zaterdag 31 maart 2012

zaterdag 31 maart 2012 Up at 6:06. Turn on DW-TV. In Focus has a report of people taking a trip on a bus from Freiburg to Shanghai. The route follows the old Silk Road, through Italy, Greece, Turkey and unstable regions like Iran and Kyrgyzstan to Kazakhstan and China. Report - Next Stop Shanghai - An Overland Adventure to China... halfway around the world in 74 days. Hummus on toast for breakfast. Then it's MST3K - Operation: Double 007. Walk around d'town. It's busy with shoppers and Comicon conventioneers. There's Spider-man!
One of several Spider-men. ATM some cash. Back home to dry off. Watch Star Trek - The Tholian Web.

In honor of Comicon, I offer this...

vrijdag 30 maart 2012

vrijdag 30 maart 2012 Up with alarm, but lay in bed almost an hour. Sesame noodles and egg for breakfast. Watch movie - Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi... struggling to return freedom to the galaxy.
Walk up Westlake to work while listening to Weekday - Human Trafficking, Author Anne Lamott On Grandparenting, And Seattle's Comics Counterculture. Pam gives me a project - putting up coat hooks in the staff lounges. Sharon gets a break. Then it's Cristin's lunch at 11. The 7 Starfish play outside. At least it's not raining on us. But I hear the kids complain about the cold. When we go inside, circle time is a bust. They eat lunch early. 12 - Anne's lunch. Only 5 Seahorses. Mellow hour. 1 - Toni's lunch. All the kids are asleep. Time to relax. 2 - Olivia's lunch. One is awake already. Cristin takes her to the Infant Room. Hope to walk home, but it's rather blustery. Streetcar to d'town. Watch KOMO News. George Takei shows up.
He's here for Comicon. We find that he is a proponent of gay rights and equal marriage. And George has a good sense of humor.

Watch Power Rangers SPD - Abandoned. Then Space Precinct - Smelter Skelter. Chili spaghetti for dinner.

donderdag 29 maart 2012

donderdag 29 maart 2012 Up with alarm. Oy! I want to sleep more. Turn on KOMO News. Report about protest at Westlake Park calling for justice in the killing of Trayvon Martin. About 200 people showed up yesterday.
Beans on toast for breakfast. Bath. Watch - MST3K: Bride Of The Monster. Streetcar to work. It's to rainy to walk. It's a "stay inside day" with the kids... except the Sea Otters bravely head out into the rain. Breaks for Kenn, Anne, Toni and Cristin. The Starfish are practicing their yoga poses. They're learning. I'm impressed. The teachers follow the book - The ABC's Of Yoga For Kids.
I cover for Cristin's planning time. Channel covers for Olivia. The 6 Starfish get lots of free play... Maybe too much. I'm busy making "boxes" out of tinker toys, and then I set up lunches. 12 - Anne's lunch. Today, the kids are playing the name game while eating. "What's your mommy's name?" All the Seahorses and all the Starfish sleep. It's a very magical nap time especially the Starfish. Sleep, children, sleep. Streetcar to d'town. Turn on The World. I get caught in a downpour, and then the rain lets up. Turn on KOMO News. WSCTC is getting ready for Comicon. Tomorrow! Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
Watch Power Rangers SPD - Shadow. I like Green Ranger's bulldog face.
Sesame noodles and broccoli for dinner. I nibble here and there about politics... but I want MST3K: HERCULES!

woensdag 28 maart 2012

woensdag 28 maart 2012 Up at 4:28. Turn on KIRO on my iPad. It's pretty wet out. Egg salad and potatoes for breakfast. Hal Sparks on Stephanie Miller. Hal talks about how the NRA has spent lots of money trying to influence state legislatures to pass "Stand Your Ground," aka "Shoot First" or "Kill-at-Will" laws.
Bath. Watch movie - MST3K: Warrior Of The Lost World. "It's not the apocalypse, so much as the humidity." "The future seems very reasonable."

Walk up Westlake to work. 10 - Planning time for Charmaine. Kenn covers for Patty. I tell Kenn about the show - Jay & Silent Bob Get Old. Here in Seattle! Hang out with the Dolphins. I love how Asher plops himself in my lap with a book. "Is it story time?" I ask him. "Yeah." he replies. They have so many toys, though. It's like a tornado hit the place. After we clean up, we go outside. 11 - Cristin's lunch. The Starfish are playing on the big play ground. They are giving each other rides in the wheel barrels. The rain comes, but we keep playing. 12 - Over to the Seahorses. Parents are having a brown bag lunch time with their kids. Fun! Only one cries when mommy leaves. 1 - Toni's lunch. All the Seahorses sleep... except one. He's kind of loud, too. He wakes up someone next door. 2 - Olivia's lunch. I take our early-riser to Joyce's room The babies look up at him. Streetcar to d'town. Turn on KOMO News. Yay! M's Win Season-Opener 3-1 In Japan! Ichiro looks great!

Down to Westlake Center to do a little window shopping. Daiso has rainbow slinkies. It's a busy store. Streetcar back to work. Big meeting about BBP and transition models... 140 minutes. Oy! But there's lasagna for dinner. Walk up Fairview back to my place. Watch movie - MST3K: Attack Of The Eye Creatures. Tom Servo wants to make out with someone.

maandag 26 maart 2012

maandag 26 maart 2012 Up at 1:30. Turn on DW-TV. Germany Radiates Confidence As Another Business Indicator Rises. Switch to KOMO News. The Supreme Court begins three days of arguments on health care. Report - High Court Takes Up Fight Over Obama Health Law. Beans on rice for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. It's her first day on Current TV. How exciting!
Hot bath. Watch a movie - MST3K: Manhunt In Space. We are treated by a visit from Winky via Hexfield Viewscreen. He insists he is in a spaceship and has many hot girlfriends. The SOL's instruments note he's in his mom's basement in Ladysmith, Wisconsin.
Streetcar to work. Outside with the Dolphins and Sea Otters to give their teachers breaks. Then the Starfish come out. They use the Infant playground. 11 - Cristin's lunch. Take a few kids inside to set up lunches. 12 - Anne's lunch. Toni is out, and Kenn subs for her. Of course, the Seahorses get silly at lunch time. 1 - Kenn's lunch. We have one non-napper. 2 - Sam wakes up early. We head to the lobby to feed the fish some peas. Streetcar to d'town. Turn on The World. Speculation that Israel could soon attack Iran has dominated the Israeli news media in recent months. Facebook to the rescue. Report - We Heart You Iran: Israeli Couple’s Facebook Campaign Against Attack.

Drop off stuff. Walk around d'town in the beautiful sunshine. Back to my place. Watch Power Rangers SPD - Idol.

Then Star Trek - Spectre Of The Gun. The Enterprise is ordered to make peaceful contact with the mysterious alien inhabitants of Theta Kiokis II - the Melkotians, but is warned away by a strange space buoy that orders it not to proceed to the planet.
Baked beans for dinner. Watch MSNBC.

zondag 25 maart 2012

zondag 25 maart 2012 Up at 6:15. Turn on DW-TV. Dortmund wins big!
Borussia Dortmund stormed back from an early deficit in Cologne to win 6-1 and tighten their grip on first place in the Bundesliga. Turn on A Prairie Home Companion. How 'bout some Powdermilk Bisquit?
April Come She Will.

Some Star Trek - The Man Trap.

Watch more Star trek - Is There in Truth No Beauty? and And The Children Shall Lead. The kids perform a summoning ritual, chanting: Hail, hail, fire and snow, call the angel, we will go, far away, for to see, friendly angel come to me.

vrijdag 24 maart 2012

vrijdag 24 maart 2012 Up at 6:07. Turn on France 24. Beyond Business does an expose on Qatar. Qatar has become one of the region's wealthiest states due to its enormous oil and natural gas revenues. Their economy grew by 19.40%, the fastest in the world. Switch. Watch DW-TV Europe In Concert - Berlin soul vocalist Joy Denalane. Bombay potatoes and fried egg for breakfast. More music with PopXport - musicians Paul van Dyk and Felix Meyer. Bravo!



Watch Star Trek - The Cage. While investigating a distress call from Talos IV, Captain Pike is captured and tested by beings who can project powerfully realistic illusions. Talosian!
Angry Bird... on the Space Needle!

vrijdag 23 maart 2012

vrijdag 23 maart 2012 Up at 4:40. Turn on KOMO News. Woo hoo! Report - Study: Seattle Ranks No. 5 In Job Growth For 2011. Toast and tofu for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. It's Fridays with Fugelsang! Homage to John Fugelsang for getting the etch-a-sketch bit on CNN! It was Eric Fehrnstrom who compared the former Massachusetts governor to an Etch a Sketch. We love you, John!

Hot bath. Walk up Westlake to work. Hang out with the Seahorses while Anne and Toni take their breaks. Dash sits in my lap while I read Corduroy Goes To The Beach. He's really into the beach scene - surfing, playing frisbee, swimming, the seagulls, etc.
Move outside to meet the Starfish on the playground. Lovely day for play. Kenn is extra, so I go inside to set up lunches and mats. On my break, I check CNN - Obama: 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon'. President Barack Obama weighs in today on the shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, calling it a national tragedy. Over to Seahorses for lunchtime and naps. Everyone sleeps. Fold some laundry. Quiet time. Over to Starfish. Finn is coughing while asleep. Poor guy. Early risers to the Bike Room. Streetcar to d'town. Change clothes for the warmer weather. Walk up to Denny and back down Terry to my place. Watch a special episode of featuring the Green Ranger - Power Rangers SPD: Abridged. Cute episode. We love you, Green Ranger!

Now it's time for Hardball. The panel talks about political ads. Here's a blast from the past.

Tuna salad and Bombay potatoes for dinner. Watch a favorite - Star Trek. Time for a Cardassian Sunrise! Where's my rokassa juice? And my papalla brandy? Just vodka and juices.

donderdag 22 maart 2012

donderdag 22 maart 2012 Up with alarm. Turn on France 24. Report - Toulouse Gunman Killed By Sniper.

This has made for a political situation, too, shaking up the presidential race. The theme of security has brushed aside the issues of taxes, unemployment and immigration. Macaroni salad for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. Romney has suffered an etch-a-sketch moment, and Steph mocks him for it. Rachel Maddow enumerates the lies he tells daily, the cynicism with which those lies are told, and goes on to explain why Romney is undermining democracy and the office of President when he lies so easily just to get the job. Oh! There's John Fugelsang!

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Hot bath. Up to Kaladi for some coffee. The I-love-your-shirt guy is on duty. Back to my place to watch more France 24. They're still going on about Mohamed Merah - The boy next-door who ‘brought France to its knees’.
Walk up Westlake to work. Kenn and Sharon get breaks. The mighty Sea Otters are playing in the water table. Patti gets a break, too. The Dolphins clean up their classroom to go outside. Meet the Starfish out on the big playground for Cristin's break then Olivia takes a lunch. We build a big house with the waffle blocks. I set their lunches and mats. I join them for circle time, too. Yay for Ol' McDonald! I spend the rest of the day with the Seahorses. They are rather quiet at lunch time. That's weird. But they go down for naps early. All (except one) are asleep by 1:00. Quiet time. Early to sleep, early to rise... Set up the Dr. Suess Matching Game for the kids.
Streetcar to d'town. Change my clothes. T-shirt and shorts for me! It's nice outside. A little taste of Spring. The Star Magnolias are the early bloomers.
With the amazing beauty of nature, I am disturbed listening to NPR's report - Racial Tension Runs Through Sanford's Roots. Justice, please. Justice! So much unnecessary suffering.
In Sanford, Fla., historic wrongs against the local black community go back a long way. Back at my place. Watch Politics Nation. In a special edition of Politics Nation, Trayvon Martin’s father Tracy goes on a walk through the neighborhood where his son was gunned down and killed.

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Enchilada and beans for dinner. Watch some Hardball then a movie - MST3K: The She-Creature.

woensdag 21 maart 2012

woensdag 21 maart 2012 Wake up at 1:30. Fall back to sleep while watching MST3K: The Human Duplicators. Alarm goes off. Hey, transit geeks! Light Rail Boring Machine Breaks Through On Capitol Hill.

A rather thorough report of 2:33 by KING-5. Couscous and egg salad for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. There's Hal Sparks in the corner.
Journalist and author Matt Taibbi calls in to talk about his latest Rolling Stone article - Why Bank of America is Too Crooked To Fail. Nice hot bath. Turn on KUOW. They talk about PTSD diagnoses. 40% of them were reversed at Madigan, and Senator Murray wants to know why. Walk up Westlake to work. I join the Dolphins out on the playground to give Sharon a break. This group loves the sandbox. Inside to join the Seahorses in the Bike Room to break Anne and Kenn. (He's subbing for Toni today.) Then I join the Starfish for Olivia's break and Cristin's lunch. The kids are rather unimpressed with my bubbles. Olivia tells me about a film she wants to see - The Hunger Games which debuts this week. The plot sounds gruesome and sad.
I take a couple kids inside with me to set up lunches and mats. They play with the new train set while I work. Over to Seahorses for Anne's lunch. It's fairly chaotic lunch time. Oy! It's Wacky Wednesday! Everyone is packed up by 12:25. Whew! They take a while to settle down for nap time as well. When it is time for Kenn's break, all the kids are asleep, thankfully. Later, I cover for Cristin's Bike Room project. There are a couple early risers which I take outside. A fun way to end my day. Turn on The World and listen to reports of finding the suspected gunman in Toulouse. It's a stand-off with the gunman and the police.

Streetcar to d'town. Drop off stuff and change into shorts. Walk up Seneca to B'way down Pike to my place. I need to check France 24 about the gunman when I get home. Report - 'Gunman' calls FRANCE 24 hours before pre-dawn raid.

It's currently Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 1:53:21 AM CET as I watch the siege live in Toulouse. Pasta salad for dinner. Watch some Politics Nation and Hardball. Then Star Trek - The Savage Curtain.

dinsdag 20 maart 2012

dinsdag 20 maart 2012 Up with alarm. Welcome to Spring! Turn on KOMO News. There's Franklin Tseng again.

Report - Capitol Hill building Owner On Edge Over Light Rail Tunnel Drilling. Fried egg and potatoes for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. It's a big day in Illinois. They have their primary - Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum launched a final campaign blitz across Illinois on Monday. They also talk about the Re-nig bumper sticker and how the Racist Denies She's A Racist. Whatever! Nice hot bath. Switch to Morning Joe. They talk about Sargent Bale, Afghanistan and the memory of My Lai.

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Walk up to work. It's very windy. Cover for Anne's conference. Charity covers for Toni. A few of us got cozy with a book - Because A Little Bug Went Ka-Choo! This creative. Baby dolls in slings.
In a very orderly manner, the Seahorses clean up the classroom, put on their coats and head outside. We're still dealing with gusty winds. I'm extra, so I set up the lunches for the Starfish. Those kids are in a mood, I see. 12 - Anne's lunch. The 6 Seahorse eat lunch with me. They're curious about my can of Blue Diamond Almonds BOLD Wasabi & Soy Sauce. Over to Starfish for Cristin's lunch. It's a challenge but all of the kids go to sleep for nap time. Back to Seahorses for Toni's lunch. One-by-one, the kids wake up. Do a few diapers. Put away the mats. Time to go home. Walk up to Whole Foods to pick up some things. Back at my place. Watch Space Precinct - Hate Street. On to MSNBC. Oh! What a surprise! Romney Wins Illinois GOP Primary.
Fine. Macaroni and crab salad for dinner. Watch NBC Nightly News. Movie MST3K - Star Force: Fugitive Alien II.

maandag 19 maart 2012

maandag 19 maart 2012 Up at 3:10. Turn on DW-TV. It looks like it's Spring already in Berlin. I like the story about the Floating Houses Of IJburg.

Switch to KOMO at 4:40. It's snowing... again? Toast and tofu for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. She talks with The Rude Pundit about the GOP’s War on Women and the 2012 GOP primaries in the rudest way possible. Nice hot bath. Switch to France 24. Report - Four Shot Dead At Jewish School In Toulouse. Teenagers and adults react after the shooting at the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school in Toulouse, France.
This is sad. I'm so sorry for the loss of young lives. Streetcar to work. Up to Rainforest Kids to give Sarah a break. They're in a circle talking about recycling - Recycling For Kids. The Starfish tip-toe out to the playground. Cute. We get a little sunshine. I take a couple kids in with me to set up lunches. 12 - Anne's lunch. I eat my ramen with the kids. 1 - Toni's lunch. All the Seahorses sleep at nap time. Yay! 2 - Up to Moons & Stars for Charity's lunch break. I watch vigil for a non-napper. Streetcar to d'town. Drop off stuff. Short walk around Capitol Hill. There's concern about the Tunnel Boring Cracking A 88-Year-Old Building up there. It's the Capitol Building.
Hang in there, little building. The drill should reach the Capitol Hill Station tomorrow evening. Back at my place. I relax and watch MST3K: The Robot vs The Aztec Mummy. Robot, yay! Aztec Mummy, boo! But I love the attack of the Demon Dogs.

Tom Servo tries to put up a fight, but gets peed on because he resembles a fire hydrant. This is just Part 1 of this attack of epic dimensions. Crab and couscous for dinner. Watch some MSNBC. One more movie. MST3K - Invasion Of The Neptune Men.

zondag 18 maart 2012

zondag 18 maart 2012 Up at 6:12. Turn on DW-TV. Enjoy Discover Germany. Visit Erfurt - Of Merchants, Churches and Treasures. Krämer bridge in Erfurt is one of the city's most treasured landmarks. It used to be part of the Via Regia, a medieval trade route between western and eastern parts of the Holy Roman Empire. Fascinating.
Rice and tuna salad for breakfast. #255 bus tunnel to Uwajimaya to get some bread, tofu, Mandarin orange salad, kimchee and Hakutsuru sake. #255 back to d'town. Drop off stuff. Walk up to the Elliott Bay Book Store. Browse the books. (Steady drizzle.) Back at my place. Turn on KUOW. Garrison does his Irish extravaganza on this week's A Prairie Home Companion. Rhubarb always cracks me up.

Watch movie - Flight to Mars, 1951. Should I watch in Polish? Na Marsa wyrusza pierwsza wyprawa załogowa, złożona z czterech naukowców (w tym jednej kobiety) oraz jednego dziennikarza. Po wylądowaniu odkrywają istnienie zaawansowanej cywilizacji mieszkającej pod powierzchnią planety.
To include the Irish on this Sci-Fi day, I watch Star Trek TNG - The Wounded. I love Keiko's idea of breakfast - kelp buds, plankton loaf, and sea berries. "It's very healthy." But its Maxwell's song that gets to me... The Minstrel Boy.

But in order to create a potato casserole with capers... a dish for kings, you need to create the universe. In order, watch Cosmos - Encyclopaedia Galactica. I like his expose on Jean-François Champollion. A French classical scholar, philologist and orientalist, decipherer of the Egyptian hieroglyphs. I love a brilliant mind. Noodles and tofu for dinner. Watch movie - MST3K: City On Fire. That is all.

zaterdag 17 maart 2012

zaterdag 17 maart 2012 Up at 5:28. Turn on DW-TV. Lots of news... then it's Europe In Concert... with Razorlight! Potatoes and egg for breakfast. Morning movie - MST3K: Teenagers From Outer Space. What about TORCHAA?!

I'm watching the snow fall while listening to Wait, Wait.
Wait, Wait is in a warm place... recorded at Centennial Hall at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Some people call Calexico an Americana band, some call them Tex-Mex — some just settle on calling them awesome. Guitarist-vocalist Joey Burns, who lives in Tucson, answers questions about music from really cold places - Musician Joey Burns Plays Not My Job. The snow lets up while I take a short walk d'town. People are heading to the Saint Patrick's Day Parade. Midday movie - MST3K: Overdrawn At The Memory Bank starring the late Raúl Juliá. Actually, I enjoy watching the 80's style special affects, but I love how the MST3K gang mock the Novicorp Chairman.

Check KOMO News report - Apple Critic's Harsh Claims Called Into Serious Doubt.

I love TAL. I love NPR, too. It's stressful to listen to Ira confronting Mike Daisy. This American Life - RETRACTING "MR. DAISEY AND THE APPLE FACTORY"
Couscous and tuna salad for dinner. I'm glad to see YouTube has the full-length version of Kronos. I won't compare it to Skyline or Battle: Los Angeles.

vrijdag 16 maart 2012

vrijdag 16 maart 2012 Restless night. I think that the movie - Denied - worked me up. Turn on France 24. Belgium is holding a day of national mourning to remember the 28 victims of the Switzerland coach crash. They cover it live. Report - Belgium Remembers Crash Victims. Switch to KOMO News. FREE GAS! FREE GAS! FREE GAS!
A free 10 gallons for 101 cars. Toast and egg for breakfast. Catch up with Rachel Maddow. Her interview with Senator James Inhofe is intense. Inhofe discusses his new book - The Greatest Hoax, How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future.

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Inhofe says 'the scientists on YOUR side' 'your guys' 'liberals' 'your side' 'your people' etc. etc. when trying to discuss global warming. Please don't confuse him with the facts when he is making this totally POLITICAL. Walk up to Kaladi for some Red Goat blend. This coffee will get me through the day. Another blustery day. Take the streetcar to work. Mr. Darby is here! Yay! He brought puppets and his banjo. Lots of songs and clapping. Out to the playground. The sun finally comes out. Another yay! Then firetrucks from the Belltown Station visit us. A very big yay! The kids love it.
Lunch and naps. Walk up to the Seattle Center. A little visit to the Met Grocery. #2 back to d'town. Whew! I'm tired. But I'm pushing the limits... After dropping off my junk, I walk up to First Hill Park. Back at my place, I watch PoliticsNation. This gets me... Paul Ryan has another budget plan. Who IS this guy? How did he get there? Mon dieu!

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Ryan's message: we're going to fix the deficit and debt on the backs of the poor, middle class and seniors, give tax relief to the 1% so they have more to give us to get re-elected! It's the same old, same old! But I do like Al Sharpdon's skit... and he's ready with the blueberry pie. Couscous and tuna salad for dinner. Watch movie - MST3K: Space Mutiny. Thick McRunFast! Buff Drinklots! Dirk Hardpec! Punk Rockgroin! Big McLargeHuge!

donderdag 15 maart 2012

donderdag 15 maart 2012 Up at 4:33. Turn on KOMO News. I want to stay inside and keep dry. Seattle Goes From Soggy To Super Soggy. Couscous and hard-boiled egg for breakfast. Shower. Down to Westlake. It's the grand opening of the new Nordstrom Rack. KING-5 report - Hundreds line up in rain for Nordstrom Rack opening at Westlake Center. Streetcar to work. Anne gets planning time. It's going to be a stay-inside day. Toni gets out dress-up clothes. I like the art project.
I hang out with the 6 Seahorses at lunch time. I have my couscous and beans, but I have no appetite. Most of the kids conk at 1:00. When I leave work, the rain just pours down. Turn on The World. I love the story about the brinicles. Report - Underwater Icicles Of Death In Antarctica. Poor starfish.

BBC: Frozen Planet, 'Brinicle' ice finger of death from Dan Droopy on Vimeo.

I take off all my wet clothes. Watch KOMO News. Then it's Politics Nation. Biden is on! In a speech in Ohio, Vice President Biden made his case for Obama’s reelection, and criticized Republican candidates for their “fend for themselves” attitude toward the middle class.

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I'm actually watching MST3k: Girl In Gold Boots (muted) while listening to the Rev. Al Sharpton. I'm waiting for Crow's dance.

Couscous and an egg for dinner. Bath. Watch movie - Denied.

woensdag 14 maart 2012

woensdag 14 maart 2012 Ew! It's totally rainy day. I'm staying inside.
Last day of my staycation. Turn on CNN. A 6.8-magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan on Wednesday, three days after the one-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands in Japan. Watch movie - Velocity Trap. Ezra Klein is hosting for Rachel Maddow. Why is Mitt Romney winning even when he's losing? It's the dark math of delegate counting.

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Watch movie - Weird Science. What ever happened to Oingo Boingo?

dinsdag 13 maart 2012

dinsdag 13 maart 2012 Up at 5:56. Turn on Stephanie Miller. David Shuster of Current TV and We Act Radio in DC calls in to talk about today’s Southern primaries. Alabama and Mississippi are up today. NPR is all about the soldier from Fort Lewis-McChord who allegedly massacred at least 16 Afghan civilians. Report - Shock, Concern Are Reactions At Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
Private First Class Jeremy Lozano is getting ready for his first deployment to Afghanistan. He anticipates the massacre of innocent civilians will make an already tough deployment tougher. “That’s now more problems that we have to worry about.” Rep. Jim McDermott is on The Conversation - On Afghan Shootings And Other News. Walk around town with my radio. It's 36°F. A few flakes of snow are floating through the air. Back at my place. Watch TV from Birmingham, Alabama - ABC 33/40.
Election stuff. Whatever. Stupid politics. Power Rangers - SPD!
Chris Violette! I am a fan! 2025? Thirteen years into the future, Earth has welcomed alien beings to live with humans. But peace is short lived, as a planet conquering alien force turns its destructive attention to Earth!
I'm continue to be a space cadet. Watch Carl Sagan's Cosmos. We're just a Pale Blue Dot.

maandag 12 maart 2012

maandag 12 maart 2012 Up at 6:31. Who cares about the crazy Spring Ahead time? Thank you, Stephanie Miller, for getting up an hour earlier (before Insane O'clock). You look great on Ustream with your Boogity, Boogity Cheese t-shirt.
They mostly talk the biggest media event this weekend - Game Change. Curried noodles and Saba Shioyaki for breakfast. Switch to KOMO News. Man. What's next? Why? I can't believe it... a local guy in Afghanistan. Report - A soldier suspected of killing 16 Afghan villagers Sunday comes from Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Watch MSNBC - Morning Joe. There's a break in the morning drizzle. Take a short walk around d'town. Back at my place to watch the drizzle fall on my city. Turn on WCPO News. It's a nice 63° F in Cincinnati. No rain. Just a little cloudy. They're flaunting their lovely forecast in my face - 75° tomorrow. Frustration! PLEASE... Just a little niceness (weather-wise) in Seattle. Watch Misfits. Is this possible? Simon exchanges his power for immunity? This forces him into a temporal loop. Michael lied to me. There's time travel.
There's time travel involved! I feel like....

zondag 11 maart 2012

zondag 11 maart 2012 Up at 1:48. I watch the time change appear... 2:00 -> 3:00. Another zombie movie for me - MST3K: The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? Mike: I hate for way they stereotype zombies in this movie. Crow and Servo sport new pompadours like the foreign guy from the movie, convincing Mike of the need to update his look too. A quick session with Shelli the Nanite gives him a really high pompadour, so high that Rocket Number 9 reveals it's a danger to communication satellites.

In and out of sleep while watching some Star Trek. Another Robert Ito show - Star Trek Voyager: Author, Author. The Doctor writes a holonovel, a roman à clef - Photons, Be Free - that portrays the Voyager crew in a less than flattering light. The heart of the story was the Doctor's struggle to be accepted as a legitimate writer and a regular person.Beans on toast for breakfast. Sunday matinee movie - MST3K: Hercules Against The Moon Men. This movie is (like the mad scientists promise) is DEEP HURTING!
The head Moon Man and his army of rock monsters are holding a princess with the intention of sacrificing her to revive their own queen. Hercules has to overcome the invaders, besides defeating minions of Queen Zamara.
I'm so glad that I won't go to work tomorrow. Watch movie - Role/Play. Weather in Palm Springs - Sunny at 82°. I wish that I could be there... and watch Star Trek all day in my room. Watch Voyager: Endgame.