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Today’s Link Fright Catalog 2007-10-14 04:25:54 I haven’t posted a one of these in a while. I really should post more of these, there are a lot of sites that I think deserve a link.
With Halloween coming up I thought I’d talk about Fright Catalog. It’s one of my favorite Halloween stores. I’ve used them before and I’ll certainly use [...]
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What happend to Halloween TV? 2007-10-10 06:25:46 Seriously, what happened to Halloween
programming in October? There used to be specials and horror movies on all month long. Now what little programming there is starts halfway through the month.
I did some looking into it and there are a few things to look forward to in October.
Halloween 2007 TV Lineup.
ABC Family
October 19-31
The 13 [...]
Oh Henry. Eureka Season 2 Recap. 2007-10-06 21:17:40 Best quote of the season.
“I swear to God, if this thing turns into a zombie attack, I am quitting.” — Sheriff Jack Carter.
Since this is a recap, there are spoilers. You have been warned.
Read more:Henry
, Eureka
, Season
, Recap
Dumbledore is gay. 2007-10-20 05:07:16 Who knew an old guy wearing robes in a proffesion here he works with children would be gay?
Oh yeah, Catholics.
: Books, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Albus, Brian, Wulfric, Dumbledore, Homosexual, Gay
War on Halloween 2007-10-19 23:29:41 This could be bad news, but even bad news is great when it’s reported by Stephen Colbert.
: Video, Humor, Halloween
, Pumpkin, Jack O Lantern, War, Stephen Colbert, Colbert Report
Making Money by Terry Pratchett 2007-10-18 01:00:37 Moist Von Lipwig makes money the old fashioned way, he prints it. Actually, printing money is a new idea in Ankh-Morpork. Moist is going to have a tough time convincing people that paper is worth it’s weight in gold. Especially when he has his Bank Director licking his face and the Assassins’s Guild looking over [...]
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, Terry
The Bionic Woman Sucks, How To Fix It 2007-10-29 00:00:00 I was pretty happy when I heard the people from the new Battlestar Galatica were involved with ringing back the Bionic
Woman. They did an excellent job with Battlestar after all. The new Galatica is one of the best shows on television. So I was pretty surprised when I didn’t like the new Bionic Woman. [...]
Posting slowed 2007-10-25 01:26:56 I’m working on something for the site. Posting
to the blog has slowed because of this. I do have a few good post planned, so keep an eye out.
In addition to the posts I have planned, I also have something else lined up. Someone I know is writing up a nice little fandom guide. I [...]
Happy Halloween 2007 2007-10-31 14:31:12 Oops, almost forgot to say HappyHalloween
.
This is the pumpkin I carved this year. The pictures turned out pretty well so I thought I’d post one. I might update this post a little later with a couple more pics. Or maybe I’ll just add a new post, with the other Jack O’ Lantern pics [...]
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Prison of the Psychotic Damned Reviewed 2007-10-29 22:03:56 Today we’re taking a look at horror with a review of Prison
of the Psychotic Damned from Red Scream Films LLC. Some of the best horror films of all time are independent works. It makes sense. Horror movies deal with some things that make the big names nervous. Horror also has a tendency to get [...]
New Stephen King Movie 2007-11-06 00:21:43 I’ve been a Stephen
King fan for almost as long as I could read. That’s my sister’s fault. She’s a fan of his books, so I was introduced to his stories as a kid. I could relate to his books because I was a kid. A lot of the main characters in his stories are [...]
Hiro Nakamura is Takezo Kensei 2007-11-05 22:21:13 You might remember my predictions about Heroes from a previous post I made. If not, here are the basics.
Which one will be Takezo Kensei?
My predictions about Hiro.
My biggest theory has been both confirmed and busted. After seeing the end of last season I believed that Hiro would become Takezo Kensei. With his powers and [...]
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Gimp 2.4 Released 2007-11-05 07:00:32 Gimp 2.4 has been released. On top of that Gimp.org has had a makeover. Lookin’ good.
Maybe I’ll play around with the new release and give you my thoughts in a later post.
: Software, Graphics, Free Stuff, GIMP, GIMP 2.4
Commercials on BitTorrent? 2007-11-05 00:00:48 The Internet and file sharing are becoming a popular alternative to TV or even DVD rental. This has put quite a few executive panties in a bunch. If people are watching TV shows online how are they going to make money? I think the answer is pretty simple.
Commercials
…watch TV from around the world as [...]
What Makes An Author Worth Reading? 2007-11-09 00:36:36 This is a guest article from Donna. Leave some comments and maybe we can get her to be a regular contributor.
Bibliophilia in Action
I’ll be the first to admit to having a long-standing obsession with books. As a child, I read Nancy Drew and The Chronicles of Narnia obsessively. I have traveled with Bilbo and Frodo [...]
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, Worth
, Reading
Book Reviews or Book Discussions? 2007-11-15 20:11:25 I need your opinions
After the posts by Donna and myself, I’ve decided that I should make books a larger part of the site. I’d like to do more posts about books and reading. What I’d like your opinion on is the structure of those posts.
Should I review books I read?
Or
Should I open a discussion [...]
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Weird Post in Feed 2007-11-13 07:09:15 If you’re subscribed to the feed, either through RSS or E-mail, you may have noticed a strange post. The title was “Temporary Post Used For Style Detection” followed by some weird string of letters and numbers. I can explain what that was.
Pay no attention to that post behind the curtain.
I’m testing out Windows Live [...]
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My Thoughts on What’s Worth Reading 2007-11-13 04:27:51 I thought Donna’s article, What Makes An Author WorthReading
?, was great. Not only did she share her opinions, she let us know how her opinions are formed. I started to leave a comment on the article several times, then I’d think of another point. It eventually got to be too long. So I thought [...]
Book Reviews Coming Soon. 2007-11-20 16:28:15 I’d like to take a moment to thank everyone (Beth) who responded to my previous article “Book Reviews
or Book Discussions?“. Book discussions won in a landslide, but like the 2000 American Presidential Election it’s been overturned. Not by an antiquated electoral college, but by practicality.
Looks like I don’t have enough active readers to start [...]
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Happy Thanksgiving 2007-11-22 01:13:12 HappyThanksgiving
to everyone celebrating it.
Thanksgiving according to Damon Knight and Rod Serling.
Comparing The Office, British and US 2007-11-29 18:51:42 I’m posting this in an effort to help out fans of The Office on NBC during the writer’s strike. If the strike goes on for very long it will be a while before we get new episodes. To help with the withdrawal you might consider renting the original British
version. If you haven’t considered it, [...]
Superbad Unrated Extended Edition DVD Review 2007-12-09 23:02:23
I wrote a post about Superbad about the time it came out in theaters. I didn’t get to see it on the big screen, but I rented the unrated and extended edition. Here’s my review.
The Movie
Superbad is about three high school friends and is set couple of weeks before graduation. These guys are [...]
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, Extended
, Edition
DVD Reviews Coming 2007-12-07 08:34:07 Ok, I know I said I’d be doing book reviews, but I have to get a few DVDs out of the way first. A handful of movies I’ve been wanting to see have come out on DVD. I was able to snatch up a few of ‘em on release day for a change.
So I’ll be [...]
Heroes Season 2 Recap and Theories, End of Volume 2 2007-12-04 03:01:11 The second season of Heroes got off to a slow start. Not that it didn’t have great moments, but it slammed the breaks on last season. Once it got going it was awesome.
What follows is a status report on the Heroes and a summary of what happened.
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, Recap
, Theories
, Volume
, Heroes Season
FanaticSpace Switching to Full Feeds 2007-12-19 19:23:38
Full RSS Feeds on Fanaticspace.com
I’m switching to full feeds for FanaticSpace’s RSS. I was using partial feeds because I had it set up to display on the static pages of the site. The script I was using to do that had no option to cut the feed posts short, so I had to cut the feed itself short.
I switched over to Feedburner’s Buzz Boost option for displaying the feed on my static pages. It lets you choose how much of the feed you want to show. This lets me switch the blog feed back to a full service version.
What does this mean?
Well, hopefully it means that the feed will be more useful to you now. If you subscribe to the blog feed you should get the full post now.
I’m trying to make the site as easy to use as I can. That includes the feed.
Let me know what you think.
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What Book Should I Review? 2007-12-18 23:02:34 I’ve been thinking about the book reviews I’d like to start doing on FanaticSpace. The problem I’m having right now is choosing a book. Do you have any suggestions?
Right now I’m kinda leaning towards doing a review of a Discworld book. I have 2 reasons for this.
I love the Discworld books.
It would give me a reason to re-read one of ‘em.
Ok, you caught me. That’s really one reason. That just makes my need for suggestions all the greater.
If you have any suggestions leave a comment. I’d really appreciate it.
Blades of Glory DVD Review 2007-12-16 23:02:48
Movie
Chaz Michael Michaels, played by Will Ferrell, is the bad boy of figure skating. When Chaz gets into a fight with Jimmy MacElroy, played by Jon Heder, his life is changed forever. Both Chaz and Jimmy are kicked out of Men’s Figure Skating for life.
Thanks to a crazy stalker and a has been coach Chaz and Jimmy might have a shot at gold again. It turns out that the lifetime ban is only in Men’s Singles, and there’s nothing in the rules that says 2 men can’t skate in Pairs competition.
My Opinion
In Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Will Ferrell played a Nascar Driver. In Blades
of Glory Will Ferrell tackles another borderline sport. This time he’s playing a figure skater. Much like Talladega Nights, Blades of Glory is surprisingly funny.
For some reason Will Ferrell is always a lot more entertaining than I expect. Admittedly, I don’t expect much. I just don’t think trailers and commercia
Shrek the Third DVD Review 2007-12-13 23:02:01 Shrek
the Third isn’t going to be a huge surprise. If you’ve seen the first 2 then you know what to expect. If you haven’t seen the first 2 Shrek movies yet you should be looking for those instead. They’re both great, but the first one is the best.
Shrek the Third does suffer from sequel-itis. It’s not quite as good as the previous movie, which wasn’t quite as good as the first movie. That’s really to be expected though. We know the main cast, but nothing new is introduced.
Movie
In this movie we get to know more about Fiona’s home, the land of Far Far Away. Fiona’s dad is ill and Shrek is filling in as king. Things do not go well. There’s a great sequence that shows how some of the royal functions Shrek performs turn disastrous. During all of this Shrek just wants to go home to his swamp.
Shrek learns that if he wants to avoid being the King of Far Far Away he has to bring back Arthur, t
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End DVD Review 2007-12-11 23:02:24
Movie
All the old familiar faces return and they’re a welcome sight. Joining the crew of the Black Pearl in Pirates
of the Caribbean
: At World
’s End are an assortment of new faces. Chow Yun-Fat plays Captain Sao Feng, and steals almost every scene he’s in. Taking command of a scene when you’re on screen with the likes of Geoffrey Rush’s Captain Barbossa is more than impressive. That’s damned good acting.
At World’s End resolves the Pirates of the Caribbean storyline, and it does it in just under 3 hours. Ouch. That’s way too long. Especially when nothing really seems to happen for the first part of the movie. Oh, there’s plenty of action sequences, but what little storytelling there is could be done in much less time.
The ending is satisfying. It just seems right. If only they could have gotten to it a bit quicker.
Oh and for the ladies…
There’s more Depp than you ca
Halloween (2007) DVD Review 2007-12-21 23:02:44
I was looking forward to seeing Rob Zombie’s version of Halloween
. I even wrote a post about how excited I was. I thought Rob Zombie was good enough to take on a classic slasher flick and do it justice. Boy was I wrong.
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