May 03, 2005

It's the soft background color and recipes I bet

The latest meme I've seen around (Gir was first) is something about "How gay is your website". I submitted Rocket Jones and it came back with "50% gay - at least bisexual".

That surprised me, what with all the zombies and rockets stuff lately. My wife might be right. She says I'm overcompensating. Plans to redecorate the place have been scrapped, although I am thinking about building a deck off of the right sidebar. With a built in grill. And a beer cooler. With a tap.

Not that there's anything wrong with "bisexual" (he says in a deep manly voice while scratching himself). Especially if you're a woman.

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One for Mookie

Zombie Prom, the off-broadway musical.

Sometimes the synergy of this ol' world is frightening.

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Tired of the zombies yet?

Be glad it wasn't something really scary like Abba.

And what about Zombies? You never hear from Zombies! That's the trouble with Zombies, they're unreliable! I say if you're going to go for the Angel bullshit you might as well go for the Zombie package as well. -- George Carlin

New tagline over on the sidebar too.

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Texas Wisdom

They come a-running just as fast as they can.
Every girl's crazy for a sharp dressed man. -- ZZ Top

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May 02, 2005

More Prom Pictures

Mookie and her date (an interpretation by Dad):

They all kind of look like this to me. If you have daughters, then you understand.

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It hasn't stopped with Rutan

Over at Transterrestrial Musings, Rand Simberg has been giving updates on the Space Access Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

Teasers and snippets:

Three kinds of space people:

Saganites: "Space is big, billions of stars, isn't God's creation incredible...DON'T TOUCH IT."

Von Braunians: "We vill go boldly into space, and you vill watch on television, and you vill enjoy it." That's the current space program.

O'Neillians: "We will build the tools, go into space, and use its resources to expand humanity and freedom into the cosmos."

About Chuck Lauer of Rocketplane, Limited's talk:

Chuck actually gets quite emotional when describing the feeling of going into the hangar and seeing all the people working, earning a living, finally living the dream that he and Mitchell started working on a decade ago.

There's so much more. As they say, go read the whole thing. Scroll on down through the articles (or start at the bottom and read up) as it covers multiple posts.

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Out-of-context Quote of the Day

From Ace:

I didn't know a girl-on-girl tickling scene with Andie MacDowell could be so... disturbing.

A couple of things here. First, I was busy on the computer when the movie being talked about came on. When I realized something other than music was playing in the background, it took me a few minutes to realize that the character was supposed to be "special". She acted exactly like Rosie O'Donnell always acts. Loud and obnoxious.

Secondly, Andie MacDowell is an actress that I cannot stand. She was marginal in Groundhog Day, but I think she became irrevocably dead to me after her performance in Michael.

"Pie. Pie. Me oh my..."

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I forget which channel it was, but it had to be one of those educational ones...

I was puttering around the house last night, half-watching some documentary about teaching youngsters or something like that. This caught my ear:

Boys have a penis. Girls have a vagina.

Anatomy? Sex-ed? Either way, those kids were way too young for that.

Damn.

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May 01, 2005

Prom Picture

As promised, a photo of my daughter Rachael (aka Mookie) before heading out to prom.

(in the extended entry)

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Bub for President

Not "Dub", Bub!

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So much for that rocket launch

BattlePark 2005 in Culpeper, Virginia was a complete personal washout for me. Dammit. Since the field is plowed farmland, I assume that anyone who shows up today is going to be hubcap deep in mud. It rained here all night both Friday and Saturday, which made for good sleeping, but lousy rocketry.

Oh well. That's weather for ya.

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Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinaahhhhhh!

Q: What do you call zombies in your whirlpool?

A: Stew.

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Caption Fun

"Do you have Prince Albert in a can?"

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April 30, 2005

Better'n Special Effects

From Murdoc Online, these pictures of a sandstorm in Iraq, about to engulf an airbase. Incredible.

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Prom Night

Pictures later of Mookie in her dress (if she'll let me).

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All Zombies, All the Time

(alternate title: Less Talk, More Zombies)

Zombierama.

On a related note, I rewatched Day of the Dead last night while waiting for a loaf of bread to bake. Terribly underrated and not disturbingly gory until the last half hour (when it goes right on over the top).

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Another batch of Nu Muuus

Go visit and say Yay!

Kitty Says
Pole Dancing in the Dark
American Warmonger
Beekeeper
Eric's Grumbles
Alex in Wonderland
Weasel Manor
Nomen Est Omen
Hatshepsut
Angry In The Great White North
American Geek
Whatsakyer?
Phin's Blog
Oorgo Blog
Smiling Dynamite
Ogre's View
Life, or Something Like It
Camp HappyBadFun

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Star Cards - 7

Someone was kind enough to scan and post a whole heap of Players Cigarette cards. This particular set of 85 cards is of Actresses, and were released during the late 1930's (from clues like "her latest film was...").

I'll post one of these every once in a while, with a couple of simple links to IMDB.com or a bio if I can find one. You might be surpirsed at some of the familiar names you'll see. The category is "Star Cards" (over on the right column), and you can click there at any time to see all that I've posted. Hope you enjoy.

(in the extended entry)

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April 29, 2005

As Mookie would say, "That was random"

Just some thoughts.

I hate going to WalMart during the day, because all the senior citizens are there. Yesterday I watched a lady who probably shared a nice piece of fish with Christ himself on the mount as she tottered through the crosswalk. She was clutching her cart for dear life, and I'm positive it was the only thing holding her up. About a third of the way across (a two minute journey, I kid you not), she was almost flattened by another woman in a Cadillac who probably taught female gladiators to drive chariots in ancient Rome. That's entertainment. Like watching the Keystone Kops in slo-mo.

When I get old enough to drive a golf cart, I'm putting wheelie bars on the back.

Mookie's imagination has been fired by the speculative piece about Canada breaking up and parts joining the US, and now the Cambodian zombie story. She's been wandering through the house singing "Invade Canadaaaaaaah, with Zombies from Cambodiaaaaaah." She's such a special child.

It's looking like tomorrow is not going to be a go for the Culpeper rocket launch, due to a really lousy weather forecast. That's a personal decision, I'm sure there will be folks there and some flights will be made. I'm still on for Sunday though, which is supposed to be beautiful.

I may be putting a large "Sears sucks donkey dicks" banner up soon. Next week will tell the tale. Whatever happened to customer service?

Instead of sitting here, I should be cleaning something.

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Helpful Reader Email

Sir Knight kindly sent an email that mentioned this Rocket Jones review of Revolt of the Zombies, which he found "when I was googling around for zombies + Cambodia".

How cool is that?

Well, he also sent along a link which talks about a real zombie problem they're having in Cambodia.

You read that right.

Many thanks to Sir Knight for that link. May your maidens be fair, your sword always sharp, and your dragons French.

Note: Because links eventually expire and this one is too good to lose, I've reprinted the entire article in the extended entry (without permission).

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