Month: May 2008

Not all that much better over here either! Fall has apparently broken back out. Except the Spring showers are still coming down.

It’s all very confusing.

Don’t I know it! The weather is awful here in Britain.

Michele sent me.

We’ve just had one of those typical English cliches with the weather …

During the second half of April and early May, we got the sunshine. So much that the heating went off quickly, jumpers got consigned to the cupboard and eyeballs started popping out due to the much shorter outfits on display 🙂

That was until Thursday that is … Day 1 of the England v New Zealand Test Match at Lords in London.

Wednesday – bright sunshine
Day 1 Thursday – most of a days play, interrupted by various bad light.
Day 2 – not much play, bad light and rain.
Day 3 – we got about 30 minutes in before … more rain.

Hoping for better from today and tomorrow, there’s still a chance of a result but only in England’s favour. There’s simply not enough time left in the game for New Zealand to get a win. Lots of cricket will mean I can make more of a dent in Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds. It’s not a bad book but hasn’t really grabbed me the way a good Heinlein book would.

I remember the first time I saw the Farscape episode when it turned all Roadrunner – it was hilarious 🙂

Never saw much of the Jetsons but I’ve probably seen all the Roadrunner cartoons 🙂

I love the old classic cartoons. Roadrunner was/is my favorite. And I have always loved The Jetsons – was like a bad sitcom made good by animation.

I did not like the bit after the credits though….did not ring true to the storyline.

Thirteen Things about Cartoons Not just cartoons, I’m just using that as a headline 🙂 Let’s see what I can think of for things to check out. 1…. Start your list here!

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Thirteen Things about Cartoons Not just cartoons, I’m just using that as a headline 🙂 Let’s see what I can think of for things to check out. 1…. Outlaw Star. This was a manga series set in space with a motley collection of kids, assassins and innocent bystanders. Great humour, interesting scenarios for the episodes. Worth checking out if you get the chance. 2…. Samurai Jack. More manga, from the pen of Genndy Tartakovsky. More excellent humour, amongst its own quirkiness. Impressed George Lucas enough to have the same person do his Star Wars Clone Wars animation series. 3…. Tom And Jerry. The old classics are always the best. 4…. Transylvania Pet Shop. Easy going, fun and I want that dog. 5…. Thundercats. Can’t have a collection of popular animations without including the Thundercats ! 6…. Dogtanian and the Muskehounds. I grew up with this little guy ! Never missed an episode, rushed home from school to watch it. It’s even almost educational with the historical background. 7…. Scooby Doo. Those damn meddling kids blackmailed me into adding this entry. 8…. Starship Troopers Roughnecks. This one is more like the book and is a separate storyline to the films. It still have Johnny Rico and Dizzy Flores in there. Worth checking out, it’s just a shame the makers ran out of money before they could finish it properly. 9…. Danger Mouse. Another one I grew up with 🙂 10.. Ulysses 31. Combine mythology, a space ship trapped far from home, a determined starship captain and some rather vengeful Greek Gods and you’ve got a classic. 11… Mysterious Cities of Gold. Storyline arcing is maturing in TV series with actors but it’s in its infancy compared to what the animation people have been doing. MCOG is one of the original animations with a Huge Long Story running through it. This is definitely one I need now it’s on DVD ! 12.. Dragonball. Not so bothered about the later Dragonball Z, it lost some of the youthful innocence of Dragonball that makes it hilarious. Dragonball GT is somewhat of a return to form 🙂 13.. Dungeons and Dragons. Just don’t mention the film !

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Wordless Wednesday this time around is intended to show the power of the Sun. Here’s the pic :

Apologies for the mankiness of the hat, it’s been almost untouched since I broke my nose wearing it a few years ago. Anyway – Sun Power ! Spot the contrast between the inside (dark blue) and the outside (light purple bit folded over). That’s what the sun will do to something after a few seasons of cricket …

I loved Iron Man but then I like Robert Downey Jr nearly as much as CQ likes Monsieur Depp. I’m with Carmi, I would pay to watch him read the phone book!

Star Ship Troopers is a great film but the second is awful beyond words. They are making a new one and it looks much better…