9 2 5

Actually, more like 8 to 11 these days. Seriously - for months now, I've been working like a dog. And it's all the more difficult due to the thought of what could have been - I could be kickin' it at New Gondolin, permanently. Instead, I toil. But. BUT! It's all for a bigger goal.

Also seriously, office work sucks. I'd rather landscape, or farm, or work on construction (note! If I had any of these jobs, no doubt I'd long for the easy comforts of the office job). Cool construction, that is.

It's the forced hierarchies that really drive me nuts. Like High School, except the cliques are real and the jocks can "terminate" you. I used to be a jock, but now I'm in the AV Club, and at any and all's beck and call. It's karma, I suspect, punishment for my past Jockish deeds. Sorry, Jack!

It's like Spiderman working in an office, really. What a waste! This is more like it:

More in Subtle Tortures

Never in my life did I think I would need to figure out how to segue from a Giant Space Otter - but here I am! I spent some time thinking about it, but this thing is fluid, man, and I can bend anywhich way.

Above is Lucas encased in Carbonite. This doesn't really apply to Lucas, since from what I can gather he's quite enamored of his Star Wars, but imagine, if you will, being caught in your own creation - you're an artist, a writer, a musician, whatever, working hard, beating the streets, struggling to pay the bills, etc yada.... then you make a breakthrough! One of your creations becomes successful, and if you're "lucky", hugely successful. You are completely validated, as well as rich. All your dreams come true....


Until years later, after several tours of the ComicCon, or yet another sequel, or having played the same song 10000 times and each and everytime you are expected to act like it's the first time... some might call this Hell.


Not me, of course, since there's no such thing. But it is a subtle torture, no doubt - to be cursed by the burden of the very thing you struggled to obtain. Tragic!




If only someone would free George from the Carbonite of his mind.... alas. I believe it's too late for him, son.
Also, too:

I do (I guess)

It's a trap! For her, I suspect.
"Fairy marries Tinkerbell"
The dowry was a 30 pack of Bud Light.

All that's missing is a shotgun. Pretty damn sad, actually - can you feel the love?


And that, dear readers, is where babies come from.

Two Faced

Great stories should inspire other art. A theory!

In scanning the many Lost posts here to see if I had used this photo before (for shame! Redshirt has no tracking system in place and thus, I apologize in advance if I re-use a picture. I have once before, that I know of, and it was way back in the dawn of this blog - the classic "It's a Tarp!"

and it's worth posting again, Ackbar be Damned!)

But anyways, in my meanderings through the past, I came upon a list of Redshirt's top 5 tv shows. And I didn't like it. So, here, forthwith, is a new and improved top 5(for now):

1. Lost
2. Angel
3. Buffy The Vampire Slayer
4. Survivor
5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

I challenge any nerd to question my taste. And, obviously, nerds need only apply.

It is indeed a trap

If you recall, Season 1 featured Locke playing a lot of games. He was a gamer. This was "Mouse Trap", and right after we see this game, Locke is conned by his Momma/evil Daddy to give up his kidney. Make of it what you will. Oh yeah: New Lost on tonight! No idea what it is about or anything. Ignorance is bliss.

Relentless Ackbar

As conflicted as I am about the concept of a Rebel college, I feel compelled to support their quest to make Admiral Ackbar as their new mascot. Hard to go wrong with the good Admiral. I  assume Lucas would eventually block this or charge them for use, so, until then, enjoy the dream of an ever more Ackbar filled world. Ah.....

What would Admiral Ackbar say?

That's all he ever says. According to the "media".

If you're looking for nerdy, wholesome fun, here's the link to the "'Admiral Ackbar's' "It's a Trap" Generator Extravaganza", here .

Coolest Drunk Guy in History?

He's a contender!

Storm Troopers Revisited

From the desk of the Oracle:

It won't be too much longer before our own God Fearin' troops don masks similar to Stormy's over here. There will be plenty of functional reasons for it -- networked com links, camera, head and face protection, cooling, etc - but underneath all of these functional issues will be the issue that underlies so very much:

Fear. Striking fear in the "enemy". Causing him terror. But not as terrorists, of course!

Imagine, if you will, that you are an Afghani goat trader -- don't knock it! It's a good career in Afghanistan. You're settling down for the night in your primitive abode, no electricity or running water, in fact, you're living much as people have for our species entire history. But then a crash in the distance, and you rush outside to see the soft green glow of night vision goggles, as American soliders pour out of the sky, out of the dark, looking like robots, like nothing you've ever seen...

I would imagine it would be quite frightening. Does this make US the bad guys? That we inspire fear, intentionally?

We're all Shoe Throwers now

Huzzah to the Shoe Thrower, and I pray that his continued detention and torture does not lead to violence on the streets of Iraq;

Mr. Malaki: Release that Shoe Thrower!

It's a Tarp!

As L.E.S.T.E.R notes, it's the Troubled Asset Relief Program....


Or, how Fat Cats Help Fat Cats.


But what about the Mon Calamari? Where's their cut?

TGIF = TBIM

Science formulas for all you lay-volk:

Thesis:
The amount of excitement you engage in under the heading "Thank God It's Friday" will be inversely proportional to the amount of misery you suffer under the heading "Too Bad It's Monday".


It's a Trap, you see....

Afternoons with Admiral Ackbar

We all agree, I think, that Admiral Ackbar is the man! Or Mon Calamari, man. Bro led the Rebel Fleet, for crying out loud.

But he's not all about mission plans and traps. Nope, as with the Ewoks, he knows how to work hard AND play hard.

So, for your future entertainment, and a tip o' the hat to the L.E.S.T.E.R, here's the link:

Admiral Ackbar Generator