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Browncoats defeated…again January 17, 2006 9:28 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Firefly / Serenity, Of Interest, TV / Movies , 1 comment so far

Earlier I posted about a fan based effort to create a second season of Firefly. I just dropped by BrowncoatsRiseAgain.com to see the progress and was disappointed, albeit not surprised, to find this statement:

No more donations are being taken at this time!
We are in the process of returning all donations received. We came up against insurmountable odds and legal issues launching our fund-raising drive. firefly@browncoatsriseagain.com

If the money is buring a hole in your pocket, please buy a DVD. Firefly (amz) and Serenity (amz) sales at this time will further our cause. We will continue the fight to re-light Firefly using other methods. Thank you for you support in our first 36 hours of activity.

Let’s make sure Lost keeps high ratings!

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Can I have that autograph? January 17, 2006 8:28 pm

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My wife won a caption contest then gained a little fame. (I like reading blogs like this because its fun to fantisize about someone like Mark actually working on our cabinets.) Much fun!

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Get that television out of the bedroom! January 17, 2006 11:48 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Sex, Touchy Subjects , 2comments

And here I was thinking we needed “his” and “hers” tv sets.

A study by an Italian sexologist has found that couples who have a TV set in their bedroom have sex half as often as those who don’t.

On average, Italians who live without TV in the bedroom have sex twice a week, or eight times a month. This drops to an average of four times a month for those with a TV and just 1.5 times if you are over 50 with a TV.

I feel bad for those poor older folks that only make it half way through. Now, I’m all for getting rid of the tv, but what do you watch your porn on?

Source

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Bonehead January 17, 2006 11:37 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Programming , 2comments

The next time a client asks for something and your response is “uh, you really shouldn’t do that. A browser isn’t supposed to do that.” don’t agree to do it anyway.

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Wild Kingdom January 17, 2006 11:18 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : News, Of Interest, Sex , add a comment

Man has affair with a bird; bird instruments breakup.

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From the mouths of babes January 17, 2006 11:07 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, From the mouths of babes , 1 comment so far

Yesterday I was in the middle of trying to rush out of the house and had this amusing conversation with the nine year old.

Noah: “Dad, do you have some string or rope with a hole in it?”
Dad, trying to picture putting a hole through a rope or string and not weakening it: “No, why would you do that?”
Noah: “I want to make one of those walkie talkie things with the two cups.”
Dad: “Oh, you mean a telephone. Why does the string need a hole through it?”
Noah: “How else is the sound going to get through?”

I dropped everything and rapidly found some string and two plastic cups. With time running out, Noah and I made our telephones, then over our first call, we discussed the science and why the strings don’t need holes. Now that was fun!

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Things that make you say “Huh”!? January 17, 2006 10:44 am

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I really wish I had enough time on my hands to think about what this is much less time to build one. Thanks to Amanda at Rocketboom for the link!

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From the mouths of babes January 17, 2006 9:15 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, From the mouths of babes , 1 comment so far

I hear the rattling of the gate at the top of the stairs which Amy has just traversed. Then I hear Amy walking around upstairs. Now, we keep the gate closed at all times since Lucy is so old and doesn’t need to be coming downstairs and Evan is so fast that at the blink of an eye he could be tumbling down the stairs. Perhaps I didn’t latch the gate completely.

Dad: “Amy, did you open the gate?”
Amy, coyly: “Yes”
Dad: “Show me.”
Amy, opens the gate: “I’m strong now!”

As one child learns mobility, the other learns to open doors. Scary!

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Firefly Fans Create Website for 2nd season January 17, 2006 9:11 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Firefly / Serenity, Of Interest, TV / Movies , 2comments

BoingBoing alerts us that FireFly fans have created a website to raise money for a 2nd season (brilliant design blares sound so you might want to turn off your speakers). Last night they had raised $346. This morning they report that they’ve raised $840. Wish I could earn money like that! But for Whedon they have a long way to go ($24 million is the target - I only want $125k for myself). The site shows this quote:

“As long as I was able to service the characters with integrity and had enough money so that I wasn’t hampered, then I would love to return Serenity to TV. I love that universe; it continues and those characters live on. There could be a series, there could be a miniseries, there could be all sorts of things. I’m not ruling anything out. I’ll let it simmer for a while and see if anyone calls.” -Joss Whedon

Firefly (amz) and Serenity (amz) were awesome. I think we can help the cause by purchasing as many DVDs of the series and movie as possible and create a larger fan base. I have little optimism that the show or even another movie would ever come about. Here’s hoping! Of course, wouldn’t it be ironic if a second season started then was cancelled?

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Breaking Down Handicap Barriers - Braille Playboy January 17, 2006 8:21 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Interest, Sex, Touchy Subjects , 1 comment so far

So, I accidentally came across a reference to a Playboy magazine in Braille published by none other than The Library of Congress! Hoax radar went off so I started prodding around. Snopes turned up nothing. Then I found more pictures (safe for work) complete with a reference to eBay removing the item citing “mature audiences.”

My next stop was The Library of Congress to see their January-February 2006 Braille Book Review and sure enough, there sits Playboy! I found references dating back to March of 1997.

The following is a list of braille magazines in the Library of Congress program. Readers may obtain free personal subscriptions to these magazines. …

This page includes Web-Braille links to full-text braille versions of magazines. …

Isn’t it every young man’s dream to have a 3-D version of Playboy?

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