I'll keep that in mind the next time I see anyone say anything slightly irreverent around here. I understand irreverence.. I like irreverence.. I was making an observation that this could have waited at least one day. I'm sorry. I'm a bit old-fashioned. I still pull over when funeral's go by in my car.. Hell, I even get out of the w
What makes Steve Irwin untouchable? It's not the joke that I find distasteful. Of course, I think Steve Irwin would find it wildly hilarious.. but it's the stress on the people who feel the loss. Would you walk up to a trucker's wife and slap her on the back and say "Wooo.. How ironic that he died in a truck accident!" the day he died? Or
I, too, am extremely sad at the amount of disparaging remarks here about Steve Irwin. He was a very charismatic wildlife enthusiast whose only goal was to raise awareness and promote the preservation of the animals he so passionately loved. I've been around a lot of wild animals in my life, and I saw absolutely nothing inappropriate to the animals in his shows or in footage at the zoos and parks. Granted, he thumbed his nose at fate a lot more than he should have, but I learned more about cro
it was a goodie. Probably one of the best Tom Cruise movies I've seen, but not because of Mr. Cruise. It was a well made, detailed film, and I enjoyed it very much.
Oh..oh.. I know what Kenshin is!!! Actually, about two years ago, we (the family) started watching Rurouni Kenshin together as a family activity. For the seven year old, we felt it had a good morality to the story. Plus, the kiddo is a japanophile. Goes crazy over anything Japanese. She went nuts over "The Last Samurai" when she realized it was the same era as Kenshin. Kudos on the avatar..
I chose mine because she's a character from my online comic.. May I Help You? Which started out as a caricature of myself and a friend of mine and has developed a life of its own. But it's a dear project to me, and it means a lot to me.
When I was a kid, I kept trying to join those pen pal programs that the school offers. Sometimes, I'd get an actual letter, though most of the time was spent just waiting for something to come that would never come. I always looked upon letter writing as one of those lost art forms. It's not just the content of the letter, but the stationary, the ink you choose.. those say as much about a person as the letter itself does. I always wanted a mysterious penpal.. but in the end, I found a
Thanks! It strikes me that almost no one I know is into online comics, or comic books at all. Which is fine and dandy, but I truly think more people would enjoy the medium if they would just give it a chance. Most of the people I know that I've showed my comic to are just blasted away by the mere fact that I'm actually doing it. They have absolutely no concept of what's out there, and it's truly a shame that this artform is relegated to
Just an addendum to my earlier article, My Own Precious , here is a list of online comics that one can peruse freely. Some are already published, but have kept their archives free online.. Most, however, are a labour of love on the behalf of the author/artist. These comics are what have appeale
Thanks! I don't blog that often.. but this is like extra advertising for me. Yeah, I didn't get to read a lot of comics when I was a kid.. so I went uber overboard when I got married and out on my own. I still really just love the fantastic stories you can tell in a graphic medium. On my comic, there is a links page, and all the ones listed there are free online. They are some of the BEST story lines I've ever come across. Everything fr
Twenty four years ago, I stood in front of a comic book stand inside a flower shop in Loudon, Tennessee while my mother ordered flowers for Memorial day. The flowers were to commemorate my grandparents’ graves in a small graveyard. I, however, was much more focused on the “Tales from the Crypt” and whether or not the Red Skeleton guy would actually defeat Spiderman
Right off the bat.. the McD's nearest us, still cook their food. I;ve seen them do it.. and to keep from getting cold fries.. ask for unsalted fries. You have to wait just a second more, but they have to make them fresh because the second fries hit the holding area, they're salted. Then you can salt them all you want at your table. Personally, I still like McDonald's. And they're in business because the demand hasn't gone down for them.
I work in a medical facility.. and I can't bear to use the public restroom. I walk 5 minutes out of my way to go to a private bathroom that only employees are allowed it. It never seems to be left "unflushed" or unsanitary... which is completely opposite of the public rest room for PATIENTS... I don't put toilet paper on my seat, I'm not worried all that much about germs.. but those toilets are never flushed. And the one time I tried to flush t
If I plaguerized in school, I failed that class. If I had knowingly been caught plaguerizing in college.. I would have been kicked out. Did she get into the school on scholarship? If so, was that "tweaked"? I think Gideon makes an excellent point about doubt being cast on ALL her work from before. Shame if it's her first time plaguerizing.. deserved if it's not.
What a wonderful article. Here's another question: Do you want to work for a company/organization that would simply "slap" an employee on the wrist for falsifying their resume? Doesn't that cast a shadow upon their integrity when it comes down to how they treat their employees? My husband and I are trying very hard to raise a very honest child, and so far (9 years) we've succeeded and we hope desperately that she will still hear
As for your comment about Berman vs Roddenberry, if you watched DS9, you can tell when Roddenberry died. For the most part, Rodenberry had almost NO internal conflict. All the conflict from the original and TNG were almost always due to an outside entity or the influence of an outside entity. This is an ar
Uhm.. Not much in the way of an introduction, but my husband has prompted me to do this as he won't himself.. I'm actually Bakerstreet's wife, and he brought this article of yours to my attention as I'm a big fan of Mobius strips.. And of course, I thought this was the coolest thing I've ever seen (I'm very sheltered). I've even included mobius strips in some of my pictures, http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/24266500/ and he mentioned that he might
Yeah, the first time around, grandparents got my daughter one (she was four).. Thing scared the utter crap out of me to being with. It had no off button, and when I started it up, it didn't do anything. We just assumed it was broken. I sat it down on the table as a "We need to take it back" item, and a half hour later, the thing shrieked at me. Scared the living daylights out of me. The first furby is actually buried in the backyard somewhere.. I'
Still, you'll have your SUV and your gun so why worry:-) I'm sorry.. what does owning a gun have to do with a gas-guzzling SUV and global warming? Or are you getting your foarming at the mouth "I'm going to make the world a better place and you'll like it when I'm done" issues mixed up? This is a tragedy, but as people mentioned before.. they were given days to get out. And the majority of the guns being shot at rescue helic
Gabriele Kuby, who has written a book called "Harry Potter - Good or Evil," which attacks J.K. Rowling's best selling series about the boy wizard, published extracts from two letters written to her by Benedict in 2003, when he was a cardinal. Kuby, a devout Catholic, had sent him a copy of her Potter critique and he wrote to thank her, according to a passage from one of the letters published in German on her Web site. So he
I work in a medical clinic under the umbrella of a state University. In the clerical/insurance/appointments side of a medical clinic, so in other words.. I'm the lady you see when you walk in and tell her you have an appointment. My particular clinic is very small, so I do it all with my counterpart who sits three feet away from me. We ARE the phone triage, the app
My husband showed me this article about a week ago.. .. It is exciting news, but I was really tickled by the picture of the dog they opted to use in the article. Oh.. and the fact we are boffins..
If you've ever seen a Kung Fu movie, ever looked back on those movies that came on the Fox Network in the 80's on Saturday afternoons or after midnight with nostalgia (shame they don't do that anymore.. too high-falutin, I suppose).. then this is the movie for you. Stephen Chow (director/actor) does a fantastic job with "Kung Fu Hustle" (also known as "Go
BBC did it better. Not by much...
My husband and I are avid movie-watchers. I mean, AVID. We watch a movie, analyze it, watch it again.. Now granted, there are movies that you really don't need to put a lot of thought into. But those really flashy special effects movies, the ones you wait with baited breath for.. that's what this is about and how movies are going to fare in the post-"Lord of th
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