SteveZilla

Hello, I thought I'd give this place a visit again, and give a summary of my 2014 year: * Lost a 9-year coworker and friend in Feb. when he attempted to kill his ex-wife and then committed suicide. * Lost my last uncle (and my mother's last sibling) to natural causes in March. * Lost a friend (and good GM) to heart attack and resulting brain damage. Alive, but very little is left. * Lost my mother in May when my father had an episode of dementia and strangled her to death barehanded. * Lost my father (see above). Alive, but mentally fading, and incarcerated. * Found out my oldest sister has lymphoma in August * Found out my middle sister's husband has cancer in August. * Helped my sisters clean up/out our parent's home. I can safely say that 2014 is the worst year of my life. I have always been an advocate for "fighting the good fight", but I think I'm beginning to comprehend what can drive a person to do something... rash. On the upside, I've found that I have a fairly good ability to hold my liquor. I hope other's fared better.

Big Damn Heroes! from: http://www.teefury.com/gallery/2638/Mt__Awesome/

I'm blaming Obama for all those people blaming Obama... Wait...

Oh, wow.

The article I found that mentioned the new Omni: http://greyhawkgrognard.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-omni-reboot.html The website itself: http://omnireboot.com/

"Star League: The Alex Rogan story". A lot of the impact on Earth depends upon how covert/overt both sides are in their interactions (recruitment/manufacturing/control/domination) with everyday people. And Xur's defeat at the hands of Alex and Grig had a lot of luck in its initial conditions. Had Alex not gotten cold feet he likely would have perished with the other Starfighters -- end of story in that case. Grig (and though him, his planet) shares in the credit of defeating Xur, but being already in the Federation(?) Xur would have easier access to Earth, being on the outside.

Is it just me, or did it seem that he was reviewing games that came out in the 80's and 90's instead of the current versions? The article was posted this month, but he's reviewing games that are 20-30 years old?

New nickname for Edward Cullen: Rip Van Twinkle.

Saw 'Elysium' last night*. I left the theater thinking I should sue the filmmakes for assault and battery. It was that bad IMO.. *only because the rifftrax (http://www.rifftrax.com/home) showing of an 'MST3K-ed' Starship Troopers was sold out.

Missiles designed to penetrate a hull and disperse a chemical or biological toxin can give the ship's doctor and medical staff something to do during a starship combat.

Reading about Shield Walls and being crowded in such a formation, I am reminded of the movie '300' -- The first rank only used their (IIRC) short swords, but the second rank were able to attack with a two-handed weapon part the Shield Wall using spears.

Using a CE or Drain on Telepete's Megascaled Teleportation power might put the asteroid location(s) out of range. Which would prevent him from using it as a destination for a while. He could still teleport *towards* it, but then he's teleporting blind -- potentially into an asteroid field.

If ignorance is bliss, then knowledge is power ... over the blissful.

Can we say "Browncoats vs. Alliance"?

The Barbarian: "So where's the tomb?" LOL! Nice Tomb Of Horrors reference.

Zeusaphones playing the Dr Who theme, filmed by The Bad Astronomer:

Bathroom Wall Zentangle, or "Optical Illusion: If you stare at this picture long enough, you will see a bathroom wall with artwork on it!"

This looked fairly neat. I wonder if this site could benefit from this?

What can possibly top Bacon level 10: A Bacon Bacon? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc_iT1bSrJM

Neat idea! http://www.thegreenhead.com/2011/02/ceramic-memo-canisters.php

For our Cthulhu fans out there. A tentacle doorstop: http://www.thegreenhead.com/2012/06/...e-doorstop.php[/url=http://www.thegreenhead.com/2012/06/tentacle-doorstop.php] USB squirming tentacle: Octopus?

Never thought of doing this, but I'd bet it tastes great. http://www.thegreenhead.com/2009/06/meatball-grill-basket.php

Neat Q&A after a (not shown) talk (presumed) about the Higgs Boson.

A couple of offerings from ShirtWoot that have a glow-in-the-dark component that changes the shirt. "Nocturnowl" "That's No Moon"