WEEKLY ROUND-UP! 7/30-8/5/2012.

WEEKLY ROUND-UP PRESENTS

MANATEE WEEK!

7. WORD OF THE DAY! 7/30/12. Havoc.

Sometimes I wish I had a dog that was cool enough to LARP. All my dog does is pirate DVDs and watch old episodes of Battlestar Galactica...

6. WORD OF THE DAY! 8/4/12. Caliber.

Power Girl at least has a more defined character than Super Girl: excluding the boob hole, she is pretty funny and kind of a crazy biatch. Super Girl is sort of just "Superman's cousin".

5. WORD OF THE DAY! 8/5/12. Book it.

Screw that evil Mask and its preference for us not to steal its key from Doki Doki Pan...err...Super Mario Bros. 2. Adam West gifs because Batman.

4. WTF WED. MATRIX X OFFICE SPACE CROSS-OVER!

I wonder if staples represent something in the Matrix. All I know is that Keanu Reeves is one the about six people I like to see in every movie...

3. WORD OF THE DAY! 7/31/12. Sisyphean.

Four of the five people in my house have still not watched The Dark Knight Rises...I need to talk to someone about this film or, rather, make fun of Bane's voice in every situation.

2. MUSICAL MONDAY! THE EXPENDABLES: THE MUSICAL!

I am still waiting to see an action movie where Arnold Schwarzenegger plays every character: the protagonist, the antagonist, the supporting characters, the narrator, and even the animals...

1. TABLETOP TALES! FIASCO! EP. 1 DIRTY POLITICS PT. 3

The highlight of my last two weeks has been my first game of Fiasco. Spoilers about the next game: Vampires & HBO.

WORD OF THE DAY! 8/7/12.

red shirt [red-shurt]
noun
1. A high-school or college athlete kept out of varsity competition for one year to develop skills and experience.
2. Science fiction/ Slang. A stock character killed off soon after being introduced. The term originates from Star Trek (1966-69) where security officers wearing red uniforms were almost always doomed to die on some alien planet.

EX. Who do you think are the most obvious red shirts in genre entertainment? I'm gonna go ahead and say every character on Doctor Who, save the Doctor and his companions, because if you have any bit of a moment on that show you're doomed to be shot by living mannequins, fried by Daleks, or killed by your gooey clone.

MIXED BAG. BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY REVIEW!

MIXED BAG REVIEW OF

BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY

Developer: Rocksteady Studios

System: Xbox 360 & PS3 (Oct. 2011)

Genre: Action-Adventure, Stealth

MUSICAL MONDAY! BOB ROSS REMIXED: HAPPY LITTLE CLOUDS

MUSICAL MONDAY PRESENTS

SYMPHONY OF SCIENCE'S BOB ROSS REMIXED

CLICK HERE TO ENJOY

"This is your world; you're the creator
Find freedom on this canvas
Believe that you can do it
Cuz you can do it." -Bob Ross, on painting

Ever since I first discovered the "Symphony of Science", the world of popular science, an age of positive nostalgia, and the figures that populated it were open to me and I've taken several opportunities to learn from the great minds and amazing personalities of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

They understood the value of edutainment and the "Symphony of Science" series is an excellent celebration of their words and works.

Bob Ross was a man who brought a little bit of relaxation and meditation to the homes of millions of people; he inspired people to keep painting, to find the joy of painting, and that you can find peace in all manner of things. Basically, find something you enjoy doing and, even if you can't do it for a living, keep doing it. Take a little time each day and do what you love.

 Please make sure to click the link below to see and here some more amazing videos from the maker of the video I have linked above. Thank you.

SYMPHONY OF SCIENCE: WE ARE ALL CONNECTED

WORD OF THE DAY! 8/6/12.

Gerudo [geh-roo-doh]
noun
1. Video game. A race of humanoids introduced in the Nintendo 64's Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998), their most prominent trait is that the race consists almost entirely of females and a male Gerudo is only born about every hundred years. They are talented warriors, fear and respected, and known throughout Hyrule. The most infamous member of their race is the villain Ganondorf and, arguably, for this reason they could appear in almost every Legend of Zelda game.

EX. Link should be using his time with the Gerudos to discover some weakness in Ganondorf...but, instead, he is much more interested in the timeless question of "Where do babies come from?"

WORD OF THE DAY! 8/5/12.

book it [book-it]
verb
1. To run very fast, usually to get away from something or get to something before a deadline.

EX. "Holy librarian, Batman! We gotta book it to the Gotham City Library before the Bookworm eats through all of the encyclopedias, periodicals, and the microfiche!" Robin quibbled.

"Sounds like he needs a micro-fist to the jaw!" Batman guffawed.

TABLETOP TALES! FIASCO! EP. 1 DIRTY POLITICS PT. 3

TABLETOP TALES PRESENTS

 

FIASCO! EP. 1 DIRTY POLITICS PT. 2

In the part of the episode we will be finishing the second act of Dirty Politics. To check out the first two parts hit the links below.

TABLETOP TALES! FIASCO! EP. 1 DIRTY POLITICS PT. 1

TABLETOP TALES! FIASCO! EP. 1 DIRTY POLITICS PT. 2

WORD OF THE DAY! 8/4/12.

caliber [kal-uh-ber]
noun
1. The diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube.
2. Ordnance. The diameter of the bore of a gun, taken as a unit of measurement.
3. Degree of capacity or competence, ability.
4. Degree of merit or excellence; quality.
5. Slang. Breast size.

EX. "I like to see girls of that...caliber. [pause] By "caliber", of course, I refer to both the size of their "gun barrels" and the high quality of their characters...it's a homonym...forget it." - Doctor Evil, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

WORD OF THE DAY! 8/3/12.

Aquamanatee

manatee [man-uh-tee]

noun

1.  Any of several plant-eating aquatic mammals of the genus Trichechus,  of West Indian, Floridian, and Gulf Coast waters, having two flippers in front and a broad, spoon-shaped tail: all species are endangered.

EX. Manatees are probably the most well-meaning animals on the planet. They're basically the big, slow, and dorky kid in the school yard of the water (dolphins are the popular kids and sharks are the jocks).

CHECK OUT MORE AT THE ARTIST, JHARRIS'S DEVIANTART (CLICK HERE)

WORD OF THE DAY! 8/2/12.

flipper [flip-er]
noun
1. A broad, flat limb, as of a seal or whale, especially adapted for swimming.
2. One of a pair of paddlelike devices, usually of rubber, worn on the feet as an aid in scuba diving and swimming.
3. Theater. A narrow flat hinged or attached at right angles to a larger flat.
4. Slang. The hand.
5. Someone or something that flips.

EX. You gotta get yourself a pair of Zora's Flippers.

WTF WEDNESDAY! MATRIX X OFFICE SPACE CROSS-OVER!

WTF WEDNESDAY PRESENTS

NEO HIDES FROM LUMBERGH!

Click above and enjoy a hilarious combination of two flavors; the Matrix & Office Space, an amusing treat that you won't find in the bottom of your candy bag on Halloween but will find in the Internets.

WORD OF THE DAY! 8/1/12.

subzero [suhb-zeer-oh]
adjective
1. Indicating or relating lower than zero on a scale, especially on the Fahrenheit scale.
2. Characterized or appropriate for subzero temperatures.

EX. It makes a lot of sense that Mario would be Subzero (since Subzero has a brother too) and Subzero & Scorpion are the two main characters of the franchise (despite the movies casting them as villains or ancillary characters).