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What was I up to today after my jog?

I finished some framing projects that I had left unfinished for a number of months. I repaired the Fight Club frame, hung Prisoner of Azkaban, Kill Bill, and Amelie in my bedroom.

They are hung high, so I nearly was weeded out of the garden of life by Darwin's mighty hand.

I signed up for a web development class. the local college offers a web publishing/web programming certification. I wouldn't mind getting that under my belt.

I made dinner, paid a few bills, hopped onto City of Heroes for a bit, practiced the drums, and now I'm in bed. In honor of hanging the Amelie poster near my bed, I am watching the DVD.

Oh, how delightful this movie is to watch. I love all these characters.

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Good morning, Everyone!

It will be a whole lot better when the coffee kicks in...

You down with AvP? Yeah, you know me...not.

I was reading that Alien V. Predator topped the box office this weekend. My mind played an interesting trick on me as I read it:

The movie debuted slightly ahead of the $36.4 million debut of last summer's horror hybrid "Freddy vs. Jason," which paired the slashers of the "Friday the 13th" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" franchises.

I read "horror hybrid" as "horrid".

And I don't think I am wrong to make that connection, either.

I feel sorry for the folks that blew money on Alien v. Predator this weekend. It might be fun for a DVD rental down the line. Every so often, I have to surrender to my big, toothy, double-jawed goo-dripping Alien fetish on. But 9 bucks for this movie? Nahh.

I checked www.rottentomatoes.com, and AVP received 8 favorable reviews out of 53 total reviews across the country. Furthermore, the review numbers are low. I think critics are dragging their feet to see it. Of course, on average, critics are snooty folk. 9100 Yahoo movie fans gave the movie a B-.

Still, for an action film that should be regarded by people who are actually interested in the subject matter, that's pretty bad. Okay, so it's above "Average". But I was an anal retentive student who viewed anything below an "A" as sucking wind.

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JK Rowling gave an interview to a group of Potter fans recently at a book festival in Scotland.

She tells us that Potter will live through Book 7, but there are no guarantees how long he'll live after that.

The cute answer is that he'll live forever in our hearts! Awwww.

She also suggested that the fans should be asking themselves:

1) Why Didn't Voldemort die?
or
1a) Why didn't Dumbledore cap his ass? (paraphrase)

Well, that's a good question. So I'll throw out ten reasons I think Voldemort did not die:

10)His pact with the devil was cleverly written, guaranteeing him more lives than cats.
9)Despite everything, Harry still believes people are basically good.
8)[breathy voice], "Harry [wheeze], I am your fathaaa." "Nooooo!" [Harry flees into the haunted forest]
7)Tom Riddle kicked the can a long time ago. Voldemort is nothing but magical bad juju, limited to showing up on the backs of people's heads, or temporarily living in someone's body or diary.
6)He's got a time machine! He can go back to the future at any time!
5)The best revenge is living well, and Harry wants the best revenge possible!
4)Harry is actually not the most competent of Wizards. Seriously, he can't kill the broadside of a barn. If it weren't for his smart and loyal friends, a little luck, a wand similar to Voldemort's, and courageous parental surrogates, Harry would have been toast books ago.
3)I can't remember. Have we actually seen Dumbledore and Voldemort in the same room?? Eh? Eh?
2)This is a silly question. Really, what I want to know is why haven't Harry's Aunt and Uncle been hauled off for child abuse?

And the number 1 reason why Voldemort didn't die was....

1)Every tale needs a great villain; you don't kill off your endless source of delicious conflict. Especially if you want leave open the opportunity for Harry to take on Voldemort as a full fledged adult.

Okay. All you Potter fans tell me what you think. :-)

Word of the Day

The context of this word takes the form of the Shakespearean insult, "...a fusty nut with no kernel."

Fusty, a.
1. That has lost its freshness, stale-smelling, musty.

It could also mean dull or ill-humored.

So next time you stumble upon an illhumored idiot, be sure to utilize the sentence, "he's a fusty nut with no kernel".