Sunday
Waking up and getting up has never been easy …especially the morning after bowling twelve straight games. Ouch.

We did a little errand running this afternoon. I’ve been looking for paint, in LEGO® colors, for the border of the HCC. I found them today. So, it’s all over but the shouting. And the painting. Can’t forget the “painting” part.

I am at the “Snap. Foot. Ass.” point with Jess’ computer. I’m not entirely sure why, but it seems as though its OS is trying to eat itself. It started when she attempted to install a webcam. Now, audio and video codecs are giving a not-so-friendly “Sod off” to the rest of the computer. And its users. I know how to fix it, but the fix is kind of like using an elephant gun to kill a gnat. However, after the evening that I had dealing with this bigger-than-it-should-be issue, I find that to be a perfectly acceptable solution.

News
Weekend Edition – Saturday: The Fight to Preserve DeMille’s ‘Lost City’
Weekend Edition – Sunday: Law & Order Crime Scene Photos in Gallery
Weekend Edition – Sunday: French Flip for Comic Books at Festival
Weekend Edition – Sunday: Listening to the Movies: Oscar-Nominated Music

Football

The NFL Pro Bowl: NFC vs. AFC
27 – 38
The Pro Bowl, my last chance to see NFL action for the next six months, was played today.

Ed Reed, Jonathan Ogden and Terrel Suggs (along with the injured and sidelined Ray Lewis and Chris McAllister) were the Ravens in action. The AFC, behind Indianapolis’ Peyton Manning came out with an early and commanding lead. In the second half, Atlanta’s Michael Vick led a rather impressive comeback bid for the NFC… but the AFC held on to the lead.

Benny Friendman, Fritz Pollard, Dan Marino (w00t!) and Steve Young were named as the 2005 inductees to the Pro Football Hall of Fame before the game.

And, Don Ho was part of the halftime show. What more could one ask for?

Stray Toasters

  • I’m sleeping in tomorrow.
  • Thanks to for posting a URL that I had seen before but discounted. The link was to LJBook, which allows you to convert your LJ into a .pdf file. I now have all my entries archived in one, giant (1677 pages) file. It even bookmarks entries by year, month and subject line. Groovy.
  • As I mentioned a few days ago, I got a box of Justice League Valentine’s Day cards. I also said that I intended to scan them. Guess what…

    And here are the rest of them:

  • By way of boingboing.net: Marlboro Lights iPod Case
  • The All Night Light and Power Company – the work of Daniel Scott Gabriel Murray. I’ve been a fan of his work for the past… four or five years. He posts a lot of it to Renderosity, which is where I first noticed him.
  • By way of baltimoresun.com: I do, my way (may req. free registration)
  • : From the DCG: Dawnstar
  • …and for : Batgirl
  • Well, actually… there is one other qualification I could tell you about right now.

  • Newsarama takes a look at the upcoming Superheroes and Philosohy, including a preview of the first chapter “The Real Truth about Superman: And the Rest of Us, Too”, by Mark Waid. I have been a long-time fan of Waid’s work as a comic book writer. After reading this, I’m a fan of his prosaic work, too. If the rest of this book is nearly as well-written (and given some of the names attached, I’m sure that it is), I want it on my bookshelf.
  • I’ve mentioned that I’ve been Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, but that it’s a little difficult to describe. So, I’m not going to try to describe it. I’ll let you visit the official site and draw your own conclusions.
  • : A review of Bride & Prejudice
  • It’s a little after 2:00 AM Monday morning. I just finished watching Celebrity Poker Showdown on Bravo. Columbo, starring Peter Falk, just started. I heard a voice that I almost immediately recognized as the Man in Black, himself – the late Johnny Cash. Hearing his voice, I looked at the screen. It was him. Even more odd: I have a vague recollection of this episode… which I haven’t seen in at least 15 years.
  • …and speaking of Celebrity Poker Showdown, J.K. Simmons was on the show tonight. I didn’t know that he was the voice of the yellow M&M nor that he did voiceover work for Norelco. I did know that he has/had a recurring role on the various Law & Order shows.

Quote of the Day

“Well, double dumbass on you!”
      Adm. J. T. Kirk, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

That’s pretty much going to do it from Lake Saline for the night.

Namaste.