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But more importantly, Wil...did you put right what once went wrong? And was your next leap the leap home? ;-)
You just keep on trying, until you run out of cake.
Yesterday, I wrote: Well, the power just went out, so it's time for me to pack up my Mac and head out to a cafe with WiFi where I can work on my novel in front of people and get this posted. The weird thing is, while it's likely going to take an hour at least from the time I finish writing this...
Rest in peace, Freddy. He looked like a totally awesome cat and my sympathies for you and your brother's loss.
RIP Freddy Snowpants
My brother had one of the coolest cats in the world. We called him Freddy Snowpants, because he had furry fat hind legs that looked like he was wearing snowpants when he walked. One of my favorite things to do was stand behind him and make the "zip zip zip" noise, which always resulted in much m...
FYI - on the rifftrax.com site, it's been announced that Mr. Coulton,Paul, and Storm are going to be doing a riff on Tron:
http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax-presents/tron
WHEREAS Jonathan Coulton wears the fanciest of pants.
Sunday night, I took my entire family and a bunch of our friends to see Jonathan Coulton with Paul and Storm at Largo. A special evening (it was the first time Anne and the kids saw them perform live) was made extra-special for me because I got to open the whole show. Earlier this year, Paul an...
I'm going to see it this Sunday with my dad and sister - a father/daughter/sibling/trekkie bonding moment ;-)
If all reboots were done this well, we geeks would never worry about reboots.
Between work and meetings, I'll be AFK for most of today, but this is important enough to warrant its own quick entry until I can write something more in-depth later today: I went with Chris Hardwick and his girlfriend to see Star Trek last night. Speaking both as a member of the Star Trek famil...
I think what you've already written is excellent!
Speaking of MST3K, have you ever considered doing an iRiff for Rifftrax.com of one of those "so bad it's good" episodes? I think that would be awesome :-)
"if you treat her right, she'll always bring you home."
On Twitter yesterday, I said, "And now, a useless fact, brought to you by 'I need a break from rewriting Encounter At Farpoint': I loved Mike Tyson's Punchout on NES." I was flooded with replies that were variations of "WTF? Rewriting Encounter at Farpoint? Why?" I can see how, lacking context, ...
Wil, I hope you feel better soon
To everyone at Penguicon:
My friend, editor, and partner in crime, Andrew, is at Penguicon right now, and he's graciously agreed to be a substitute me for the weekend. I asked him if he'd read the following at the opening ceremonies tonight. If we timed it right, he should be reading this right now: A few years ago, I ha...
I so want this book!!!
it's all inside the wrist. it's all inside the way you time it.
Some more Memories of the Future edits, for your (and my) amusement. Here's the original: After a bit of exploring, they find themselves in the lab of Data's creator, Dr. Noonian Soong. Riker, Geordi, and Tasha all join forces to be sort of an Exposition Voltron, informing the audience that Noo...
I love how in the car and bowling scenes it's like Stewie's the exasperated teacher on an unruly ST:TNG field trip.
"Brent, will you take Michael to the bathroom?" LOL!
Did I mention that the TNG episode of Family Guy airs this Sunday?
If you only have 3 minutes to spend watching an awesome video today, I hope you'll spend it watching the trailer for this Sunday's TNG reunion show on Family Guy. I didn't get to work with any of the TNG cast when I recorded my scenes, but I just love it that we all came back to do this show...
Safety Dance is never not awesome :-)
Speaking of the 80's, not sure if someone has posted this or not but someone on youtube has done up a "What if 'Watchmen' was done as an 80's Saturday morning cartoon?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w
aaaannnnd my tv guide for next week came in the mail and had a picture and little blurb previewing the Family Guy/Star Trek the Next Gen. ep. It said it would be on March 29th.
From the Vault: the safety dance
Last night, Nolan went through my iTunes library so he could put some of my awesome music on his iPod. He's been after me for months to give him Radiohead, The Beatles, Tool, Decemberists, and a lot of my 80s stuff. While he looked, the following exchange occurred: Nolan: Why do you have The Sa...
And we have a conclusion!
enjoy :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybU4LHlWF48
Blue Light Mashup - part two
It's the second act, which is where the stakes are typically raised for our heroes, there's a death or betrayal, and we're not quite sure how the good guys are going to prevail … How much do I love that YouTube picked the Lando Calrissian toy display as the screen capture? A lot. Not the ...
part 3's in the works...i'll let you guys know when it's done (probably next week). I have "Bespin Leia" and her gun pointed at me as motivation.
Blue Light Mashup - part two
It's the second act, which is where the stakes are typically raised for our heroes, there's a death or betrayal, and we're not quite sure how the good guys are going to prevail … How much do I love that YouTube picked the Lando Calrissian toy display as the screen capture? A lot. Not the ...
Yes, part 3 was not finished because...umm...Jawas stole my computer? Yeah, that's it! That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
However, a wretched hive of scum and villainy is on the case...we'll see what develops ;-)
Blue Light Mashup - part two
It's the second act, which is where the stakes are typically raised for our heroes, there's a death or betrayal, and we're not quite sure how the good guys are going to prevail … How much do I love that YouTube picked the Lando Calrissian toy display as the screen capture? A lot. Not the ...
Wow - I'm honored that it got posted here and I'm so glad people liked it :-) Of course, it was all inspired by Wil's awesome story and the great memories of Star Wars action figures it brought back.
And yes, kelly, i'll finish part 3...one day ;-)
Blue Light Mashup - part one
I've been forcing myself to take a real vacation and not do any actual work until Monday, but I'm starting to get antsy. Rather than break my commitment to my slothful ways and, you know, create something, I thought I'd share something really spiffy that I can't believe I never put on my ...
Thanks for sharing about the Penny Arcade D&D podcasts. I downloaded them all last night and even though I've only listened to part one so far, I am already in love with "Jim Darkmagic" :-)
the joys of unsubtle roleplaying
Inspired by my previous post and its related conversation in the geek group, my friend Andrew and I have been talking, as we so often do, about our RPG experiences. He said I could share this one: Our college group wasn't big on subtle roleplaying. The anecdote that best exemplifies our attitud...
Thanks for sharing about the Penny Arcade D&D podcasts. I downloaded them all last night and even though I've only listened to part one so far, I am already in love with "Jim Darkmagic" :-)
the joys of unsubtle roleplaying
Inspired by my previous post and its related conversation in the geek group, my friend Andrew and I have been talking, as we so often do, about our RPG experiences. He said I could share this one: Our college group wasn't big on subtle roleplaying. The anecdote that best exemplifies our attitud...
(small voice) and i kinda liked Fiction Plane...and Indy 4 (but after Phantom Menace my standards have been lowered to "just please don't totally suck"
bring on the night . . . and the assholes
Anne and I took Ryan to see Elvis Costello and The Police at the Hollywood Bowl last night. We bought our tickets months ago, and got the best seats we could afford. We took the shuttle from the Zoo to the Bowl, and were in our seats about ten minutes before Elvis and The Impostors took to the s...
(small voice) and i kinda liked Fiction Plane...and Indy 4 (but after Phantom Menace my standards have been lowered to "just please don't totally suck"
bring on the night . . . and the assholes
Anne and I took Ryan to see Elvis Costello and The Police at the Hollywood Bowl last night. We bought our tickets months ago, and got the best seats we could afford. We took the shuttle from the Zoo to the Bowl, and were in our seats about ten minutes before Elvis and The Impostors took to the s...
Sorry you had a bad experience. I saw The Police twice and both times the people around me were pretty good (although the first time in Vegas was in the summer - I swear they didn't have the air on and I felt awful). I think I had a semi-drunk 40ish lady next to me when we saw them in Atlanta...but she was a happy, sweet drunk who wasn't obnoxious but just enjoying a night out with her husband...kinda sweet actually.
The funny part was that in the section we were in, the seats we had were obviously add-on metal bleacher types which swayed with the slightest movements...and that was BEFORE the crowd starting getting into the songs! Although we were assured by security they were safe, I had a brief moment of "This is how I'm going to die...a bleacher collapse during 'Can't Stand Losing You'."
The worst "concert" experience we had was actually during a Stars On Ice show when the woman behind us wouldn't stop yakking to her friend during a Kristi Yamaguchi number.
(And I'm going to a Stevie Nicks concert in about a week and now the poster a few pages back has made me nervous;-)
bring on the night . . . and the assholes
Anne and I took Ryan to see Elvis Costello and The Police at the Hollywood Bowl last night. We bought our tickets months ago, and got the best seats we could afford. We took the shuttle from the Zoo to the Bowl, and were in our seats about ten minutes before Elvis and The Impostors took to the s...
Sorry you had a bad experience. I saw The Police twice and both times the people around me were pretty good (although the first time in Vegas was in the summer - I swear they didn't have the air on and I felt awful). I think I had a semi-drunk 40ish lady next to me when we saw them in Atlanta...but she was a happy, sweet drunk who wasn't obnoxious but just enjoying a night out with her husband...kinda sweet actually.
The funny part was that in the section we were in, the seats we had were obviously add-on metal bleacher types which swayed with the slightest movements...and that was BEFORE the crowd starting getting into the songs! Although we were assured by security they were safe, I had a brief moment of "This is how I'm going to die...a bleacher collapse during 'Can't Stand Losing You'."
The worst "concert" experience we had was actually during a Stars On Ice show when the woman behind us wouldn't stop yakking to her friend during a Kristi Yamaguchi number.
(And I'm going to a Stevie Nicks concert in about a week and now the poster a few pages back has made me nervous;-)
bring on the night . . . and the assholes
Anne and I took Ryan to see Elvis Costello and The Police at the Hollywood Bowl last night. We bought our tickets months ago, and got the best seats we could afford. We took the shuttle from the Zoo to the Bowl, and were in our seats about ten minutes before Elvis and The Impostors took to the s...
Awesome review!
For some reason I always remember Troi calling Tasha out for being attracted to Lutan in front of Picard.
Not cool, Troi! Uh-uh, you did NOT just do that to my girl Tasha!
Sorry...I got distracted by all the "bust a move" references above ;-)
What's the female equivalent of "bros before hos" anyway?
Code of Honor Review at TV Squad
You may have already heard a little bit of this review on Radio Free Burrito Episode 11, but now you can experience the entire thing for yourself as Wil Wheaton reviews Code of Honor at TV Squad: When they get to the planet, Lutan introduces his lovely wife Yareena, who is seriously rockin’ the ...
Awesome review!
For some reason I always remember Troi calling Tasha out for being attracted to Lutan in front of Picard.
Not cool, Troi! Uh-uh, you did NOT just do that to my girl Tasha!
Sorry...I got distracted by all the "bust a move" references above ;-)
What's the female equivalent of "bros before hos" anyway?
Code of Honor Review at TV Squad
You may have already heard a little bit of this review on Radio Free Burrito Episode 11, but now you can experience the entire thing for yourself as Wil Wheaton reviews Code of Honor at TV Squad: When they get to the planet, Lutan introduces his lovely wife Yareena, who is seriously rockin’ the ...
JoCo - Sweet!
Radio Free Burrito Episode 12
Holy crap! It's a new episode of Radio Free Burrito! This show is all about Jonathan Coulton, because it's the First of May.Show Notes: The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc! I drop at least one F-bomb in this sho...
JoCo - Sweet!
Radio Free Burrito Episode 12
Holy crap! It's a new episode of Radio Free Burrito! This show is all about Jonathan Coulton, because it's the First of May.Show Notes: The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc! I drop at least one F-bomb in this sho...
Just saw this on yahoo:
Star Wars done cheap:
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/254233//pc=25651
Still better than Phantom Menace:-)
in a galaxy far, far away
Saul Bass was a graphic designer who did credits for films like North by Northwest and The Man With The Golden Arm. He was a talented graphic designer, who created some of the most iconic logos in history, including the AT&T Death Star. Yesterday, I came across this student project that imagines...
Just saw this on yahoo:
Star Wars done cheap:
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/254233//pc=25651
Still better than Phantom Menace:-)
in a galaxy far, far away
Saul Bass was a graphic designer who did credits for films like North by Northwest and The Man With The Golden Arm. He was a talented graphic designer, who created some of the most iconic logos in history, including the AT&T Death Star. Yesterday, I came across this student project that imagines...
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