Due to the convenience of producing a weekly animated show, many of the "ethnic" characters on The Simpsons are parodied by the regular Caucasian cast. But what prominent Caucasian character has been voiced by an African-American actor?

When I was cleaning the bathroom, I found it more convenient to flush the dirty paper towels down the toilet than to carry them a full six paces to the garbage can. Unfortunately, I found that this doesn't seem to be working. When I pull the handle, water rushes in and dilutes the stuff, while the actual draining only takes places over the next few ( Read more... )

This one took some thinking. I wasn't really able to come up with any particular characters who were significantly meaningful to my life and views. I imagine that this is because of my being more a writer/GM than an actor/player. I've dabbled in (and created) so many settings, stories, and casts that I can't pick one individual who particularly ( Read more... )

I remembered the reading I had to do, but I still seemed extremely sleepy for a number of hours after I got up, and I thought up two new short ideas, so I ended up taking until evening to get that done.

As I had also determined that I wouldn't turn on the TV until I did that, I did very little this short day. Other than playing MARIO KART DS (boo ( Read more... )

I finally did that research noted under green 5 here, and it turns out that bivalves are indeed sentient. Oh well, at least I'll never be indicted for beating up a waiter who pronounces the word "chowder" funny.

I've done some cleaning up on this one ( Read more... )