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The phrase “modern TARDIS traveller” popped into my head, and about 90 minutes later this followed. I’m not going to apologize to Gilbert and Sullivan: they’re cool.

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I am the very model of a modern TARDIS traveller,
I am a timey-wimey-wibbly-wobbly plot unraveller,
I know the ( Read more... )

The new car behaved itself well! Much less general wear on a car = much better gas mileage, as I made Baltimore and back on only a tank and a half. Dwight and Dawn were excellent company: among other things, I got to hear a Duran Duran album I hadn't picked up yet. Huyndais handle differently with three people and a trunk of con luggage in them ( Read more... )

Sometimes, I'll put on a song, and a little electric thrill will build inside me and shoot through my skin and scalp unexpectedly. ELO's "Twilight", Jeff Wayne's "Thunderchild", and Jarre's "Fourth Rendez-vous" are all repeat offenders. Today, the Eagles' "Journey of the Sorcerer" in its full-length incarnation grabbed my nervous system that way. I ( Read more... )

Yep, I'm posting a lot of videos and a lot of MMO-related stuff right now. That's in part because I'm too overwhelmed with life at the moment (sometimes positively, sometimes not) to be very deep ( Read more... )

I'm not saying this video is perfect in execution, but it kept on making me crack a smile, and for that I'll give it points:

Muppet Bohemian Rhapsody

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Here's my little bit of happy for the evening, and it goes out to all my lichen lycan friends out there. It's a WoW video, yes, but I suspect it works pretty well even if one's not steeped in the lore of Azeroth.

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Oh, wow. Bet you haven't heard 1981's "Tainted Love" covered in quite this manner...

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I'm hitting iTunes - if this guy has an album, I want it. If only he'd cover "Girls On Film"...

• 10:42 News is that the house contract is almost done and we can overnight it to the sellers in the next couple of days. Please let this all work. #
• 13:14 For the Interstella 5555 fans, a great Daily Costume pic of the Crescendolls: dailycostume.com/archive/greenabsence/ #

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Since today is of course, the Ides of March, I had to find a proper Vehicle for my thoughts on the day...

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I once saw a version of this set entirely to classic NASA footage. Quite cool, but I can't locate a copy of that on the Web ( Read more... )

• 08:30 Talking about comic strips at work. Anyone who recognizes the reference to "Uchuu Sensuikan Rabendaa" has known me for quite a long time. #
• 11:35 Cannot reach any JPop radio station on iTunes today. Found a vocal trance station which at least kinda reminds me of Yoko Kanno. #
• 12:49 @ DontPanicJasz Well, I don't even have an epic flying mount. ( Read more... )