Randomness

[Aquarius]

I just heard the news one of my best friends passed away suddenly yesterday and it happened so fast.

I'm so sorry to hear this.

[Elessar]

I sold my AK last night finally

[WarpGirl]

How much?

[Alelou]

I just heard the news one of my best friends passed away suddenly yesterday and it happened so fast.

I'm so sorry, Reanok. (Just doing some catching up tonight.)

[Escriba]

OK, I've discovered the BEST. ANIME. EVER. Remember that sometimes I do little plays with Europeans countries as if they are real people? OK, there is a Japanese anime that does exactly that, but with all the countries around the world! And it's super funny!! It's official, I need to go and live in Japan

The link to the anime is HERE (just in case somebody it's curious.) Some excerpts:

US:(speaking very fast) Anyway, I'll go first. Regarding the present issue, global warning, I think we can solve the problem by building a big hero together and have it shield the Earth! Also, I won't take any objections.
JAPAN: I agree with America...
SWITZERLAND: There you go again, Japan! Give your own opinions!
ENGLAND: (drinking tea) I oppose. How could I agree with something so illogical?
FRANCE: (roses around him) Well, I'll just oppose both America and England.
ENGLAND: Then which one is it?!


SPAIN: Hey, Russia, aren't you going to say anything? Say something to them!
RUSSIA: Huh, me? I... I want to see a confused and troubled Lithuania come crying to me.
(Image of Lithuania crying. Then it appears Latvia crying with Belarus, dressed as a maid, trying to calm him down.)
RUSSIA: You agree with me, don't you, Latvia?
ESTONIA: Mr. Russia, it's not good to bully the weak.

This is astonishing!! The somewhat awkward part is that the main character is Italy, descendant of the great Rome, who is a coward boy who only loves pasta The little snaps of Italian History (the main plot is about World History) are amazing too.

[Escriba]

OK, I'm being a little annoying, but Italy character in the aforementioned anime has the best song for Germany. I think it should be their new national anthem

Germany, Germany, Germany it's a great place.
They feed me even though I'm a prisoner.
The food doesn't taste crappy like British stuff either.
Sausage, cheese, it's all so tasty!
For a dog, it's Heaven.
That's what Germany is.
But why are all Germans so stern?
I feel like I'm going to be crushed by their intimidation.
My heart is so afraid and I'm going to cry.
The girls are so big too.
Is it your hobby to burst barrels of beer every day?
Also, please stop raiding my house in swarms.
The tourists are way too scary.
Germans chicks are bigger and better built than me. Yohoo!

Sorry... But it's just too funny. Maybe it doesn't look like it to you, but for me it's hilarious. I swear, I don't want to offend anybody, so forgive me if I've done it.

[WarpGirl]

I watched the Georgia O'Keefe bio-pic on Lifetime last night. It was typical Lifetime fluff, but I love her art. I'm going to get a HUGE print, for my office/guestroom.

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

Guess who's number one?

SF and Fantasy's 20 Most Irritating Characters

[WarpGirl]

Normally I wouldn't have looked through that list. But since KTR had to be so evily criptic, and I was hoping Archer made the list, I looked. And I have 3 things to say...

1. The three ST characters they chose were so TOTALLY wrong. Phlox is weird, which makes the goofyness tolorable. Neelix, yeah I get why some people don't like him, but nobody remembers the incredible talant Ethan Phillips displayed playing that character. He was far more nuanced than most give credit for. And Keiko O'Brian is amazing. Does anybody remember how Molly was born? The O'Brians to me were the only familiar and truely great part of DS9.

2. If they had to include Trek characters at all, they should have picked... Dr. Paulaski, Vash, the Duras family, Chakotay, Travis, and the Crystalite Enitity. They were annoying!

3. Yes Jar Jar Binks was rather irritating in EP's 2-3 but please remember EP 1 was about kids! He was just fine in that one.

[enterprikayak]

As some of you know, we recently bought a farm, and move in in about 10 days!

So....Here’s me'n Aureilia visiting Rocket, OUR NEW BABY GOAT! He’s a wee head-butting snuggler. We played and played with him and when we left, he tried to follow us.




He’s a registered Miniature Silky Myotonic Fainting Goat. He’s 8 weeks old.

You can read about them here. You can watch a Fainting Goat faint here.

We take him home late in October!!!

Yay! He is SO FRIKKING CUTE!! Maaa-aaaaa!

[WarpGirl]

That's awsome but be careful if he buts now he could get worse when he's older. My best friend got butted a long time ago. NOT GOOD! But your daughter is so lovely, and that little guy is really cute.

[Bether6074]

My 7 year old daughter's impressions of President Obama's speech...

"He talks too much. He went on and on. Blah. Blah. Blah. Blah."

This kid is too much.

[Aikiweezie]

That little "kid" is SO CUTE!!! I told my husband I want to own a perring zoo when we retire so I have an excuse to have an assortment of cute little animals - weird, huh? A goat or two, a llama, potbelly pig, miniature horse, etc.....

Bether, I agree with your daughter.

[Distracted]

He’s a registered Miniature Silky Myotonic Fainting Goat. He’s 8 weeks old.

Cool! I just watched a show about them. Is it true that they're "scapegoats"... that farmers would put them with more valuable animals out in the pasture so if wolves or bobcats came to hunt, the goats would get scared and fall over and the predators would eat them instead of the animal the farmer wanted to save? Or was the myotonia just an accident when they inbred them to make smaller, cuter goats for pets?

[Linda]

Is a fainting goat playing possum to simulate death so a preditor would live it alone? They are cute and I don't know anything about them, not even that they existed!

By the way, is that a sticker on Aureilia's hand?