Frothing at the MouthGreg Morrow's Rants and WhimsiesI'm Terribly Sorry About All This- June 29, 2008 Further adventures of the Eleventh Doctor and Fleming include: I skipped an early adventure. The Doctor and Fleming take advantage of UNIT's resources to stop a scout who's leading the way for an alien conquest in "Live with Death". In...http://www.whiterose.org/dr.elmo/blog/archives/011161.html In Which I Curse at Disney Blu-Ray- June 28, 2008 So I tried out my new bluray player with Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, and this may be the most evil disc I have ever encountered. First, bluray takes fucking forever to load. Just unbelievably long....http://www.whiterose.org/dr.elmo/blog/archives/011159.html I Am Truly Ashamed of This- June 26, 2008 After having watched "The Doctor's Daughter" last night (she's really beautiful, but the episode was a bit too light, and the death of Martha's friend was horribly staged to the point of leaching all the pathos), I had the following...http://www.whiterose.org/dr.elmo/blog/archives/011154.html Comcast Customer Service- June 26, 2008 My experiences with Comcast customer service have been positive, despite Comcast's miserable reputation across the net. However, note that Comcast only recently took over from Time-Warner in Houston, and so Houston service is probably still mostly former Time-Warner personnel. That...http://www.whiterose.org/dr.elmo/blog/archives/011153.html The Supremes Get One Right- June 23, 2008 Rothgery v. Gillespie County, Texas Petitioner Rothgery was arrested by a cop as a felon in possession of a firearm, brought before a magistrate judge, denied appointed counsel, and required to post bail; he was subsequently indicted, re-arrested, had his...http://www.whiterose.org/dr.elmo/blog/archives/011145.html New Stuff, and Who Wants My Old Stuff- June 13, 2008 My new furniture came in today. Also, I'm trying to give away some old furniture. Several 250K pics behind the cut....http://www.whiterose.org/dr.elmo/blog/archives/011138.html Not One of Those Guys- June 11, 2008 Hypothesis: As much as we'd like them to be neutral, guy is fully masculine, and guys is masculine dominant. You should avoid using them indefinitely or for mixed groups....http://www.whiterose.org/dr.elmo/blog/archives/011136.html Mr. Monk in Outer Space- June 9, 2008 As I believe I've written before, the best thing about Lee Goldberg's Monk novels is that he has the skill to write so that I can hear the characters talking in the actors' voices. Mr. Monk in Outer Space is...http://www.whiterose.org/dr.elmo/blog/archives/011131.html |