“The Master Builder waits at the pyramids.”

broderic on September 10, 2008

"I'm going back to professional cycling. I'm going to try and win an
eighth Tour de France."Well, the rumors are true. Even CapitolSwell has posted it!That's gonna be an exciting Tour next year. I wonder how the new blood
is gonna react? I wonder if his rivals are gonna let him dictate the
pace and the tactics? Will the reigning Tour champ, Carlos Sastre,
rollover? What team will he ride on? Astana? Will they even get an
invite, and will their current team GC favorite and 2007 Tour champ,
Alberto Contador, work with Armstrong? I want to see the other teams attack Armstrong. Team Garmin-Chipotle
this is your chance to become the premiere US team. Same goes for Team
Columbia. I want to see them make him sweat. Do what he used to do to
others. I want to see him chasing desperately . I want to see him
trying to shut down breakaways. I want to see him fly. I want to see
him lose.I also want to see him win. You cannot deny it. He's been the best pro
cyclists in the last few years, a true champion who overcame a dreadful
disease, who won the Tour seven straight years, and who has been an
inspiration for all cyclists. I feel like training right along with
him.Can he win? Shit, dude, the guys Lance Armstrong.

UPDATE: Removed annoying link. Looks funny on my iPhone

Quote of the Day [9.10.08]

broderic on September 10, 2008

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back, ceaselessly into the past”

F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Great Gatsby”

“Geek test!”

broderic on September 10, 2008

Link of the Day [9.10.08]

So. How do you find NewsRadio quotes? Google.

Here’s a tip: to search a particular site add “site:foobarbaz.com” to your search query. Of course, replace “foobarbaz.com” with whatever site you want to search for your term.

Today’s link is an example. Enjoy all that NewsRadio goodness! And post your favorites in the comments!

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&
q=memorable+quotes+newsradio+
site%3Aimdb.com&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=

“Yeah, the guy who’s gonna blow up the Guggenheim!”

broderic on September 10, 2008

Opening to Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad. No idea what the hell that means. That’s not true. Beck is name of the lead guitarist’s dog. The other half of that phrase, mongolian chop squad, no idea. Perhaps it doesn’t translate well into english? Or is it one of those cute Japanese buggering of the english language?

The show starts really slowly. It’s about the second disk before he even gets into the band.

Quote of the Day [9.09.08]

broderic on September 9, 2008

"Wile E. Coyote, Super genius. I like the way it rolls out. Wile E.
Coyote, Sup-er gen-i-us."Wile. E Coyote, super genius, "Operation: Rabbit"

“You can’t let Mr. James take away Matthew. He’s not his little puppet for his amusement. He has a very important role here.”

broderic on September 9, 2008

I just signed up for Nico Video. It’s some kind of Japanese site. I have no idea what it’s about. I think they are producing video and putting it up there. I just joined to watch Penguin Musume. No idea what it’s about. There’s even no fansub. Just yet. But I laughed at the first episode.

So how did I register? They have a spanish version of the site. I had to use the rudimentary spanish I know to register for a Japanese site. Some kind of weirdness is that.

“Dave, if by some incredible miracle Bill does come back, don’t tell him I put his coffee mug in my pants.”

broderic on September 9, 2008

Link of the Day [9.09.08]

That’s one crazy link, hunh? I know that it is better web etiquette to put an actual descriptive phrase for the link enclosed in those anchor tags, but I’m just continuing on with the grand tradition of the raw URL, because it’s the way it looks if I post via email. Keep it the same for both web-based or email-based posts and you don’t have to worry about the format. You do have to worry about the length of the line, because iPhone wraps it weird;.

Anywhoo, today’s link is to OtakuUSA magazine’s article on “Gateway Anime.” That’s anime that leads you to becoming a life long fan. It’s similar to how cigarettes or pot can lead you to harder drugs like crystal meth or special K. I know my gateway anime is Robotech. I did watch a few episodes of StarBlazers, but it was usually on crappy UHF and hard to get good reception, so it was tough to watch. And I did love watching Speed Racer and Kimba, the White Lion, but being so young at the time, I didn’t think about them being “Japanese Animation.” They were just some cartoon.

Robotech was different. You couldn’t wait for it to come on, so you’d hurry home to watch it or set the VCR to tape it. Then you’d watch it over and over. And not too long afterwards, you buy your first Valkyrie fighter. And it was cool. Next came the models. And finally, you’d get that first crush on a 2D girl. Oh, Lisa Hayes (Misa Hiyase in the original Macross), forget that lame Rick Hunter…

Hunh? Where was I?

Oh, yeah, Robotech was my gateway anime that started me down the anime fandom road. Not to mention School Rumble.

http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?
sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&
tier=3&nid=F15C3E187035436091591E5987742890

“Joe, Matthew is making me see Vietnam in the foyer!”

broderic on September 9, 2008

If the rumors are true, then Lance Armstrong might race in Le Tour next year. This is the perfect way to destroy our memories of his complete dominance by coming out of a three year retirement and trying to win at one of the toughest endurance trials known to man.

It’s as if Rocky Balboa tried to make a come back… Err… It’s as if Jim Palmer tried to make a come back… Umm… Or Brett Favre… Oh.

Well, it would be a disappointment to see him in anything but the maillot jaune.