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    "Meet me in the torture chamber of St. George."

    in Bring the Noise

    Posted

    I had a dream I was living a happy normal eventful life. Had friends, a wife and a nice house. I then woke up this morning pissed off because I realized I lived in a boring non eventful life which has become nothing but a void.

    Been there, man is that depressing.

     

    I had a dream that I was mad about being thrown out of a convention for making a fuss during a panel aboutt the "Lesbianization of the IT Industry."

     

    Can anything be Lesbianized, much less the IT industry?

     

    Doe we even have the technology?

     

     

    And if not, WHY NOT!?!

    What were you reading for the 1st 3 years of this forum?

    in Bring the Noise

    Posted

    Just finished World War Z: An oral history of the zombie wars by Max Brooks. I highly recommend it, as for what's it about, well I think the title says it all.

     

     

    Oh Yes.

     

    I read that when it came out and loved it. I hear they're making a movie, but I don't see how that would work. I have it on CD, and what I listened to was cool...different actors playing the parts (Alan Alda!!!!) and all.

    What were you reading for the 1st 3 years of this forum?

    in Bring the Noise

    Posted

    White Noise by Don DeLillo - I wasn't really crazy on this one. On the one hand, it was an incredibly smart book, with a lot of neat themes, but it was pulled off in the most cold and distant way. The characters were absolutely lifeless to me, and there sudden, random bouts of philosophizing struck me as really false. It seemed more like a bunch of themes and ideals that DeLillo wanted to talk about, so he framed them in a pretty shakey narrative. Also, I don't really understand why all the critics call it a funny book. It was clever, sure, but definitely not that funny. Disappointing, overall.

     

    Have you read Libra? That was a good one.

    Big books of comics

    in Comics

    Posted

    That Fell collection rocks.Cassanove looks interesting,I might give that a try soon,lemme know if it's good?

     

     

    I started to read Fell, but I couldn't get into it. Maybe it's because I don't like the artist.

     

    Sure, his stuff looks cool, but it's no way to tell a story.

    Big books of comics

    in Comics

    Posted

    Fun Home by Alison Bechdel-This is a really good book.

    It's the story of Bechdel's childhood and her father's death. It's about Bechdel discovering that she's homosexual and figuring out that her father is also. There's a wonderful contrast, showing that even though Bechdel and her father share a sexual orientation, the two couldn't be more alienated from each other. Her father was a high school teacher and a mortician. It's funny and sad and disturbing, and certainly one of (if not The, but my memory is bad) the best graphic novels to come out last year.

    There are a lot of biographic comic books on the market now, seeming to follow in the footsteps of Harvey Pekar. While some of them are wonderful and a treasure to the field of comics, I'll be the first to admit that a lot of them are derivative and moribund, and the author certainly finds his own life far more interesting than anyone else will, and he could've saved his time....but Fun Home does not fit into that catergory. It's a book with something to say, and ranks alongside the best autobiographical comics. So, even if you're tired of autobiographical comics being shoved out constantly with nothing to say, don't let that put you off this book.

    Could this be the next Maus, what with all the critical acclaim it's garnered?

    The softcover edition looks really nice too.

    Grade: A

     

     

    Yes! The conversation with her father in the car is brilliant!

    Andy Diggle's Q&A thread

    in Hellblazer

    Posted

    As Derren Brown will no doubt confirm. Anyone seen him getting the bookies to pay out on a losing ticket at the dogs? Fuckin brilliant.

     

     

    You know, though...I was watching his show, and he says, "I am not psychic. I use tools of manipulation and psychology that con artists use" or something, and my first instinct is to ask, "What, like a documentary format and a promise that you don't use actors?" I mean, "This is the dog your looking for" was an obvious reference to the Jedi Mind Trick...

    Fuckbiscuitshitangels (Warren Ellis)

    in Comics

    Posted

    From Bad Signal:

     

    badsignal

    ME

     

     

    THE ENGINE will close a little before midnight UK time

    on August 31 2007.

     

    The first year was about getting creators together and facilitating

    conversations that didn't have anywhere else to go. The second

    year was about just providing people with an interesting place to

    talk. Two years is enough. Time to move on.

     

    So you've got three weeks to mine out the place for the data you

    need, exchange contact details and all that.

     

    I've informed Andrew, the host, of my intent -- it's up to him whether

     

    or not the Engine remains as a static archive, though I've told him

    it's

    not necessary. The search function has always been a bit weird, so

    I'll be opening a thread for you to help each other find what you

    need.

     

    http://engine.ning.com will remain open -- in fact, I'll add a forum

    function to it for those of you who want to stay together and stay

    talking.

     

    At this time, I have to extend my thanks both to Andrew, and to my

    team of moderators, who took a lot of crap for no reward at all:

    Jessica,

    Maddie, Rachel, Ariana, Victoria, Melinda and Lauren made it a better

    place for me, and for all of you. Also, I have to thank Charity, who

    did

    the initial design and installation, Brian for providing the Engine

    marks

    and logos, and Billy Gray for early mechanics and troubleshooting.

     

    As for me: well, as ever, there's a plan. I won't be out of the

    online

    community game for long. News on that will follow later in the month.

     

    Thank you all. It's been fun.

     

    - W

     

    He really is ADD, isn't he?

    What's going on with you?

    in Bring the Noise

    Posted

    OK....most of the shit is sorted, now. Took me all day to get it fixed, though. I worked harder on my day off than I do when I am on the clock!

     

    My tooth still hurts.....

     

     

    HAHAHAHA! The breaks went out in my car! I almost got into a wreck! Also, I got a card in the mail saying I need to go to the post office and sign for a letter from the courts! Apparently, I'm being sued by a creditor! I'm going to have to go bankrupt, and I'll probably be living in my car! Which is dangerous because IT HAS NO BREAKS!!!

    The Wit and Wisdom

    in Site Feedback & Announcements

    Posted

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    amdestrohyds

     

    fuck

    going to drink a lot ot zater qn dden to slleeeeeppppp

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

    I need some female scent nezt to me

    i misss so manny things in life

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    i gave to throw up

    see you

     

    That's like the time Mark got on here drunk, typing on a norweigian keyboard...

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