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Sunday
After a good time – and a very late night – at breakfast, morning came early. We headed north to help Dee and Kim (and the boys) move. This makes four moves that I have helped with in the past six weeks. This was a pretty easy move. Except for moving the washing machine. But we did it. And we got a set of four barstools out of it, too. If we only had a bar…

Stray Toasters

• Dad and Sib3 made it to Stillwater, apparently without incident.
• From Popular Science: Developing supersonic planes designed to minimize sonic booms
• “Casino Royale with cheese….” That’s right. I’m throwing Samuel L. Jackson’s name into the ring as a candidate for the next James Bond.
• Celebrity Poker Showdown Gotta catch some tips for Poker night.
• ReverseSpeech
• Next weekend is “Quentin Tarantino Weekend” on Bravo. They will feature Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
• Valley of the Dinosaurs is on Boomerang. Listening to the opening narration, I was reminded of the old DC Comics series The Warlord (1, 2). (Most people would point out the similarities with The Land of the Lost, leave it to me to compare it with a comic book.) In Valley, a family is caught in a whirlpool that drags them into an subterranean world where dinosaurs and “cavemen” still exist. In The Warlord, USAF Maj. Travis Morgan wound up entering the subterranean world of Skartaris when he flew his SR-71 (!) through an uncharted area in the Arctic.
• The West Wing tonight… wow.
• Unforeseen problems with computer upgrades:
• Reason #1 of ‘Why NOT to piss off your wife in Thailand’
• Do we really need a prequel to The Exorcist? I think not.

Quote of the Day

[22:54] *UglyKid* so why does Han Solo always have to dress diff then every one else?
[22:54] *UglyKid* honestly
[22:55] *Mtndude* pirate
[22:55] *Link`* hes also a leading role? gotta stand out
[22:55] *UglyKid* when they are on Hoth they all have the same outfit..cept Han..he has some blue fury number
[22:56] *Mtndude* it fit the moment
[22:56] He’s not a Republic officer.
[22:56] *UglyKid* but Luke dresses like every one else…and he is the lead
[22:56] *Link`* yea but hes blonde
[22:56] He’s just working with them.
[22:56] *Link`* he still sticks out
[22:56] *Link`* yea that too, han is like a hired mercenary
[22:56] *UglyKid* how about when there on the moon of Endor…and every one is wearing a camo uniform…and he just has a trench coat
[22:56] Simple answer: Han is still a private citizen, not a soldier.
[22:57] *Mtndude* mercs are the best soldiers
[22:57] *Link`* whoa uve thought about this way to much
[22:57] …until the Endor campaign.
[22:57] *UglyKid* bah..hes already working with the rebels by empire
[22:57] *tontovila* han is the token gay guy, and thus, has a better sense of fasion than the rest?

ANd that’s a wrap.

Too little sleep was countered, very well, by two glasses of ‘ homemade mocha freeze. *nod*

I spent most of the early part of the day watching Megas XLR on Cartoon Network’s “Saturday Block Party.” It’s a bit (a LARGE bit) on the silly side, but fun. I was drawn in when a voice in the first ep sounded like Bruce Campbell. So, a quick click to IMDb was called for. Yep, Mr. Campbell, indeed. The next episode had an actor who sounded like Michael Dorn. IMDb to the rescue again… And, I was two for two! Hoo-AH!

I cleaned up around the house. Played bass. Played with the Sissy and the kittens.

I had an epiphany around 4:00 – I have an East Coast feed for Cartoon Network and I wanted to be sure that I had the VCR set properly to record Teen Titans and Justice League Unlimited. I checked DirecTV’s online guide. And then I saw it: The shows started at 6:00. Which meant that JLU would be on at 6:30… when I would be on the way to get Jess. *braincramp* So, I set the VCR and decided NOT to watch Titans, but to catch both of them on tape when I got back. And that’s what I did.

Wow.

The Teen Titans episode was based (loosely) on “The Judas Contract.” If you read The Teen Titans in the late 80s/early 90s, you know what I’m talking about. It was well done. There will definitely be repercussions of this throughout the season.

Then, it was time for “The Big Dance.” I had read some preview press about the show (but no spoilers). The title sequence and music have changed – I don’t mind the imagery, but the music left a little something to be desired. I was a little worried about how they would deal with wrapping stories up in thirty-minute episodes, as they are not doing multi-episode arcs. I shouldn’t have worried. It was just fine. Perfect, even. And the writing is still spot on – the interactions of Green Lantern’s team was just what you’d expect from two ex-military men, a “rebel” with an eye out for the little guy and a super-powered teenager. But, it worked. Well. I was quite happy. And I’m looking forward to next weekend’s episode.

Time to head out for a bite to eat and 2-D Physics.

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Scores: 182 – 157 – 151 – 217 – 141

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Namaste.