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Michael Hopcroft last won the day on October 24 2019
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Q; Why does everyone in the Shinjuku market have that strong, healthy glow? A: She puts the "Fun" into "Fundamentalism"!
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"Ah. Yes, my darling, I was just about to call you. I'm on my way. I've got the cheese and the Beaujolais. What? My love. Kiss the children for me. Huh? Hold on." (sets the phone down) "Yes?" "Your wife is on the other line." "Tell her I'm out of town."
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I saw Raffles tonight with my mother (on Prime), from 1939. David Niven plays A.J. Raffles, a renowned society gent and famous cricketer who leads a second life as "The Amateur Cracksman", a jewel and art thief. He's fallen back in love with a girl from school days (a stunningly beautiful Olivia De Havilland), and is determined to give up crime -- until her brother confides that he needs to come up with a thousand pounds or go to prison. So Raffles reluctantly takes on one last robbery at a noble estate -- but the Scotland Yard inspector he's been taunting for years shows up just as he is about to perform the job, as has a not-so-gentlemanly thief looking for the same prize. Niven would go on to play a very similar role in Blake Edwards' comedic caper masterpiece The Pink Panther. He was shocked when the sequels featured Peter Sellers' Inspector Clouseau and not his Phantom as he thought it would be. It didn't help that Sellers was the same screwed-up ass he always was, not getting along with anybody and antagonizing everyone involved.
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A 18-year-old English driver named Ollie Bearman has been called up out of motor racing's equivalent of the "minors" do drive Ferrari's second car in the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix, He had a decent qualifying run yesterday, ending up in the eleventh spot on the grid (naturally, Max Verstappen is on pole and is a near-prohibitive favorite to win the race). Bearman will be the only rookie in the field. Nobody is signed this y4ear to drive in Formula 1 who was not there in 2023. It's still questionable if there are some drivers in f1 who shouldn't be there at the point, but nobody gave a rookie a shot. I appreciate Ferrari taking the low-risk gamble (he's filling for the #1 driver on the team, Carlos Sainz), and then it will be back to Ferrari's F2 team for Bearman. I will be watching the race with interest and keeping an eye on how Bearman does. There was another substitute driver in 2023who I was hoping would get an F1 ride, but didn't. I'm just hoping (if the world lasts that long) there will be a rookie driver or two in 2025.
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I thought this would be an Internet hoax, but evidently it isn't: the creator of the immensely popular Dragonball series of manga and anime, Akira Toriyama, has passed away at the age of 68. Even if the name is not familiar, gamers would have to have been living under very large rocks to be completely ignorant of Dragonball. Starting as a comical riff on the classic novel Journey to the West, it featured a strong but naive boy named Son Goku who is enlisted by a girl scientist to track down seven magical orbs which, when brought together, would summon the godlike dragon Shenron to grant the user one unconditional wish. Along the way, they encounter a string of eccentric characters and powerful adversaries like the totalitarian Red Ribbon Army, as well as a lecherous martial arts instructor who teaches Goku devastating techniques, which had him growing unimaginably powerful. Fats forward thirty years. Goku has grown up, married, and sired a son, all the while remaining a big, lovable oaf. But then he learns the secret of his own past -- not only is he not really human, but he was actually sent to Earth as an infant to destroy the planet on behalf of the might Saiyan Empire. This is something Goku unconditionally rejects, choosing to protect instead of destroy and love instead of hate. This puts him in conflict with many ever-more-powerful adversaries, including the Saiyan general Vegeta who would become his great rival. A riff on a novel about the rise of Buddhism in Eastern Asia switched into a riff on the Superman mythos, spawning some of the most spectacular super-brawls ever drawn and animated. Ironically, Toriyama was asked to write Dragonball because his previous series, the wacky comedy Dr. Slump, had gotten too weird in the eyes of his publisher. But his influence did not stop with manga and anime. He also had a role in the creation of such significant video games as the Dragon Quest franchise, Blue Dragon, and more. But it is Dragonball, and its enormous impact on global popular culture, that was his crowning achievement.
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Michael Hopcroft replied to starblaze's topic in HERO Games Product Line
If I may interject, I have a lot of experiences with false positives when I but something from a small publisher. For example, pretty much every sports simulation game I buy I need to give special permission to bypass the obvious false positive and save the files (simply because Microsoft thinks too few people have downloaded the file). I'm not surprised this is happening with TTRPG purchases as well. -
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"Now that's a katana!" "Ruby is that my book..." "This is filth! FILTH!" (whacks friend in the head with the "borrowed book") "Can I have my book back?" "LATER!"
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I wonder if F1 needs its own thread for 2024 -- or maybe one on motorsports in general to accommodate the NASCAR fans.
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Q: Surely you can play Lady Macbeth, Miss Maclaine? A: It looks like one more way to obtain parenthood has been wiped out of existence.
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Q: Why is everybody in the dining hall raising toast after toast to Nobody? A: Justice will be swift! It will be painful! It will be Delicious!
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Q: What led you to us? Hiow could have possibly discovered the Secret Hideout of the League of Evil Trigonmetrists? A: Your nights of trying to take over the world have come to an end!
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I know who he is. I just don't remember anything he did that was especially funny.... Given what's happening in Northern Virginia with the Capitals' new arena plans being stymied by local opposition, it could be that Vegas decided they know a scam when they see one (which they probably do at least thirty times an hour, because Vegas). And while the NHL's Golden Knights have been a resounding success on and off the ice, I'm not quite sure what to make of the Vegas Raiders or the Vegas Super Bowl.
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Reminds me to ask what the pianos of Mozart's day looked and sounded like compared to a modern Grand or Upright.