RIP Russ Meyer

... or Energiser bunny in the States, if I recall rightly. Anyway, I'm referring to the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity who have now been on Mars for nine months. They started off with an expected 90 day mission, which was extended by six months and has now been extended and funded for another six months - so, barring any major malfunctions they ( Read more... )

#1 in a series of 10. Collect them all.

1. Early Anne Rice books* in audio form on an MP3 player.

* The ones without vampires, but with lots of BDSM.

Well, that didn't quite go as planned. I'm surprised neither chute opened though - I would have thought that even if the drogue failed to deploy that the main chute would have at least made an attempt to deploy, even if it couldn't sustain the shock or the tumbling. But there was no sign of either ( Read more... )

Geek alert. As of right now the two helicopters designed to grab the Genesis return capsule are taking off, and NASA TV is carrying it live ( Read more... )

...and I'm pretty much healthy again. A thankfully short cold, which I appear to be almost over. I'm now healthier than my Tamagotchi.

And bugger, I just realised that I forgot my veggie chilli lunch... it's still in the fridge. That means apples for lunch again, sigh.

I think I'm going to start avoiding all kinds of physical contact with people. Wear a spacesuit (like the Lonely Astronaut (some swearing, bleeped, BTW) or do a Howard Hughes and isolate myself from the world and store all my bodily fluids in jars ( Read more... )

Note new picture. No blood on this one - however, there is pink hair (caused by a slight faux pas with blue hairdye). The old one was actually real blood, by the way - I clipped my head on a roadsign while running, and by the time I'd ran the half mile home there was a nice mess of blood and sweat on my face. Way hard!

Whatever happened to Fay Wray?
That delicate satin-draped frame.
As it clung to her thigh
How I started to cry
'cause I wanted to be dressed just the same.
(RHPS, words & music Richard O'Brien)

RIP Fay Wray, 1907-2004I have to admit I hadn't realised she was still alive. And given her long career and famous films you'd think that the first thing ( Read more... )

While I wait for 2006 (or whenever the 4th season makes it over here) here's something for all you "other side of the Pond" people to watch...

Family Guy Marathons!


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