Or: Why The Eternity Code was the best Artemis Fowl book Spoiler warning for ... well, the entire thing. I'm not marking individual spoilers; it's been long enough since the last book was released. Also this is really going to be rambling, I can just sense it. Consider yourself warned. Ever since a friend loaned me the first book in the series, I'm a fan of Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl series of books. The characters and re-imagined concepts of Colfer's stories captured my imagination. As I
You know, I have noticed an issue in the forum software, and it has to do with the word filter. Don't get me wrong, I like the filter, it keeps bad, bad things from coming to BZP, but the word that changes to "Cool Dude" in the filter simply has got to go. I have four reasons why:
1. It's designed so people don't get their feelings hurt by having someone call them that, but in reality, it's extremely rare for a person to be called that.
2. There are plenty of other synonyms that are just as
My blog is becoming less active again ... I blame it on the end of the semester. This picture was taken on June 11th, 2012 in Louisville, Kentucky, at the Louisville Slugger museum. The lifelike statue of Ken Griffey Jr., it seems, was too much for my dad to resist pinching. And before you ask, yes, this is probably the weirdest thing he's ever done. "Talk about being a pinch hitter."
A grocery store near where I live had a massive fireworks sale many years ago. Of course, in North Carolina you can't just go and buy real fireworks - although many people make a trek south to bring back the goods for their Fourth of July and New Year's parties. Thus, the grocery-brand stuff was nearly always on sale and went on a huge clearance. Fortunately, we stocked up, since we never saw them for sale again. We shot all of the small ones off. At most, they shot sparks and colors up about
It's that time again …
1. Sumiki - 5
2. Smuffin Nudpucker - 1
3. Mad Luigi Possum
4. Derelict Spoon - 1
5. Smuffin Slapper - 2
5. Frisky Biscuit - 4
Vote early, as this will probably be closed within the next 24 hours.
Let's face it: franchises rule the box office. Let's take a look at some of the big franchises, both current and anticipated, and get a good sense of where this is all headed. There's more peril than promise, I fear. First, let's look at Harry Potter, the quintessential film franchise. One movie per book, with seven b—no, wait, they split Deathly Hallows to keep the die-hards happy, so eight movies. Still, that's pretty good, right? They didn't split Goblet of Fire like they were going to; w
My grandmother has been recovering slowly but steadily since her mid-October surgery. There have been a number of setbacks, including bronchitis, but none more disheartening than the thought of getting another surgery and going through the process again. Unfortunately, the spacers they inserted into her back have moved and have temporarily paralyzed one of her feet. A second surgery is now a must if she wants to walk normally again, and it has to be done immediately before the bone heals aroun
So, let's talk a little history here. Let's go back to 1977, a big year for many reasons. Apple becomes a company, Miami gets snow, Uranus's rings are discovered, MLB expands to Toronto and Seattle, Star Wars premieres, Elvis dies, smallpox is eradi- Wait, hold on. Back up. Star Wars premiered. That was the important thing - some would argue that it has impacted the world more so than anything else that has its roots in 1977. (Apple, of course, would like a word with you if you agree.) Star
"I'm going to go in and make donuts tomorrow." "Send my greetings to the Queen of The Gambia. Furthermore, I own a stapler." "We have invested in a raisin farm." "Remember, the celery retractors will be there in the morning."
It's time to get these going again. This one was inspired by a spacecraft (read: jumble of Vahki staffs) that I saw on Flickr. Even I felt like I could do better than it, so after a bit of tinkering ... | |
There have been way too many crazy awesome things that have transpired over the past three days, and these things will be chronicled in a blog entry in due time, but I just wanted to say that one of my MOCs - the Heavily Armored Wasp - was nominated for Best BIONICLE! My chances of actually winning, however, are somewhat less than slim: I'm up against DeeVee's Vayland Dragon III, Steve the Squid's wearable Bane mask, and Makaru's Kahu, so I'm basically just thrilled that I got nominated and ha
Second in my series of Amazing BrickFair GIFs, Takuma Nuva punches Zatth upside the head. This was made exclusively for this image: (496 KB) Large version here (1.6 MB) (and no this is not just because tak complained) (but it had something to do with it)
That's probably the first (non-50th-special) episode of Doctor Who that I've legitimately enjoyed since Asylum of the Daleks. The new intro is horrid, though. The music sounds like a compressed tinny mid-90s MIDI bandbox and no one can tell me otherwise. Murray Gold still does good incidental music but good grief get Danny Elfman on the intro.
-----Our phone alarms went off at seven o'clock in the morning, and after a requisite five minute snooze, coffee was acquired and the day began. We managed to leave Knoxville at 9:00, bearing north for the Kentucky border. -----Our goal was to get to Cincinnati a little after lunchtime, and the drive was uneventful until we got to the Cincinnati metropolitan area. Our first stop was lunch at Taste of Belgium, an establishment that prides itself on its waffles. It's extremely European; flats
