09:20 PM (ttcpJ)
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I'm very glad to hear they made it; continued good wishes for the rebuilding and recovery.
Posted by: nic at August 31, 2005 09:45 PM (l+W8Z)
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Just catching up - when you mentioned relatives in Gulfport I hadn't heard how bad things were there.
Glad to hear they're safe.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 01, 2005 12:03 AM (RbYVY)
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How to save a fortune on Purina Tiger Chow
From a review of the movie
Zombiegeddon:
Having real tigers chase and maul zombies...that's cool. It's like When Animals Attack, only better.
Now how can you disagree with that?
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I notice your girl Brinke Stevens is in it, too! Whan are you going to review the review copy of hte movie you received?
Posted by: Victor at August 31, 2005 07:19 PM (l+W8Z)
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Patience, Grasshopper. I'm working on it.
Posted by: Ted at August 31, 2005 08:23 PM (+OVgL)
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I needed something to lift my spirits
And nothing makes me smile more than making fun of others. Or potty humor. Or both all in one great place!
Someone in England compiled a list of the 100 most rude place names (wink, wink. nudge, nudge).
This might explain why British soccer fans are so testy.
Thanks to CGHill of Dustbury for pointing this one out.
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Hurricane Help
California Yankee has collect a list of links where you can go to help with
recovery efforts.
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August 30, 2005
"It's complete devastation" (updated)
The entire quote:
"Let me tell you something, folks. I've been out there. It's complete devastation," Gulfport Fire Chief Pat Sullivan said Monday. He estimated that 75 percent of buildings in Gulfport have major roof damage, "if they have a roof left at all."
Gulfport experienced a storm surge of more than 20 feet. Think about that for a second. Stand up, and if you're six feet tall, the water level pushed inland was more than three times your height.
We've had no word about my neice in Gulfport, who refused to evacuate despite living within blocks of the beach. At this point, I could care less about her, but I'm worried sick about her small children.
"The hurricane was scary," Scott Radish told The Times-Picayune. "All the tree branches fell, but the building stood. I thought I was doing good. Then I noticed my Jeep was under water."
"I've never encountered anything like it in my life. It just kept rising and rising and rising," said Bryan Vernon, who spent three hours on his roof, screaming over howling winds for someone to save him and his fiancee.
Idiots like these shouldn't be spared natural selection. Call me hardhearted, but I'd leave 'em right where they are, especially if rescuing their stupid asses meant someone else has to risk their lives.
Across a street that had turned into a river bobbing with garbage cans, trash and old tires, a woman leaned from the second-story window of a brick home and pleaded to be rescued.
"There are three kids in here," the woman said. "Can you help us?"
You had the chance to save your children, and blew it. I hope they learn from this experience, and I hope they never forget that you're a selfish nitwit who endangered their lives for no good reason.
Worried sick and pissed off, that's me.
Update: Just got word that their house is gone. Completely. No news about my niece and the kids.
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I hope your family is ok, Ted. *fingers crossed big time*
Posted by: RP at August 30, 2005 02:17 PM (LlPKh)
Posted by: The Maximum Leader at August 30, 2005 04:48 PM (jiSuM)
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Oh my god Ted, I hope things are better than they sound. My thoughts and prayers go out to them and to your family.
Posted by: Oorgo at August 30, 2005 06:39 PM (lM0qs)
Posted by: nic at August 30, 2005 07:19 PM (l+W8Z)
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I pray that they are all right. This turned out to be as bad as everyone feared. And I really do understand how you are feeling, too.
Posted by: GEBIV at August 30, 2005 07:55 PM (oUEKc)
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I've gotten word that my aunt, uncle, cousins, and cousins once removed are all okay in Ocean Springs.
I hope yours are okay, too, Ted.
Posted by: Brian J. at August 30, 2005 09:33 PM (V04ml)
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This is awful. I hope that the next word you get about the kiddies is better than the word about the house. Fingers and toes are crossed.
Posted by: Tuning Spork at August 30, 2005 09:52 PM (fQhXy)
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I will keep you and them in my prayers.
Posted by: michele at August 30, 2005 11:18 PM (SiKJC)
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Here I was so worried about my aunt and her family in Gautier that I haven't been making the blog-rounds and so didn't realize you had folks on the gulf coast, too. I'm glad they're alive...
Posted by: Susie at September 04, 2005 01:41 AM (nekkG)
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PDA Software Review
My latest review is up over at
Mozongo, this time it's a Tetris clone with some interesting variations.
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It's only gay if you swallow
I think Tim Allen would agree. Me? I'm not so sure.
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Speaking as a gay guy, I'd have to say a guy giving another guy a blow job is pretty gay, whether or not he swallows.
Now, whether or not that's socially acceptable, that's another question.
Posted by: owlish at August 30, 2005 02:48 PM (QiOeU)
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August 29, 2005
Whoopass Jamboree Roster (so far)
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This will be bumped to the top once in a while as updates happen)
One quick clarification on the rules. It's perfectly ok for more than one person to select a team, so just because someone else has declared for your favorite doesn't mean you can't play.
Oh, and yes, this is an excuse for a great big ol' linkfest. But it's a fun excuse.
The players:
Frinklin: Vancouver Canucks
Brian J: St. Louis Blues
Tom: Philadelphia Flyers
Derek: Colorado Avalanche
Gir: Calgary Flames
Grand Moff Trojan: Colorado Avalanche
Tilesey: Toronto Maple Leafs
Cal Tech Girl: Carolina Hurricanes
Victor: Washington Capitals
Michele: New York Rangers
Yours Truly: San Jose Sharks
The rules:
1. If you have a favorite hockey team, place their logo somewhere on your front page. Let me know.
2. Every time your team plays someone else's team in the Jamboree, the loser must place the winner's logo (and a link) on their front page for 24 hours.
3. You don't have to actually be a Munuvian to play.
4. Trash talkin' is encouraged.
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Well, since
Heather hasn't piped up, allow me to jump on the grenade and select the St. Louis Who?s.
Posted by: Brian J. at August 20, 2005 11:55 AM (V04ml)
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While I didn't do too well on the AHL or IHL or whatever it was last season, I would love to be on with the new-and-not-really-improved Vancouver Canuckelheads.
Posted by: frinklin at August 20, 2005 02:17 PM (9gR/a)
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Sent you an email, saw your challenge over at Letter's from NYC.
Posted by: Machelle at September 02, 2005 03:46 PM (ZAyoW)
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Time to pray (updated)
Or whatever you do to send good juju down to the folks in New Orleans and vicinity. I've got relatives close to the water in Gulfport who're determined to ride this one out. Stupid? I guess we'll know in a few days, eh?
(update) Wizbang! has the text of the official National Weather Service Warning. Here's a little bit:
POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE KILLED.
The guys at Wizbang! also have a look at what the folks sheltering at the Superdome might go through. Pray for them too, they're going to need it.
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Movies that I want to see, just because of the titles
- Bikini Girls on Dinosaur Planet
- Zombiegeddon
- Vampire Lesbian Kickboxers
- Spacemen, Go-go Girls and the True Meaning of Christmas
- Repligator
- Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Alien, Flesh Eating, Hellbound, Zombified Living Dead Part 2: In Shocking 2-D
I'm sure there's more.
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Do these really exist, or are you just fantasizing? Because if you're just fantasizing, I might try to make Zombiegeddon.
Posted by: Victor at August 29, 2005 12:21 PM (L3qPK)
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Real movies, Victor, each and every one.
Independent Horror is very much alive and kicking.
Posted by: Ted at August 29, 2005 01:15 PM (blNMI)
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I've seen a couple of those, and had all but one of them on "my list".
Posted by: BLUE at August 30, 2005 11:25 AM (4Xncc)
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I give you: cannibal woman in the avocado jungle of death (with Shannon Tweed and Bill Maher). Not a horror film, but a great title.
Posted by: RP at August 30, 2005 02:19 PM (LlPKh)
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Just happened upon another for you (from today's NY Times):
Another neglected Eurotrash classic resurrected - in an extremely good print - by Mondo Macabro DVD, "Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay" is a 1971 French softcore sex and horror film that might have been directed by Jacques Rivette and written by Jean Cocteau. Obliquely based on the legend of King Arthur's half-sister, the sorceress, the picture takes place almost entirely within a remote chateau, where Morgana (Dominique Delpierre), employs her ancient wiles to recruit a young tourist (Mireille Saunin) into the ranks of her female love slaves, all gifted with immortality. To keep things lively, Morgana's court also includes a psychotic dwarf (Alfred Baillou) with an excessive fondness for eyeliner and a lust for revenge.
Despite the ultra low budget, and the apparent inability of the cameraman to create a single atmospheric shot, the film - the first to be directed by Bruno Gantillon - develops a real sense of mystery and fantasy, chiefly through a theatrical stylization of movement and dialogue (choral forms predominate) that casts a spell not unlike Mr. Rivette's celebrated "Céline and Julie Go Boating," which "Morgana" predates by three years. A genuine curiosity, presented here with appropriate respect and illuminating supplementary material, including Mr. Gantillon's short film "An Artistic Couple." $19.95. Not rated.
Posted by: RP at August 30, 2005 02:45 PM (LlPKh)
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RP, as for Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death, I reviewed it here:
http://rocketjones.mu.nu/archives/011797.html
Another great title is "Nice Girls Don't Explode". Pretty good movie too.
I'll have to check out that Mondo Macabro. Thanks for the tip!
Posted by: Ted at August 30, 2005 04:06 PM (+OVgL)
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My pleasure! How about Roller Blade Warriors Taken by Force? Have you seen that one? Same kind of thing as Avocado.
I will certainly check out the review.
Posted by: RP at August 30, 2005 04:42 PM (LlPKh)
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A List of Lists
Fun's over.
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August 28, 2005
My Rocket Binder
I am fanatical about being organized when it comes to my rocketry. I make checklists for anything more complicated than your standard Estes rocket, and my standard kit for a day at the field includes boxes within boxes, organized so that I know where everything is and can get to it without fuss or confusion.
I even have a checklist to make sure I don't forget anything when I'm packing my truck for the launch.
I also have a binder full of useful rocketry stuff that goes with me every time. Inside are my checklists, a roster of my larger rockets showing weight, chute sizes, expected altitudes on various motors and other important things I need to know when flying high power. There are wiring diagrams for my altimeter bays, enlarged photocopies of the various motor assembly instructions (the originals are small and hard to read), specs for my launch control box and hybrid system, and anything else I might find handy, all collected up into one book.
The picture shows the new cover for my binder (click for bigger). We took the picture a couple of years ago at Battle Park in Culpeper, Virginia.
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You know it's going to be a good day when
You leap out of bed, scoop up the dog, race downstairs, throw open the front door, toss the dog outside, and watch him barf up all over the porch. Which you then proceed to clean by hosing it off.
All before properly waking up.
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So exactly which Carnival of Recipes concoction brought that on?
Posted by: Russ at August 28, 2005 12:32 PM (ObxzR)
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Everybody repeat after me...
We are all individuals.
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...just like everyone else.
Of course some of us are more individual than others
Posted by: Zoe Brain at August 29, 2005 09:12 PM (tAq8A)
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I'm not! (one of my favorite scenes from that film, Ted)
Posted by: RP at August 30, 2005 02:20 PM (LlPKh)
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Feedback?
Seen over at
Naked Villainy.
Jimmy Stewart You scored 19% Tough, 19% Roguish, 33% Friendly, and 28% Charming! |
You are the fun and friendly boy next door, the classic nice guy who
still manages to get the girl most of the time. You're every nice
girl's dreamboat, open and kind, nutty and charming, even a little
mischievous at times, but always a real stand up guy. You're dependable
and forthright, and women are drawn to your reliability, even as
they're dazzled by your sense of adventure and fun. You try to be tough
when you need to be, and will gladly stand up for any damsel in
distress, but you'd rather catch a girl with a little bit of flair.
Your leading ladies include Jean Arthur and Donna Reed, those sweet
girl-next-door types.
Find out what kind of classic dame you'd make by taking the
Classic Dames Test. |
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My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: | You scored higher than 19% on Tough | | You scored higher than 57% on Roguish | | You scored higher than 61% on Friendly | | You scored higher than 57% on Charming |
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I'm not displeased.
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I got Roz Russell....That's ok, as long as it wasn't Auntie Mame....
Posted by: Susie at August 28, 2005 10:56 AM (nekkG)
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That test is dead on! I ended up as William Powell.
Rock on.
Posted by: Derek at August 29, 2005 11:58 AM (FloaD)
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August 27, 2005
Two
Here are a couple of blogs who've recently linked to
Rocket Jones. I've visited them a time or two, and you might want to too. Who knows, they might become a favorite of yours.
Can You Hear Me Now (formerly Retail Hell)
RetroBabe (gotta love a name like that)
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August 26, 2005
Drop the gloves and have at it
For the hockey traditionalist, here's a site with
classic hockey fights to download.
Thanks to a commenter over at Off Wing Opinion for the pointer.
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