Michael Hopcroft

"Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes! They've got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses! And what's with all the carrots? What do they need such good eyesight for anyway? Bunnies! Bunnies! It must be Bunnies!... or maybe midgets..."

A group of prison inmates in Florida used the skills that got them into prison in the first place to save the life on a one-year-old girl who had been accidentally locked in a car.
 
The minimum-security prisoners were working on a highway repair when it happened. Their guards watched them, and one actually praised their actions.
 
One of the most famous stories of American writer O. Henry (master of the last-page plot twist) involved a reformed safecracker in a similar position, throwing away his freedom to rescue a child. The consequences weren't so serious in this case, but I was reminded of that story when I read this.

Yeah, the human trafficking element has me enraged here.  I've got friends who love razzing me about Boston/NE sports, but this case makes my stomach churn and I can't find any humor in it (unlike, say Deflategate or Spygate).

Yeah, my mother is very religious herself.  And I also share her protective instinct towards children which would be a big reason why the child molestation type case would probably get to me. 
 

A group of prison inmates in Florida used the skills that got them into prison in the first place to save the life on a one-year-old girl who had been accidentally locked in a car.
 
The minimum-security prisoners were working on a highway repair when it happened. Their guards watched them, and one actually praised their actions.
 
One of the most famous stories of American writer O. Henry (master of the last-page plot twist) involved a reformed safecracker in a similar position, throwing away his freedom to rescue a child. The consequences weren't so serious in this case, but I was reminded of that story when I read this.

I think Shego was always able to fly -- but only in short bursts. She's much more powerful than Drakken, and probably smarter too. They are very much the evil counterparts of Kim and Ron.
 
 

The thing is, that such a case would not fly in Utah because Latter-Day Saint doctrine is that we did choose to be born -- all of us, even if we have no memory of the event. What we don't choose is the circumstances. We chose to be born, but not to the specific parents in the specific place and time. The goal is to make the best of what we are given, whatever that entails to each of us.
 
Also, young people in India are under immense pressure to reproduce, so this may be this gentleman's way of saying as forcefully as he can that he wants no part of it.
 
 

Penguin!

I thought I was the only one who remembered that.

"So, this boy that Kara likes so much...does he have a name?"

And also, apparently, of Hayao Miyazaki's Sherlock Holmes. (Although the master left the series fairly early in its run....)

Pariah, I believe you will meet your lost loved ones again. Until then, be strong. You need strength, and do not be ashamed or afraid to ask for help (professional or friendly) if you need it.

I've heard reports that he works hard at his craft and takes it very seriously. He also seems to have a near-encyclopedic knowledge of music, enabling him to effective parody and perform just about any type of pop song. Very few people can pull off hip-hop and then switch to doo-wop or "classic rock" in the same set within minutes of each other. In many cases, his parodies prove more durable than the songs on which they were based, and he's outlasted scores of the artists he's riffed upon.

Now that's what I call a Lame Claim to Fame... ?

Q: Do you want these 30 Metric Tons of Anvils straight from Anvilania?
 
A: I warned you, Ollie. This is what happens when you keep insisting on bringing chili to the JLA potlucks.

I hope the Wulfenbach fleet will have solved the slaver wasp problem when they return from the Taurus dark cloud complex.

Doctor Doom laughs his metal tush off at how stupid Americans have become.
 
What? He thinks he's a superhero, and I can't summon up the will to argue,.

Obituary for Major Geoffrey Langlands. A teacher who stayed on in India and Pakistan at the behest of a local leader to teach.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46757125

The reincarnation of the Goddess Isis is here, ready to give you extraordinary cosmic power -- for a price because she also has ties to  Nyarlathotep. 

"There... Are... FOUR... LIGHTS!"
 
"What do I have so do to prove that I'm mortal?"
"Die!"
"Very good, Worf! eaten any good books lately?"

A good way to begin.I'm listening to Dvorak's Ninth Symphony, "From the New World". He wrote the work while he was living in New York working as a conductor and head of the New York Conservatory. He seemed to enjoy his sojourn in the US, and it meant that he was beyond the reach of Austrian conservatives. The American influence in the work if often touted, particularly the hymn featured in the lyrical second movement, but the Czech influence is ever stronger. (Dvorak was a persistent advocate of Czech independence from Austria. He found Austrian arrogance hard to deal with and defiantly wrote an opera in Czech and premiered it in Prague. Sadly, he didn't live long enough to see the collapse of Austria and the Czech independence he longed for all his life.)

A good way to begin.I'm listening to Dvorak's Ninth Symphony, "From the New World". He wrote the work while he was living in New York working as a conductor and head of the New York Conservatory. He seemed to enjoy his sojourn in the US, and it meant that he was beyond the reach of Austrian conservatives. The American influence in the work if often touted, particularly the hymn featured in the lyrical second movement, but the Czech influence is ever stronger. (Dvorak was a persistent advocate of Czech independence from Austria. He found Austrian arrogance hard to deal with and defiantly wrote an opera in Czech and premiered it in Prague. Sadly, he didn't live long enough to see the collapse of Austria and the Czech independence he longed for all his life.)

"One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to show you a brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken. Then this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the jack of spades jump out of this brand-new deck of cards and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not accept this bet, because as sure as you stand there, you're going to wind up with an ear full of cider."

"There are times, sir, when men of good conscience cannot blindly follow orders. You acknowledge their sentience, but ignore their personal liberties and freedom. Order a man to turn his child over to the state? Not while I'm his captain."
 
"No, I am not dead. Because I refuse to believe the afterlife is run by you. The universe is not so badly designed!"
 
"Fortune favors fools, little children, and ships named Enterprise."