Extreme Croquet

mmm tecate
Originally uploaded by wjackalope.

a few select shots now on my flickr. thanks to Kelly for taking all these.

extreme croquet pics

and thanksgiving too

lia's pics from bday weekend

Brush up your Shakespeare

Simple little quiz.

I got this email today.

Dear Study Respondent,

My apologies for the delay since your response to our consultation on
Cultural Utilisation of the International Space Station for the European
Space Agency.

From the responses to the consultation phase, the study team submitted its
preliminary report to the European Space Agency in early September. This
report comprised:

1 Draft Policy Recommendations
2 Selection of Project Ideas by Type/ISS Feature
3 Historical Contextualisation of Art in Space, Space Habitats and Related
Facilities

At the beginning of November, a 2-day workshop was held at the European
Space Agency's International Space Station - Erasmus User Centre, ESTEC,
Noordwijk in the Netherlands. The aim of the workshop was to discuss and
refine the draft policy recommendations for cultural utilisation of the
International Space Station. It brought together representatives from the
European cultural community and from the European Space Agency for a
stimulating 2 days of discussion. These discussions will inform the
recommendations that will be presented to ESA's Director of Human
Spaceflight, Microgravity and Exploration.

From these recommendations, we hope that there will be put in place a
structure within ESA for considering and assessing cultural proposals for
utilisation of the International Space Station and its ground-based
facilities. It is also possible that, prior to or alongside this, a small
number of "demonstrator" projects using ground-based facilities may take
place.

We will, of course, let you know of such developments as they proceed.

As representatives of the cultural community (however diverse), our aim is
for the cultural community to be accepted within ESA as a user group for
ESA's ISS facilities.

My thanks again for your contribution.

southparkdad

southparkdad
Originally uploaded by wjackalope.

yeah, mom and dad are going to hawaii. lucky bastards.

Political Compass

This poll places you on a chart, somewhere between "Authoritarian" and "Libertarian" on one axis, and Left and Right on the other. Unsurprisingly, I'm way way way down in the Left/Libertarian corner, and even more Libertarian than Leftist.

with eyebrows

ouch2
Originally uploaded by wjackalope.

much better... now, guess who #2

Stick Figures in Peril

danger !
Originally uploaded by justinknol.

This flickr pool totally cracks me up.

South Park Jamie

South Park Jamie
Originally uploaded by wjackalope.

A decent attempt

all hail the flying spaghetti monster

another theory of intelligent design

The Flying Spaghetti Monster... built the world to make us think the earth is older than it really is. For example, a scientist may perform a carbon-dating process on an artifact... he infers that this artifact is approximately 10,000 years old... But what our scientist does not realize is that every time he makes a measurement, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is there changing the results with His Noodly Appendage. We have numerous texts that describe in detail how this can be possible and the reasons why He does this. He is of course invisible and can pass through normal matter with ease.

(snip)

Furthermore, it is disrespectful to teach our beliefs without wearing His chosen outfit, which of course is full pirate regalia. I cannot stress the importance of this enough, and unfortunately cannot describe in detail why this must be done as I fear this letter is already becoming too long. The concise explanation is that He becomes angry if we don’t... global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking numbers of Pirates since the 1800s... there is a statistically significant inverse relationship between pirates and global temperature.

you gotta love it.

bet he's not coming now

arnie loses all.

plus, i heart san francisco.

South Park characters of ourselves

southparklorrimer
Originally uploaded by Lorrimer.

Go here to make yours.

Guess who?


Blogger won't let me post in the comments, so I'm editing your entry. Rar!


Joshua Archer


lia at work


my coworker amanda - also at work

ser lorrimer the belly

is actually a character in a feast for crows. no shit.

which, by the way, went on sale in the US today, november 8th, in case any of you were not aware of that fact.

i also found the updated FAQs for the game of thrones boardgame (and the complete rules for the clash of kings expansion) here. i can think of a few of you who might have some interest in that...

and finally, my two new favorite song of ice and fire pictures from amoka. he is awesome and russian.







who says girls cant be geeks?

traveling

ah, the things you see in this great country of ours!



surreal o'hare airport lights over moving walkway




kalamazoo sunset




robot guiding doctor's hand (chicago)




jesus guiding doctor's hand (great falls, montana)

Movies I would actually be excited to see.

Ender's Game
(long rumoured to be in preproduction; Orson Scott Card has written a screenplay that incorporates bits from Ender's Shadow as well, Wolgang Peterson rumoured to be directing)

The Hobbit
(Assuming it's Peter Jackson, Ian McKellan, WETA, etc. Supposedly impossible given the rights situation. Who would play Bilbo? Is Ian Holm too old? Who's a good slightly younger Ian Holm?)

Elfquest
(Actually, I hope they never make this. The chances of them making it right are really really small, and I'd hate to see it destroyed any further than the ongoing comics already have.)

Transmetropolitan
(All CG, perhaps? Wouldn't it be fun to see Pixar tackle this material with an R-rating? Or just lots of CG backgrounds, and have Johnny Depp reprise the role.)

The Watchmen
(only if done well, which I think means departing from the original quite a bit but in the right ways.)

The Gap Series
(must be rated R. Could be done as a trilogy.

Game of Thrones
(probably better as an HBO series)

What's on your list?

And you thought Pirates were only in books . . .

A cruise ship sailing off Somalia has beaten back gunmen in speedboats who opened fire on it in an apparent pirate attack which terrified passengers.

touch my monkey

I don't know. I want to be excited. Maybe it's just because I never saw the original, but this just looks... cheesy.

A Show I am Lighting

This looks to be a good night of theatre if you are in the Bay Area in January.