Thursday - Pub Quiz.
Friday - drinks with ![[info]](http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
gleet and others.
Saturday - Salute and a cracking Doctor Who.
Tomorrow I shall tell you all about these things. But for now I have no brain and no words. Time for some wine -that will help, surely.
No doubt about it, I get the best possible result from the… (via lonemagpie)
Which Colossal Death Robot Are You?
Can it, you’re Bender!
In the robot world, you are a bit of a lightweight in the colossal death league, but you do mutter “kill all humans” in your sleep - and after all, it’s the thought that counts. We love you because you drink, steal, smoke cigars and gamble away things that aren’t even yours. You’ve got what it takes. You’re the right stuff.
Tell the world you’re the Homer Simpson of the future with the following picture:
and from the …(via snapesbabe)
4-Variable Buffy Personality Test
Faith
72% amorality, 72% passion, 36% spirituality, 27% selflessness
Faith is a powerhouse, and you might be, too. Passion-driven, down-to-earth, and willing to do what it takes to get things done and have a good time doing them, she is tough and sexy. Now, this test didn’t rate your sexiness, but with these kinds of traits, that’s probably true as well.
You rate as one of the most dynamic characters of the Buffy universe.
This test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
You scored higher than 79% on morality You scored higher than 68% on repose You scored higher than 7% on spirituality You scored higher than 9% on selflessness
Now, what would happen if Bender met Faith? I predict it would end in scrap metal, but it would be fun to watch just how it gets there…
Via the ever entertaining Pharyngula come something no one ever thought they’d see - George W Bush duets with John Lennon on an inspired rendition of Imagine
And the below was sent to me by a colleague. If you’re on the design grapevine you’ve probably seen it already, but what the heck.
Edge Designs is an all-women run company that designs interior office space. They had a recent opportunity to do an office project in NYC. The client allowed the women of this company a free hand in all design aspects. The client was a company that was also run by all women execs.
The result………well…..We all know that men never talk …never look at each other….and never laugh much in the restroom…. The men’s room is a serious and quiet place……
But now…with the addition of one mural on the wall……let’s just say the men’s restroom is a place of laughter and smiles…
amusedMaybe you could…
You scored 29% Cold and 48% Level-Headed!
In a pinch, you could do it, but you’d need a damn good reason to. And you’re not going to be too happy afterward.
My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
You scored higher than 13% on Cold You scored higher than 14% on Level-Headed Link: The Can You Kill a Man? Test written by notmarkflynn on
Ok Cupid
Oh damn. I forgot that I was boycotting Ok Cupid because they say this on one of their pages:
“By the way, you’re a turdbag for using Opera in Windows.”
annoyedNew series, new Doctor, new squee levels from the fan girls, but was New Earth any good? Same old reviews here…
Yes, there are spoilers here. What were you expecting?
Um, no mister director person speaking on Confidential - no amount of special effects can make a windy and overcast Welsh clifftop look like paradise on (New) Earth. The CGI and other effects in this episode were top notch though.
As was the acting. Oh yes, Billie Piper had a chance to ham it wonderfully up and milked it for every drop, and then David Tennant joined in and raised it to camp factor ten. Ignoring the possession storyline, I liked Tennant’s take on the Doctor - playfullness with a dark undercurrent. It was recognisably the same person as before (most noticeably the same person as Ecclestone - as one would expect from the same writer) but with aspects brought to the fore. Which, of course, is just how it’s meant to be.
I said when I reviewed Rose I mentioned that Ecclestone had most in common with Troughton and Davison - actors who treated it as a character part - rather than with Pertwee or Baker who were more personality based. Tennant seems to be trying to walk the line between the two approaches and it will be interesting to see if he steps one way or the other as time goes by.
Now, the plot. Or plots. For 45 minutes there was a lot going on. Too much perhaps. Having two returning characters in two separate sub-plots plus the main threat of the week was perhaps too much for the season opener. Last year’s opener was equally packed but stayed focussed on Rose and her entrance into the Doctor’s world. This year there was no central focus and the whole thing felt rushed and confused.
So all in all, a nice round 7/10 I think
I see already that there was a fair amount of misdirection in the trailer shown at the end of The Christmas Invasion. We were expecting the kiss to be a plot point and here it is dismissed in episode one (double bluff? looks like there are more smoochies to come), but the line “bullets can’t stop it” was in amongst the Cybermen clips in the trailer, but now we see that it’s from next week’s episode instead.
Werewolf. Queen Victoria. And I’ll be totally knackered from a day at Salute. Bring it on.
excitedVia littlebun and unknownlegend comes a whimsical slice of memery.
At least I wasn’t a bloody pixie.
thoughtfulInspired by unknownlegend, though I’m just doing twenty rather than a stonking 99. So how many can you name without cheating?
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contemplativeMeme time, via just about everyone.
You scored as the 9th Doctor.
9th Doctor 75% 1st Doctor 58% 3rd Doctor 50% 5th Doctor 42% 4th Doctor 42% 6th Doctor 42% 2nd Doctor 42% 10th Doctor 42% A Dalek 42% 8th Doctor 25% 7th Doctor 17% Davros 17% What Doctor Who character are You?
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Last time I did one of these I came out as the 8th Doctor, so I’ve regenerated sometime in the last year.
Three days to go
cheerfulShould-have-been-obvious procedure clarification documented on the wiki at work:
The person responsible for databases is the DBA
All databse work and changes MUST be done by the DBA. With the DBA’s permission work can be done by other people but the work MUST be checked by the DBA.
But when I read it I can’t help but think of De Bellis Antiquitatis. Which probably says way too much about where my brain has been over the weekend.
Amazon Miniatures have joined my favourite bandwagon and started a range of Prehistoric Animals.
Three items are out now with at least five more coming soon.
The plain raptors look like they would fit in well with the Jeff Valent or Ral Partha/Iron Wind Metals versions, and it’s very good to see someone tackling feathered raptors in this scale at last.
Amazon, being the kind of people who “think outside the box” (sorry, really, really sorry) are also stocking bags of plastic toy dinos for wargamers too embarrassed to step foot inside Early Learning Centres.
Anyway, I know where one of my first stops at this year’s Salute will be.
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