Hiro Protagonist

Did a marathon watching of Season 4 of Haven. Awesome stuff. This show has more twists and turns than a dog's hind leg.

Nothing like taking a nice stroll in the evening and walking into a spiders web.

I use Foxit PDF Editor. It allows me to add pages, delete pages, edit, write notes, etc.

Took all day but finished putting up the Christmas lights around the house, fence and garden. The only thing worse than putting up Christmas lights on a house is putting lights on a 2 storey house. I'm dog tired. Now I just have to flick the switch and hope the fuse box doesn't blow up.

China lands rover on moon. Has a backdrop at a trade fair with Europe being nuked. http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/chinese-moon-rover-trade-fair-backdrop-shows-europe-being-nuked/story-fnjwlcze-1226786319994

It's actually a British Carrier that's been outsourced to India

Rhythm. There's just something wrong with a word with no vowels. Consonants are evil.

Once Upon a Time mid-season finale. Wow that was one hell of an episode. Felt like more of a season finale than a mid-season finale. Felt like the show had ended.

Just watched Homeland Season 3 finale. That felt like a series finale. Looks like it will be a completely different storyline with some new characters for the next season. The show has lost the plot. Should have ended with Season 1 with the vest going off. Don't know why they're doing a Season 4 though, the show has well and truly jumped the shark. Oh well, I'm out.

Finished watching Season 5 of Castle and now started Season 6.

The Taliban was an insurgency and not a Government in 2001?

I think what Oby is saying is the U.S. has been fighting a war against a third world country and they still haven't won. Even after 13 years which is longer than WW1 and WW2 combined.

Hi Kroney, I remember you from the BIS days. You also used to have a Danger Mouse avatar.

On my mothers side, have the poet Henry Lawson in my family tree and traced back to the first fleet in 1788 from England and to Ireland. Fathers side has been traced back to 12th century Scotland.

Well, I'm really enjoying Almost Human. It's a mix of Blade Runner, Robocop, Minority Report, Fringe and they took all the best bits and made a TV series out of it. awesome stuff.

Interactive Before and After pictures. http://www.abc.net.au/news/specials/typhoon-haiyan-photos-before-after/

I agree. Chinese restaurants and chinatown areas in Western Countries are too westernised. I never realised how westernised the food was until having a Chinese girlfriend and visiting China. After 5 years, I find it hard to eat chinese food and yum cha in Western countries. Sickly sweet. My partner never goes to 'chinatown' as it's all westernised. She often finds some obscure restaurant to get as close as authentic as possible, but it's never quite right. All my Caucasian friends don't understand when I say it's not real chinese food when we're in a chinese restaurant, but my partners chinese friends all understand.

Would've been a good idea to install some wind turbines.

I'm not saying it's a dull Batman rip-off. You are. Nice straw man though. I'm quite enjoying it because it's Green Arrow, not a dull Batman rip-off. You can have characters influenced from other characters without being dull rip-offs. Comics do it all the time. And considering Green Arrow has been going since the 1940s, interpreted in many ways and continues to be read today, I'd say he's far from being a dull rip-off.

Hang on. you said Green Arrow is more like more like Batman with a bow. That's how he was created. From Wikipedia: 'At the time of his debut, Green Arrow functioned in many ways as an archery-themed analogue of the very popular Batman character,...' 'the concept into a superhero archer with obvious Batman influences.These include Green Arrow's sidekick Speedy, his use of an Arrow-Car and Arrow-Plane for transportation, his use of an Arrow-Cave as his headquarters, his alter ego as a billionaire playboy, the use of an Arrow-Signal to summon him, and a clown-like arch foe named Bull's Eye, similar to Batman's arch-foe, the Joker.' So you're basically complaining that Green Arrow is Green Arrow, considering how he was created to be similar to Batman with a Bow. So how is it flawed? Your comparison to Jar Jar makes so sense.

rofl. That's what Green Arrow is supposed to be like.

I like the main actor in Arrow. I think he does a great job.

^ Season 1 is a bit uneven but overall I liked it. Season 2 is way better.