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Never seen it. :-)
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Looks like somebody's got a case of the Mondays.
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Never seen it. :-)
You should!
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Lol! That's where I got my name. :-)
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Lol! That's where I got my name. :-)
No-no! The nakedness!
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And that episode is were this alias, playing off caps name is from.
Captain Yesterday was Fry's superhero name. Clobberella was Leela's.
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Rolling stats almost invariably ends with GMs looking on my stats, looking on me, looking on my stats again and then telling me to reroll the lowest result... Or sometimes two lowest. Then they tell me to roll again because they did not see that abysmally low re-roll.
And despite that my character tends to be the one with the lowest stats around the table anyway.
That included a game with roll 5d6 and drop two lowest dice rolling method...
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Lol! That's where I got my name. :-)No-no! The nakedness!
Oh, that, yes, just getting ready for spring. :-)
I'm not into horror movies, but that Cooties movie looks cool, if only because I can cheer when someone clubs many children in the head with a baseball bat.
Seriously looks like the entire movie was made on the premise of "How can we get away with as much child violence as possible without offending parents? Zombie infection only kids can get? Yeah, that sounds like a good excuse to blast a five year old with a shotgun."
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I've seen enough of it to know that it perfectly encapsulates all the reasons I don't watch TV nowadays.
Family Guy has lost it's way, but I loved The Cleveland Show and I remain a HUGE fan of American Dad. The Blade Runner parody remains a beloved favorite.
I've seen enough of it to know that it perfectly encapsulates all the reasons I don't watch TV nowadays.Family Guy has lost it's way, but I loved The Cleveland Show and I remain a HUGE fan of American Dad. The Blade Runner parody remains a beloved favorite.
Oh, which show! that sounds awesome, man, i miss Cleveland and American Dad. :-(
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[sarcasm]yay! I am so lucky![/sarcasm]
The joys of being the low man on the seniority list. I will be forced to the midnight to 8 am shift by July at the latest. ~groans~ Shoot me now.
Oh, this is just wonderful. Yet another arrest in the family, and this one's pretty stupid. Like, really stupid. RPG.net has the thread on what happened. Google doesn't index their chat board.
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Oh, yeah, You Suck was unabashedly dark, with vampires that were unquestionably evil, but managed to be hilarious from start to end. Totally recommended. I hadn't read Bite Me and I fear that if I did, I'd be distressed by You Suck (though likely have a better grasp on some of the things), but You Suck strongly resembles a novel form of Lost Boys, only funnier and without the possibility of redemption/healing/freedom.Douglas Adams was good. Silly, and he really trails off in quality in that quintet as time goes on, though. The detective books don't hold up with time either. Still; he was way ahead of his time.
Terry Pratchett took that style of writing and combined it with actual plots you can follow and characters you give a crap about.
With Pratchett dead, Christopher Moore is my new favorite living author. He has the same style, but does more historical fiction or other weird fantasies and sci-fis that aren't quite as traditional.
Lamb:The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Best Pal is easily one of my top three novels I've read. He didn't a lot of research, it was REALLY funny, and it had a good plot, even if you know how it ends. Apparently, Mary was the original MILF, according to Biff.
His three vampire books, Bite Me, You Suck, and Bloodsucking Fiends, are also quite entertaining.
What do all you guys think of Tom Holt? For the comedic fantasical/prosaic/set_in_the_UK authors, I prefer him to Robert Rankin. Well the one Rankin book I finished.
EDIT: Naked reviews that could take off... (not presented by me however)
He's one of my favorites. I have a particularly soft spot for Who's Afraid of Beowulf for being one of the few things that made me laugh while nursing a depression in a too-small bedroom in Lund.
And thanks for reminding me I should put some of his K J Parker stuff in my cart the next time I go book shopping.
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Sparkling in sunlight would be awful.Vampires die in the sun. Well...really die.
Sparkly blood drinkers are not vampires, no matter what one hack writer says. Those are, at best, Wight variants.
Also, I'm not hacking it because it's a vampire story with romance written by a woman. Sunshine was a great book, for example, and it has all those elements.
S.M. is just a horrible writer who took a dump on established century old canon.
Well apart from Dracula, it was established that he could walk in the sunlight.
My main problems with the first part of SM's first book (all I could manage) was the writing & plotting & storyline, basically everything - rather than the fact that the vampires have stone/gems in their blood that reflect light beneath their pale skin. It completely breaks a usual canon, but could be an interesting concept for a weird fey predator.
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True facts
D'aaawww~!
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Sparkling in sunlight would be awful.Vampires die in the sun. Well...really die.
Sparkly blood drinkers are not vampires, no matter what one hack writer says. Those are, at best, Wight variants.
Also, I'm not hacking it because it's a vampire story with romance written by a woman. Sunshine was a great book, for example, and it has all those elements.
S.M. is just a horrible writer who took a dump on established century old canon.
Well apart from Dracula, it was established that he could walk in the sunlight.
My main problems with the first part of SM's first book (all I could manage) was the writing & plotting & storyline, basically everything - rather than the fact that the vampires have stone/gems in their blood that reflect light beneath their pale skin. It completely breaks a usual canon, but could be an interesting concept for a weird fey predator.
As I said, acceptable canon breaks happen, but they're usually done by authors who aren't subpar.
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I'm still trying to grasp the fact that they actually, literally, have sparkly skin, I thought it was just a joke. :-D
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Gotta pay stupid bills today, ugh!
Bunk beds should arrive any time starting tomorrow, by way of Texas from Brazil, I might leave it outside for awhile, so whatever f#&!ed up south american spiders have stowed away, are killed by our environment. :-)
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Gotta pay stupid bills today, ugh!
Bunk beds should arrive any time starting tomorrow, by way of Texas from Brazil, I might leave it outside for awhile, so whatever f#~!ed up south american spiders have stowed away, are killed by our environment. :-)
Hey! I saw that movie, too!
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Don't forget newspapers, and then that's how what's his name from Iron Maiden died, nor to mention the thing's I'd seen living 4 years in Seattle (spiders are like mosquitos out there).
So, nope, I don't take chances with mysterious furniture, delivered from south of the equator. :-D
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You could...You know...buy local...
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Damn it, now it's raining, and 34 degrees! Gotta put it off for awhile I guess, certainly not driving on ice. :-(
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Don't you constantly claim to be a hippie? The carbon footprint of the delivery alone. All that fuel. Not to mention not supporting small businesses.
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As I said, acceptable canon breaks happen, but they're usually done by authors who aren't subpar.Sparkling in sunlight would be awful.Vampires die in the sun. Well...really die.
Sparkly blood drinkers are not vampires, no matter what one hack writer says. Those are, at best, Wight variants.
Also, I'm not hacking it because it's a vampire story with romance written by a woman. Sunshine was a great book, for example, and it has all those elements.
S.M. is just a horrible writer who took a dump on established century old canon.
Well apart from Dracula, it was established that he could walk in the sunlight.
My main problems with the first part of SM's first book (all I could manage) was the writing & plotting & storyline, basically everything - rather than the fact that the vampires have stone/gems in their blood that reflect light beneath their pale skin. It completely breaks a usual canon, but could be an interesting concept for a weird fey predator.
Except a vampire dying from sunlight is a very modern idea introduced in Nosferatu, not part of vampire myths. Historically* vampires were considered inactive or powerless during day, not destroyed by sunlight.
Sparkling vampires on the other hand...
*historically as "in beliefs through the history", not "real historical vampires"
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Ugh.
Yeah. Cold sucks. :-/ I never dealt with icy roads, but people in Florida take no account for the rain, and hyrdoplaning is the cause of many an accident. Be careful if you do go out!
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You could...You know...buy local...
Very true, normally I would, but beds are expensive. :-)
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Don't forget newspapers, and then that's how what's his name from Iron Maiden died, nor to mention the thing's I'd seen living 4 years in Seattle (spiders are like mosquitos out there).
So, nope, I don't take chances with mysterious furniture, delivered from south of the equator. :-D
what in the world happened?
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Again, changes in canon by good writers. Stephanie Myer is no Bram Stoker, that's for dang sure!
She's not even mediocre. I've read newsstand paperbacks with more interest holding power than Twilight.
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I would read Tom Clancy before I'd read her, and he's 495 pages of descriptions and about seven of plot!
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As I said, acceptable canon breaks happen, but they're usually done by authors who aren't subpar.Sparkling in sunlight would be awful.Vampires die in the sun. Well...really die.
Sparkly blood drinkers are not vampires, no matter what one hack writer says. Those are, at best, Wight variants.
Also, I'm not hacking it because it's a vampire story with romance written by a woman. Sunshine was a great book, for example, and it has all those elements.
S.M. is just a horrible writer who took a dump on established century old canon.
Well apart from Dracula, it was established that he could walk in the sunlight.
My main problems with the first part of SM's first book (all I could manage) was the writing & plotting & storyline, basically everything - rather than the fact that the vampires have stone/gems in their blood that reflect light beneath their pale skin. It completely breaks a usual canon, but could be an interesting concept for a weird fey predator.
Except a vampire dying from sunlight is a very modern idea introduced in Nosferatu, not part of vampire myths. Historically* vampires were considered inactive or powerless during day, not destroyed by sunlight.
Sparkling vampires on the other hand...
*historically as "in beliefs through the history", not "real historical vampires"
it's interesting all the things we think are clearly obviously true about vampires are quite recent.
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Again, changes in canon by good writers. Stephanie Myer is no Bram Stoker, that's for dang sure!
She's not even mediocre. I've read newsstand paperbacks with more interest holding power than Twilight.
she's meh. I wouldn't call her bad, she has too much success to go in that direction without being petty. I've read tons of truly awful vampire stuff that I enjoyed more, however.
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what in the world happened?Don't forget newspapers, and then that's how what's his name from Iron Maiden died, nor to mention the thing's I'd seen living 4 years in Seattle (spiders are like mosquitos out there).
So, nope, I don't take chances with mysterious furniture, delivered from south of the equator. :-D
He was bitten by a Brown recluse spider, and died from the slow spread of it's necrotic poison two years later, the guitarist I think, a terrible way to go.
BEWARE TINY BROWN SPIDERS WITH A THING FOR PYRAMIDAL SHAPED WEBS IN DARK PLACES.
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Gonna be honest, if it has an exoskeleton on my property, it dies. This is a vertebrate only zone.
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Hmm, not finding anything on it yet.
Might be I just need to refine my search.
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it's interesting all the things we think are clearly obviously true about vampires are quite recent.
Hmmm...
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*shudders*
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Our "weirdest foreign box" story was our TV: Shipped from China (of course), and big enough that the kids spent the day playing in the box.
Impus Major developed a severe anaphylactic reaction that evening, requiring the whole ER trip, epinephrine shot, etc. We had a full blood panel done and he reacted to none of it.
So some bizarre Chinese chemical they use in packing TVs. Go figure.
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Oh, and one of our players got bitten by a brown recluse while picking raspberries to make jam.
He got treated almost immediately, and still nearly lost a leg.
Nasty little buggers, that!
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Don't you constantly claim to be a hippie? The carbon footprint of the delivery alone. All that fuel. Not to mention not supporting small businesses.
I am a hippy, somewhat, but I'm a father first, and the money I saved will feed my family for a month or more. Besides, I don't think they're flying my one bed directly from Brazil, I'm pretty sure it's been sitting in a a warehouse in Texas for months. Come to think of it, I might not need to worry about the man eating spiders, still it's coming from Texas...
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The rain has turned to snow and kind of petered out, looks like I'll get to pay bills today after all.
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I managed to actually get up earlier than for the last many-many days... Now I am up for two hours and feel very sleepy. *yawn*
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Don't you constantly claim to be a hippie? The carbon footprint of the delivery alone. All that fuel. Not to mention not supporting small businesses.I am a hippy, somewhat, but I'm a father first, and the money I saved will feed my family for a month or more. Besides, I don't think they're flying my one bed directly from Brazil, I'm pretty sure it's been sitting in a a warehouse in Texas for months. Come to think of it, I might not need to worry about the man eating spiders, still it's coming from Texas...
what's interesting is that there is a flooring store on the corner of the main job and they get everything straight from brazil.
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Yesterday was a Good Day. Last year NobodysWife was miserable at her job, we got hammered by her self-employment tax, and we ended up totally flaking on getting the kids any summer camps at all, so they spent 12 weeks sitting around the house playing video games. Heaven for the kids, but maddening for the parents.
So now that NobodysWife has a job she loves (that pays better, too!), we made a "To Do" list for February that included setting up the camps. Yesterday, we booked 4 camps for Impus Major, 3 for Impus Minor, paid them all in full, *and* I went and saw my accountant and he's doing my taxes. We're almost certain they'll be better than last year; self-employment tax is nasty. I even got to run the kids' game for an extra hour last night because they're all on break. Not a spectacular session, but it's great to have them loving it so much they demand I run it until their parents say, "No more!"
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Is one of the camps a video game camp.
Wouldn't that be hilarious.
Enthusiastic young camp counselor: okay camp-a-rooneys, we're playing Call of Duty today!
The Imps: can we just go outside for awhile.
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Is one of the camps a video game camp.
Wouldn't that be hilarious.
Enthusiastic young camp counselor: okay camp-a-rooneys, we're playing Call of Duty today!
The Imps: can we just go outside for awhile.
LOL. You don't know the half of it.
The kids go to "Tracker's Camp" in Berkeley, a camp that was established under the auspices of, "Kids today are overprotected and don't get to do anything fun, so we're going to have fun and you're going to cover your own kids' liability!"
So they have rock climbing, whittling, fire making, knife skills, archery and making your own bows, etc. Plus all kinds of fun fantasy camps like "Zombie Survival" and "Ninja Training".
Awesome group of folk, dedicated to the idea that kids should be free to actually have fun, and that kids can manage to keep themselves alive with just some light supervision.
So the 2014 camps came as an amusing surprise when on Day 1 we got a note saying, "Please encourage your campers not to climb too high into the trees without supervision."
Turns out on Day 1 camp counselor was taking roll and Impus Major got bored. So he went straight up the tree right next to him. Got about 40' up before his name was called. His vanishment caused some... consternation among the counselors, and a new rule on tree climbing.
Yeah, I was proud. :-P
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Oh my that is awesome! I used to do something similar when I was a child. Numerous times my parents had to call me down from the tree in the front yard before church. I loved that tree. I could see the whole neighborhood from the top. What drove my mom nuts was the fact that I remained prim and proper the entire time by either wearing shorts or swim wear under my dress so as not to accidentally flash anyone or avoiding dresses all together except on Sunday when it was required. And I was always still spotlessly clean when I came down as well. Meanwhile my younger brother would have stayed near the car yet be covered in dirt.
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I'm pretty sure my brothers still won't play hide and seek with me.
Also, in high school I developed a rep for just leaving parties if I got bored.
And yes I still climb trees (yay for kids). :-)
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How is Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter?
The book.