Society for Aesthetic Deletions

The power supply arrived today! Whoo! Will be charging that battery tonight! And able to respond to emails and such, too. Yay!

I've created a spoiler tag for my blog. This will let me post things more easily that might be spoilers, by coloring them the same as the background color, making the person highlight the text with the mouse to read the spoilage.

There is a reason for this coming up, if I can make this work.

So, testing out the spoilage.

I've been promising this here for a while now. And since I've just added the spoiler tag, I would ask that if you are replying in the comments, please use it, so that other people can guess without reading your answers first!

That's one thing I like about Livejournal better, but I do still love MT.

To use the spoiler tag, please put <span class="spoiler"> before your replies, and </span> following them. Once all the quotes have been correctly identified, I'll go in and remove the spoiler tags so you can more easily see the responses.

No prizes for this, except wallowing in your own geekitude. Please refrain from using Google or the IMDb until after you've given it at least one go. Onward to the quiz!

EDIT: Okay, the spoiler span in the comments isn't working. I'm looking into the sanitize spec now...

EDIT^2: Okay, spoiler span fixed. And I must give a shout-out to MT Wiki, which gave me just the perfect solution for this, and is an awesome resource.

So yeah, I saw Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl.

Spoilers in the cut!

I'd go see it again, but League opens this weekend, so ...

And the trailer for Haunted Mansion? Eddie Murphy is SO going against his comic routine! Doesn't he recall his Delirious show? Black people in a haunted house? *whispered voice* "GET OUT!" "That's right, we be leaving." *shakes head* Boy, has Disney scraped the bottom of the barrel when they're doing movies based on rides.

According to Humans For Sale, I've gone down in my value.

You are worth exactly: $1,682,060.00.

Last year, about this time, I was worth $1,725,060.00.

Woe.

Or, just how far will someone take a prank and not get caught? Find Out!

Personally, I'm waiting for Zeus to show up and blast his ass with a lightning bolt.

I heard this story [Real audio link] on NPR this morning, and started doing a search to find out more. Nothing on Sports Illustrated, or CNN, which surprised me. I know that show horses aren't high on the list of sports news, but with an attack like this, I thought it would have gotten SOME coverage. Fortunately, Google came to the rescue, and I found a local article: Attack on horses shocks show participants.

According to the NPR report, they don't know what substance was injected into the horses' legs. One of the newspaper articles said it was acid, but I don't know if that's accurate.

I am no Saddlebred fan. In fact, one of the colleges I applied to was heavily into the 5-gaited horses, which was one of the main reasons I chose not to go there. But for someone to maliciously hurt each of these five horses enough to make them lame enrages me. Not enough to kill, it seems. Just to put them out of competition.

From another article:

Each horse developed a hole where flesh was dying on the rear pastern between the ankle and hoof. Only the left front leg of each horse appeared to have been touched, Lopez said.

Hey folks! I'd like to thank Doyce and Boulder Dude for participating. The spoiler tag didn't work as well as I thought it might, since on the Mac everything was open after the first answer. *pouts* Ah well. next time. If there is one.

Here are the answers to the quotes! Hope you two had fun, since no one else seemed interested. I doubt I'll do it again. :)

Once More, With Feeling, done as a parody of Harry Potter. Please bring a sense of humor!

AtomFilms - Your Lightsaber and You

One of those "safety" films from the 50's, done for lightsabers.

And The Surrealist Compliment Generator, including such wonderful compliments as:

The microfine network of eyes traversing your shoulders causes me to shudder in anticipation of the coming of the wondrous season of jaundiced eskimos and impotent Anglican priests.

and

You look like someone who has lunched poorly and who has no expectations for dinner.

Lou is very jealous of Jack right now.

See, he has the D&D 3.5 books. The ones that aren't supposed to be out on the street for sale until Friday.

Which is when Lou will get them.

And of course, Jack is telling him all about the changes on IM.

Amazon once again beats out the (as Jack calls it) the FLGS (Friendly Local Gaming Store). Personally, I think it's just because Jack buys so much from Amazon they can't afford to piss him off. ;)

But now Lou must wait two days, and hopefully the shipment will arrive on Friday, otherwise there will be Hezmana to pay!

FilmForce: IGN FilmForce Exclusive: Farscape May Be Ready for a Return

One can only hope!

American Apology Shirt, in all the official UN languages.

And another shirt which says: "In a free society, diversity is not disorder. Debate is not strife. And dissent is not revolution." - George W. Bush, in February 2002 ini Beijing.

A college friend of an LJ friend of mine is selling these.

Thanks to Tim and the UPC Bar Code Character Generator, I have created the following:

Using a Diet Coke can UPC:

Gender: Female
Race: Human (Height: 5'10", Weight: 153 lbs.)

STR: 4 [-3]
DEX: 15 [+2]
CON: 15 [+2]
INT: 14 [+2]
WIS: 14 [+2]
CHA: 12 [+1]

Total ability modifier: +6
Where you were raised: (see Hero Builder's Guide for details)
Temperature Zone: Warm (tropical and subtropical)
Terrain: Plains
Community Size: Large Town

Family notes:
Economic Status: Moderate
Social Standing: Upper Class
Family Defense Readiness: High
Private Ethics: Good
Public Ethics: Normal
Religious Commitment: Participatory
Reputation: Mostly Bad
Political Views: Dissident
Power Structure: Divided
Ancestors of Note: Master Artisan

Education:
Early Childhood Instruction: Language
Formal Education: School of Hard Knocks
Learning a Trade: Arcanist

Life Events (thus far):
Early Childhood events: Death in the Family
Youth Events: Healing
Pivotal Events: No Pivotal Events

Relationships:
Parents: Two Living Parents
Siblings: 2 older brothers & 3 younger sisters
Grandparents: Grandparents Unknown
Extended Family: Many Living Relatives
Friends: Many
Enemies: No Enemies
Instructors: Basic

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And using Lou's brand-new Palm Tungsten T, we get within the cut...

3rd Edition Add On

Posted to my DM Advice mailing list. I can't wait for their take on 3.5!

Well folks, I'm off to GenCon. First one in Indy, I'll be sure to let you all know how it turns out in the new venue!

I am bringing the laptop, but connectivity is unknown, so I may just have a spate of blog entries upon my return, or I may post bits while I'm there. We'll see.

***Dave, have a great Blogathon! I look forward to reading your posts when I return!

Am definitely back from GenCon. Fun was had, though I didn't manage to catch up with Lisamarie (totally spaced it on Sunday, and one of my seminars was longer than I had thought it was, which cut into what I thought was my free time), but I'm writing up some more details, which I will post soonest.

I highly recommend Indianapolis as a convention city, though. The GenCon staff left a lot to be desired (the lines were huge and tres slowly moving, but I didn't have to deal with any of the, so..), but overall I loved the new venue. Can't wait to go back next year.