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sempiternal: everlasting; eternal.

why didn't we ever discuss bill o'reilly showing that clip of jackson? Just saying...I looked back and nada, zip. wtf? ALSO,
waddafuck
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Bacchanalian

[BOCK-uh-nail-LeAnn ] –adjective-


Dictionary.com entry for Bacchanalian

given to reveling, evocative of the greek god St Bacchus
drunken manner of merrymaking

Also used as a noun:
A drunken reveler
might be referred to as " a Baccahanlian"

The kittens-at-play portion of
Susan Olsen's KITTENS IN PERIL
reminded me of this Thursday's word,
Bacchanalian

Online Etymology Dictionary entry for Bacchanal
1536, from L. bacchanalis "having to do with Bacchus" (Gk. Bakkhos), god of wine and revelry. His name is perhaps related to L. bacca "berry." Meaning "riotous, drunken roistering; orgy" is from 1711; Bacchanalia in this sense is from 1633, from the name of the Roman festival held in honor of Bacchus. Bacchae "female attendants of Bacchus" is from Gk. Bakkhai, pl. of Bakkhe.

---FINE Belizean rum... but not in excess. Just a few sips a night from my little bottle (which is now empty)
---A cool, probably-God-breathed, insight I had today about religious texts as possible spiritual heuristics
---Old friends popping up... even when you never knew them that well!
---Breaksticks with friends
---...that my dad is not that annoying to IM with... maybe I'm just getting old ;-)
---Growing-up isn't so bad... but it's just starting
---Love
---"Wall-E" the movie
---Music... the kind that you listen to...
---...instruments to play; someday, a band to play in again. *sniffle* it's still a beautiful thing, even w/o anyone to play with...
---Being someone's hot date. I wish things were more certain but... at least I met a wonderful girl, even if she lives far away
---Trees still rock my world. I love trees.
---...sunny weather today. Rain is great but today the sun was working-out for me
---other stuff... I'm sleepy.
---A bed. Woo.

Something from the last days of Gen X (remember them?) popular culture,
with the kind of glossy musical sneer that was typical at the time. Lyrics here.

Features Maxim a.k.a. the Black guy in Prodigy and Skin a.k.a. the Black chick in Skunk Anansie.

She's kinda overworking her lip synching and is obviously self-seduced by those
single white false eyelashes. But c'mon.. this was the time of Marilyn Manson's Mechanical Animals.

For reference, this was a year before Jill Scott's "A Long Walk" and India Irie's "Video".

Yay for Black folk getting their rockstar on :)

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We follow the writer of Wanted, Chris Morgan, as he makes his way to Comic-Con 2008 to speak about the success of comic-to-film blockbuster Wanted, as well as the upcoming Gears of War feature film that he is also writing.

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Kevin, Blair, Chris, Zach, and Alison cram into the family station wagon and make their way south to San Diego for Comic-Con 2008. Who will survive?

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In preparation of the upcoming G.I. Joe movie, we take a look back at the history of Comic-Con's Real American Hero, from his introduction at the 1964 World's Fair to his success as popular 1980's cartoon.

 

 

What does the phrase "ein matzav" mean? Literally I know it means "there's no situation," but it seems like it's a colloquial phrase that means more than the literal meaning.

 

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Spike is putting out his cigs and rallying up his intergalactic group to hit the big screen. In an interview with IF Magazine, producer Erwin Stoff is working with Fox to make a live-action feature film of the anime favorite, Cowboy Bebop.

"I'm really excited to be working on it," said Stoff, who also produced A Scanner Darkly, starring Keanu Reeves and Robert Downey Jr. Originally released in Japan on 1998, Cowboy Bebop revolves around the story of Spike and his crew of bounty hunters (Cowboys) as they go around galaxies searching for the next loot. An animated feature film, Cowboy Bebop The Movie, was released in the U.S. in 2002.

Space cowboys, hot chicks and guns - count us all in.

FirstShowing: Fox Developing Cowboy Bebop Live-Action Feature Film!

First, I am pro-choice, but I must say that abortions for sex selection scare the b-jesus out of me. Why? They are almost invariably, aborting female fetuses. I like women, yes, contrary to the pejorative idiocy of some who will forever after be called, the people who can't read, I actually like women, support their ascension to places of power and their right to fulfill their dreams - like any other human being on this planet. Which is, what we all are, when all is said and done, human beings. I also would prefer to live in a planet that had plenty of women around, certainly not a planet or country with too many males roaming around. This is not a danger in North America, but in many other countries, it is. In China, the social engineering of the Communist regime that called for "one child" led to mass abortions of females, and in other societies, where males are preferred, for reasons of prestige or finance or both, this is also escalating.

Here, an interesting take on this by Mark Steyn, the Canadian who wrote the book Canada nearly banned, America Alone



Smaller families may mean just a boy or a girl for liberal Democrats, but in other societies it means just a boy. The Indian writer Gita Aravamudan calls this the “female feticide.” Colleen Carroll Campbell writes that abortion, “touted as the key to liberating future generations of women,” has become instead “the preferred means of eradicating them”. And, while it won’t eradicate all of them, Philip Longman, a demographer of impeccably liberal credentials, put the future in a nutshell in the title of his essay: “The Return Of Patriarchy.”

NOTE: I originally put the wrong entry in my tag, but I just corrected that. Sorry if you saw the wrong post originally in my link. It is fixed.

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At the Capcom roundtable at Comic-Con this afternoon, it was confirmed that a Street Fighter favorite was making a comeback in the new game: Cammy, that woman of the amazing camouflage wedgie, will be back in the next go-round of the venerable fighting series. Although it wasn't officially announced by Capcom, Cammy showed up in the newest promo video for the game.

Street Fighter IV is scheduled to come out on PC, 360 and PS3 sometime in 2009.
(source)

I am not so sure that what a few weird ass parents choose to call their kid is anyone's business but their own, but some parents in New Zealand do call their kids some weird ass shit. Take for example, "Sex Fruit". Ah, OK... I guess it is ah, accurate. Still... can you imagine telling other kids your name is "Sex Fruit"!

Certainly, calling your kid "Fish and Chips" (some actually did) might be handicapping that kid on the playground and elsewhere.

A judge there recently ordered some parents to change their child's name, or else!

Here:

In his ruling, Murfitt cited a list of the unfortunate names.

Registration officials blocked some names, including Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit, he said. But others were allowed, including Number 16 Bus Shelter "and tragically, Violence," he said.

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After the non-announcement of a new Bungie Halo game at E3 08, many thought the announcement would come at this year's Comic-Con. Sorry, Charlie: No new Halo was announced at the ComicCon Halo round-table.

Although lots of fan questions were answered, no bombshells were revealed, save the fact that we will not see Master Chief's face in a game anytime soon. "Look in the mirror, and that's Master Chief's face," we were told.

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At Comic-Con this morning, videogaming pioneer Will Wright (Sim City, Spore) dropped word on a previously unannounced Spore feature: Comic Books!

Mashon Spore will allow Spore players to take screenshots of their creatures and instantly make a comic book out of it.

You'll be able to drag and drop screenshots taken in Spore right into the tool, add audio and video clips, and lay out an entire story. You'll be able to save your creations, check out other people's work and make virtual flipbooks out of the things.

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Just in time for the Comic-Con invasion, Paramount launches a teaser site for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The sequel to last summer's robotastic film is set to morph into theaters by summer 2009. Michael Bay will once again take the director's seat while Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox will reprise their roles. Others will think it's just a logo, but we're already spitting out Transformer effects: CHIIIKAKUKUKU!

More like a mating call.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

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Pssst, hey G4-readers who are at Comic-Con, we have news for ya: Action-comedy Tropic Thunder starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. will be showing at Comic-Con tonight at 1AM.
 
It's a special invite-only screening, and definitely a hot ticket, so you probably won't get in unless you're good at hustling, but we encourage you to try your luck if you’re down San Diego way. We've provided all the relevant info under the cut, if you plan on attending:

You and a guest are invited to an
ADVANCED SCREENING
Of
TROPIC THUNDER
At
COMICON 2008
In San Diego

Friday, July 25th, 2008 at 1:00AM
UA HORTON PLAZA 14
475 Horton Plaza
San Diego, CA 92101

Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. lead an ensemble cast in “Tropic Thunder,” an action comedy about a group of self-absorbed actors who set out to make the most expensive war film. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.
 
In theatres August 13th

Please RSVP with your outlet and the full legal name of each guest to:
TropicThunderRSVP@Paramount.com
**IMPORTANT NOTE – Make sure to reference “1AM Screening” in the subject line**
 
 
This ticket is non-transferrable. Please be prepared to show a valid photo ID

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Come see how many ways you can pimp your fantasy-MMO-world ride in Sony Online Entertainment's Vanguard: Saga of Heroes for the PC.  Available now.