Random Access

Thursday : 09 November 2006
Not a bad day at work. I only had the urge to hum (.wma file) a couple of times… and those came in the morning. That’s not too bad. The rest of the work day was pretty low-key, including the lunchtime workout. Post-work, I had coffee with . He listened to me rant, rave and bitch about life, the universe and not quite everything.

I hung out with last night.  We watched I Love the 70s on VH1, 1976 and 1977.  I remembered way too many things that they showed.  I even quoted an entire Calgon laundry detergent commercial.  “Ancient Chinese secret.”  Yeah.  That one.  I had to try and explain who Charo was… and the best thing that I could come up with was that she was on The Love Boat.  A lot.  For some, as yet, unknown reason.  *shrug*

Stray Toasters

• I just noticed that they have replaced the monkey with a/another dog in LEGO Set 9247: Community Workers.  I can understand this as a police dog or even a fire dog.  But, it made me wonder why they had a monkey in the set, to begin with; I don’t recall them having an organ grinder figure in the set.
• Someone posted a link to an entry in about celebrity tattoos.  Oy.  Included in this set, at the bottom of the entry, is the infamous “Puff, the Magic Dragon” tattoo, of which larger versions of the complete tattoo can be seen here.  (NSFW)
• Pac-Man Feeeeevuh! by Detective Boogaloo‘s himself, Jamar Nicholas.
• Two-and-a-half minutes of Spider-Man 3 trailer goodness.
• : LEGO Catwoman keychain.
• 
• From the “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!” file: Bra-maker to turn Japanese women into bag ladies
• It was a zombie jamboree…
• Top Ten Most Racist Commercials
• By way of a conversation with :
  [12:20] : http://www.whatjeffkilled.com/about.html
  [13:37] : Hiya.
  [13:37] : *clicks*
  [13:39] : That is… something.
  [13:40] : that’s how my black cat was
  [13:40] : Aha.
  [13:40] : crazy bastard – only he didn’t have claw
  [13:40] : s
  [13:42] : O.o
  [13:42] : Wow.
  [13:42] : That’s a cat’s cat!
  [13:42] : badass

Namaste.

Wednesday : 08 November 2006
According to the U.S. POPClock Projection, as of 07:11 GMT, the population of the United States is 300,168,152.
According to the World POPClock Projection, as of 07:11 GMT, the population of the world is 6,555,773,020.
The United States has an area of 3,718,965 square miles (9,631,420 sq. km).
The Earth has an area of 196,937,429 square miles (510,065,600 sq. km).
Its orbital circumference is 574,380,430 miles (924.375.700 km), with an average orbital speed of 66.622 miles/hour (107,218 km/h).

Impressive numbers.

If we are only bound by the limits that we put upon ourselves, why is it that none of us can fly?
How high would we fly, if we freed ourselves of our self-imposed limitations?
How fast?
How far?

What is it that we fear?

What is it that I am afraid of?
I’m learning what these things are.
And, one day, I’ll fly.

Tuesday : 07 November 2006
Two days down, three to go. Work was pretty good. I put Ye Olde Tetris skills to work in trying to organize three workspaces. I’m satisfied with what got accomplished, but there’s still some work to be done. All in due time, I guess.

Election Day. I listened as some of my coworkers talked about the new Diebold touchscreen voting systems that were being used here. Some places had technology issues. Some places had poll officials who were not the most tech-savvy of people. But, on the whole, they seemed more or less satisfied with the new systems. I went to vote after work. I pretty much got right in and right out. And, it was pretty painless, too. I’ll be curious to see how other states’ elections went, if they used the electronic systems.

Tonight saw the official start of Chris’ Robotech game. So far, so good. Our characters are all together. It sounds like we’ll be hitting the ground running next time.

Stray Toasters

• I’m tired, but I am not sleepy. So, I guess I’ll find something to do for the next little bit to help me wind down.
• Green butterflies.
• 10 Reasons to Buy a DSLR Camera
• I (re)discovered a few CDs that I made many rains ago. They found their way into the CD player in the car this morning.
• Giant list of palindromes
• The new Spider-Man 3 trailer will be out on 09 November 2006.

Namaste.

Monday : 06 November 2006
I’m tapped, so this will be short.

Today was good.

See? Short. Just like I said.

Stray Toasters

• I… don’t remember what I was going to put here. Oh, well.
• Seahorses and the moon.
• Matt H. : The third book was Phoenix: Warsong.
• In the words of Douglas Adams: !panic
• I finished Star Wars: Heir to the Empire this past weekend. I liked it and look forward to starting the next book.
• : From the DCG – Phantom Girl
• I heard Melissa Etheridge’s Come to My Window for the first time in a long while on the way home from work this evening. I was reminded of the video, featuring Juliette Lewis.

And, for my next amazing feat: Bed.

Namaste.

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• Digital Underground – Underwater Rhymes
• Lita Ford – Kiss Me Deadly
• James Brown – Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag
• Poe – Trigger Happy Jack (Drive by a Go-Go)
• Fatboy Slim (ft. Bootsy Collins) – The Joker

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Sunday : 05 November 2006
Today has been a good – and rather relaxed – day. It started with me sleeping in; I consider that a good start to any weekend day. called me to see if I was watching the Bengals-Ravens game, I wasn’t… as I (still) haven’t had the satellite dish installed, I kind of lose track of what times their games are. And I hadn’t gotten around to tracking the game stats on NFL.com. Turns out that the Ravens had started opening their cans of Whoop Ass early on. And, let’s face it: A win (and a 6 – 2 start on the season) isn’t a bad way to start the day.

I followed this up with meeting Perry for coffee. We bandied about a few game-related ideas and, thanks to this conversation, I think that I have a way to implement a concept that I’ve been toying with into the Shadowrun game.

From there, I decided to head to Best Buy. Apparently, the only Best Buy in the valley that carried Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles – the Complete Campaigns. Bad movie (which I still enjoyed), but the series wasn’t quite as bad and I’ve been wanting this for a while, so I broke down and got it. And, I picked up a copy of Battlefied 2142. I headed to ‘ for a while and hung out with him and a few others before heading home.

Rather than stop at Restaurant du Jour, I cooked dinner. Spaghetti. I haven’t fixed it in a while. I realized, after I had started, that I don’t have any oregano here, so my sauce was a little lacking (but otherwise good). After dinner, I took some time to patrol Paragon City. I wound up on a team that took on a couple of arch-villains and some other annoyances.

Stray Toasters

• I spoke with both parental units. While talking with Mom, I got her recipes for preparing pork chops and for salmon cakes.
• Quoth the Ravens: “See the score…”
• If you could know your future – or even one or two things about your future – would you want to? How far into the future would you want to look?
• , I’ll need to get your player name info for 2142.
• Willpower vs. Fear
• “Your threat would carry significantly more weight if I actually intended to sleep.” –
• : I spent some time this evening going through The DC Comics Encyclopedia. It’s pretty comprehensive… and it makes a nice companion piece to Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross.  Thanks, again.
• In the words of The Who: Why should I care…?
  In the words of the guy I see in the mirror every morning: “Because I’m not completely insensitive.”
• by way of Slashdot: Mahir to Borat, I Sue You!
• I need to find an emulated version of Epyx’ Impossible Mission
• I like this store’s logo.  And the fact that the URL for their website is http://www.games2d4.com is equally amusing.
  
• : You may be interested in this: COMIC URBAN LEGEND: Storm was the result of combining two characters, one of whom could transform into a cat.

Namaste.

Saturday : 04 November 2006
Today was not the busiest of days.  I was up a bit earlier than usual; I didn’t do much with the early part of the day.  Following a brief (and very inexpensive) run to Dr. Volt’s, I had coffee with Perry.  I had dinner and went to see The Departed with ; I can understand why this movie has received such good reviews.  I enjoyed it far more than Mr. Scorsese’s Gangs of New York.  After that, breakfast at Cheers.

The Adventures of Indigo Bolt
I did a little work in Paragon City.  I joined a team for a portal mission; I wound up dying a time or two on the mission, but by the end, I was out of XP debt.  And that’s a good thing.
Stray Toasters
Maybe I’ll have some tomorrow night.
Namaste.

Friday : 03 November 2006
Today wrapped up the week nicely.
No fires.
No screaming monkeys.
Just a pretty easy-to-deal with Friday.

I’m currently “occupying” three cubicles at work. Kind of. There’s my cube, Omni-Cube (into which I have started moving a few things) and another cube in which I’m working on some systems. I’ve received some good-natured ribbing about taking up three areas. Eric was nearby and overheard one of the comments and replied: “Rob is a liquid: He moves to occupy the space available to him.” That made me laugh.

After work, I came home hoping to find that a birthday package from my uncle was waiting for me at the leasing office. It wasn’t. It was at the FedEx distribution center… on the other side of town. So, I hopped in the car and headed there. I got there a few minutes before it closed. I got the box and took it out to the car, where I opened it. Inside, I found:

• A Bose SoundDock for an iPod (I expected this one.)
• A Contour Showcase Sport Hardshell Case for an iPod (I didn’t expect this, but I’m not about to complain.)
• A 30GB Video iPod (Okay… I really didn’t expect this one… as I already have a 30B Video iPod, which I thought he knew.)

So, I have to call my uncle tomorrow and find out how he wants me to handle the duplicate iPod. I really appreciate the thought, though. It was far above and beyond what I expected.

Clitorati was good tonight. The usual suspects were joined by and . I was also surprised with a couple more birthday goodies, too: A gift certificate to Dr. Volt’s from and The DC Comics Encyclopedia from . Have I mentioned (recently) that I have very cool friends? I do.

Stray Toasters

• I’ve discovered something new and cool about my apartment complex: I can pay rent online. I like this concept.
• Eric sent me a link to this, with the comment: “You really can break your computer’s cup holder.”
• Derek (another coworker) sent me a link to this video of John Landreneau and his transforming Transformers costume.
• Paul (yet another coworker) and I spent a good while talking about old computers and computer games today. Apples and Commodores took up a good portion of the conversation. Ah, nostalgia.
• , I think that you’ll appreciate this…
  
• Heat Miser and Snow Miser figures? I’m not sure, but I think that I want a set of them.
• While the site did need an overhaul, I’m not sure that I’m gung-ho about the Cinescape.com‘s new look.
• This is an interesting take on a “realistic” Wonder Woman costume.
• I wish that whomever-is-in-charge would have a rectal craniotomy and get Renaissance to a theatre here.
• Virus fossil ressurected from human genome. Okay, didn’t these people read or see Jurassic Park?!
• Hmm… If I didn’t know better, I’d say that Mr. Morgan-Mar had sat in on one of our gaming sessions, based on this comic.

Namaste.

Thursday : 02 November 2006
Another NBN Thursday comes to a close.  It was a good day, although I was reminded at a couple of points of how much I dislike “passive-agressive” behavior.  Suffice if to say “a lot.”  Someone at work was exhibiting such behavior; fortunately, I was able to maneuver those situations without having to respond in kind.  On a more positive note, I will be moving into the Omni-Cube; I’ve started to migrate some of my things already.
Stray Toasters

• I use the phrase “…since God was a boy” fairly often.  It basically means “for a long time.”  But, when you’re talking Baby Cthulhu (1, 2), that kicks the timeframe up (or is it “out”) to a whole different level.
• “The screams of the anguished are better than candy.”
  
• The sun is a mass of incandescent gas…
• First, we hear rumblings about a possible Die Hard 4, now there’s talk of a Mad Max 4.  Again, do we really need this?

I’m well beyond “tired,” so that’s a wrap.

Namaste.

Wednesday : 01 November 2006
The middle of the week has come and gone. Today was pretty busy; if things fall into place as I’m expecting, the next few days will be, as well. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, either. I may also be changing desks, too. One of the rows of cubicles has been converted from four cubes to three. I’d be taking over the largest of the three, giving me plenty of room to be a keyboard jockey and to work on systems… without having to move X, Y and Z to do both at the same time. In fact, it’s pretty much a done deal, except for actually moving my things to the new super-cube. Hyper-cube? Mega-cube? Omni-Cube! *insert maniacal laughter*

After work, I got in some family bonding time with . We went to Cocoa Caffè for cappucino and tea. We sat and talked for a couple of hours. It was a nice way to wind down. While there, I got a call from – according to the caller ID – Adam. Nope, it was Chelsea. Adam had his wisdom teeth removed today; she was letting me know that everything went well. Then Adam got on the phone for a minute; all I heard at first was “Uhr murmph enh urhbah muh umm emnywah.” I had to have him repeat it… and then have Chelsea to translate, when he was done. The translation: “You’re short and you’re bald, but I love you anyway.” Nothing says “love” like having your swollen-cheeked brother call you to share little nuggets of joy like that.

After dropping Nyx at home, I stopped by to say “Hi” to ; she had a long day, so I didn’t stay very long. And then, home.

Stray Toasters

• I want a snack, but can’t decide between popcorn and ice cream.
• , I think that you’ll be able to appreciate (w)rapping paper.
• “Disco inferno,” huh, ? Try this on for size.
• The Outsider, Wired Magazine takes a look at Darren Aronofsky’s movie, The Fountain.
• : This has your name all over it…
• Because this intrigued me…
  

  What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland “You have a Midland accent” is just another way of saying “you don’t have an accent.” You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
  Philadelphia
  The Inland North
  The South
  The Northeast
  The West
  Boston
  North Central
  What American accent do you have?

• 
  AT AT the Playground – (c) Casey Weldon
• Project Rooftop’s Costume Contest (1, 2)
• “You see, I don’t like to hurt people. I’m not a bad man because I want to do these things. I’m a bad man because I’m willing to…”
  
• If owning a red Swingline stapler isn’t enough for you die-hard Office Space fans, you’ll soon be able to buy the movie-related collectibles from Diamond Select.

Namaste.

Tuesday : 31 October 2006
Work was… work. And I was tired, so that didn’t help matters much. But I made it through the day.

Post-work, it was off to visit Kate, Perry and the kids. They had a little Hallowe’en get-together. It was nice to hang out with them. After that, it was off to ‘ place for his annual Hallowe’en horror game. This year’s fare: Teen Age Horror – think of every bad teen slasher flick that you can think of… then make a game of it. You get the idea. , and Uriah, and Chris were the other members of the group. It started off alright, an underaged party at an old dilapidated house on the outskirts of town. Then things took a sharp left: Screams, blood that flowed up stairs, bodies being pulped by invisible “things,” ghosts.  Definitely rated about a 9.8 on the weird shit-o-meter. By the time that all was said and done, everyone in the group – and just about all of the NPCs – had died, except ‘s and my characters. Yeah, this was one horror story where the token black guy lived. Mm-hmm, that’s right!

And now… off to work.

Namaste.

Monday : 30 October 2006
Today was a good day. Kind of busy, but no real problems to speak of.

Tonight was D&D night at ‘. We picked up pretty much right where we left off two weeks ago: Getting ready to have our collective recta served to us on a silver platter by a white dragon. (And, no, I don’t mean the Anne McCaffrey book nor the movie by Wilson Yip Wai-Shun.) As it turns out, we wound up beating the it… while taking something of a beating ourselves. Of course, that was only the prelude to the fight that came after. We were at ground zero of a battle between higher powers. You know, the kind that look at humans/humanoids and don’t really consider us worth a whole lot of notice. Yeah… that kind. We survived the experience, which means that our characters will live to adventure another day. Night. Sometime in the future.

Four-Color Coverage
This weekend’s take was a mixed bag. There were some issues that were good and a few that were… less than great.

• 52: Week Twenty-Five – This was one of the poor issues. I didn’t really find too much interesting here. A look at the Black Marvel Family (Black Adam, Isis and Osiris, the counterparts of the “Captain Marvel Family”), a glimpse of the former Elongated Man’s mystical journey, another skirmish with Lex Luthor’s supergroup Infinity, Inc. and the sowing of the seeds of what would/will become the new Checkmate.
• New Avengers #24 – I usually like New Avengers. Really, I do. But, this was an all-Sentry issue. If you don’t know who he is, don’t worry – neither does most of the Marvel Universe… despite the fact that he’s supposed to have been around for decades. (He just made everyone forget about him. No, really… that’s part of his story.) As the rest of the American heroes in the Marvel Universe are embroiled in the so-called “Civil War” (over the Superhuman Registration Act), Sentry decides to go and clear his head. On the moon. This brings him into conflict with the Fantastic Four’s allies/enemies, the Inhumans. And all it really serves to do is for the reader to spend the issue listening to Sentry’s thoughts as he waffles over whether or not he should actually do something and take a side in the war. Sorry… snoozefest.
• Ultimate Spider-Man #101 – This is Marvel’s take on the old Spider-Man clone saga, set in the Ultimate Universe. It sets up what happened to one character who’s been away for a while; it also sets up what’s happening to another character who has recently disappeared. Oh, and it also shows the not-so-nice side of MUU’s Nick Fury. It was an “okay” issue, but not really anything to write home about.
• Elephantmen #004 – This was a good issue. It opened strong, slowed down the pace in the middle and then, in a great bit of storytelling, closed on a very stirring note. I believe that I mentioned how impressed I was with this book when I started reading it; this was a good example of “why.”
• Action Comics #844 – This is the first issue of the open-ended Geoff Johns and Richard Donner run. That’s right, Richard Donner. The same Richard Donner who, in 1978, told the world “You will believe a man can fly.” And we did. Now, he’s co-writing this title with his former production assistant, Geoff Johns. From the way the story is playing out, it seems as though they are trying to tie the comic and movie continuities together. Loosely, but that seems to be the direction this is heading. This seems to take a few pages from Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns script and use it to introduce a possible “son of Superman.” The story was good, although I can see that I’ll have to get used to Adam Kubert’s artwork.
• Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #23 – Since we’re on the subject of everybody’s favorite Kryptonians, we might as well make this the next stop. Ever since arriving in the 31st Century (back in issue #16), Supergirl has been sure that she’s been dreaming up this entire adventure. So, the Legionnaires do the only thing that they can think of to help prove to her that she’s not delusional: They expose her to Kryptonite, drug her and take her to the the former bottled city of Kandor, which has been returned to its normal size and transplanted to the planet Rokyn. Oh, and Lar Gand – who’s been trapped in the Phantom Zone for 1,000 years – puts in an appearance, too.
• Justice #8 – The villains are… heroes? The heroes are holed up in the Fortress of Solitude? Batman contemplates torturing a criminal to extract information? Yes, to all of the above. And it’s all good reading. Of course, the Alex Ross artwork doesn’t hurt, either. To quote a review from Newsarama:
  

  “…if Justice isn’t the coolest live action Challenge of the Superfriends that we’re never gonna get, I don’t know what is. Issue #8 also functions a lot like the other book I covered in that the Justice League of America functions pretty much for the first time in this series as a unit when they get a fairly clear understanding of what they are up against and what they need to do to fix things.”

Stray Toasters

• While I like the fact that the sun’s coming up “earlier,” I’m not uber-keen on the whole “dark at 6:00 PM” thing. I don’t think that I ever really have been, now that I think about it.
• Techie Faces Orrin Hatch Nov. 7 – Wired Magazine’s interview with Pete Ashdown, the Utah ISP entreprenuer who is challenging Hatch for his seat in the U.S. Senate.
• By way of : An acoustic rendition of Hey Ya
• Our Lady of Perpetual Martyrdom *genuflect*
  
• Nightcrawler cinematic trailer for the Marvel Ultimate Alliance game.
• Why is the “high beam” headlight indicator blue? Who decided that “blue” = “high beams?”
• 
• By way of MSN Careers and CareerBuilder.com: 10 Most Macabre Jobs
• “I… I… I want the knife!” *spins prayer wheel*

Namaste.

I just saw what I can only refer to as “Porntastic Headline of the Day” : BBC NEWS – Federer pulls out of Paris

so lovable? Because she randomly sends me things like this:

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< groove>
Robbie Williams – Rock DJ
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Sunday : 29 October 2006
I decided to sleep in and not head south today, either. And I was good with that decision. I lazed about the apartment for a while, keeping tabs on the Ravens as they took on the New Orleans Saints. The outcome? Baltimore is now 5 – 2. I’m quite happy with this development. Granted, they let New Orleans rally from a 28 – 7 halftime deficit to wind up with a final score 35 – 22, but a “win” is a “win.”

invited me to join her and her boys for lunch. After that, we watched The Shining. The original, “Heeeeere’s Johnny!” Jack Nicholson version. (The man’s hairline hasn’t changed in almost 30 years…)

After that, I went for a drive up Parley’s Canyon and back down Emigration Canyon. As much as I ride those roads, UDoT might start charging me a toll. This week’s excursion was as relaxing as it usually is. That was good. Post-canyon run, it was time to do a little grocery shopping. I realized that I didn’t really need a lot of stuff, so I got out of the store on the cheap. Ain’t nothin’ wrong with that!

had invited me back over to watch Without a Trace – it was their 100th episode. It took a little bit to figure out a couple of the twists – and I don’t feel that they covered one aspect of the resolution very well – but it was, on the whole, a good episode. Channel surfing, we found CSI: on Spike, the “Fur and Loathing” episode. (My thoughts from the show’s original broadcast can be found here.) I don’t know that the episode necessarily broke her, but I think that it might have come close in a couple of spots.

Annnnd, home.  Selah.

Stray Toasters

• My mom makes me laugh.  She called this evening to see how I was doing.  Part of the conversation went like this:
  

  Mom: So, is there any particular reason you don’t call your mother anymore?
  Me: Because she calls me every few days to see how I’m doing…?
  Mom: Oh.  Was that a smartass answer?
  Me: Yes.  Yes, it was.
  Mom: Was it an intentional smartass answer?
  Me: No, it just happened to come out that way.
  Mom:  I see…

• USA Today’s Pop Candy had a link to the trailer for the upcoming season of 24.
• Want to see something inspirational?  Check out this video.  “Armless swimmer,” that’s all I have to say.  Well, that and “Wow.”
• : You may already know this, but Aimee Mann has put out a Christmas album.
• It’s been almost 20 years since I saw The Who in concert; they’re coming to the Delta Center in a couple weeks.  Part of me wouldn’t mind seeing them again.
• Project Gutenburg
• Is Apple abandoning the iPod’s click wheel?  According to this article, maybe so…
• These posters amuse me.   And the Cackalacky Film Festival?  That amuses me, too.
• 

Namaste.

Saturday : 28 October 2006
I was still undecided about going out of town today, but I opted not to do so.

I woke up with the intent of going to REI to check out their Garage Sale.  As I was getting ready, I chatted with for a bit.  Five to ten minutes after our conversation, I got a call from Bret.  Color me astonished, as we haven’t talked in about… six months or more.  We caught up on what’s new in our respective worlds.  Then, it was off to REI.

I got there and found and went in search of a bike rack.  I’ve wanted one for some time, but never got around to picking one up.  Until today.  I got a Thule Speedway 2 rack… at a good percentage off the original retail price.  Can’t beat that with a stick.  From there, it was on to Old Navy to return a jacket – it had a hole in it that I didn’t notice when I bought it.  Walked in, found replacement, walked out.  Just. Like. That.

Next stop: ‘ place – was coming to town to watch the Salt City Derby Girls bout and she was stopping at Nox’ before the event.  I got there before she did, so Nox introduced me to the world of Battlefield 2142.  Dear Lord… I think I want this game.  *sigh*.  and Forrest (one of the refs from the Treasure Valley Rollergirls League) arrived and we headed off to lunch.  Post-lunch, it was off to the derby.
I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect from the derby.  It was held at the Olympic Oval.  Yeah, I know what you’re thinking: “Roller derby at an ice rink?”  I had the same thought.  There is a concrete oval in the center of the ice, that’s where the ladies skated.  and Josh met us there.  A few minutes into the bout he made the comment,  “It’s kind of like NASCAR… complete with the crashes.”  I had to agree with him on that point.  But, it was fun to watch.  I sat a few yards from the edge of the rink for the first two periods; I joined down in the “Suicide Seats” (3 – 5 feet from the rink’s edge) for the third.  After the match, we headed to find some coffee – she was deadheading back to Boise tonight.  Two closed shops later, we wound up at Krispy Kreme.  We had called on the way; he met us there.  Shortly, it was time to take back to her car.

On to Village Inn.  Vikki was the only other person to show up.  Our people-watching was enhanced by the assorted Hallowe’en costumes that the patrons wore.  The best costumes: Cruella DeVille and the Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

Home again, home again.  Jiggety-jig.

Stray Toasters

• I wound up looking up a site that I haven’t been to in a long time: Jeff Russell’s Starship Dimensions.  That’s right, I got my geek on.  And it made me smile.
• What made me want to find that site again was: Death Star Powerpoint Presentation.
• The origins of “To Hell in a handbasket,” according to Wikipedia.
• : BOOM! Studios has another book in which you might be interested: Fall of Cthulhu
• : I saw this and thought of you…
  
• Did Rob Liefeld actually draw this and this?!  I mean… there’s almost a human anatomy there!  Must not be him, then.  Of course, everyone looks like they’re wearing too much eye shadow/eye liner, so maybe it was drawn by him.
• : I think that this might be up your alley: Rhyme Torrents Halloween E.P.
• Firefly Fans Fight Back Against Universal

Quote of the Day
While sitting at Village Inn, a patron walked to the restroom.  He was dressed, as best I could figure, as Vincent from the CBS television series Beauty and the Beast.  I saw him as he turned the corner, but Vikki only caught the back of his head.  When he exited, she saw the rest of his makeup and costume, which led to the following:

Vikki: “Oh, okay… that makes more sense.  When I saw him before, I thought he was a Saskatchewan or something.”
Me: “You mean a ‘sasquatch?’ ”
Vikki: “Sasquatch… yeah… One of those northern things.”

It took a lot of willpower to not laugh hysterically at that.  So, I laughed quietly, with my head on the table.

Namaste.