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Month: October 2012

Wednesday!

October 31, 2012Jaybird 5 Comments

So my first thought was, hey, it’s Halloween, right? Bela Lugosi’s Dead! But Patrick already did that. So something gothy… well, I could do that Ministry song… Disintegration is a post in its own right because, seriously, perfect album there.… Continue Reading →

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Bookclub!

October 30, 2012Jaybird 18 Comments

This week, our assignment was to watch the episode “The Plateau” from Season Three of Fringe. (You can read the Television Without Pity Recap here, while the AV Club has their recap of the episode here. The post dedicated to… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized Bookclub, Season Three

Officiating!

October 29, 2012Jaybird 49 Comments

One of the tropes used in pro wrestling on a fairly regular basis (and my definition for that is “often enough that casual viewers remember the last time it was used”) is the Undefeated Monster. You bring out a guy,… Continue Reading →

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Sunday!

October 28, 2012Jaybird 7 Comments

So Bran went down into the crypts and gives a little speech about each of the Stark ancestors and then hears a story about the Children of the Forest. One of the things that strikes me as a particularly fertile… Continue Reading →

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Saturday!

October 27, 2012Jaybird 3 Comments

So in XCOM: Enemy Unknown, I keep re-discovering the whole “OH MY GOSH I NEED MORE FUNDS OH SO VERY BADLY” thing. I’m used to games that make you husband your resources but… jeez… *THIS IS PAINFUL*. I have to… Continue Reading →

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Somnology!

October 27, 2012Jaybird 23 Comments

At this point, we’ve read the first seven issues from the Preuludes and Nocturnes book (and thus the first major story arc of Sandman). Glyph and Patrick gave their take on the first four issues, I gave mine on Passengers. Glyph then got wrist deep… Continue Reading →

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Weekend!

October 26, 2012Jaybird 42 Comments

Holy cow, is tomorrow Friday already? Indeed it is. Well, our work is doing that thing where we’re told that things should be slowing down but since we’re slowing down everybody is going on vacation or working offsite or otherwise… Continue Reading →

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Jimi

October 25, 2012Patrick 8 Comments

Oh, so… Jimi. Context first. I inherited a good chunk of my music taste from my parents and my elder sister, and from a friend of the family named Doug Wedge. Mom listened to The Beatles and The Rolling Stones… Continue Reading →

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Somniloquy!

October 25, 2012Jaybird 25 Comments

Our assignment was to read issues six and seven: 24 Hours and Sound and Fury. Glyph was kind enough to write the recaps. (Warning, these issues were intense. If you’ve read them already, you already know that. If you haven’t, just… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized Somniloquy

Wednesday!

October 24, 2012Jaybird 9 Comments

Jimi is one of those guys that, like Shakespeare, did so many things so absolutely brilliantly that so many people stole from him that the phrases he invented went on to become cliches and then, after that, became part of… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized music, Wednesday

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