Groonkly Bits

I’ve seen this list before but MedicMike reminded me of its funny and truth:

1) When it appears that you have killed the monster, never get within arms reach to check to see if it’s dead. A rifle shot to the head from 5 feet away should do the trick.
2) NEVER read ancient script on an item aloud, unless you’re absolutely sure you know what it does.
3) NEVER EVER read a book of demon summoning aloud, not even as a joke.
4) Do NOT search the basement, under any circumstances, especially if the power has gone out. Also, stay out of the attic. Nuthin in there but dust, cobwebs and creepy things.
5) If your children speak to you in Latin or any other language which they should not know, kill them immediately. It will save you a lot of trouble in the long run. However, it will probably take several rounds to kill them, so be prepared. This also applies to kids who speak with somebody else’s voice.

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So which is it?

Now it’s over I’m dead and I haven’t done anything that I want (now it’s over)
Or, I’m still alive and there’s nothing I want to do
They Might Be Giants “Dead”

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Hemingway once wrote a six worded story(“For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”) and called it his greatest work ever.

Wired Magazine had a few other authors to try their hands at it.

My top nine favorites of the bunch are below:

Epitaph: He shouldn’t have fed it.
– Brian Herbert

Gown Removed Carelessly. Head, less so.
– Joss Whedon

With bloody hands, I say good-bye.
– Frank Miller

Bush told the truth. Hell froze.
– William Gibson

It cost too much, staying human.
– Bruce Sterling

I’m dead. I’ve missed you. Kiss … ?
– Neil Gaiman

The baby’s blood type? Human, mostly.
– Orson Scott Card

Kirby had never eaten toes before.
– Kevin Smith

Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time
– Alan Moore

Heart missing. He decided to lie.
– Groonk

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Adult Swim‘s doing this thing where they change out their splash page at the drop of a marketing ploy.

My lawyers will feast upon their eyeballs with fervor and vim.

Err is currently the face of The Swim. In case you didn’t notice, I liked the idea of that.

UPDATE: I diddled with their idea a bit. I’m not sure I like the results but, fuck it, I’m satisfied enough. The simple Err wallpaper is under the cut.

(1680×1050)

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This is part of the beginning sequence of Battlestar Galactica. Most sources say it’s the Gayatri mantra taken from Rigveda.

“OM bhür bhuvah svah tat savitur varënyam bhargö dëvasya dhïmahi dhiyö yö nah pracödayät”

Which, I’m “told“, loosely translates to:

“May we attain that excellent glory of Savitri the Goddess / so May she stimulate our prayers.”

Are you watching the 3rd season of Galactica? If you aren’t and are reading this, gods, you damn well should be.

This is from someone who once hated the show for completely superflous reasons. I got over that. And I’m so much better for it.

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Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13 or the date Friday the 13th.

Triskaidekaphilia is a website about the love of the number 13. Also, it’s a fun word to say.

But enough about that.

Today’s brand celebrates Friday the 13th. It’s leap years better than the last Friday the 13th brand, mostly cause the new one has atmosphere(sound effects) engineered by me.

The body image comes straight from Crystal Lake.

Effects, I dub thee “The Witch in the Woods.”

The Witch in the Woods

You can hear that silly ole witch if you click on that little play symbol above.

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“Composite things are like dreams, fantasies, bubbles, thoughts. Like a dewdrop and a flash of lightning. A new dress and a burning tire. Grains of sand and sinking ships. A shadow of a statue and an entry in a diary. A brain tumor and an ice cream sundae. They are thus to be regarded.” –The Kid, Aeon Flux “Chronophasia”

I’m re-experiencing Aeon Flux. Not that uninteresting movie attempt. The animated series that appeared on MTV. I never saw the movie. I couldn’t see Charlize Theron adding any kind of deepness to the Aeon character or story.

From what I gather in this Peter Chung(Aeon Flux’s creator) interview via Monican Spies, the movie fell far from the original series. Again, no big surprise.

Above is an altered version of the Diamond Sutra that appeared in the series episode “Chronosphasia.” I didn’t know it was from the Diamond Sutra til I watched the commentary. I only knew that I liked the hell out of what I heard.

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Doro Bush Koch is a name that inspires amusement in me.

Have you ever noticed in damn near every full shot picture, moving or otherwise, that the current president takes, he’s stock still and non-reactionary. Mountains could fall around him. Civilization could tumble into nothingness. Hell, a bird could fly into his head and he would have the same stock-still stance. Look at the above. Everyone else is like, “Woah, lady, Wtf!” While he’s all, “Lah Dee Dah. Wasted booze sucks.”

I have a theory.

He’s a robot. The lead robot monkey. An automaton put in placed in power and programmed to “lead.”

Think about it. He’s always on message. He always has this air of non-human-ness about him. His public speaking is more stunted than a James T Kirk convention.

He IS the robot revolution come to subjugate us ALL.

It’s just a theory.

(photo cred:
AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

(photo people:
l-r: President Bush, ex President George HW Bush, Northrop Grumman’s Mike Petters, and Doro Bush Koch)

(link via 7d)

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Drive Thru RPG markets itself as the “iTunes for comics.”

They’re looking to take advantage of the digital generation by selling vast collections of comics books made for your desktop. A noble enterprise, I think. It would be handy to have your favorite books on your laptop or what have you whenever you’re on the go. Carrying around stacks of comics would be troublesome in airports. Well, less troublesome than a laptop.

Sorta.

In the meantime, I grabbed free offerings of Don Quixote de la Mancha and Lovecraft Country(I must find out what this love of all things Cthulhu is about) just to give the system a whirl.

How does it work?
1)You register on DriveThruComics.com
2)Browse their selection
3)Grab the book in pdf form on checkout.
4) Read it in your crappy little pdf viewer

Each pdf is watermarked with your name(or the name you gave them) on each page. If you decide to be a sneaky fucker and push the pdf file into bittorrent world, they will boot you off their system the moment they find your name.

It’ll stop the lazy hackers, at best. A determined mind will find a way around this security system faster than geek lightning.

Publishers signed up for the launch include Dabel Brothers Productions, Shi, About Comics, Arcana, Archaia, NBM, UDON, Heroic Publishing, and Kenzer and Company, plus a number of others, including some publishers of adult material. Publishers expected to make content available soon include Antarctic, Heavy Metal, and Markosia. Around 250 products are available on the site now.
— blog@newsarama

I’m still not sold on eBooks replacing real ones. Current ePaper technology isn’t practical yet. It’s either too stiff and Star Trek-like, not functional for the daily reader, or created for totally superfluous reasons.

I’m still a fan of the tactile reading experience. Hardcovers, softcovers, or the simple pleasures of manga/american comics. When scientists improve upon the pliable ePaper tech and make it cheap enough for your average buyer, I’ll be first in line to give it a go.

Until then, I’ll enjoy the bulk of my reading the way the Old Ones intended.

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not exactly my best work but…it’ll do for now (1680×1050)

Battlestar Galactica starts in a few hours. I hear tell there are Frak Parties in the offing around the nation globe. I’m not invited to any but that’s ok. Shows like this I can’t watch amongst a mob of people. It’s just too fucking distracting.

What I do have is a DVR, a bit of free time, and a beer. It’s the simple things really.

Don’t forget, there should be instant commentary after the 3rd season premiere is over.

» Ronald D Moore commentary podcast

But before that…

Rose Tyler and the freshily bodied 10th Doctor take on werewolves and a feisty, none amused, Queen Victoria. Also, the Torchwood institute gets a purpose.

The Doctor is Dramatic

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