I just got an email message this morning from Lee Houston Jr. who is presently in London. He was mugged and now cannot leave because although he still has his passport, he has no cash and the hotel won't let him leave until the bill is settled which
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To all of the women and men who have made and are currently making sacrifices to keep us safe...thank you.
Everyone:
If anyone has gotten an e-mail about or allegedly from me claiming that I was stranded somewhere in the UK without funds to return home, DISREGARD IT!
Sometime between late Sunday night November 6 and the wee hours of Monday morning (the 7t
Read more…Because no one demanded it!
(If this doesn't interest you, you may also be uninterested in Volume One, Volume Two, and Volume Six. Coming eventually: Volumes Four and Five.)
Volume Three, Side A:
1)Doctor Who Opening Theme - McGann version
2)The
Read more…Just for chuckles, I thought I'd try another one of these. The period will cover from today, 10/31/2011 through 10/29/2012. (There's a "Leap Day" next year.)
1)H.P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural, edited by Stephen Jones. Started: 10/31/2011
Read more…I'm not much of a gamer but I was excited for the release of Batman Arkham City. I had played a friend's copy of Arkham Asylum and loved it. I got far in the game but haven't beat it yet. I'm not that great at game's and it tends to take me longer t
Read more…I got hit by a SCAM artist today. had to take quick action, contacted my bank, their "Lost or Stolen ATM or Debit Card" section, their "Identity theft unit" for info, and then put out 30-day alerts with Trans Union and Check Systems. Boy am I pisse
Read more…Picked this book up at the Barnes & Noble over on the Sunrise yesterday. It's got what purports to be all of our Howard's fiction in the order that he wrote it. Anyhow, we shall see.
Read more…, which is the general " Welcome " page for About.Com , I tried to put up a link to the such page for their Oldies Music forum , but a commercial site seems to hijack it , even though I put up exactly what was over that said page
Read more…All 3 the boards on the sites , I guess that's more specifically the case , for ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION , ANALOG SCIENCE FICTION & FACT and for the combined ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE/ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE - " THE MYSTERY PLACE "
Read more…So, my home PC is toast -- I think that's the technical term -- and I need to start looking for a replacement.
Unfortunately, on a good day my computer knowledge extends to recognizing the "Power" button.
Fortunately, I'm pretty sure that 90% of our
Read more…Because you no one demanded it!
Side A:
1)Doctor Who - Peter Howell Theme
2)Kane - Original Entrance Music
3)Hogan's Heroes - Theme
4)The Benny Hil Show - Theme ("Yakety Sax")
5)The Young Ones - Theme
6)The Alphabet Song - The Three Stooges
7)Handl
Read more…Sarcastic response to well-meaning signs.
I seriously haven't laughed this hard since I first watched MST3K 20 years ago. My jaw and chest hurt from laughing so hard.
Read more…I hope nobody minds, but... Things are SO bad, financially, and until I actually hook up with a regular job I'm a nervous wreck worrying about now I'm gonna get get thru the next month or two.
So here's my idea... why not do COMMISSION sketches? I
It's sad when a business fails, especially one that has been around for quite a while like Borders Books.
Since the company could not find the proverbial "white knight" to buy them and stay in operation, liquidation proceedings have begun.
Of course
Read more…Okay, guys, I have a proud geek announcement: For the first time in my life, this week at karate camp, I played Dungeons and Dragons. We spent two very late nights in a little utility building in the middle of the camp, and had a blast. It was a west
Read more…In other words, a short timeline of things that I remember off the top of my head that Bill Beechler is interested in. (I haven't watched/read most of this stuff, so no guarantees of accuracy.)
32 BBY: Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi meet Anakin
Read more…Ok, so Mrs. Colt is working on a project for Hallmark, and -- long story short -- needs to know who EVERY single robot in this picture is. Apparently they are all characters (I only recognize Optimus and, I'm guessing, Megatron).
Gratitude and a Lu
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