Raithe

"It's not like they're ruining your childhood memories, so much as sidling up in a suspicious manner, putting their hands in your pockets and molesting them somewhat..."

Yup. It's a little bit disturbing. But, different cultures, there's always going to be weird things from someone's perspective.

Just for the Geekness... Observation Deck - The Pryde Scale (Or Fun with Aging in the Marvel Universe)

So is tapdancing on broken glass. Don't knock it 'til you've tried it. And then sold the resulting piece at a fine art exhibit. Don't laugh so much about that until you've travelled on the metro train in Mexico City. You actually have the panhandlers get on the train, put out a small cloth full of broken glass, and basically cut themselves up on it , and they stop and move on when people give them loose change.

To put it in perspective with a quote from the film Plunkett and Macleane: Macleane: Still swinging both ways, Rochester? Lord Rochester: Jamie, I swing every way.

Or all about maximising your space..? In a 258 square feet apartment... http://youtu.be/juWaO5TJS00

It's all about the nature of community? A "town" in Alaska where the majority of the population live and work within the same building that can only be entered through a miles long tunnel... http://youtu.be/naPguX84Amg

Hm, well the doctors are still hemming and hawing a bit, waiting on test results, but they now think that one of the shadows on my mothers lungs are likely to be a tumour, so...potentially cancer. On the upside of things, they're now saying that since the infectious influenza, most of the fluid in her lungs, and such is gone, that she's likely to be treatable as an outpatient. So after about two months in hospital they might release her around Friday... Also, after over 10 years spent as her primary carer and receiving the associated carers allowance and income support, I've been summoned to a "Local Compliance Interview" just to ensure that I am who I say I am, and have been told to bring my passport, drivers license, and bank statements to prove that I'm not independently wealthy and have a job that gives me mucho money. So that looks like it could be interesting.

Hm, have to say I'm not sure what to make of the finale to Galavant. Didn't seem to have the magic or punch of some of the earlier episodes.

Having grown up with a sister who was obsessed with 21 Jump Street when it was on tv, I finally got around to skimming through the movie. While it had some amusing bits - especially the "Tom Hansen and Doug Penhall" reveal, I found most of it rather tiresome. Basically trying to stretch the whole joke about them not looking like high school kids into an excuse for stupid behaviour more then funny. I guess I can only take so much of stupid as funny, and an entire film hinging on that doesn't really work for me.

Since there's always time for Minions.. especially musical ones.. http://youtu.be/icViP-RZDy4

It works so well. Both because who doesn't like watching sword fights? And it's set well to the music... http://youtu.be/n1l5m-h6Ugo

Well, I've spent about 10 hours playing Gat Out of Hell, and just finished it. I have only this to say... Nathon Fillion is the Voice of God....

Sometimes, it's all about enjoying that musical number in the middle of your game... http://youtu.be/OvAJIVSLqK4

Gat Out of Hell. It's both a lot of fun and a bit of a let down. The environment is fresh, and the angel wings flying is really good. They've definitely done something good with that combination. It's full of general, cheesy fun and games, and nice humour. There is absolutely no message, morality, or political edge to it. It's all just good, clean, silly fun. But... there isn't a big push of story to it. Or at least, gameplay wise it's being pushed by you doing random side things, rather than any campaign-centric missions. It's still a lot of fun, and I can see myself spending quite a few hours just poking around, but it lacks something without that. Saints Row was always good at creating interesting, quirky, and generally well written campaign missions, so it's noticeable when that's missing.

I'm just having a short poke at Gat Out of Hell. I have to say, got plenty of chuckles in the first 10 minutes.

And to have the general upfeel... Since who doesn't love Princess Bride? LA Weekly - Cary Elwes Tells Behind the Scene Princess Bride Stories in his Memoir

Eh, it doesn't really matter in the long run. No one really came to the Obs boards to look at ladies, it was just one of those amusing threads that started randomly and kept going with odd diversions of thought and discussion here and there. Along with Oby's wanderings into racial superiority, and poking fun at Woldan's very masculine women.. I don't think anyone took it that seriously, so as the official policy gets turned to tighten up some of the loose regulations, we can expect such things to get tidied out. It's not going to destroy the community, and that's pretty much why folk lurk around and throw things into threads.

So.... io9 - King Tuts Mask Has Been Damaged Telegraph - King Tuts Beard Hastily Glued Back On

Plus that's the World of Darkness for you, that grouped various names together, and mashed up several to create "new ones" Hengeyokai was the generic "China/Japan" term for shapeshifters in the WoD. Kind of like Kuei-Jin was the mashed up name for their Asian specific brand of Vampires. Remember, it was a roleplaying game. They didn't stress that much over Etymology.