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May 17th, 2008
shortpacked
 | 01:12 am - We are Venom!
Joyce and Walky!: He's trainable!
 After yesterday's Thunderwing rambling, I wanted to recolor some old Marvel Comics art. Maybe do some of the later Geoff Senior art in the toy's actual colors! It would be swell.
So I did.
Click the picture, where a more awake version of me from this morning explains in more detail.
Do you know what a fucking awesome San Diego Comic-Con G.I. Joe exclusive is? This is a fucking awesome San Diego Comic-Con G.I. Joe exclusive. Okay, it'd be more awesome if it were Destro or Robo-JOE, but this will totally, totally do.
2009 can't come fast enough.
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apod
| 04:15 am - Circles in the Sky
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080516.html  Gazing skyward on a sunny day in May,
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starline
 | 12:12 am - Fun game
You Have To Burn The Rope
The music was great.
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demiurgent
 | 12:04 am - The Twits.
These are the twits I twitted.
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May 16th, 2008
maggiemarmalade
 | 10:59 pm - Ehhh ... I'm not sure what I think of this ...
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cholma
 | 04:35 pm - Happy Birthday!
Oh man, I almost forgot! Today is Friday. MAY SIXTEENTH. You know what that means?
It means ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mrsanimal and the blushing bride danihana are celebrating their birthdays today! Congratulations you two! Have fun!
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/square/b/happy.gif) cheerful
Current Music: World of Warcraft
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someposifeed
| 08:24 pm - [SP] Rory's Questions pt 4
http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp05152008.shtml
If there are any problems with the comic or website, or if you have any questions, comments, or complaints you would like to address directly to Randy, please email him at choochoobear@gmail.com.
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nick_101
 | 12:41 pm - Heat of the Day
Despite the fact that I didn't get much sleep because the unusually warm weather is making me uncomfortable, I'm starting to feel a little better. Could be the heat that's preventing my sickness from getting worse. I don't know.
I'm going to drink lots and lots today.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/ibrad/nerd.gif) blah
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proteus71
 | 01:11 pm - How a mathematician argues
Richard Dawkins is taking trip by train and finds himself seated next to a mathematician who is also a theist. Enjoying a good debate, Dawkins challenges the mathematician to come up with an airtight proof for the existence of God.
The mathematician, who has his nose in the middle of a difficult book and not wishing to be interrupted, says, "If you are uneducated, then there is a God."
"Uneducated?" replies Dawkins, somewhat shocked. "I have M.A. and D.Phil. degrees from --"
"Exactly," replies the mathematician, returning to his book.
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animal_co
 | 10:11 am - Future Tense
The company here just spent a considerable amount of money on a series of big motivational posters, professionally done and beautifully framed. They are putting them up all over the place.
In the Quality conference room, where I attended a meeting this morning, one of the new posters was newly installed. Above a huge photo of a dignified-looking man in a white lab coat is the header: "Quality Will Be Our Top Priority."
I asked, "So, what's our priority now?"
Now they have a crew taking all the Quality posters down. They're going to reprint them.
On a plane for home later today!
Current Location: Valencia, CA
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/smile.gif) amused
Current Music: New Bohemians - "What I Am"
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starline
 | 12:04 pm - Twitters
So, I'm going to use Twitter from now on to let everyone know when I have the Ustream.tv feed up when I'm drawing the comic.
Which I'm about to do now for about the next hour or so. :)
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/candi-comic-stream
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anthropologist
[moucho_blasto]
 | 04:11 pm - Boobs v moobs: court ruling sparks censorship debate
A court ruling that it is legal to ogle a man's chest but not a woman's breasts triggered a lively online debate about censorship on Friday.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080516/tuk-lifestyle-britain-court-media-sex-a7ad41d.html
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maggiemarmalade
| 10:42 pm - Geeze, sorry for the flooding, guys. I have insomnia.
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forddent
 | 01:10 am - Holy hell
So I finally got caught up on Doctor Who.
Holy shit.
Season four, you are awesome.
Current Location: New York
Current Mood: Holy shit
Current Music: Bigfoot--The Weakerthans
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maggiemarmalade
| 10:08 pm - Well, it's a new day, so I might as well post another ...
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apod
| 04:13 am - Sideways Galaxy NGC 3628
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080515.html  Dark dust lanes cut across the middle of this gorgeous
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demiurgent
| 12:08 am - The Twits.
These are the twits I twitted.
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May 15th, 2008
maggiemarmalade
| 09:02 pm - This is the last thing today ...
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maggiemarmalade
| 08:57 pm - Another book design I'd been working on ...
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anthropologist
[theponderer]
 | 10:54 pm - Wait so we don't get a whip when we get a doctorate degree?!
Obvious(for us) article about the faults of Indiana Jones but I thought I would share it for fun.
`Jones': Real archaeologists don't have whips
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anthropologist
[xxblackxsatinxx]
 | 11:14 pm - Long time lurker
Hello everyone!
I've been a lurker for a while, and I have been thoroughly enjoying the snippets and news related links every one posts every once in a while.
I have a few questions, hopefully, some of you will be willing to share your wisdom. I just finished up a two year Professional Writing Degree at the local college, and I was accepted at a university near me for a BA in Anthro. I don't plan on simply getting a BA; I'm hoping to further my academic career and attempt to get a Masters. Depending if I get that, then I'll attempt a PhD. I'm only twenty, but incredibly interested in this field. I was wondering since I have four years before applying for a position for a Masters, are there any tips or heads up that one would like to share in order to help me perhaps increase my chances at getting accepted for a Masters?
Any information would be greatly appreciated, also, Physical Anthro isn't offered here in my province, but I believe there is one university out of town that offers a Masters in Physical Anthro. Does anyone have any suggestions for good universities in North America who offer Physical Anthro at the MA level?
Thank you in advance.
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shortpacked
| 11:00 pm - He wants something of Optimus Prime's put deep inside him.
Shortpacked!: Shouldna been standing there, Ronnie.
 Last month for my birthday, my pals pitched in together and got me a complete Generation 1 Thunderwing! Though it had all its parts, it was missing some stickers, so I ordered some Reprolabels. A week or so later, the stickers came in, then I got some Animated toys, found a buttload of Joes, went to BotCon... so talking about him in more depth was pushed off quite a bit! (I toldja I got a full queue.)
Thunderwing is a Pretender!
No, no, wait, don't click away! I know Fans! is back, but I promise, Thunderwing is cool anyway! Hell, he didn't even use his inside robot guy over here in the Marvel US comics, and the shell itself can transform, so it's like he's not even a Pretender!
(Ha, you see, Pretenders are unpopular.)
 Thunderwing is one of those dudes in the waning years of the original toyline who would have slipped right off the shelves into obscurity if it weren't for the Marvel comics. There he was a powerful Decepticon leader, obsessed (eventually) to the point of insanity with possessing the Matrix. He got his paws on it, and Optimus Prime was forced to kill him and forfeit the Matrix to keep him from destroying all his men. (And Thunderwing's men, come to think of it.) Despite ending up a complete nutjob, he was pretty charismatic, and he got lots of pagetime, so he's quite loved on eBay. (Thus why Graham, Steve-o, and Ron had to team up to afford him.)
Thunderwing is a Mega Pretender, meaning that not only can the robot transform into vehicle and back, so can the shell! And the two can combine in either mode. The concept is a lot cooler than the execution. As you can see from the photo above, you basically stick the tiny Thunderwing jet under the nose of the big one. Inelegant! On the other hand, much is forgiven when a toy has giant honkin' guns like those. (The single four-barreled gun he carries in the comics is a complete fabrication.)
 My enjoyment of the toy's mechanics would be increased if I could slip the robot in and out of the shell more easily. It's either a really tight, precise fit to shove his tiny robot legs into the cavities of the large shell legs, or this thing's just not that well engineered. What I do enjoy, though ironically, is how little his tiny jet mode looks like a jet without the stickers. It doesn't even have a cockpit! It's just a wedge! Oh, late G1 toys.
And in a cruel twist of fate, he's actually smaller than the Small Headmasters. That's just wrong! So much for their scary Big Bad.
Oh man, I should not be knocking this toy like this. It is one of my most favorite birthday gifts. Thunderwing was really cool in the comics, I swear! That's what makes him so awesome!
I'm just digging myself deeper, aren't I?
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kadharonon
 | 08:52 pm - For a given value of good.
My grades are passable. I will graduate.
It is now time for me to clean and pack.
And soon, I will be home for the summer.
And then I will go to England for a bit.
That's about... it.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/smileys/smile.gif) content
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maggiemarmalade
| 01:20 pm - Book Cover Design: Maria Has Two Faces
Just a book cover design that I came up with a long time ago ...
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nick_101
| 01:01 pm - I Can't Be Sick, I Can't Be
Still trying to get over this cold/fever I'm getting. Just had green tea and an orange earlier today.
Looks like this heat wave is going to last longer than expected. I need a cooling fan so bad. At least it's not too bad...yet? :/
Comic is finished. Check it out.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/ibrad/rotate.gif) artistic
Current Music: Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright
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demiurgent
 | 02:38 pm - Long out of date joke only some of you will get....
Set the wayback machine to 1987, Boston, Massachusetts, Sherman. Got it? Good.
Ladies and gentlemen: Matthew DeForrest.
Thank you.
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