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Seriously, though.
It's not a particular spoiler to say that one of the groups chasing the good guys is a bunch of street thugs. Yet no matter how fast the good guys run nor how arcane their path, these street thugs always show up within 60 seconds of their arrival. It gets to the point that you expect something out of the old Warner Brothers cartoons, where they take a plane, a train, a boat, a rocket, and a wormhole to end up on some planet in a remote corner of the universe, only to receive a special delivery, open the box, and discover
In a world with magic, the screenwriter could have dropped a throwaway line explaining this. "Oh, watch out for these guys! They have a magic user with Scrying and Teleport, so they can follow you to the ends of the Earth."
Instead, they just show up, unexplained, in every. Fricking. Scene. SOOOOOOOO stoooopid!
The McGuffin of the movie is a 'magic wand', which:
(1) Is all-powerful,
(2) Can only be wielded by a 'Bright' (hence the movie's title), and
(3) Requires years of training to be able to use at all.
So, everyone in the movie world knows #1, but not #2 and #3, in spite of the fact that there are government agencies trying to prevent wand propagation. Know why there's no underground nitroglycerine trade in the U.S.? Because everyone knows it's unstable and explodes! So why would NO ONE IN THE MOVIE WORLD know that if you're not a Bright, if you touch the wand you die? Instead we get to watch idiot after idiot either touch the wand, or risk life and limb to get the chance to touch the wand, to be able to do... what, exactly?
It made no sense whatsoever that people were so desperate to get their hands on something they should have known they couldn't use at all.
I think I'll be "busy" that evening...
EDIT: And if I'm going to be "busy", I'm going to be "busy" nekkid, darn it!
It is snowing in Savannah, Georgia. I now need to hunt a unicorn.
I feel very sorry for the rest of the country. We're having the opposite problem. This morning it was 50 when I woke up. We were supposed to finally get rain. Still nothing so far.
This is shaping up to be the driest year in my memory, and that's a LOOOOOOONG time...
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Dear God in heaven, WHAT THE ACTUAL F***.
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It is snowing in Savannah, Georgia. I now need to hunt a unicorn.
We got an inch of snow overnight.
It is currently 11 degrees.
Supposedly we're supposed to get up to 32 on Sunday.
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Just wait for the raw manure fad to take hold.
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Dear God in heaven, WHAT THE ACTUAL F***.
this has been a long time coming.
As a new yorker, we are purported to have the first or second ranked cleanest water in the nation- and most places around here make use of our resovouirs, so they largely get the same stuff. But lots of transplants from other areas- primarily well water folks and people who believe anything that comes from a tap = automatic lead poisoning(the occasional nycha expose did not help there, although the culprit there was lead based paint, not water pipes)- moved in during the 90s and (rather loudly) thought the idea of people drinking water from a tap was madness and the social pressure to switch to bottled water was born. Many people cook with it (my wife will only use bottled water for coffee and such), some go so far as to bathe in it (no links, so this falls under "believe it or don't"). The price of bottled water has skyrocketed, and people still dont trust the tap. So it makes a dark kind of sense that people will drink unfiltered water, even with every type of disclaimer that this stuff IS NOT SAFE, because it comes in a bottle. Only madmen and savages drink tap water, after all.
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I saw a similar article re: Raw Water (and this is the last time I will intentionally type those words together, let alone capitalize them) on Ars Technica. I have a big problem with science-deniers, but I have just as big of a problem with those that start making stuff up that's just dangerous to others like this.
bottled water is nasty I hate I can't get tap water. tap water tastes better.
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IT'S RAINING!!!
IT'S RAINING!!!
Fine, but when people start dropping dead from Cholera, they'll get no sympathy from me. Idiots.
there were a lot of urban legends back in the day about tainted bottled water being sold. Who knows, maybe this is a take on that.
I saw a similar article re: Raw Water (and this is the last time I will intentionally type those words together, let alone capitalize them) on Ars Technica. I have a big problem with science-deniers, but I have just as big of a problem with those that start making stuff up that's just dangerous to others like this.
I see where you are coming from. However, depending on where you live, it can take a lot of work and money to get milk that isnt full of hormones, antibiotics and eeeeeeeeeeeevil preservatives. I could see the same attitude affecting water. Most people don't like additives, rightly or wrongly.
So, speaking of random thoughts for the day, anyone know how TL is doing? I notice that he hasn't favorited anything since the 25th, nor posted since the 26th, so I'm going to be nanny-like and worry about him.
Does he usually take a post-Christmas break from FaWtL?
I assumed he was on a Christmas vacation of some sort but I didn't want to say anything so someone closer could pillage his favoriting lair before me.
Yes, but these people aren't even boiling the water to kill bacteria. Or even exposing the water to Ultraviolet light to do the same. And what about filtering the water to remove Arsenic or Lead, both of which exist in the environment?I saw a similar article re: Raw Water (and this is the last time I will intentionally type those words together, let alone capitalize them) on Ars Technica. I have a big problem with science-deniers, but I have just as big of a problem with those that start making stuff up that's just dangerous to others like this.I see where you are coming from. However, depending on where you live, it can take a lot of work and money to get milk that isnt full of hormones, antibiotics and eeeeeeeeeeeevil preservatives. I could see the same attitude affecting water. Most people don't like additives, rightly or wrongly.
note the "rightly or wrongly" caveat.
They should come over here. There's a lovely (very) raw and organic canal they can lap at, and muddy puddles all over the place.
In other news, my rapier works superbly, especially against oafish sabreurs.
They should come over here. There's a lovely (very) raw and organic canal they can lap at, and muddy puddles all over the place.
In other news, my rapier works superbly, especially against oafish sabreurs.
wasn't the former conceived to defeat the latter?
wasn't the former conceived to defeat the latter?They should come over here. There's a lovely (very) raw and organic canal they can lap at, and muddy puddles all over the place.
In other news, my rapier works superbly, especially against oafish sabreurs.
I don't think so - rapiers were, by and large, civilian weapons, whereas sabres were military weapons, and didn't come into wide use in Western Europe until rapiers had fallen out of fashion. When rapiers did get taken on campaign, they were generally given a heavier, cut and thrust blade, as it's much easier to defend yourself in a melee by making big cuts that encourage all the people around you who might want to give you bother a to stay away. Rapiers are the tops for one-on-one combat, though, IMO.
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It seems to me to be a Appeal to Nature argument all over again.
Something being "natural" doesn't necessarily make it any better for you.
Heck, we might not even be able to properly define this "natural" as its a nebulous and vague term.
But, but... Natural! It must be good for you! Life is natural! Water is natural! Grain is natural! Pigs are natural! Chemistry is unnatural! GMO is unnatural!
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It seems to me to be a Appeal to Nature argument all over again.
Something being "natural" doesn't necessarily make it any better for you.
Heck, we might not even be able to properly define this "natural" as its a nebulous and vague term.
The moment someone in my presence uses the term "All Natural", I immediately cite:
- Organic botanicals such as nightshade, foxglove, and hemlock- All-natural microbiotics such as the botulism bacterium, anthrax, or e. coli
- Absolutely pure elements such as lead, mercury, and arsenic
As opposed to atrocities like artificially-generated calcium carbonate, or in some places, even the vile sodium chloride or dihydrogen monoxide.
Of course, I also boycott any product that produces a commercial where a person says earnestly, "I don't want to put anything I can't pronounce into my body."
Hope you never in your life get a bacterial infection, bub. Good luck pronouncing the names of any of the modern antibiotics.
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The east coast is so dramatic!
The temperature potentially drops to -25 this weekend and CNN is all "it's going to be colder than Mars!!!"
We call that a Tuesday.
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Some days dealing with my boss is not worth the f&%~ing power f$$$ing struggle. Today is one of those days.
That's why I enjoy just being a peon these days. The power struggle is between my two managers and our boss. If I'm involved at all, I'm just a pawn that quickly gets shuffled off the board once they've decided that struggle. Tends to limit my involvement to about ten minutes of my time once every two months.
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HOLY CR@P, I just pulled four legendaries in a row!!! The first four packs I opened this morning each had a legendary, so I was starting to think that maybe a wonderful glitch had been introduced to Hearthstone with the last patch. But the last three packs had none, so no, I JUST LUCKED INTO FOUR LEGENDARIES IN A ROW!
I don't know what the odds are of that, but I'm buying a loto ticket today.
Okay, the luck concentration ray is working perfectly! Even aimed correctly!
Let me know of any side-effects?
Today is another one of those *blegh* days. You guessed it. More nausea. No, I don't know what caused it.
... but the nausea ray missed its target.
Tell me, are you on the East Coast? And if not, at least in America?
I'm hoping we at least got in the general vicinity of the target.
Dear God in heaven, WHAT THE ACTUAL F***.this has been a long time coming.
As a new yorker, we are purported to have the first or second ranked cleanest water in the nation- and most places around here make use of our resovouirs, so they largely get the same stuff. But lots of transplants from other areas- primarily well water folks and people who believe anything that comes from a tap = automatic lead poisoning(the occasional nycha expose did not help there, although the culprit there was lead based paint, not water pipes)- moved in during the 90s and (rather loudly) thought the idea of people drinking water from a tap was madness and the social pressure to switch to bottled water was born. Many people cook with it (my wife will only use bottled water for coffee and such), some go so far as to bathe in it (no links, so this falls under "believe it or don't"). The price of bottled water has skyrocketed, and people still dont trust the tap. So it makes a dark kind of sense that people will drink unfiltered water, even with every type of disclaimer that this stuff IS NOT SAFE, because it comes in a bottle. Only madmen and savages drink tap water, after all.
Hey, now. As a madman, I am offended by this. And I'm certain this offends the savages as well.
Even we drink bottled water. And the savages know how to find clean water in nature.
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It seems to me to be a Appeal to Nature argument all over again.
Something being "natural" doesn't necessarily make it any better for you.
Heck, we might not even be able to properly define this "natural" as its a nebulous and vague term.
Many people define it as "originating in nature on Earth." Nevermind that includes asbestos, uranium, radiation, smallpox, ebola, that one plague that devastated Europe, and nuclear reactions.
All the fun stuff people want in their homes.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Oh, cool. We were off by only a couple hundred miles. I was afraid we hit Seattle or something. Or, worse, somewhere in Canada.
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HOLY CR@P, I just pulled four legendaries in a row!!! The first four packs I opened this morning each had a legendary, so I was starting to think that maybe a wonderful glitch had been introduced to Hearthstone with the last patch. But the last three packs had none, so no, I JUST LUCKED INTO FOUR LEGENDARIES IN A ROW!
I don't know what the odds are of that, but I'm buying a loto ticket today.
Okay, the luck concentration ray is working perfectly! Even aimed correctly!
Let me know of any side-effects?
Those things ALWAYS have a rebound. If you crank up the good luck, bad luck eventually comes around in equal measure, and vice-versa. Karma does not mind being tweaked, but damn you if you think you're going to get by without it being balanced.
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I drink tap water.
*Grins at Freehold DM and shows a nice set of sharp teeth*
Any comments? =)
Usually we boil tap water first, but if I’m thirsty I’ll just say heck to it, and drink it out of the tap. Doesn’t bother me anyway.
I’ll also drink bottled water but don’t feel that good about it – since its really environmentally not very friendly to keep bottling water (all those plastic bottles, you know).
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I just can't stand the taste of most bottled waters. Bluh. Give me tap water any day.
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In Albany, we're fortunate enough to be part of the Hetch-Hetchy watershed, so our water is some of the best in the country (some parts of Oregon, Hawaii, and of course the Sierras beat us hands-down). Yet of course because we're a high-income area, we have one of the highest per-capita consumptions of bottled water in the country as well.
On the other hand, Davis was farmland well water, and nigh undrinkable. But I just went to the local supermarket, paid my $0.15 per gallon, and carried the 5 gallons home every few days for cooking and drinking. We bathed and washed in the tap water, but every 6 months had to clean out everything with vinegar.
Yeah, interesting times.
But I always find it hilarious that the areas with the best tap water drink the most bottled water.
EDIT: Oooh! This is a fun tool!
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Orthos, do try to look on the bright side of life! (Yes, I am an optimist, but also a realist).
To be honest I am a bundle of contradictions. I’d like life to go like fairy tales and Disney movies(yes I know TL will come here and start debuking me on this – Rogue 1 is one example, Fox and the Hounds is another), where everyone lives happily ever after.
But on the other hand, I have a dark sense of humor, am practical to a fault and I could see myself doing a whole bunch of rather atrocious things in order to get things done.
I grew up in rural Texas so well water doesn't bug me at all.
Those things ALWAYS have a rebound. If you crank up the good luck, bad luck eventually comes around in equal measure, and vice-versa. Karma does not mind being tweaked, but damn you if you think you're going to get by without it being balanced.HOLY CR@P, I just pulled four legendaries in a row!!! The first four packs I opened this morning each had a legendary, so I was starting to think that maybe a wonderful glitch had been introduced to Hearthstone with the last patch. But the last three packs had none, so no, I JUST LUCKED INTO FOUR LEGENDARIES IN A ROW!
I don't know what the odds are of that, but I'm buying a loto ticket today.
Okay, the luck concentration ray is working perfectly! Even aimed correctly!
Let me know of any side-effects?
Just as long as he's not struck by a toilet seat that fell out of an airplane. That poor girl... Still, I hear her death is going quite well for her.
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Orthos, do try to look on the bright side of life!
I did that once. It hurt. Nobody warned me to wear sunglasses.
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Just as long as he's not struck by a toilet seat that fell out of an airplane. That poor girl... Still, I hear her death is going quite well for her.Those things ALWAYS have a rebound. If you crank up the good luck, bad luck eventually comes around in equal measure, and vice-versa. Karma does not mind being tweaked, but damn you if you think you're going to get by without it being balanced.HOLY CR@P, I just pulled four legendaries in a row!!! The first four packs I opened this morning each had a legendary, so I was starting to think that maybe a wonderful glitch had been introduced to Hearthstone with the last patch. But the last three packs had none, so no, I JUST LUCKED INTO FOUR LEGENDARIES IN A ROW!
I don't know what the odds are of that, but I'm buying a loto ticket today.
Okay, the luck concentration ray is working perfectly! Even aimed correctly!
Let me know of any side-effects?
Could be worse. Could have been a frozen turkey.
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I have sunlight sensitivity. No kidding. Past 10 am in the morning I find it uncomfortable to be in an open space due to the glare.
I also like the taste of blood. Sadly I do not get darkvision. Pah.
Again you could brandish raw garlic at me, nothing would happen, I’d just take it out of your hands, stir-fry it and start eating it. Holy symbols also have no effect on me, and I have a reflection in the mirror. Even if some days I wish I didn’t :P
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Hey, Just a Mort! Make sure you don't move for the next year! :-P
It looks like Hi is finally going to make his lifelong dream of a pilgrimage to Japan come true this year, and I told him that if he'd work in a stopover in Singapore, I might be able to finagle you into showing him the sights.
Let me know whether you think that would be, "Cool! Wacky American!" or, "Creepy! Older guy I've never met!" and I'll let him know.
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I'm with you on the light sensitivity actually. It's one of the many reasons I like cloudy days.