Ripley Gets Around

They're re-releasing Ridley Scott's excellent movie Alien in the theaters on Halloween night. Actually I should say they are just releasing it because this is the never-before-seen director's cut of the best movie in the Alien series. I was thinking though, that Sigourney Weaver's bad girl character, Lt. Ripley, really got around. If you think about it, she liked to bed guys as often as she could. Listen to this: In Alien, she does Captain Dallas. Remember she took it personal when the Alien had Dallas for breakfast. In Aliens, I'm pretty sure she did Corporal Hicks. There was a lot of flirting going on so you know they found a few minutes to do the nasty. And in Aliens 3 (aka Aliens Cubed) she did the doctor like the day after the prisoners found her in the pod. And to drive home my point, from Ripley's viewpoint, all of this happened to her, all three of these lays plus whoever else she managed to shove into a broom closet with her, in just a matter of weeks. Weeks because she spent most of her life in stasis due to the deep space travel. Three guys in three weeks? Newsflash: Ripley's a whore! She knows how to get what she wants. Dead aliens and a few boy toys along the way to keep things interesting for her.

I won't even bring up Aliens Resurrection. That's not even the original Ripley, she was just a freak. Although Ripley's underlying behavior was there when she was tonguing that nasty alien.

I'd Like To Tivo My Life

I bought a Tivo DVR last Monday and it's my new favorite toy. I've been thinking about picking up a DVR for sometime but couldn't convince myself I really needed one. They are the future so I knew I would have to get one eventually. What convinced me to finally get one is the amount of time I realized I could save by having one. It's very easy to skip through commercials as well as the boring moments of a show. And since time is money and I like to FF a lot, it should have itself paid off in no time.

My favorite shows to record this season are: Stargate SG-1, 3rd season of 24, West Wing, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021, Simpsons, South Park, MST3k, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, WWE shows (Raw and Smackdown) and Justice League. I've been watching too much TV though and my video game responsibilities have been neglected as a result. Sorry Star Wars Galaxies.

The specs on my Tivo is Tivo DVR Series 2, retail $350, $300 after $50 mail in rebate. It has a 80 Gb harddrive which translates to 80 hours of piss-poor quality or 24 hours of best quality. It "dials" in using a USB wireless (802.11b) adapter I bought at Wal Mart to replace the phone line it was using for the first few days I had it hooked up. To go with my theme of naming the nodes on the network in my house, I suppose I'll call the Tivo Rembrandt.

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CD in my stereo: Pink Floyd Echos Vol 2
Last movie I saw in the theater: Kill Bill Vol 1
Last movie I saw at home: The Ring

"It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of what he was never reasoned into."
-- Jonathan Swift

Joke Joke

An elderly man attends the funeral of his elderly wife. After the ceremony, the pallbearers pick up the casket and carry it down the aisle. On the way out, they accidentally bumped the casket into the wall and a moan came from inside. They opened it up and unbelievably the woman was still alive!

Amazingly she lived for another 10 years and then died (again). They had the funeral, the same pallbearers from 10 years ago picked up the casket and once again carried it down the aisle. As they approached the door, the husband yells, "Watch that wall!"

Muhammad Bush

President Bush needs to convert to Islam and build a nice big Mosque in the center of Baghdad as a gift to the Iraqi people.

Bipolar Weather

This fall weather has been interesting. I drive to work in the mornings with the heater on and drive home in the evening with the AC on. The comedian Lewis Black would say, "...and my balls can't take it anymore."

"Jimminy Jillickers, it must be Obvious Day at Camp Stupid!"
-- Shake Zula, the microphone rula

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"Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."
-- Bertrand Russell

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"How can you tell when fish goes bad? It smells like fish either way."
-- Jim Gaffigan

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State Under Construction

You know your state loves the orange barrels when the detour from one construction site takes you through another construction site.

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