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A New Webcomic Hits The Scene, created by my Kenzerco forum buddy Magnus. Go over there and check it out!
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I think Thanksgiving is (and should be) about where we come from as a people. Our origins, values, roots and traditions.
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Nobody, as yet, has uploaded to YouTube Susan Lucci's TV commercial for Sweet One from 1989.

This is cultural injustice. Really now.
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Since nobody likes to hear the sound of my voice, I am nobody's entertainer, unless it's in print. As for entertainment as a diversion, I'll let Otakate in Diesel Sweeties express my view: "I'll eat 'em if they're in front of me, but I won't go out of my way for them."
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...You're listening to the local public radio station, and there's a clarinet quartet on--and you want them to play "Freebird"!

Labor Day

Sep. 4th, 2011 04:06 pm
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*Wonders whether to put on the Lazarus Long hat or the George Carlin hat...*

Okay. Let's see...

Capitalism is based on the premise that work has value but the worker doesn't. Well, that's fine if you're rich or powerful, but not so good for the masses.

Communism is based on the premise that the worker has value but work doesn't. That seemed fine for the masses at the time it started, but soon enough only the powerful benefited from it, which is why it's only happening in the most fanatical nations now.

Socialism is based on the premise that to give both work and the worker value the State needs to be in control of industry. But which industries? Only the big ones? Only the ones in which the State is the main customer?

I took two semesters of Economics in College and I don't feel any closer to understanding it than I did as a child. Too much of it is aimed at making the individual (or the company owned by individuals) rich, and too little of it is aimed at making a society's standard of living better. And too much of Politics is about making the individual (or political party) powerful than addressing the real needs of a nation's populace.

No wonder things are in a perpetual mess. Enjoy your day off. If you have a job to go back to this week, that is.
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(I think everybody with a Facebook identity ought to do something like this.)

On Facebook, there is A Page called "Discover Facebook Pages", in which it will show you which Pages are the most popular among your Facebook friends. I went there, and looked over the main choices. I didn't pull EVERYTHING I don't "Like" (because that would have literally taken DAYS!), but these are the larger pieces, as well as samples of a lot of similarly-themed Pages.

* Star Wars -- I'm kind of ambivalent about the franchise. Loved "New Hope", "Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi"; hated "Phantom Menace" (for a number of reasons); have not seen the other two movies.

* Texas Hold'em Poker, Mafia Wars -- Games I don't play.

* Troy Polamalu, Joe Pa, Hines Ward, Mike Tomlin, Michael Jordan, Mario Lemieux, Evgeni Malkin -- I follow the TEAMS, not necessarily the PLAYERS or COACHES.

* Family Guy, Two And A Half Men, Futurama, The Big Bang Theory, South Park, House, The Office, Dexter, LOST, Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Scrubs, True Blood -- Don't like 'em.

* Metallica, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Johnny Cash, Bob Marley, Eminem, Sons of Anarchy, Ozzy Osbourne, KISS, Lady Gaga -- Not who I am musically (tho' for individual songs/albums I sometimes make exceptions).

* The Daily Show, Barack Obama, The Colbert Report, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, RightChange -- I hate what American politics have become.

* Manga, Music, Cooking -- Catagories that are too general.

* NCIS, This American Life, Car Talk, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me -- Okay, but not stuff I'm too wild about.

* Bruce Campbell, Megan Fox, Adam Sandler -- I follow ROLES, not necessarily ACTORS. I'm not a stardom junkie or a red carpet groupie.

* Jimmy Buffett, Margaritaville -- I used to "Like" these pages, but gave up because most of the traffic was about libation establishments in Florida or gigs by tribute acts.

* Ashes To Ashes -- I loved the AMERICAN version of LIFE ON MARS and was sorry to see it fail, but I haven't seen the ORIGINAL series yet, so I'm not interested in the sequel to the point of wanting to expose myself to spoilers for it.

* Playboy, Jeff Dunham, UFC Ultimate Fighting, Chevy Camaro, iTunes, Hooters, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dos Equis, Victoria's Secret -- Just not who I am.

* Anthony Bourdais: No Reservations, The Walking Dead, SportsCenter, Disturbed, Deadliest Catch, Pawn Stars, Weeds, American Pickers -- I don't have cable.
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Not only is the title "Sky Fighters" the official English translation for the title of the Chinese fighter jet movie I mentioned previously this week, it is the popular translation (official too!) for the title of the French fighter jet film Les Chevaliers Du Ciel from a few years ago.

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How long before a sneaky video editor puts the two films in combat with each other?

Tepid 3:09

Mar. 9th, 2011 01:15 pm
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