Stargate star Richard Dean Anderson’s got a date at the Pentagon to meet the brass, according to the Sci Fi Channel. The Air Force Association is an independent, nonprofit, civilian organization promoting public understanding of aerospace power and the role it plays in national security. Anderson and Stargate will be recognized for the show’s continuous positive depiction of the Air Force. In addition to receiving the award, Anderson will tour the Pentagon and visit with wounded troops at Walter Reed Hospital, the Air Force said. Stargate, currently in its eighth season, airs Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Maybe he’ll have…
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On the subject of “the war on terror” and how our country seems bent on mindless revenge, Tim Bishop had this to say: The difficulty of dealing with terrorism is that all successful strategies are long-term, and they involve penetration of the terrorist network, the intelligent and ruthless application of force against a very small group of people, the cadre of the terrorists, and ameliorating the grievances of the people that the terrorists spring from, so as to separate the two (emphasis mine – Blogula Rasa). This takes a lot of patience, a lot of intelligence work, and the willingness…
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I’ve always wondered about the people responsible for making my favorite shows. Here at last is a “home-town paper profile” of a cameraman from the TAR production crew, Dave Ross. I’ve gotten many hours of enjoyment (not to mention many hours of screaming, hollering, and pounding couch cushions and yelling “no! No! NO! Not FLO!”) from Dave’s work and the work of his compatriots. Here’s to you, Dave, I’d buy you a beer if ever I could. Via TWOP.
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Another recap is up, life is good, and another triffic time next week will be had on TAR. But for now, lament for what could have been: the Hamsterball Race of Champions, desperately going boingity boingity boingity down the hill and against each other and knocking each other off course trying to get to the finish line and the nearby Pit Stop. Ahh, if only the 3 trailing teams had a lick of navigating sense, hysteria might have broken out in a rolling wave through all US time zones and around the world. Aaaand inside the zorb, Colin gives the…
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It’s been awhile since I’ve bothered to check my stats page for the site – this fact alone probably puts me deep in Stage 5. However, some of the search terms are pretty funny, obscure, or both. There are several patterns or trends that I’ve identified: Amazing Race stuff Funny error messages, as in “Bad server, no donut for you” Firefly, Stargate, Harry Potter, and Farscape fans looking for intel People searching for news stories, such as the “Beer Guzzling Bear” People trying to find that funny site they saw somewhere, such as “Hey! It’s That Guy!” Those are from…
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One thing that kept me going immediately after the September 11th attacks was the thoughtful and moving coverage from :NPR – All Songs Considered has gathered all the music used on various news shows in one place. It helped a lot then, and still helps. Also, there was a lot of amazing commentary they got from ordinary people calling in and discussing the attacks. There are archives of all their news coverage during the period, and there is an archive of links and stories about the response to the attacks. I was alone that week while David was off in…
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Sars, a big shot at TWOP and the person behind Tomato Nation and other ventures is looking for Don, a “disaster buddy” she met the morning of September 11th in New York. He helped her get through the first hours and is “everything good and friendly about the world.” Yes, that September 11th. His birthday is today, he lives in or near Jersey City, he’s African-American and probably in his mid-thirties, She’d like to thank him for hanging out with her tthat day and helping her keep it together. And maybe get him a nice cold one to help him…
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Now you can lose weight AND go ballistic (repeatedly, but temporarily) for only $3000 – take a ride with Zero-G NoGravity.com It reportedly includes several great gimmes, but there might be one gotcha: light breakfast, lunch and dinner provided. Barf bags complimentary, I trust. via BoingBoing
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Okay, okay: a female massage therapist. Work: hell. I got stuck at work until 7pm, horribly late for massage/chiro session. Have decided I have to work completely differently from the way I’m used/was trained/prefer to work in order to keep up with all the crap I now have to do, in addition to additional crap for when certain people are out. I’m not happy about this. The massage helped. And the chiropractor beat up on me too, so that’s 2 girls. Nyah. There’s more, but dammit I sit up late way, way too late trying to catch up with my…
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What’s all the fuss about blogging? Sometimes they record the really important shit in a person’s life and worldview, rather than just the trivial ephemera. My stuff is in the latter category – ginmar‘s, on the other hand, is definitely the former. I can see snapping in this heat, how having to be out in it would sap you of all your energy, how pushing someone in this weather would make them weak. And yet the IPs we saw were pleasant, if relaxed, while the INGs looked like they were trying to make the best of it. They toss up…