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Ettiene Bouleau

Short, scrawny Caucasian man with straight brown hair and blue eyes. Vertical scar on his left cheek.

Went to flight school but had to give up before he could get a commercial license. Went into the investigative journalist business and so freelances there and as a private investigator.

Human Male
Rank: Novice
Attributes: Agility: d6, Smarts: d8, Spirit: d4, Strength: d6, Vigor: d6
Skills: Driving: d6, Knowledge (Aviation): d8, Knowledge (Computers): d6, Knowledge (Electronics): d4, Lockpicking: d4, Notice: d6, Piloting: d6, Repair: d4, Stealth: d4, Streetwise: d4, Tracking: d4
Pace: 6; Parry: 2; Toughness: 5
Edges: Extra Edge (racial), Gadgeteer
Hindrances: Anemic (minor), Cautious (minor), Doubting Thomas (minor), Outsider (minor)
Gear: Backpack, Binoculars, Camera (regular), Cellular Phone, Desktop Computer, Normal Clothing

LET'S FORM VOLTRON!

Superman 2 was on one of the TV networks we get this afternoon, and I have to say it hasn't aged as well as I expected. It got me thinking about things like speed and how we perceive motion.

I'm about average size for a human being. If I went like the Man of Steel and flew at a rate of my own body's "flight length" per second, that's only about 5 mph--or jogging speed. Just to put this in perspective:

* A WW1 biplane fighter at combat speed travels at five times its length per second.

* A WW2 heavy bomber or transport plane at cruise speed will also be moving at about five times its length per second. (Because of the difference in size compared to the smaller planes of WW1, this would mean double the actual speed!)

* A WW2 fighter at its combat speed would go 15 times its length per second.

* A modern fighter jet at Mach 1 would be moving 25 times its length per second.

* A NASCAR or LeMans race car at 200 miles per hour goes nearly 20 times its length per second.

We don't think of these things when we watch fantasy movies (or sci-fi space opera) because we don't want to suspend our disbelief. When Harry Potter is on his broomstick we don't clock his progress because he's moving at the speed of plot, not 45 miles per hour.

Sagittarius Horoscope for week of August 7, 2014

Lake Superior State University issues a "Unicorn Questing Privilege" to those people who are interested in hunting for unicorns. Are you one of them? I wouldn't be surprised if you felt an urge like that in the coming weeks. Unusual yearnings will be welling up in you. Exotic fantasies may replace your habitual daydreams. Certain possibilities you have considered to be unthinkable or unattainable may begin to seem feasible. Questions you have been too timid to ask could become crucial for you to entertain. (You can get your Unicorn Questing License here.)

I'm already trying to build the perfect beast in the form of the Gundam RedLegger mobile suit. It doesn't need to be a Unicorn...those are already done.

Over the course of my time here at LiveJournal, I've posted 55 times related to the show ROBOTECH. Yes, you'd think I'd have had an interest in the Kickstarter for Harmony Gold's ROBOTECH ACADEMY project--

--And you'd be completely wrong.

The problem is that the concept of ROBOTECH is obsolete on a number of levels. It does pain me to say that but it's true and I won't deny it. Harmony Gold is being very stupid with their choices, everybody knows it, and Harmony Gold is being very stupid about that too. It's a lot of playground bickering on all sides, and I'm staying the heck out of it because I know my opinion means nothing.

It's about fandom relationships more than anything else. When a producer is intent on making everybody into one another's enemies, it's better to lay down your arms and walk away than to stick around for the crossfire. This isn't worth my time.

* The Public Radio station is playing the Lord of the Rings Symphony as I'm writing this.

* Dad just installed the window air conditioner unit, and it works.

* I frosted the cupcakes for Dad's Bible study group tomorrow.

* When I looked up my own name on a search through my data base for a graphic I've already shared here, I found a reference in a Battletech e-book. I'm a Steiner. I don't know how I feel about that.

* We await word from our mechanic on the status of Dad's pickup truck. A stud in one of the wheel mounts failed, and the other studs for that wheel mount were in bad shape, so he's replacing the lot.

* I'm dabbling with Bitstrips on Facebook...but it doesn't seem to be habit-forming, yet.

The man out of old Earth's past
has the key to the next and the last.
But you won't solve this riddle
till the end is the middle,
and terran sands disappear with a blast.

(This is part III, I Started With THIS Entry and then Continued In THIS One.)

We moved to Pittsburgh in the Summer of 1976. And that brought changes...I was allowed to watch much more prime-time programming...and we installed a TV in the lower-floor family room next to the bedroom I shared with my brother. A lot of habits changed because of that second television.

1976-'77 Season
*Favorites At-The-Time: Hardy Boys, Baa Baa Blacksheep, The Bionic Woman, The Six Million Dollar Man, Happy Days, Welcome Back Kotter, Chico & The Man
*Eventual Favorites: The Rockford Files, M*A*S*H

1977-'78 Season
*Favorites At-The-Time: Project UFO, Hardy Boys, Happy Days, Eight Is Enough, CHiPs, Logan's Run, Operation Petticoat, New Adventures of Wonder Woman, The Rockford Files
*Eventual Favorites: M*A*S*H

A little while ago I heard about the coming of Equestria Girls, an offshoot of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic that reimagines the cast as human teenagers.

All I wonder about this is if the rest of the "funny animal" cartoon franchises will follow suit...and what it means if/when they do.

What happens when Felix de-Cats and Mickey de-Mouses? Will the Tunes stay Looney with Bugs, Porky, Daffy, Wiley E., and Speedy as shaved apes? Does Darkwing need to be a Duck to Get Dangerous?

What are your thoughts?

http://networkawesome.com/show/gatchaman-episode-5-the-ghost-fleet-from-hell/

Addenda: material is also hosted on YouTube.

Sagittarius Horoscope for week of August 2, 2012

For a while, French writer Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was very poor. He lived in a place that had no heat and almost no furniture. To enhance his environment, he resorted to the use of fantasy. On one of his bare walls, he wrote the words, "rosewood paneling with ornamental cabinet." On another, he wrote "Gobelin tapestry with Venetian mirror." Over the empty fireplace he declared, "Picture by Raphael." That's the level of imaginative power I encourage you to summon in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. So much of what you'll need will come from that simple magic.

Yes, there are times when exercizing a fantasy is more satisfying than outright making reality of it. That "old airplane movies show host" idea, for example.

He didn't make the audition for DIESEL SWEETIES, and this was the only other gig available.

Nor do I like smartphones, for that matter. But for some reason this promo (for a network I can't get!) appeals to me. *shrug*

Sagittarius Horoscope for week of April 26, 2012

In the famous children's book The Little Prince, the hero lives on an asteroid with three volcanoes, two active and one dormant. One day he decides to leave home and travel to other realms. Before departing, he meticulously scours all three volcanoes. "If they are well cleaned out," the narrator reports, "volcanoes burn slowly and steadily, without any eruptions." I recommend that you take after the Little Prince, Sagittarius. It's high time to attend to the upkeep of your volcanoes. Make sure they will burn slow and steady in the coming months, even when you're not at home.

--"You lava me now or you lava me not!"--Jimmy Buffett

I thought they were talking about DOWNTON ABBEY! :|

( I'll Probably Never Go There, But... )

An official anime TV commercial for Tokyo Disneyland. Has otakudom come full circle? Your thoughts.

( Those With The Force )

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Only the mass-produced and institutionally sponsored ones.

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