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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Monday, August 22, 2011

So you may know we have this sale going on. I've been a-posting it for a few days. Well, Steve and I have had a long lasting disagreement over sale lengths and McDonalds and whether or not he threw our GI Joe over a balcony into a block of fresh concrete or I did.

I prefer sales that last FOREVER. LOL. Steve prefers a more nuanced approach with episodic sales of short duration. I can't argue as Steve keeps the company running. However, in a discussion this morning, I proposed keeping the current sale going for as long as possible to which Steve said, "well, as long as forever only lasts until tomorrow."

Bantering back and forth we came to an agreement. Steve will keep the sale going as long as its offer is generating traffic, getting the word out, or something. I have no idea. Anyway, the upshot is that if anyone mentions the sale on their blog, site or forums, Steve will extend the sale by one day - for each mention per site/blog/whatever.

just send me a link and I'll tell Steve. At least, I think that was our understanding.

What he doesn't know is that I am angling to deepen the sale (product wise). I need to build up to that.

Castle Stalker from Monty Python

Dreary place it seems. Scotland.
From here
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Oldest Fossil on earth discovered

And its not me!

Its a bacteria. Dang those little buggers are hardy. 3.4 billion years old,

Earth was still a hot, violent place at this time, with volcanic activity dominating the early Earth. The sky was cloudy and grey, keeping the heat in despite the sun being weaker than today. The water temperature of the oceans was much higher at 40-50 degrees -- the temperature of a hot bath -- and circulating currents were very strong. Any land masses were small, or about the size of Caribbean islands, and the tidal range was huge.

Significantly, there was very little oxygen present as there were no plants or algae yet to photosynthesise and produce oxygen. The new evidence points to early life being sulfur-based, living off and metabolizing compounds containing sulfur rather than oxygen for energy and growth.

First Savage Sword I bought

Internet is sorta cool

First Conan comic I ever bought

The issue where Belit was introduced. I purchased it at a five and dime next door to a Piggly Wiggly near my grandmother's house in Warren Arkansas - along time ago.

Steve has all my comics now. I hope they are in milar bags.

Scott to direct new Blade Runner 2014?

So more information has come out about Blade Runner,

On Friday, Alcon Entertainment’s Andrew Kosove, whose company now owns the rights to Blade Runner, revealed in an interview with the LA Times’ 24 Frames blog that shooting could begin as soon as 2013, with the following year a possible window for release.

According to Kosove, Alcon were willing to press ahead on a 21st century Blade Runner without Ridley Scott’s involvement, though they were understandably enthusiastic about having him aboard. A handshake and a few legal documents later, though, and Scott was formally signed up as the new film’s director.

No Harrison Ford,

One thing Kosove did emphatically rule out, however, was the involvement of Harrison Ford. “If you're asking me will this movie have anything to do with Harrison Ford,” Kosove said, “the answer is no. This is a total reinvention, and in my mind that means doing everything fresh, including casting.”

More at the link above.

Die replicant scum

Ouch, that hurt.

Castle & Crusades sale still a go

Another 24 hours at least. Gotta keep the posting up. So the sale is here.

With this hardcover combo deal get both the Players Handbook and Monsters and Treasure for the low price of $20.00. Order today and we'll throw in the adventure module Shadows of the Halfling Hall to book. ALL FOR $20.00!! (plus shipping).

The more I think about Conan, the more I like it

Jason Momoa plays a better Conan than Arnold. They could have given him better lines and allowed him to actually explore his acting potential.

It is not a Conan story but scripts almost like one. It is more akin to a mid to late Savage Sword tale.

The action is Ok to goo.

Overall, within the fantasy genre I give it a B. However, as a Conan fan, I give it a D to C. I won't go over the low points yet, don't care to dwell on the negative.

I keep waffling back and forth as to whether or not Conan can be translated to the big screen. Before going to the movie Steve an I had discussed it and we both felt it could. However, after coming out, I was beginning to think the stories could not be translated onto the screen. For a fan its doubly difficult to accept a move to the screen as we have pre-conceived notions as to what and who and how Conan is and should be.

That said, I think there are innumerable tales of Conan that translated to comics very well and several of the writers caught the essence of the stories and their nature. These stories, if not the originals all offer great starting points for movie length stories if the original tales are too difficult to manage.

Anyway, these are my first thoughts.

So I say, with a certain amount of guardedness, go see the movie.

More ancient head operations

Apparently, operating on the head appears to have been fairly common in our past.

Talk about getting inside others’ heads. Skulls of three men from North Africa’s ancient Garamantian civilization, which flourished in the Sahara Desert from 3,100 to 1,400 years ago, contain holes and indentations that were made intentionally to treat wounds or for other medical reasons, say anthropologist Efthymia Nikita of the University of Cambridge in England and her colleagues.

I am referring, of course, to trephination.