Merry Christmas to all. And to all a good night. 

... the director of Fast & Furious, Justin Lin. http://www.awn.com/news/justin-lin-dire ... ek-feature]So says AWN, at least.

An action-movie director? Really? Have people completely forgotten what Star Trek used to be about?
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Joe Cocker has passed away.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Sailor Moon Inspired Wedding Dress
(with Cutie Moon Rod scepter made by Grant Imahara)
"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."
--Dr. Seuss

... and my credit card has to lay fallow for a couple of days, so I can't buy page views right now.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

I just stumbled across this article on Tofugu and really, it explains a whole lot about why Japan seems so off-kilter - it's because we have been given the wrong impression entirely.
http://www.tofugu.com/2014/12/08/bushid ... -bullshit/
Really, now that I've read this article, I think the best example in pop culture of how Samurai actually behaved before the Tokugawa Shogunate unified the country is in Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke - everyone has their own agendas, act however they want to act, and not once is the word 'honor' dropped by anyone (that I can recall, anyhow).  It would also explain why Lady Eboshi had absolutely zero qualms about the honor of pitting rifles against swords and archers.
This is going to change how I write some of Garrick's steps as some of them are in pre-Tokugawa settings.

Do you guys remember the Gestapo agent in Raiders of the Lost Ark? What type of headgear was he wearing? 
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Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

(No, not the Bowie tune or the TV shows. The planet Mars.)

Maybe.

Anyone looking to clean up some closet space? I'm looking for Captain's Log issues in the 20's and 30's.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

The 1969 AMC 400 show car:




Now edited for hosting that won't turn it into an antihotlinking shunt image if you don't already have it in cache.
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows