friday, june 15 :::
 
i will indenture myself for six months to anyone within the United States who buys these for me.
[praise Metafilter for finding the cool stuff]
::: posted by mr terrence at 1:45 PM


 
Anthony Stewart Head is rumored to have been approached to play the Master in a future Doctor Who story. that'd be cool.
::: posted by mr terrence at 11:58 AM


 
Bush fails to convert EU leaders

"It was perhaps a measure of the gulf which remains between Bush and his European hosts that he sounded his most enthusiastic when celebrating the agreement reached between the U.S. and the EU on banana imports."

i saw the clip on CNN yesterday. el presidente seemed to fluctuate between distinterest and boredom while discussing most topics, but he looked genuinely pleased with himself when mentioning the Great Banana Accords. it cracked me up.
::: posted by mr terrence at 9:56 AM



thursday, june 14 :::
 
i'm going to have to hurt Max for placing a link to this somewhere that i would see it. i would have prefered never to hear such a falsely untrue, slanderous lying falsehooded gossiping b*llsh*t. it's so spitefully deceptive that i should be using a * in place of all the vowels in this post, because the lie has made this entire post that profane. it can't be true. it won't be, else someone gets hurt.
::: posted by mr terrence at 4:28 PM


 
here's an entry in the Things That Keep Me Up At Night series.

after tossing a coin nine times, with each toss coming up 'heads' each time, what is the probability that the tenth toss will also come up 'heads'? assume that there are no outside influences or forces acting on the toss (i.e., no air resistence, the coin is perfectly balenced, blah blah blah). it's just you, the coin, and probability.

initially, i thought '50 - 50', an equal chance of a head or a tail, that the first nine tosses had no bearing at all on the tenth. now i'm not sure about that, and i don't know if it's because it really shouldn't be 50 - 50, or if i'm trying to change the laws of the universe.

anyone know a statistician who could ease my mind, or the name of a book that explains why it is or isn't an equal chance (in simple terms. i'm not too bright)?
::: posted by mr terrence at 4:17 PM


 
coming from .C.H.U.D. (no, not the sewer folk who eat people):

• Michelle [Trachtenberg] talked a little bit more after that about how much she couldn't talk about everything and how we should direct all questions to Joss.
  

  Smilin' Jack Ruby talks with "a bunch of cool people" at the Saturn Awards, including Michelle Trachtenberg (at the bottom of the first page) who said, for the most part, what i quoted above (ok, there's a bit more, but not a lot). there's a photo of Julie Benz wearing a Darla-esque red dress with not-so-Darla-esque shoes at the bottom of the second page too.
  

• 'Big Momma's House' writer threatens to direct.

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have you ever wondered, who'd win in a fight: Snake "Escape from New York" Plissken or Jack "Big Trouble in Little China" Burton?

another Godzilla product soon to be 'in the can'? i know, the news is too weeks old, but sometimes i'm a little slower than everyone else. if only my mom hadn't smoked so much opium while i was still in the womb.

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to hell with trying to find it on the message boards at the official site. i'm just going to quote what Dark Horizons quoted from the message boards post by Joss (phew!):

"The songs will rhyme like actual songs. I wouldn't call the show sondheim influnenced stylistically so much as thematically. I'm trying to walk the line between pop and classic showtunes - i.e. contemporary music with lyrics that move the narrative instead of just repeating. RENT, Aimee Mann, Elvis Costello -- but again, the sound will be different from any of those cuz I have NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING. I just hope Chris Beck (And Jesse Tobias of Splendid, who I'm hoping will help produce it) can make it all sound coherent, not just a hodgepodge. There will be much comedy and many heartfelt ballads, if it comes together AT ALL it'll have some classic moments. That much I can promise".

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i saw the WB's new "Angel has moved to Mondays" commercial. i liked it, mostly.

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from Sci Fi Wire:

• William Boone (actor Kevin Kilner) is returning to Earth: Final Conflict. he was the lead character (and my favorite) during the first season of the show, until he was killed off.
  

• Mulder's pissed about kissing Scully. Duchovny didn't like Mulder's send off.
  ::: posted by mr terrence at 11:28 AM
  
  
   
  terrence's Question of the Day: could the locksmith have been any hotter?
  

  i applaud the guy's skill (among his other, more obvious attributes). when he showed up, he handed me an invoice pad and asked that i write my name, ZIP code and signature in the appropriate boxes. before i even finished my name, he had my car unlocked, and was putting his equipment back into his van. i have decided that i'm in the wrong line of work since it takes me 2 hours, 20 minutes to earn what i handed him for about 15 minutes of work (forty-five seconds of it dealing with me and my problem, the rest spent driving).
  ::: posted by mr terrence at 10:21 AM
  
  
   
  ever had one of those split-second moments while in the middle of a second-long action in which there's no way to stop yourself from completing the action, where, in that infinitesimal instance, you realize that you just screwed the pooch?
  

  stupid terrence dummy boy locked his keys in the car this morning. for two months, he has been putting off having a second set of keys made, so there's no spare. putz.
  ::: posted by mr terrence at 8:56 AM
  
  
  
  wednesday, june 13 :::
   
  condemned unsanitary simians! (too many syllables to be a good curse). now UPN is denying reports of the dates for the premieres of Enterprise, Buffy and Roswell.
  ::: posted by mr terrence at 4:23 PM
  
  
   
  "There is some nervousness," he acknowledged. "I understand that, but it's beginning to be allayed when they here the logic behind the rationale."
  

  i wonder if CNN inserted that mistake in a Bush quote unconsciously. or maybe el presidente actually said "here" instead of "hear."
  ::: posted by mr terrence at 3:51 PM
  
  
   
  according to the WKBD/UPN50 website, Enterprise debuts on September 26 (not the 23rd, as Dark Horizons says), and the season premieres of Buffy and Roswell are October 9 and 16, respectively. [huggles to Dark Horizons for pointing me in that direction. eww. i can't believe i wrote the word 'huggles.']
  

  in other news: The Cartoon Network hopes to reel in adults with Space Ghost, Erik Estrada. is anyone else saying, "Eric Estrada!! oh boy!! i gotta watch!"? didn't think so. (but yes, i am saying "Space Ghost? all right! i gotta watch!")
  

  &&&&&&&&&&&&&
  

  today's an ampersand kind of day. good for dividing long posts. and i like ampersands. those wheel-chaired people characters they use on Handicapped Parking signs make me think of ampersands.
  

  &&&&&&&&&&&&&
  

  everyone's talking about cans of Godzilla Meat being sold in Japan. irradiated reptile meat may be tastey, but you'd think it be a little gamy.
  

  "People can eat Godzilla and become energetic and powerful." yes they can, right up until the radiation sickness kicks in. but once your hair falls out and the vomiting, diarrhea, ulceration of the alimentary canal and sloughing of the skin begin, isn't it great to know that Godzilla Meat has "dreams mixed in with fun."
  

  how did they get Godzilla to give up his flesh? maybe this Kirk vs. Godzilla showdown has the answers.
  

  &&&&&&&&&&&&&
  

  the Saturn Award winners were announced yesterday. you can get a quick rundown of the winners here. Buffy won for the Network Television Series catagory and James Marsters won for the Supporting Actor on Television catagory.
  

  Elizabeth Rohm says she was initially wary of taking the Kate role in Angel.
  

  &&&&&&&&&&&&&
  

  some fans of Voyager are unwilling to accept the end of the tv series, so they're creating their own stories and putting them online. this is reported as news, and the fans do this because the series ended so suddenly and without warning, because no one has ever written fan fic before, and because Parmamount (via Simon & Schuster, who has an entire subdivision devoted to Star Trek media, the whole thing being one big incestuous Viacom orgy) hasn't thought to publish Voyager-based novels.
  

  &&&&&&&&&&&&&
  

  and finally, HRC has called for a boycott against ExxonMobile. i guess this means no more Masterpiece Theatre.
  ::: posted by mr terrence at 1:37 PM
  
  
   
  good riddance. clowns are evil. children shouldn't be permitted to watch them. they should be destroyed. the clowns, not the children. well... nah, just the clowns.
  ::: posted by mr terrence at 10:58 AM
  
  
   
  okokokokok i'm all excited about Jurassic Park III. i saw an advertisement for it last night on television and i nearly wet myself. i love dinosaurs. the only way i could love dinosaurs more is to have dinosaurs that use big ass swords and martial arts.
  ::: posted by mr terrence at 10:33 AM
  
  
   
  wait! missing time! isn't that an indication of alien abduction? good lord, i may be pregnant and carrying an alien baby!
  ::: posted by mr terrence at 8:39 AM
  
  
   
  dammit. i thought today was the 12th. i've lost an entire day somewhere.
  ::: posted by mr terrence at 8:38 AM
  
  
  
  tuesday, june 12 :::
   
  [The ABM treaty] prevents freedom-loving people from exploring the future and that's why we've got to lay it aside.-- GWB at a press conference after meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar.
  

  what does that mean? seriously. it means nothing, right?
  

  and another thought: do they make the president get a passport before travelling to other countries? if he didn't already have one, i mean.
  ::: posted by mr terrence at 12:56 PM
  
  
   
  Strike averted at Kennedy Space Center. they did, however, pick up the spare.
  

  Skeptical leaders await Bush on European trip. um... i'm not going to do it, even if reading the headline did make me spit Sprite everywhere.
  

  ahem. sorry about that. this is cool though: Birds are imitating cell phones.
  ::: posted by mr terrence at 12:44 PM
  
  
   
  wha?
  

  i agree with the Court's decision, but who'da thunk that Justices Thomas, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer and Scalia would have agreed on this? i thought it'd be either 5-4 the other way, ruling that a warrant wasn't required, or that it'd be 8-1 affirming that it was required (with Rehnquist being the lone dissenter, mainly because he's dead and other Justices haven't figured it out yet).
  

  it's mindboggling.
  ::: posted by mr terrence at 12:33 PM
  
  
   
  i'll take "Things That Make You Breathe A Sigh of Relief" for $200: Ghostbusters 3 Unlikely
  

  no? ok, let's try "Ooh, That's Got To Hurt": at EW.com, Pearl Harbor and The Animal are both graded at B-. my expectations for any Rob Schneider movie are... well, i wouldn't even bother building any. truly. his movies suck. but does the shared grade with Pearl Harbor mean that this Rob Schneider film is much better than i thought it would be, or that Pearl Harbor just friggin' sucks?
  ::: posted by mr terrence at 10:49 AM
  
  
   
  ok, so the Mutant X website is up. there's not a lot up yet, but it is enough to give you the basic story and let you see the cast and characters. it sounds to me like the big, bad antagonist just needs to get over it, the whiner. Mondo and Shadowcat had themselves a love child named Jesse (the actor Forbes March. hubba!).
  

  so, the show's about this guy named Lex Luthor who left Metropolis after supposedly being killed off after the first season or so of Lois and Clark. deciding that it just isn't worth having Superman kick his ass all the time, Lex gives up Evil and becomes Good, in the form of a Philanthropist, since that's really the only Good thing a billionaire can be (cf. Charles Xavier, Reed Richards, Bruce Wayne, Tony Stark). Lex gathers around himself a group of genetically super-powered beings and names them "The X-Men." Tom De Santo appears out of nowhere with his own team of super-powered Lawyers. during a brief battle, the Lawyers throw out a Cease and Desist Order, a couple of Injunctions, a Motion for a Change of Venue and a Codicil (don't ask me why. Lawyers are a little wonky sometimes) (and yes, that Legal Terms Glossary comes in handy). Lex concedes and changes the name of the team, using the unoriginal and unapt "Mutant X".
  

  sometimes, when i have nothing else to do at work, i write crap like that.
  ::: posted by mr terrence at 10:14 AM
  
  
  
  monday, june 11 :::
   
  i bought the Willow and Tara Special yesterday. nothing spectacular enough to get me buying the Buffy comic book, but nothing that would dissuade from it either. there were some cool death scenes though.
  

  Oz is getting his own three-part mini-series, the first issue to be released next month.
  

  i went to the comic book store nearest to my apartment to pick up a copy of Fray, but the stupid store didn't have it. they didn't order any. i hate that place. and they have a crappy website. not that mine's all that great, but it's not crappy like theirs. or stupid. like them.
  

  they're advertising for Trek Expo 2001. Kate Mulgrew will be making an appearance. i was thinking about going and sneaking up behind her to cut out a lock of her hair (i have this thing about her hair), but i'm pretty sure she could kick my ass. if she couldn't, Hercules is going to be there too, and i know he'd be able to, being a demi-god and all. he'd stomp me into squishy piles of mush, and as an added insult and ultimate indignity, Adam West would laugh at me (really, should that guy be laughing at anyone?).
  ::: posted by mr terrence at 4:17 PM
  
  
   
  from today's Dark Horizon- Triple X: Vin Diesel is set to star for Director Rob Cohen in this film about an extreme sports player turned undercover spy.
  

  extreme sports player turned undercover spy. yeah.
  ::: posted by mr terrence at 8:28 AM