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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 14:33:05 GMT -5
So far, we've found 5 used book stores in Cheyenne, as opposed to none in Rome. Add the Barnes & Noble 5 minutes away instead of 30, and we're looking good.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Aug 31, 2014 14:39:36 GMT -5
Finally watched Sharknado. No it is not one of those movies that's so bad it's good. It's just bad. I like the first one. The sequel is just plain terrible. Oh god there's a sequel? If Tara Reid's in it does she still look like time ravaged her as bad as Frank Miller?
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Post by Pharozonk on Aug 31, 2014 15:26:35 GMT -5
I like the first one. The sequel is just plain terrible. Oh god there's a sequel? If Tara Reid's in it does she still look like time ravaged her as bad as Frank Miller? Even worse: they do a ripoff of Evil Dead 2 and go all Ash Williams and give her a saw blade for a hand
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Post by hondobrode on Aug 31, 2014 23:29:05 GMT -5
Have been feeling very flat all week. I think I came down with a cold or flu because the past week I've been coughing and spluttering and my concentration is way off. I noticed the last couple of days I've had sinus headache, and was thinking that our ductwork has never been cleaned out. I'm not sure that isn't part of what's affecting me. Don't what the weather's been like where you are zryson, but it's been weird in OK. That might be part of it too. I think most of the country has been cooler, and my family up in IA has had near record rainfall this year.
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Post by zryson on Sept 1, 2014 1:23:21 GMT -5
Isnt it strange how fragile yet resilient human bodies are. Even now I sometimes think its amazing how a flu or cold can make a person feel so awful. Or when you have a headache and your head hurts so much. Yet the body can also be incredibly durable too.
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Post by Pharozonk on Sept 1, 2014 10:23:24 GMT -5
I've had a terrible cold all week that I contracted from my friend across the hall from me. Close quarters in college dorms are a breeding ground for so many pathogens.
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Post by Jasoomian on Sept 1, 2014 12:07:17 GMT -5
Watch out for Ebola!
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Post by zryson on Sept 1, 2014 13:18:35 GMT -5
School in general is a place where colds and flu run rampant. In fact most large public areas are. I remember once going to see my Doctor and she told me that no matter how many times you wash your hands, there are tons of germs out there just waiting to strike the body. And I thought 'gee, good pep talk Doc!'
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Post by the4thpip on Sept 1, 2014 15:28:03 GMT -5
So far, we've found 5 used book stores in Cheyenne, as opposed to none in Rome. Add the Barnes & Noble 5 minutes away instead of 30, and we're looking good. Sounds like you'll feel at home there. Glad for you and your wife.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2014 22:53:40 GMT -5
This morning I got added to a work related email chain that devolved into my boss and one of our former customers internet fighting like a couple of kids. It was entertaining, but also the signal of a significant loss of work, which sucks.
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Post by zryson on Sept 3, 2014 4:35:07 GMT -5
I was thinking about Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice today. Based on Man of Steel which sharply divided the audience (it had a fairly disappointing run for such a huge film stalling at just over $668 million at the worldwide box office) Warner Bros is trying to mirror the success of The Avengers (which became the highest grossing superhero movie of all time) and cramming many DC superheroes into the film. There are also the recent headlines about how Warner Bros has planned nine superhero movies through 2020 as well as fears of superhero movie saturation with many superhero movies to be released not just by Warner Bros but other studios through 2020. That's an awful lot of films (due to Amazing Spider-Man 2 under-performing at the box office Sony has delayed the follow-up changing its release from 2016 to 2018.) Warner Bros seems to be on a collision course with other studios (bringing in big guns like Ben Affleck as Batman into Dawn of Justice) but will the strategy work? What of the domino effect upon these films? As I commented to a friend, it might and the studio might lose a lot of money too but looking back at history, arguably it’s going to get messy.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 3, 2014 7:36:24 GMT -5
French cartoonist Boulet (whose bouletcrop site is a must-see) came up with a funny concept a while ago: that of formicapunk, which is to the 70s and 80s what steampunk is to the Victorian era. He's now set up a tumblr site full of formicapunk images, and I'm embarrassed to feel quite at home in that world... A colourless Apple logo always seemed odd to me anyway.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Sept 3, 2014 7:59:10 GMT -5
The windows PC that looks like the CPU is an old orange tube radio and the keyboard ala typewriter is cool. The concept of electronics having style rather than being sterile and bland makes for interesting viewing. I'm no computer buff but I always thought the Alienware ads were cool cause of that.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Sept 3, 2014 18:20:50 GMT -5
French cartoonist Boulet (whose bouletcrop site is a must-see) came up with a funny concept a while ago: that of formicapunk, which is to the 70s and 80s what steampunk is to the Victorian era. He's now set up a tumblr site full of formicapunk images, and I'm embarrassed to feel quite at home in that world... A colourless Apple logo always seemed odd to me anyway. That's amazingly awesome, I'd love a cell phone like that apple one!
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 3, 2014 18:41:55 GMT -5
My first apartment in the early 70s with my roomates had some interesting motifs. One wall in the living room was floor-to-ceiling crumpled aluminum tin foil. It also provided us with excellent TV reception in those pre-cable days
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