Bell out of order. Please knock.

Where are you in the movie? is a cool (and kinda scary) way to look at your life…

If we started a movie on the day you were born, and stretched it over your lifespan, this is where you’d be in that movie. So if you’re a teenager, you might see Luke arguing with Uncle Owen, or Cameron making a phony phone call to Ed Rooney. If you’re a retiree, you might see the Marshmallow Man, or Toto pulling away the curtain. And if you’re in your mid-thirties, you might be relieved to know that Ferris is still eating lunch, and the Millenium Falcon hasn’t left Tatooine.

To get the lifespan for comparison, you can use the How Long Will I Live? calculator. In my case that’s 80.5 years. I chose the Wizard of Oz and am currently just arriving at the Emerald City.

In Ghost Busters, I’m at the Yes, have some  scene.

In Star Wars, I’m not quite at Aren’t you a little short for a stormtrooper?

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Hacked!

My virus scanner went off today when I tried to get to my site. It said it was blocking access to a malicious site. So, I checked the source of the site, and sure enough there was some icky script in every index file on every site associated with solonor.com that redirected users to a site that I will not mention here.

I’ve seen conflicting reports where some say it’s the ISP that’s been hacked, some say that I have a virus on my PC, and some say there’s something in Filezilla that’s stealing passwords. I’ve gone through and cleaned them all up, and I changed my FTP password to some gobbledy-gook that I’m sure to forget in another day or two. We’ll see if this mess comes back.

In any case, if your virus protection is going off when visiting solonor.com, I apologize.

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Why knowing the details of comic hero powers is important…


Why Having Wolverine’s Claws Would Suck — powered by Cracked.com
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Countdown to Star Trek

Probably every geek out there has already read Harry Knowles’ ravings about the new Star Trek movie, where a crowd of Trek fans gathered to watch Wrath of Khan and wound up getting a visit by Leonard Nimoy and a full screening of Star Trek. In my excitement about going to see it next week, I looked up Harry’s commentary and savored every over-the-top geekgasmic sentence. And to top it all off, they’ve got Sylar and Shaun in this one! There’s no one I can imagine as being a better Spock and Scotty besides Nimoy and Doohan.

In the battle between Trek and Star Wars fans, I’m definitely on the Trekkie side. And in the futher subdivision of the Trek faith, I’m an Original Series guy. Next Gen was pretty good, but I never got into Deep Space 9, absolutely hated Voyager, and didn’t give Enterprise much of a chance after that. Nope, for me it’s the classic Kirk-Spock-McCoy love triangle.

Can’t. Wait.

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Whoa. Didn’t see that coming.

Fidrych killed in accident

I had just made a post on a forum in response to the lack of fun characters in today’s baseball vs. years past, where I recounted how much fun it was to watch that old Mark Fidrych game broadcast on MLB Network a few weeks ago. And now this. Very sad.

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Dave Arneson, 1947-2009

R.I.P. Dungeons & Dragons Co-Creator Dave Arneson

We met Mr. Arneson a couple of years ago at a friend’s house. He played UNO with us for a while, but I didn’t really get to talk to him much. He seemed like a nice guy, though. That’s really all I can say, other than it’s sad to have another geek icon pass away.

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Me want

09/09/09 – Digitally Remastered Beatles Catalogue

Me want? Yes.

Me gets? Me better start saving…

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My Life According To…Bob Dylan

Using ONLY SONG TITLES from ONE artist, and cleverly answer these questions below. Make sure you send a copy to me when you respond. Do not use the same artist as I did or duplicate song titles.

1. Are you a male or female: Ugliest Girl in the World

2. Describe yourself: I Am A Lonesome Hobo

3. How do you feel about yourself? Mixed-Up Confusion

4. Describe your ex boyfriend/girlfriend: Ain’t Talkin’

5. Describe your current boy/girl situation: Emotionally Yours

6. Describe your current location: I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine

7. Describe where you want to be: Black Diamond Bay

8. Your best friend: Forever Young

9. Your favorite color is: Tangled Up in Blue

10. You know that: I Believe in You

11. What’s the weather like? A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall

12. If your life was a television show what would it be called? Idiot Wind

13. What is life to you? Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread

14. What is the best advice you have to give? Quit Your Low Down Ways

15. If you could change your name what would it be? Blind Willie McTell

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Yeat’s Grave

1. Put your Zune or iPod or other music player on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the NEXT button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW DUMB IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag friends who might enjoy doing this as well as the person you got this from.

1. IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY:
Ghetto Defendant (The Clash)

2. WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY:
Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles)

3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?:
Just Like A Woman (Bob Dylan)

4. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?:
Problems (Sex Pistols)

5. WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?:
Texas to Ohio (Damien Juarado)

6. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU:
You Done Me Wrong (Ray Price)

7. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OFTEN?:
The Sun Never Shines (Flogging Molly)

8. WHAT IS 2+2?:
Why Was I Born? (Ella Fitzgerald)

9. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?:
Blues Leave Me Alone (Eric Clapton)

10. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?:
Cotton Tail (Ella Fitzgerald)

11. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?:
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (Ramones)

12. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?:
Swing Blues (Bob Wills)

13. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?:
Like A Hurricane (Neil Young)

14. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?:
Roxanne (The Police)

15. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?:
Straight To Hell (The Clash)

16. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?:
The Lowlands of Holland (The Chieftains)

17. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?:
Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones)

18. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?:
Come Pick Me Up (Ryan Adams)

19. WHAT’S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?:
The Ballad of Davy Crockett (Bill Hayes)

20. HOW WILL YOU DIE?:
Jungle Love (The Steve Miller Band)

21. WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?:
Molly Malone (Sinead O’Conner)

22. WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?:
Raise A Little Hell (Trooper)

23. WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?:
Song of Choice (Solas)

24. WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?:
The Fiddling Ladies (The Chieftains w/Eileen Ivers and Natalie MacMaster)

25. WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?:
My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It (Hank Williams)

26. DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?:
There For You (Clannad)

27. IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?:
You Always Hurt The One You Love (Spike Jones and His City Slickers)

28. WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?:
The Wayward Wind (Gogi Grant)

29. WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Yeat’s Grave (The Cranberries)

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SciFi wants to shed its geeky image? Um, dudes, you didn’t have one to begin with!

SCI FI Channel to become Syfy

This is similar to Tech TV announcing that it was “too techy” and morphing into the inane ramblings of G4. It’s not unexpected. Sci-Fi lost me a loooong time ago. This is just the period at the end of a really depressing sentence. At least (between the ridiculous announcement and the hilarious comments in reaction) they gave me a few laughs on their way out the door.

We still have BBC America for our Doctor Who and Torchwood fixes!

[ via ***Dave ]

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