Dexter, sans laboratory.
October 27, 2006
I was conversing with my friend Huggy Bear™ via ICQ today, and the subject of tv shows came up ( I used to have all the Stargate episodes on my box, but they are gone now. hdd failure. :( )
He pointed, nay, insisted that I check out a new show on Showtime called Dexter. I do not have cable (much less broadcast, really), and so off to find it through the beautiful Bittorrent network. Since the conversation, I have acquired 4 out of the first 5 episodes and watched them. I am totally hooked.
It’s no secret that one of my favorite movies period is The Silence of the Lambs and right up there also is The Boondock Saints. This show, Dexter, is a delicious mix of vigilante justice from the hands of a serial killer.
So there you go. I know theyre’ll be a number of you who will like this too. And before you commit to the transfer of 1.36GB in downstream bandwith, you can watch the first two episodes for free. On the real. And “Mitraillette”, don’t even bother. We’re going to watch it when you get back to the Nolia.
So check it out. Just don’t do it around any cutlery.
Hubig’s Pie is People!
October 26, 2006
This past Saturday, my friends Lando and Nicole got married. Fun, simple ceremony. Reception was nice, too.
The best part of the wedding? The favors: custom printed Hubig’s Pies:
A Shogun named Marcus.
October 25, 2006
My name is spelled ‘Luxury Yacht’ but it’s pronounced ‘Throatwobbler Mangrove’
– Graham Chapman, Monty Python’s Flying Circus
I just received mail from the following senders regarding Online Pharmaceuticals:
Perspicuous I. Virtue, Fishnets J. Hitler, and Calendared H. Probates, Jarred Purvis, Equines G. Hershey, Overheats L. Semaphore, Bulging Q. Acclimatizes and last but certainly not least, Composed B. Mutate.
Fishnets J. Hitler? That just makes me laugh.
Mystery Can #23
October 24, 2006
So, while siting at Molly’s last night with the aforementioned Damnits, Christy walks up to us with a can she bought at a Z’otz for 50¢ that now lives behind the bar. No label, just a hand-written label that says “Mystery Can #23“.
Naturally, we get curious as to what it’s contents are, and start shaking it and trying to get a feel for what wonders it must surely contain. As a result, we of course started a pool styled after our favorite bar game, the Roll-A-Day, and here are the rules:
- One $1 bet per person per day. You must write your bet and your name on the bill with a Sharpie. Money is held by the most responsible person in the world.
- Betting is only open from 10pm – 2am at Molly’s. If you wish to bet remotely, a $1 Convenience Charge will be applied.
- Betting can occur up until midnight of Nov. 1st/2nd, when the can is then opened.
- Unique guesses only. Once a guess has been claimed, it cannot be re-claimed
- Winner takes all.
In the event that nobody guesses the correct contents of the can, a can will be chosen at random by an employee of Verdi Mart, and delivered to Molly’s for a Can-Off™, hosted by the one man who could oversee such and event, David Bowie.
I already have my next couple of guesses, and I’m not telling you, because they’re that good.
Who wants to be a winnah? (thanks Bingo! for letting me steal this phrase without your approval)
Damnit!
October 24, 2006
This evening was supposed to be quiet and short-lived. Then, I remembered that the Damnits were rolling back in town tonight for their regular Halloween multi-week stint.
So much for going to bed early (as in a decent hour, not early in the actual day). Let’s see how tomorrow pans out.
Brokeback Angola
October 17, 2006
So, this fall’s Angola Prison Rodeo is sold out. :(
In other news:
That is all. /me back to coding.
Beware of the Cake Ninja!!!
October 16, 2006
Fucking Hoff-style!
Brian Posehn: Metal by Numbers
And unrelated to the first two, this clip gets funnier every time I see it.
In Basso We Trust
October 14, 2006
Man, it’s been a big week in doping. Or not doping.
BAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Yeah bitches, Basso is back, cleared by Italian officials of doping allegations. I still have the $20 that I won in my bet with Sonny for this year’s Giro, and never got to turn around and bet with the same bill on Basso for the Tour.
Up next, clearing My Boy Floyd. I mirrored his lawyer’s summary, you should check it out.
… twerk that, serve that, c’mon and do the rodeo
October 12, 2006
(alternative post title: Brokeback Angola)
Yes kids, it’s that time again. Who wants to go to the Angola Prison Rodeo?
A group of us are looking to go next Sunday, Oct. 22nd. Jim Monaghan suggested that if we get enough together, he’ll arrange for a bus to facilitate transportation.
So, who’s in?
Yo Momma is a Horcrux!
October 2, 2006
Here is my response to one of Asian Provocateur‘s recent posts (applicaple part reposted) that I though some of y’all might like to read and discuss:
Highlight of my weekend was running into Spasticrobot and his wife and having a comprehensive, conspiratorial debate about the end of Harry Potter Book 7. No doubt JK has it all figured out in her head, and it’s just a matter of connecting the dots. My bet is on Harry as the final horcrux, but there’s some talk about Neville being the actual Chosen One. Oh, and Hermione will marry Ron and have a gaggle of red haired nonstep children. But did you really not see that one coming?!
My response:
First, I think it appropriate to start with the Prophecy given by Sybill Trelawney:
“The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches. Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies. And the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not. And either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives. The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies.”
This, as with all good prophecies, is open-ended. The two main schools of thought say that the two main contenders for the title of “Vanquisher of Lord Voldemort” are Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom. Both were born at the same time, and both had parents that defied Voldemort three times.
However, it just can’t be the Good Mr. Longbottom. Why? Well, he hasn’t been marked as the equal of Voldemort by the man himself. That’s the stickler, kids. Voldemort has labeled Potter as his arch-enemy, thereby defining aspects of our deliciously vague prophecy.
This brings me to the Potter as the Final Horcrux Theory. While interesting, and supporting my idea that both Potter _and_ Voldemort must die (good and evil, black and white, balance of power, etc.), I don’t think that it holds a lot of merit. The act of creating a Horcrux requires an evil and violent act: the murder of an individual. Think of that as an ingredient to a potion. Note that it is an important piece and not the entire potion itself. If that were the case, every time a person committed murder, then a Horcrux would be created. Kill a number of people, render yourself immortal. Not a bad deal.
I think a Horcrux is more of a multi-step process: possess an item to divert part of your soul into, commit a murder, say a spell. Rinse, repeat as needed. Maybe the order is different, but it has to be more involved, more intentional than just committing murder. And I’d have to say you have to finish the murder, intent is not enough. Voldemort didn’t successfully kill Harry.
“But, he killed Harry’s parents! He could be the Horcrux!”, I hear you proclaim. This is true. Let’s look at this from Voldemort’s point of view though. You’re bad, you’re evil, you know it. Harry isn’t. He is on the side of the goody-two shoes, the white, the righteous and just. You’ve killed his parents. Would you put part of your soul into him? Hell no! It’s a lose-lose situation for you. Either a) you have to kill him, destroying a Horcrux, part of your soul, or b) he dies (or kills himself to save everyone else after figuring out / discovering that he is indeed a Horcrux). Either way, not so much. Just doesn’t make sense from a mastermind such as Voldemort.
Now, an argument to the “But when Voldemort tried to kill Harry, some of his powers were transferred to him, if accidentally” position. True, that happened, but I’m going write that off as an odd, freak side-effect. I can’t really explain that outside of Horcrux creation, so much as I can reply with a question: If that were true, then when transforming an item (or animal, really) into a Horcrux, would it/they not also contain those powers as is the case with Harry? Would you want to give a snake the power to transform to another, uh, form? Sure, you may pass on that power, but do you think he’s have control of what might or might not get passed along? Is transfer of powers necessary? What if you don’t get to choose?
At the end of the day, we have to remember this is a fictional universe when magic exists. There are some things, that at the end of the day, just work. There is no real explanation, it’s just up to the author.