BoloOfEarth

So... before my wife and I had any kids, I told her that I wanted to name our first-born son after my father and her father, as that was how I was named (after my two grandfathers). Thus, if we had a son, his first and middle names would be William James. Fast forward a few years... we have two kids, both girls. I'm happy to have them, not disappointed at all at not having a son. But the story of our "son's" name does get told to the girls at some point. Fast forward many more years, and my now-adult daughters tell me that back in middle school and high school they had an imaginary big brother, of course named William James. They even told their friends and classmates about him - how my wife and I were somehow upset that he joined the military (which also explained his absence from our home), and that we didn't have any pictures on display of him because we were so worried about him and didn't want constant reminders.

Whoever came up with this:

During the lecture, have a message from extraterrestrials come in, saying, "Stop trying to contact us, already! We checked you out, and there's NO WAY we're getting involved in that $&!%! You humans are cray-cray-crazy!" NT: Unexpected reasons why the extraterrestrials haven't contacted us yet.

Would she say that it's a... global conspiracy?

Because "Make America Stupid" was already effectively taken?

I'm pretty sure you could have stopped the sentence right there.

Oh, you're going to watch Trancers tonight?

Soooo... I ended up buying a set of DVDs online for the whole series (3 seasons) and it arrived yesterday. (On a side note, given the fairly low price, only about $30 IIRC, I shouldn't have been surprised that it's all homemade, just episodes recorded off the TV and burned onto DVDs numbered 1-6 with a green magic marker.) I watched the first 8 or so episodes yesterday. Still cheesy but still fun.

My first Champions game was the VIPER Nest / Microfilm Madness one. The GM had a villain attack the VIPER traitor who was coming to meet with UNTIL, to which one hero responds. And then another villain attacked that hero, which a new hero saw and responded to. Lather, rinse, repeat until all the villains and all the heroes had been introduced. It was a lot of fun and gave us a fairly organic intro to each other's powers and personalities. (Of course, that does require each hero actually respond to the new villain's attack and not be like "I'll just wait to see what happens next.")

Florida. Just sayin'.

Watched the pilot episode of My Secret Identity yesterday. Starred Jerry O'Connell and Derek McGrath, with the young Andrew Clements (O'Connell) getting superpowers from a "photon beam" in his neighbor Dr. Jeffcoate's (McGrath) in-home lab. Super speed, invulnerability, and the ability to float (not really fly - he used aerosol spray cans to allow him to move). Admittedly a bit cheesy, but I enjoyed it.

Two things: First, that was some SERIOUS overacting there. I mean, really. Second, didn't someone do a riff on this, where before the guy can even finish telling them what happens, the person pushes the button. And then repeatedly pushes it as the guy keeps trying to explain the whole thing. (quick search) Yeah, here it is.

Just re-watched (for like the thousandth time) the first Back to the Future movie. While watching the credits, I saw "DeLorean Time Travel Consultant" (Ron Cobb). I wonder what would happen if you put a flux capacitor and an oscillation overthruster in the same vehicle. Like, maybe a TARDIS.

So, a quick check online doesn't see him doing any military or civil service from age 18-25. Just sayin'.

At the trial, she'll probably ask the court for leniency because she's a widow.

And one charge of Pants on Fire.

I guess he's the new Taser-Face...

So, does this put Trump on the list of sex offenders for New York?

Hey, that could be my new marriage advice!

It's the bone-shaped pillow that makes that picture, IMO.

Congratulations to our cousins across the pond on the coronation of their new king. While royalty may not be our cup of tea (which we'd have probably dumped it in the harbor like a bunch of reprobates anyway), I can respect that it is a key part of your culture and is part of what makes you the incredible allies you are. May his reign be as awesome as his mother's.

In fact, one could argue that some of these people should use a magnifying lens for best possible effect.

Just watched a god-awful movie called Cosmic Sin. Sci-fi movie starring Bruce Willis. Really wish I could get those two hours back. Probably should have stopped watching earlier, but it was like watching an airliner crashing into a train wreck as it jumped the tracks to smash into a retirement village.

This could easily have been from my daughter. She's the one who calls milk "cereal water" and says that hockey players going into the penalty box are "going into the glass terrarium to contemplate their ice crimes."