Dan's Daily Drivel

24 Hours at Daytona

2012-01-28T21:48:00.000-05:00

Just saw a dude change the front brakes on a car in less than 2 minutes. That's pretty damn impressive.

Well, actually, I watched the one dude change the right front, but his compatriot was changing the left front in a similar sort of time.

Rango

2012-01-28T21:34:00.000-05:00

'11. A sheltered chameleon becomes the sheriff of a frontier town. Animated. Starring: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Ned Beatty, Alfred Molina, Bill Nighy. Director: Gore Verbinski.

Fun movie. Completely random and pretty darn ridiculous.

Chuck Finale

2012-01-27T22:29:00.000-05:00

I love that they managed to involve Jeffster.

Ended well.

Sad to see it go, but glad it ended on its own terms.

Lord of the Rings: Return of The King

2012-01-27T20:06:00.000-05:00

As I sit here waiting for enough of Chuck to record so as I can watch it and fast forward through all the commercials, I'm watching the beginning of this movie.

Which reminds me that I need to re-watch these movies.

And probably reread the books again, too.

Law & Order

2012-01-27T20:00:00.001-05:00

Has an Executive Producer named Dick Wolf.

That is all.

I am Sad

2012-01-27T19:43:00.000-05:00

Last 2 episodes of Chuck tonight.

Wherefrom shall I get random quotes for my Google status?

How It's Made

2012-01-27T17:19:00.000-05:00

Apparently the company that makes cowboy boots that How Its Made filmed makes boots out of walrus skin.

I want boots made of walrus.

Avatar

2012-01-21T20:49:00.000-05:00

Finally Getting around to watching the movie. About half way through.

And I think the most important question is:

What the hell is up with the geology on Pandora? How does crap like that even form?

They better discuss it in the second half.

The Post In Which I Use My Computer Programming Skills To Write Daft Punk Music

2012-01-20T22:47:00.008-05:00

include <aWholeBunchOfStuffICantReallyRemember.h>
include "orShouldThisThingBeSurroundedByQuotes.h"
include <ImPrettySureItIsTheseAnglyBracketyThingsButIFigureIShouldHaveBothJustToBeSafe.h>

int main
{
string phrase;
//I'm relatively certain that "string" isn't an appropriate variable, but I can't remember what is
cout << "Enter Song Title: ";
cin >> phrase;
cout << endl;
cout << "And Now For The Music:";
cout << endl;
for(int x = 1; x>0; x++)
{
cout << phrase;
cout << endl;
}
return 0;
}

The Post In Which I Attempt To Entice The Readers of Trevor's Blog To Read My Blog

2012-01-20T22:40:00.000-05:00

Trevor's blog has the little wotsit to the side that shows recent posts from blogs he follows. Including this one. I have no idea if I've mentioned this before. But, if I have, here it is again.

I first noticed this about the time of my Underpants post. Which amused me greatly.

So, that brings me to my point. I'm wondering if I could entice any of his readers to read my blog.

Which I so cleverly and subtly hinted at with my title.

So, does anyone actually think any of those that are not already familiar with my blog will stop by? And comment?

I'm doubtful.

Car Dealership

2012-01-19T20:52:00.000-05:00

Saw a car the other day with one of those little plates that states the dealership where it was bought.

From Don Davis.

I didn't know General Hammond sold cars. I realize he generally went with the S. middle initial (and thus ended up as Don S. Davis), but still.

I'd buy any car that General George Hammond would sell me.

Especially because the car that I saw happened to be a gray Mazda 3.

Today's Word(s) of the Day

2012-01-19T20:43:00.002-05:00

Falciparum

Couldn't remember if it was Plasmodium or Paramecium...

It's Plasmodium Falciparum, FYI

My Tie Is Too Short

2012-01-17T08:21:00.001-05:00

I must have tied it when I was slouching or something...

But anyways, I'm highly unlikely to do anything about it

Today's Word(s) of the Day

2012-01-12T20:00:00.000-05:00

Fórcola

It's the whoosy on a gondola that is essentially a super fancy oar-lock.

Apparently super complicated to make...

Random Place That Just Popped Into My Head

2012-01-09T21:43:00.001-05:00

Federated States of Micronesia.

Today's Word(s) of the Day

2012-01-07T20:02:00.002-05:00

Cacciatore

Another salami thing.

Not as good as the Felino. But less chance of it being made of cats.

Probably.

They could be lying to me.

Again.

Bonus Word of the Day

2012-01-04T21:04:00.000-05:00

Felino

Apparently it is a type of sausage/salami/whatever. Which is quite tasty, and goes hand in hand with my previous post. Leftovers from New Years. Pretty awesome. Was sadly lacking the bread. Had a baguette on New Years to go with the meat and cheese. But it was gone by today.

Also, in case you were wondering, this felino business is not made of cats. I wasn't 100% sure, but I checked the ingredients list. Just to make certain.

Today's Word(s) of the Day

2012-01-04T21:02:00.000-05:00

Gruyère

Today's Word(s) of the Day

2011-12-23T16:44:00.001-05:00

Parallelogram.

Random Place That Just Popped Into My Head

2011-12-21T07:09:00.001-05:00

Nunavut

Another Strange Analogy

2011-12-21T07:00:00.001-05:00

Those flippy outy stop signs on school busses are like hiccups. One starts doing it and everyone else nearby follows suit in short order. And annoys the hell out of everyone.

Today's Word(s) of the Day

2011-12-20T06:20:00.001-05:00

Platyhelminthes

Today's Word(s) of the Day

2011-12-19T18:49:00.000-05:00

Scrapple

Random Place That Just Popped Into My Head

2011-12-14T21:02:00.002-05:00

Alsace

Today's Word(s) of the Day

2011-12-14T21:02:00.000-05:00

Whippet

Bonus Word of the Day

2011-12-12T17:32:00.001-05:00

Argyle

Today's Word(s) of the Day

2011-12-12T17:23:00.002-05:00

Ice Scraper

Clearing frost from car windows is far easier with one

Wipeout

2011-12-10T21:59:00.000-05:00

They have a new female co-presenter person.

I'm not entirely certain what her name is. But, Jill Wagner had nicer boobs.

Also, she was on Stargate Atlantis.

Vanessa, apparently.

Today's Word of the Day

2011-12-07T06:36:00.001-05:00

Redundancy

Just saw a van labeled Fed Ex Express...

Eureka

2011-12-06T20:33:00.000-05:00

Today's episode is really freaking strange.

Really damn strange.

Harry Potter and and the Goblet of Fire

2011-12-04T15:26:00.000-05:00

I'd forgotten that The Doctor (AKA David Tennant) was Barty Crouch Jr.

Although, I shouldn't be surprised, since their tent at the Quidditch World Cup obviously demonstrates that they have mastered Time Lord science (Its bigger on the inside).

If only they'd gotten Christopher Eccleston to play the role of Voldemort, instead of that Fiennes character. I'm not yet sold on that Matt Smith guy. Although, I should get around to watching the second half of that season.

Terra Nova

2011-12-03T12:44:00.000-05:00

Needs far more dinosaurs.

Not nearly enough

Today's Word of the Day

2011-12-02T21:51:00.002-05:00

Brick.

Well, not actually. Because I managed to update my phone without bricking it. Came close once, but managed to save it. Quite serendipitously...

Today's Word of the Day

2011-11-20T07:52:00.000-05:00

Herck.

As in a noise of annoyance.

Apparently iTunes doesn't automatically default to copying the music you add to the iTunes folder. So, consequently, it was trying to look for my music on the external hard drive. Which I don't keep connected.

So, now, when I am trying to sync my iPod, I am discovering that its not working so well. That, and since I've transferred computers, apparently I have to erase everything off, and then put on the exact same stuff. Only this time, its the copy of the stuff that comes from this computer...

Also, there was/is a GP2 driver named Michael Herck. Which was fun to say. Unfortunately, he isn't very good.

The Post Where I Make A Comparison Between Underpants and Pokemon

2011-11-19T21:42:00.000-05:00

So, I was at the store the other day buying myself some new underpants. And in the interest of being the most fiscally responsible consumer I could be, I discovered that there were multi-packs of underpants for cheaper than buying them individually. So that seemed to definitely be the way to go.

Once I had decided on a multi-pack, it was time to choose the appropriate colors. And it was at this point I discovered something that I found interesting.

The packs had names. In the end I ended up with the "Modern Prints" and the "Blue Plaids". Not only did they have names, but all the packs of the same name seemed to have the exact same color/style/pattern of underpants.

And this is where the Pokemon comes in. It would appear that your standard American Underpants Consumer (or at least those who frequent the same underpants establishments that I do) is not interested in collecting the entire set of colors. (Gotta catch 'em all) Because, if they were, I think the underpants companies would do there packaging quite differently.

If I were an underpants manufacturer/packager, and the average underpants consumer was attempting to collect the entire set of colors and patterns, I would not have standard packs of underpants that always are in the same package. That way it would be more complicated, and I would likely sell more underpants, as people would have to purchase underpants patterns that they already had in order to get particular patterns.

Also, I'd probably add in a rarity type scheme similar to what is found in collectible/trading cards. Particular underpants patterns would be quite rare, while others would be very common (so they'd be in most of the packs). I would also ensure that the rarest ones were only available in the most expensive packs, and were only paired with extremely common other ones.

So, aside from this sentence (foreshadowing!), and a brief quote, I haven't actually mentioned Pokemon at all in this post. I guess a more accurate title would have been "Underpants Economics". Anyways,I guess it was more of an implicit comparison, rather than an explicit one. So, for my clever readers, you'll have already made the connection before getting to this paragraph. For my denser readers, I think you should be able to figure it out at this point. But that's as explicit as I'm gonna get. Not gonna spell it out for you any more than that. If you still don't have it, you should probably stop eating the paste.

Inspirational Sports Story

2011-11-19T12:05:00.000-05:00

Just saw the tail end of a sports report thing. Where they told an inspirational story.

About Clemson's football kicker.

Who apparently isn't that good. Because the inspirational part of the story was that he kicked a field goal.

After missing a whole bunch. The run up to the story was that he "struggled" last year. Basically, that means he was terrible. And then he apparently missed a bunch this year, including one earlier in the final game.

So, final seconds of the game. It is tied. If he misses, it goes to overtime (oh no!). If he hits it, they win.

And, against all the odds, he made it!

Uh...

So, we're celebrating this guy because he actually lucked into being passable for a game? Or more accurately, one play. Man, there must be nothing to talk about these days...

Absolute Zero

2011-11-19T11:33:00.000-05:00

'05. A man learns about a deadly drop in temperature within days. Starring: Jeff Fahey, Erika Eleniak, Jessica Amlee, Brittney Irvin, Fred Ewanuick, Michael Ryan. Director: Robert Lee. From Canada.

In a shocking change of pace, it would appear that Bill Dow (Better known as the bumbling Dr. Lee from the Stargate franchise) isn't playing the role of slightly bumbling heroic scientist. Instead, it would appear that he is the administrator type guy who is keeping our plucky heroic scientist (in this case Jeff Fahey) down. No word on the scientist's bumblingness at this point.

Also, I'm cleaning up my apartment while watching this, so this is likely gonna be one of those sparse reviews. For example, we're already a quarter of the way through, and that's still all I have to say.

Also, this movie's been over for about an hour...

Word Conglomerations

2011-11-16T21:31:00.000-05:00

Well, since my earlier attempt didn't go over so well, I figure I'll try again.

You may remember my attempt to coin a new phrase by combining two other ones. In that case it was "A barrel of laughs" and "A whale of a time". Which I attempted to combine into "A barrel of whales".

Well, like I said approximately 4 sentences ago, that one didn't go over all that well.

My latest attempt has actually come up multiple times independently. All of which have been involved with driving around the Tysons Corner area.

This time I shall attempt to combine "trainwreck" with "clusterfuck", which ends up with the combo of "trainfuck".

How It's Made

2011-11-16T21:23:00.000-05:00

Looking at the scheduled recordings on my DVR, I see that I have an episode of How It's Made on tap for tomorrow.

And one of the subjects will apparently be "Fish Replicas".

I'm not sure if you can fully comprehend how excited I am by this prospect.

Rage of the Yeti

2011-11-16T21:19:00.000-05:00

'11. A legendary creature wreaks havoc. Starring: David Chokachi.

I'm slightly impressed that the description doesn't include the true star of this movie. Dr. Meredith Rodney McKay. Or, he is more commonly known (by people who aren't nearly as obsessed with the Stargate Franchise as I am) as David Hewlett.

Also, it has Robin Hood from that new(ish) British Robin Hood show.

And I actually have no idea who David Chokachi is. After looking him up on Wikipedia, he seems to have been in a whole bunch of stuff I've never heard of. And Baywatch. So, I guess that's why he gets mentioned, while our intrepid SciFi hero doesn't.

Although, aside from McKay as the ridiculous gazillionaire bankrolling this ridiculous expedition, David Chokachi and his partner are the best part of this movie. A pair of sort of happy-go-lucky, carefree, wisecracking sort of people with ridiculous guns. Also, in other news, I am unsure if they originally used actual curse words or not, but the edit of the movie I'm currently watching has swapped in "Frak" and "Frell". Which amuses the Farscape and Battlestar Galactica fan in me. Sadly no "Felgercarb". But that was more of the orignianl BSG than the later, more recent one.

Also, in other news, this was directed by McKay. I think.

And Robin Hood just pulled the ring off his dead wife's finger. And then put it on himself. And it was supremely loose in a closeup shot. I wonder how often that occurs. The wife having thicker fingers than the husband... I suppose that's the sort of thing no one actually cares about, and thus we will never figure out.

Oh, and there's Yetis. Or Yerrun. Or something. Some sort of backstory. A ship, and some Chinese gave these ship guys a pile of Yetis for some apparent reason. And then the ship got stuck in the arctic. And now McKay wants some sort of book that was on the ship along with the Yeti.

There. Now you're caught up to speed.

Oh, wait. There's a guy named Enzo, who is apparently trying to get the book thing for himself. Who is causing random defections on McKay's team. I wonder if Enzo is or has a Ferrari.

That could really make this movie quite memorable. Some sort of wacky Bad Sci Fi crossover with Cars. Currently lacking any signs of Larry the Cable Guy, though. And you can't have the Cars franchise without him.

Also, tip for life, if a Yeti gets anywhere near any sort of aircraft that you are on or nearby, run for your life. Yetis have incomprehensibly taken out a Blackhawk helicopter and a C130 cargo plane.

Also, this movie's definition of "ice axe" seems to coincide squarely with my definition of "hatchet". Regular hatchet.

But they haven't really discussed the whole "baby yeti" issue that they covered earlier. My guess is, it'll be the final shot of the movie.

Also, why does McKay's submarine have windows?

Dancing With The Stars

2011-11-16T20:49:00.002-05:00

Unless you get Jewel Staite as a contestant.

Then, we talk...

Proof of the Downfall of Western Society

2011-11-16T20:48:00.000-05:00

So, I don't think I've blogged about it yet, but I have been watching this season of Dancing With The Stars. Or, more accurately, I have been watching selected portions of the current season of Dancing With The Stars.

But now that's over. Because my real reason for watching is no longer there.

If you've been keeping up with the results, and sundry blog posts from my archives, you can probably figure out the timing of this post.

For those of you keeping track at home, the reason was Hope Solo. Because she's hot.

Anyways, Hope Solo was on this season. As were a whole bunch of other people. But no one cares about them. I did enjoy selections of Incessantly Drunk Guy (David Arquette) and Incredibly Gay Guy, With All Particular Meanings Of That Word, Except For The Pejorative (Carson Kressley (or something like that)). But the true reason I was watching, was for Hope Solo. In other news, I'm relatively certain that the comma doesn't really belong in that last sentence. But that is neither here nor there.

Anyways, apparently, in the latest episode, Hope Solo was eliminated. Again with the mangling of comma usage. Granted, she wasn't the best dancer, but I still think that her elimination is evidence of the title of this post.

Granted, 2 of the contestants that outlasted Hope Solo were actually pretty darn good at dancing (although, what the hell do I really know about dancing?). The other, though, was Rob Kardashian. Who is pretty darn terrible. And randomly gets absurdly high scores. Mainly from that chick judge.

So, basically, what I'm saying is that if that Kardashian clown wins this season, I am done with Dancing With The Stars Forever.

Hypothetical Situations

2011-11-16T20:37:00.000-05:00

I was about to ask: "Hypothetically speaking, if you were my iPod Shuffle, where would you be?"

Technically, I can still ask, and you can feel special if you answer it correctly.

Because it was formerly hiding under the couch. And I'm glad it was there. Because my other suspected hiding place was the trash can.

The one nice thing about the iPod Shuffle is that it is so dang small and light. The problem with it is that it is so dang small.

So, if you wish to play, where is my iPod Shuffle?

Zombie Apocalypse

2011-11-12T21:50:00.000-05:00

'11. Survivors seek refuge on an island when zombies take over the world. Starring: Ving Rhames, Taryn Manning.

A film by the Asylum. You know how much we generally loves those sorts of things.

There's a black guy in the first scene with an impressive afro. Unfortunately, as he is a black guy, and in the first scene, he is quite unlikely to survive. Although, his chances are slightly better than they might be, since there is another black guy.

And true enough, it is the other black guy who ends up biting the proverbial dust. I am happy, because that means we get to experience that guy's afro for more of the movie. And they've even added another black guy to the mix. And this one is likely to survive. Or at least survive a pretty significant amount of the movie. Because this one is significantly Ving Rhames-ier than the other.

Guess he had so much fun making the remake of Dawn of the Dead a few years ago that he just couldn't pass this one up. And the remake of Day of the Dead. Which was apparently in the same universe. But he played a completely different character...

Also, it seems that our intrepid survivors have implemented a Pee Buddy system. Or that might just be the females. So we were treated to a random scene of peeing and shy bladder discussing. So, there's that, I guess. Yay.

Also Ving Rhames' weapon of choice is a sledge hammer. Which is amusing. Why is that amusing, you may ask? The answer is, I have no idea. It just is. So, take that.

In other news, you can mess with Ving Rhames. But you can't mess with his horse. Or perhaps "shouldn't" is more accurate than "can't". Apparently zombies killed his horse. He was none too pleased.

Dangit. Now this movie is significantly less worth watching. Because Mr. Afro Guy seems to have been eated. Which just supports my earlier assessments of Ving Rhames' survivability due to his Ving Rhames-ness. Because Fro-do (ah hyuk) didn't even survive half the movie.

And now Ving Rhames is talking about his horse. Again.

Also, this pile of survivors are pretty dang terrible. They're pretty spectacular about attracting shit tons of attention. Although they do seem to be pretty dang amazing shots. Not sure if they've missed yet.

And although Ving Rhames just chainsawed the ever-loving crap out of a zombie, he is completely clean of any blood. In fact, none of them have any blood on them, even though they all have been using very close quarters weapons with lots of blood splatter. Guess it all goes the other directions, and not onto our intrepid adventurers.

And now there's a love sub-plot... Oh good. I guess it is a new one. Since we've already discussed the apparent love sub-plot between Ving Rhames and his now-deceased horse. Oh, dammit. Now it looks like there's a possibility of a third one. This one involves Ving Rhames. But no horse. Unless he has a human horse. Which just opens all sorts of possibilities. That I don't even want to think about it.

But in other news, we have been introduced to a new set of characters. And one of them has a hairstyle which seems very much inspired by Fro-Do's. Even though they never met. Perhaps she just admired Fro-Do from a far. Although, this is less of an afro, and more of of a real-life interpretation of the hair one would expect from your standard Dragonball Z character. Although I can't be certain, as I have never actually seen that show. But I think we all know what I'm talking about.

And back to the previous topic: Looks like the guy who was attempting to initiate love sub-plot #1 has been bit. But, true to every damn zombie movie in existence, he has chosen to hide that fact, and will likely convert to a zombie at the most inconvenient moment, and cause all manner of chaos. But no! He is revealing his bitiness. And offering to act as bait. That's what you get for randomly quoting poetry and literature and culture shit. That, and really wanting to poop. Because that is in fact how he died. Opened a porta-shitter to take a dump, and got ambushed by the zombie inside. But still. He is turning. And the "most inconvenient moment" mentioned earlier is inside a van, while there are a gob of zombies outside. So, close enough.

Also, I am pretty excited for an Asylum movie that I have discovered will be released in 2012. It is called... wait for it!

Drumroll please!

2 Headed Shark Attack.

That should be pretty dang cool.

Also, in The Asylum world, hand grenades are approximately the biggest explosives ever. Or more accurately, make explosions that can be seen from miles away, yet create no crater, and only blow the hood off of a nearby car, without causing any other damage, and also set minor fires. But luckily they're pretty good at zombie killin'.

And now the epic weapon choice of ".50 caliber machine gun mounted on a shopping cart". Which apparently doesn't need to feed any ammo, and also doesn't recoil at all. Even when mounted on a shopping cart. Which has wheels and is super light. Way to go... This would probably be a good time to bust out that picture of Jean-Luc Picard facepalming. Although, does one really require an excuse for such a thing?

Also, you know what every zombie movie needs? Zombie tiger. Giant zombie tiger.

And even though there are still 10 minutes to go, I'm pretty certain that's the best way I can end this post.

Although, for the record, Ving Rhames appears to have used up all his Ving Rhames-related invincibility in the fighting of the tiger. And thus, the horror movie maxim holds true once again:

Black guy(s) die(s).

Today's Word of the Day

2011-11-11T20:30:00.000-05:00

New.

Got's me a new computer.

I won at Beltway today

2011-11-08T21:45:00.000-05:00

Driving from work to the gym, I took the Beltway. I made a grand total of 5 lane changes, and managed to time them all perfectly, so no one passed me (unless they were speeding).

I was pretty happy with myself.

Today's Word Of The Day

2011-11-07T21:14:00.002-05:00

Cock-a-whoop.

Came up in the book I'm reading. Not really sure what it is. I'm thinking minstrel or bard or the like, based on context.

Today's Word Of The Day

2011-11-05T21:37:00.001-04:00

Orangutan.

Chuck some more

2011-11-04T22:21:00.000-04:00

Also, feel free to note that on a shelf on the back wall of the armory in Castle are large jars of candy.

Also, highly disappointed that Morgan seemingly doesn't know about Indiana Jones... In quite possibly his most famous scene.

Never mind. Scratch that. Looks like they handled that appropriately.

Chuck

2011-11-04T22:02:00.001-04:00

Sarah Walker/Bartowski wears Evolv climbing shoes. Just thought you should know.

Also, the letter g is relatively hard to type without an actual g key.

Also, I'm amused that Casey using an over-under hunting shotgun as his weapon while attacking a house.

Also, I'm glad that they're giving Morgan a bigger role this season.

Also, also. Just because.

Gotta Poo

2011-11-04T18:22:00.001-04:00

Quite a lot

Today's Word Of The Day

2011-11-03T22:11:00.001-04:00

Alpaca

Halloween

2011-11-03T21:05:00.000-04:00

The new Rob Zombie one.

Again, like most horror/slasher flicks, when you find yourself in such a situation, it is probably best to wear as many pairs of pants as possible.

Potentially stealing pants from people you don't particularly like.

Today's Word Of The Day

2011-11-02T21:51:00.002-04:00

Popsicle.

I wants one

Random Place that Just Popped Into My Head

2011-11-02T21:50:00.002-04:00

Lake Okeechobee

Terra Nova

2011-11-02T21:04:00.002-04:00

Really?

In your third episode you're already doing the "Person is immune to the disease of the week because they have a cold" thing?

Well played. And oh so original.

(I'm a few weeks behind)

Today's Word Of The Day

2011-10-31T20:21:00.001-04:00

Gourd.

Today's Word of the Day

2011-10-26T01:38:00.001-04:00

Potash

Today's Word of the Day

2011-10-19T17:23:00.001-04:00

Pie

Today's Word of the Day

2011-10-18T18:24:00.001-04:00

Victuals

Yay, lunch!

Today's Word Of The Day

2011-10-18T00:13:00.001-04:00

Alabaster

Post!

2011-10-17T04:14:00.001-04:00

This is in fact a post.

Captain America: The First Avenger

2011-10-15T16:01:00.001-04:00

Or as I like to think of it "Punching Nazis, The Musical".

Glad I didn't go see our in theaters. Because now I have seen it for free. Well not really free. But did come with a free plane ticket.

Next up on the double feature is apparently Cars 2. Another one I haven't seen yet.

But, that one is about 4 hours away at this point. In the meantime, Kindle.

LAX, woo!

2011-10-15T14:55:00.001-04:00

Never been to Los Angeles before... Now I get too be here for a few hours!

Vienna Smells Like Sausages

2011-10-13T17:34:00.001-04:00

Kind of apt, actually.

Also, while writing this post, I forgot how to spell sausages. So I just kinda Swyped randomly for a bit. Swype thought thought for a while and then suggested the appropriate spelling. Smart program, apparently.

Random Place That Just Popped into My Head

2011-10-13T08:55:00.001-04:00

Elk Wallow Wayside

Bonus Word of the Day

2011-10-13T08:51:00.001-04:00

Riverine

Today's Word of the Day

2011-10-13T08:49:00.001-04:00

Two.

T minus...

A Change of Seasons

2011-10-13T08:48:00.001-04:00

I have this Dream Theater doing stuck in my head. Strangely enough, I haven't heard it in a few months.

Today's Word Of The Day

2011-10-09T20:02:00.001-04:00

Popsicle.

Unfortunately, I have none.

Warehouse 13

2011-10-03T22:09:00.000-04:00

Good show. Really good show.

Once Eureka's done with its run after next season, this'll be the only thing left on Syfy worth watching.

Because, lord knows, the rest of the channel's programming definitely isn't.

Except for maybe Haven. But that isn't near on par with Eureka and Warehouse 13.

Australian V8 Supercars

2011-10-01T15:21:00.000-04:00

Apparently these guys have "pit bunkers".

Don't know much about the racing series, but that seems pretty cool. Significantly more badass than a pit box or pit stall or whatever...

Today's Word of the Day

2011-09-29T19:36:00.001-04:00

Crappy.

Guess who is crappy at climbing.

Hint: it is me.
Hint 2: that wasn't actually a hint.

Well Played, Kindle

2011-09-23T20:20:00.000-04:00

Apparently there are some issues in translating books into the electronic files used by the Kindle.

For example, I just came across a sentence that should have read "Her arms around his neck..."

But, instead read "Her anus around his neck..."

Changes the meaning, a good bit, I believe...

Today's Word Of The Day

2011-09-21T21:30:00.002-04:00

smile

Bonus Word of The Day!

2011-09-19T19:18:00.001-04:00

Aardvark.

Came up with abacus first. Then thought of aardvark. Just couldn't leave aardvark hangin'.

Today's Word Of The Day

2011-09-19T19:17:00.001-04:00

Abacus

Killer Mountain

2011-09-18T19:54:00.000-04:00

'11. A mysterious creature terrorizes mountain climbers as they embark on a rescue mission. Starring: Aaron Douglas, Paul Campbell, Torrance Coombs.

Worst belayer ever.

And as much as I would desire that to be the extent of my review I must question the actions of one of the characters. He is looking at a map laying on a table. And blood starts dripping on it from above. And instead of looking up and wondering what the fuck it was, he does the whole "dab 2 fingers into the puddle, and smear it around with the thumb, while looking at it contemplatively".

Also, all these fools gon' die. There are 5 of them roped together. Climbing a sheer rock face. With seemingly no gear. So, I guess if one of them slips, the lot of them are gonna peel off the wall and make a nice cylon splat. In case you weren't aware, Aaron Douglas was a Cylon on Battlestar Galactica.

Apparently when you fly a helicopter so high that the air is too thin, it randomly causes sparks in the cockpit. And thus disappears he who my brother has nicknamed the "Mexican Mustache". Although, reports of his demise were premature. By about 15 seconds.

I hope everyone in this movie dies. They just suck at climbing. In fact, this movie would be pretty darn hilarious if everyone were to die due to various climbing chicaneries. Before they even encounter the monster.

Also, mystery leeches.

Also, it would appear that the Mexican Mustache has survived. But it looks like another one of those things where I say something, only for it to be revealed as untrue 15 seconds later.

Apparently their cams can't hold a person falling (although that was a very poorly place cam), but they can certainly hold an entire helicopter for quite some time.

And now, for something completely different. I'll get back to this at some point.

Today's Word Of The Day

2011-09-18T18:05:00.002-04:00

Bleeding.

My wallet.

But, luckily awesome things will come of it.

Jabberwock

2011-09-18T16:21:00.000-04:00

'11. A peaceful man uses a powerful sword to save the woman he loves from a winged monster. Starring: Tahmoh Penikett, Kacey Barnfield, Richard Riddell, Ian Virgo, Michael Worth. Director Steven R. Monroe.

If one is to be fighting a computer generated monster with a sword, one should ensure that at least some portion of said sword goes off screen when one is meant to be striking said beast.

Also, this current scene has our intrepid heroes rock climbing and sword fighting. That would be fun. And tiring. And relatively monstericious.

Also, whenever I see this monster, I can't help but think of the phrase "Wingaling dragon".

Also, Helo and his apparently more swordtastic brother do a lot of fighting with real swords. And manage not to kill each other. Which is probably why they suck so bad at killing the jabberwock.

Today's Word Of The Day

2011-09-16T18:37:00.001-04:00

Spruce

2011 Rugby World Cup: USA vs. Ireland

2011-09-11T14:07:00.000-04:00

The more I watch this, the more I realize I have little to no idea what's going on.

So, when a guy falls down while holding the ball, what happens?

It appears that he can hand it off backwards towards his friends. And the other team isn't allowed to touch it until the guy picks it up and throws it?

Someone enlighten me.

Luckily, I'm pretty sure that both of my regular readers have significantly more idea what the hell is going on here.

Gowron is my favorite Klingon

2011-09-09T19:27:00.000-04:00

Due to his awesome crazy eyes.

John Casey?

2011-09-08T20:42:00.000-04:00

Apparently he's the kicker for the Saints. Or perhaps the Packers.

So, I guess some NFL team has Jayne Cobb kicking for them?

I guess he's got to do something in the Chuck off-season...

Dunkin' K-Cup

2011-09-08T20:12:00.001-04:00

Sounds like Dunkin' Cake Up.

Which sounds significantly awesomer than a little coffee packet.

Spammers love Winter Sports

2011-09-08T20:11:00.000-04:00

And Vodka. And Posting Records.

If the posts that get spam comments on this blog can be trusted.

All the posts are ridiculously old, yet continue to get Spam comments for little to no apparent reason.

Today's Word Of The Day

2011-09-08T19:51:00.001-04:00

Yelling.

Why is Mr. Obama yelling at me?

Important News!

2011-09-08T19:22:00.000-04:00

Drunken moose ends up stuck in Swedish apple tree

Dan's Daily Drivel: Keeping the world abreast of all the important news.

Highlights

2011-09-07T21:56:00.000-04:00

No, not the magazine that you always end up reading at the dentist's office. The hair color thing.

What is the purpose?

Is that supposed to look natural? Because random blond streaks on an otherwise brown head of hair doesn't look like any sort of natural.

So, what the heck's the point?

Today's Word Of The Day

2011-09-07T21:33:00.000-04:00

Wet.

It was wet. Very wet.

But, on the plus side, a security guard complimented Fitzgerald.

Random Place that Just Popped Into My Head

2011-09-04T22:21:00.000-04:00

Pouhon

The name of a corner of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.

Today's Word Of The Day

2011-09-04T22:15:00.001-04:00

Wingnut

IndyCar Racing: Baltimore Grand Prix

2011-09-04T16:01:00.000-04:00

Why is it that someone can stall on track, and then have their car restarted by the marshals, and then still be in the race?

The Final Countdown

2011-09-01T21:44:00.000-04:00

Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross
What if a 1980s American aircraft carrier (with its modern firepower) time-warped back to the Pacific waters near Pearl Harbor on December 7. 1941?
1980
Director: Don Taylor

So, what would happen?

Turns out, if this movie is to be believed, not a whole heck of a lot. A lot of debating about time travel ethics and paradoxes. Then some time-warping back to modern times on the verge of the attack.

And yes, I will admit that the only reason I watched this movie was the Europe song of the same name.

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time

2011-08-31T21:46:00.001-04:00

Sir Ben Kingsley has a gigantic schnoz.

That is all.

Today's Word Of The Day

2011-08-31T21:34:00.000-04:00

Heffalump.

Watched The Last Airbender today.

And here is my review:

Needs more Heffalump.

The flying heffalump creature was really the only thing worth watching in the original cartoon thing (not that I watched all to much of it). And Mr. M. Night Shamamamamamamamalalalalalamalamalamalamalamamamamamlalalamamalmamlamalmalmaman decided, in his significantly less than infinite wisdom, to not use very much of the best character he had to deal with.

Today's Word Of The Day

2011-08-30T18:14:00.001-04:00

Hopper

Mathematical Calculations!

2011-08-28T19:01:00.000-04:00

I have spent today collecting empirical evidence to support my mathematical calculation that the quality of a weekend can be measured by the inverse of the percent of time spent not wearing pants.

Bonus Word of The Day!

2011-08-27T17:13:00.000-04:00

Boat.

I have finished the Boats category in my Tangram app thing. I've already finished animals and people. Next is letters and shapes. Then buildings. And potentially some other stuff. But I'm not sure what.

Today's Word Of The Day

2011-08-27T15:50:00.002-04:00

Phenomenon.

Star Trek: The Next Generation seems to use this world a lot.

A lot.