I'll be watching Inglorious Basterds, 9:30pm, Somerville Theatre.

So the guys talking about Death Panels, who hate the bill for that reason, are represented on The Daily Show by some woman in an interview that went over, and went out on the Internet unedited. And I watched it. And I realized, their complaint *can* be explained in terms that we can understand. I still disagree, but I understand now ( Read more... )

While some of my friends had no issues returning from Gen Con whatsoever, others seem to have had a heinous time caused by (as usual) stormy weather at ORD (O'Hare). When I heard about it third-hand, I realized that this happens to someone every year coming back from Indy ( Read more... )

Biking home from the Galleria (after a quick post-work stop to swap my iPhone earbuds), I started to feel a few drops. Got a little worried as I passed under the commuter rail on Gore Street (hi, Stan!) but figured, eh, I can brave this little drizzle ( Read more... )

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Saw it, liked it. Not sure what exactly was missing, since it's been years since I read the book, but it seemed to hold together well enough, even for someone who last touched base with the Harry Potter universe when the 5th movie came out.

kajafoglio said it best, though: "As with all Harry Potter movies, it made me want to redecorate my house."

...when the obvious phishing attempt from Wizards.com to "reactivate my forum account" since it had been idle for a year was *actually* from them, and the "custhelp.com" link forwarded to the actual site, which picked up my cookie from my having logged in elsewhere and didn't even ask me for my password ( Read more... )

...but it seems my D&D character for Living Forgotten Realms has multiclassed from Warden into Avenger. I'll have to pick a deity soon, I guess. Anyone have any suggestions for a good Forgotten Realms deity for a Shifter Warden? The Avenger stuff I picked seems rather stalkery really, though "Sequestering Strike" is almost always used to ( Read more... )

Congratulations, Senator-Elect Franken.

I guess they did some digging and found that the Iran election was valid, and had no tangible irregularities.

That sure puts my mind at ease.