Quote of the Day [9.07.08]
You know its been a long long road
Since I packed up and left on my own
And I can carry a heavy load
Just try’n get back to her heart
Starship, “Find Your Way Back”
“Britches?”
Link of the Day [9.07.08]
For all you car junkies out there. Top Gear does plenty of testing of cars. Nice fast cars, and they’re not afraid to push the limit. In with a British feel.
Quote of the Day [9.06.08]
“In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. They promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.
If you have a problem, if no-one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team.”
Opening monologue to the 80s action show, “The A-Team”
“They use a word that rhymes with ‘gritches’ that starts with a B.”
Link of the Day [9.06.08]
Liking anime means that sometimes you end up immersing yourself in that otaku culture. You like what the crowd like (Macross Frontier, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya). You do what the crowd does (wish to go to Japan or Akihibara). You buy things the crowd buys. Anime figures.
Good Smile Company makes very nice figures of characters from anime. They’re mainly the girls, because nothing gets the otaku heart pumping like 2D girls rendered in 3D. Finally, Good Smile Company is recognizing that the otaku culture is no longer contained on the shores of Japan, and with the globalization of anime, it can be found all over the world. They’re creating an English version of the site run by Danny Choo to get all information about their line figures to those who have money to burn. Now I don’t have to learn Japanese.
Quote of the Day [9.05.08]
"The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the
characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most
fiction is that you want them all to land in hell, together, as quickly
as possible."Mark Twain
“These are actuall rap lyrics. ‘Life ain’t nothin’ but gritches and money,’ only they don’t use ‘gritches.'”
Link of the Day [9.05.08]
I sing the praises of Macross Frontier, and for those who have watched it, it’s good, right? Yet, I wouldn’t have even cared for it, if not for watching Robotech, the US derivation/adaptation of Macross, Mospaeda, and Southern Cross anime.
You can get Robotech via iTunes, now. In a perfect world, we would also be able to get the original Macross and Macross Frontier as well. When are we going to break down those country ID barriers? Steve Jobs tear down that wall!!!
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewTVSeason?id=286444269&s=143441
(h/t Anime News Network)
“Je vous telephoné un autre temps. Mon supervisor est ici.”
The Republican National Convention is on. John McCain is set to give his acceptance speech. All week long it was about how the real nominee for change is John McCain.
Conservatives change? Conservatives are looking to make a radical break with the present? Isn’t that the antithesis of being conservative? Looking for the change we need, it’s going to be a lot more of the same. I thought they want it to stay the status quo? Being conservative is to not make any sudden changes that might cause sudden upheavals.
No more Bush. No more McCain phoniness. No more conservatives. No more Republicans in office. That’s the change we can believe in.
“Do I hear the plaintive cry of the crested North American quitter? Quit-WHO! Quit-WHO!”
If it’s September, then it must be that time of year that the Baltimore Orioles baseball team pack it up and head south for the winter. Their record recedes from .500 mark quicker than the falling leaf.
Have they won any game this month? Will they win any?
M A R G E texted me earlier this week that tickets are cheap. They should just give tickets away or at least do a $0.10 beer night or at least $1.00 adjusted for inflation. They would fill that park up with drunks and maybe one would be crazy enough to streak across the infield and hump the second base umpire’s leg.
Well, with the cheap tickets, we should catch at least one more game. Join me won’t you?
Quote of the Day [9.04.08]
“I believe in this party and all it stands for. I have been a lifelong Democrat. And I will work my heart out to make sure that our values — Democratic values — are restored to our government again.”
Joe Lieberman
“Even as I battled stray dogs for scraps of meat in urine-soaked alleys, all I can think of is Lisa Miller.”
Nozomi Sasaki
Originally uploaded by g2slp.
Last of the flicrkr pix of Nozomi Sasaki from flickr user g2slp. There’s plenty more Nozomi pix out in the vast expanse of the interweb, but it’s easier to post from flickr. She’s a beauty. Thank you flickr user g2slp.