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The rough beast, it looks like...
Apr. 9th, 2007 01:38 amis back. A new season of Hell's Kitchen is starting in June.
Huzzah. Another summer of Ramsay approaches.
Huzzah. Another summer of Ramsay approaches.
Apr. 9th, 2007
The theory? Correct
Apr. 9th, 2007 02:12 amKill Bill + Yakety Sax.
I think they should have sped it up just a little bit, in any case.
Oh, yeah: NSFW. Swords and blood and stuff.
Via Publisher's Weekly's Beat blog, there is a gaming con being held for servicemenin Iraq.
I suspect Saddam would have loved RPGs, judging by his novels, if only so he could have made himself seem divine to the citizens.
When President Bush ordered troops to Iraq, he probably never imagined that he would be ultimately be responsible for what very well could be the very first D&D convention/game day ever held in a war zone. Ziggurat Con, being held June 9 from 1200 to 2100 hours at Camp Adder/Tallil Airbase, is open to all allied military personnel and civilian contractors in Iraq.
“Here in Iraq, we do many things on the different Forward Operating Bases to help keep our spirits up,” said SPC David Amberson, the Con’s organizer. “Here at Camp Adder/Tallil Airbase, we have lots of sports activities — baseball, football, dodgeball, kickball — and we work with many marathons across the US like the Boston Marathon. This is a great way to improve morale among the troops, but what about those who prefer Role-Playing Games?”
I suspect Saddam would have loved RPGs, judging by his novels, if only so he could have made himself seem divine to the citizens.
Busy weekend, as always. Cynra & I went down to K-Town for Easter. Pater & Mater went to the Orthodox Easter celebration, with a ceremony that lasted four hours and was followed by dinner. We joined Uday & Qusay for dinner along with Uday's GF and an old roommate's of Qusay's.
The game, as mentioned previously, was a good one, with the leafs going from winning to losing back to winning. Definitely not a goalie's game. Of course, since New York won yesterday, it turned out to be for naught. What a game the NY/NJ one was; NJ scored with .7 seconds left, only to lose in a shootout.
Didn't get to finish reading The Ultimate Mentalist yet, but it's good so far. A lot of use of transforms for mind control stuff. Man, I hate Aid, Transform and Drain with a passion. They just feel like cheating.
While down there, I picked up a box of comics. Nice selection; got an Alpha Flight one shot (the preflight checkup, as it were, larf larf), the Thing/Sasquatch MTIO (with the on going slow death of Bill Foster, LSH 300 (neat What If kinda issue with a bunch of artists) and a 100 page JLA issue, which has a JSA crossover, a JSA story, The Story of the Freedom Train and a dumb story where they fight a guy with a killer organ (a rather turgid piece, har har har). The crowning piece of the stuff was, of course, my Mighty Marvel Workout Book.
God. I thought I'd been hallucinating it, but no, it was real. A book with warm up exercises by the Human Torch, slimming exercised by the Invisible Girl (including a calorie guide), stretching exercises by Mr. Fantastic and butt toning exercises by The Thing. Okay, yeah, they aren't 100% logical. Thor does strength workouts (jump rope! Jump AGAIN, Mortal!) and at least twice the characters say "You'll never see Superman/A DC character doing this!" Which I guess is true, as I never have.
Got home in time to watch TAR last night. What a pisser. Uchenna and Joyce got royally messed up by their transfer, and ended up very VERY behind. The evil midget and her even MORE evil sister did not get eliminated.
They also did another clue in a haystack challenge, with 600 boxes of cookies, with one cookie containing a licorice centre that would get them the clue. Danny & Oswald nearly had a meltdown doing it.
I got both my choices wrong; I assumed Danielle's challenge issues forecast in the trailer would mean trouble for her n' Eric, but no luck. At this point, I'm cheering for cha cha cha and E&D by default.
The game, as mentioned previously, was a good one, with the leafs going from winning to losing back to winning. Definitely not a goalie's game. Of course, since New York won yesterday, it turned out to be for naught. What a game the NY/NJ one was; NJ scored with .7 seconds left, only to lose in a shootout.
Didn't get to finish reading The Ultimate Mentalist yet, but it's good so far. A lot of use of transforms for mind control stuff. Man, I hate Aid, Transform and Drain with a passion. They just feel like cheating.
While down there, I picked up a box of comics. Nice selection; got an Alpha Flight one shot (the preflight checkup, as it were, larf larf), the Thing/Sasquatch MTIO (with the on going slow death of Bill Foster, LSH 300 (neat What If kinda issue with a bunch of artists) and a 100 page JLA issue, which has a JSA crossover, a JSA story, The Story of the Freedom Train and a dumb story where they fight a guy with a killer organ (a rather turgid piece, har har har). The crowning piece of the stuff was, of course, my Mighty Marvel Workout Book.
God. I thought I'd been hallucinating it, but no, it was real. A book with warm up exercises by the Human Torch, slimming exercised by the Invisible Girl (including a calorie guide), stretching exercises by Mr. Fantastic and butt toning exercises by The Thing. Okay, yeah, they aren't 100% logical. Thor does strength workouts (jump rope! Jump AGAIN, Mortal!) and at least twice the characters say "You'll never see Superman/A DC character doing this!" Which I guess is true, as I never have.
Got home in time to watch TAR last night. What a pisser. Uchenna and Joyce got royally messed up by their transfer, and ended up very VERY behind. The evil midget and her even MORE evil sister did not get eliminated.
They also did another clue in a haystack challenge, with 600 boxes of cookies, with one cookie containing a licorice centre that would get them the clue. Danny & Oswald nearly had a meltdown doing it.
I got both my choices wrong; I assumed Danielle's challenge issues forecast in the trailer would mean trouble for her n' Eric, but no luck. At this point, I'm cheering for cha cha cha and E&D by default.
Commerce is mine!
Apr. 9th, 2007 01:07 pmOn the plus side, I finally got to order the New X-men Omnibus featuring a buttload of Morrison. Thank you, Heather, may I have another?
edit: I just noticed it is scheduled to be here by the May 24 weekend. Sweet! That's only TWO MONTHS.
edit: I just noticed it is scheduled to be here by the May 24 weekend. Sweet! That's only TWO MONTHS.
