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Somebody should set up a "GWAR band member or Power Rangers monster?" quiz based on that description.

Tormato gets very little play in my collection. Drama, on the other hand, gets played fairly often, as does its sister album, the Buggles' Adventures in Modern Recording.

Fragile by Yes. It's Pariah's fault.

Oh, great! Just what this thread needs is more Drama.

Interesting choice in music for the trailer, though they probably should have played more of the appropriate lyrics:

So long as you don't send the palindromedary to the cornfield, It's a Good Life. Students, on the other hand....

I finished the episode, and basically thought to myself, "well, that was a disappointment." After reading the comments here, I realize that I'll always think of it now as The Flash: One Meh with Failings.

I still think that the original is a stronger piece, and one that surprised me that it was allowed to be in a Disney movie in the first place.

I've never played any MMO.

Now we need a picture of a cat that looks like a small, colorful bird.

Well, I could have been an actor, but I wound up here.

Surround sound is set up, and sounds absolutely wonderful, once I figured out the proper modes and settings for various inputs. It likes FLAC files from my home DLNA servers (and even played Paradise Theatre gapless), and was easy to connect to XM's internet service. The Android app very easily found the receiver on the network, and, in addition to controlling everything (Blu-Ray player and TV), also acts as its own server for music on my phone. It took me a few minutes to figure out the audio return channel from the TV, but it's now working and sounds great. Next step is moving the XBox One over.

I've been running a high fantasy FH campaign with firearms and cannon since a little after 4e Hero System came out. In general, I've made the following setting assumptions to get the feel that I wanted. Gun technology is essentially at the matchlock and wheel lock stage. Reload times are about a Turn by a competent user, and 2 to 3 Turns for a less competent user. This essentially makes most firearms something that fires once in a short skirmish, as reloading is really something that you can afford if you can set up volley lines (squads). They are fiddly bits of technology, and are extremely susceptible to misfires in rain or wet weather. Matchlocks will have a misfire on a 17-18 (worse in the rain/wet), wheel locks will have a misfire on an 18. Most of the PCs who have carried firearms usually have a pistol or two, and maybe a long gun. Once each has been fired, it's usually time for melee combat. Creation of firearms (and cannon) are the trade secrets of a powerful Dwarven clan, who does not take kindly to outsiders trying their hand at things (smiths tend to end up dead or "disappeared"). They only sell matchlocks to outsiders, and for outrageously large prices. Wheel locks are reserved for their use, and frequently end up as a component in axes, hammers, and the like. They are also used by their mercenary troops, which are rented out to various factions, also for large amounts of money. In the campaign, one of the main threads is how they are slowly losing their monopoly, as the "secrets" get out. Because I wanted more of a swashbuckling feel, I've set up some campaign guidelines. Firearms are AP vs conventional armor (but not necessarily against magical defenses). I've also used a hotter climate to make wearing heavy armor more fatiguing (double the weight for encumbrance purposes). That's put most heavy armor at the level of brigandine, or breastplate and helmet. And I've encouraged martial arts packages, especially the various Fencing schools. Magic tends toward formalized colleges, and is often quite powerful. Depending on the school, it's possible for a mage to dampen all of the gunpowder in an area, set it off prematurely, warp the barrels, and so on.

I had been pricing a new TV, and found one last week online at a club store that was $300 below what anyone else was selling it. But when my tax refund went into my bank account, the TV was nowhere to be found on their site. I resigned myself to missing the deal, and went in after work today to buy my second choice. While talking with the friendly sales assistant, he pointed out the one that I was originally wanting as a comparison model, with one new in the box left, still at the great price. The box just fit in the back seat of my Prius, with maybe an inch of space on each side to close the door. It's been set up now in my spare bedroom/media room, and I've found that the built-in Wi-Fi was dual-band, it will play pretty much anything that my DLNA servers will put out, and the upscale function actually works pretty well. The next adventure will be setting up a surround sound system, but the speakers on the TV are actually pretty good in the meantime.

Marc Antony and Pussyfoot?

Davy, Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier!

best wishes for a speedy recovery

There are already several processes that do precisely that. I can't say that they are cheaper processes than using other sources, which is probably the main issue. Likewise, the issue with coal-fired power plants is that it takes many hours to ramp up or ramp down output, and the operators have to worry about dealing with the ash and airborne particulates. Natural gas fired plants can change output relatively fast, and produce less particulates. Gas plants are also cheaper to build and operate right now.

Mommas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.

The purpose of Facebook is to monetize the oodles of personal data that people share with them for free. It's like Google, but with even less ethics.

Magic 8-Ball says, "Definitely Yes!"

It's only forever, not long at all.