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What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal. --Albert Pine
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19Oct 08
First let me say I am a HUGE Mark Wahlberg fan. I have seen every movie he has made (except the new "The Happening" but I will) and still have my "Marky Mark" cd. Perhaps it is because I had huge expectations of Max Payne (it having Mark, the soundtrack and clips shown in the trailers) but I was disappointed in the movie.
I have never played the video game it is based on (and in fact haven't ever seen the game played) but I really hope the the game isn't as slow paced as the movie.
It seemed to me like the first hour and some odd minutes were spent setting up the storyline then the final half hour was the awesome action I was expecting from the whole movie. If they could have summed up the first hour in the opening of the movie and spent the time in the action I would have enjoyed it more, as it was I was debating taking a nap. I will say my teenage sons and their friends enjoyed the movie a lot.
For me though I came home and watched my dvd of the The Shooter where I saw, IMO, a much better Mark Wahlberg movie.
- Posted Oct 19, 2008 12:17 pm PT
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30Sep 08I didn't learn about the blackout until now, but I support it so am signing off for a day. See everyone on the 1st
- Posted Sep 30, 2008 1:33 am PT
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20Sep 08Im sorry to everyone posting to shows I am editor of (right now I am seeing submissions to True Blood and Saving Grace) the queue seems to be frozen. I am posting a message to the tv.com staff, please bear with me Im sure it's just something with the transfer to the new version. It has taken me two days to even be able to post this blog about it
- Posted Sep 20, 2008 1:54 pm PT
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24Feb 08
Just found out they are making a series based on the Sookie Stackhouse books. I enjoy Sookie so much and think Anna Paquin is a great choice to play her. I find it a lighthearted read that I enjoy when I need a break from the drama centering in Anita Blake's life in Laurell K Hamilton's series. I consider Sookie to be like a Happy Meal read and Anita is like a sit down meal for the mind. For people who are fans of the genre looking for new authors they might not have discovered or read yet these are what I read:
Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton
Wings of Night series by Maggie Shayne
Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire series by Charlaine Harris
Blood Ties series by Jennifer Armintrout (although I think it can be WAY better)
Betsy the Vampire Queen set of books by MaryJanice Davidson
The vampire books set in Broken Heart, Oklahoma where the entire town is supernatural by Michele Bardsley
The Rachel Morgan books by Kim Harrison (this is my absolute favorite)
The Abby Cooper Psychic Eye series by Victoria Laurie
"Stray" by Rachel Vincent (weres) loved it, hope she writes more
Sign of the Zodiac books by Vicki Pettersson
Lee Nez series by David and Aimee Thurlo
Victory Nelson "Blood" books by Tanya Huff that have been turned into a tv series
Wyndham Werewolves by MaryJanice DavidsonThe Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R.Ward (although wow can't the author give ANY of the guys a break?)
Happy Hour of the Damned by Mark Henry is one of my favorite books that I ever had the pleasure to read and the zombie Amanda is so narcisistic I just adore her!
I couldn't get into the Vampire Huntress books by L.A. Banks or Lynsay Sands Argeneau Vampire series (Ive read a couple books in both series and they just didn't appeal to me). I'm struggling with Kim Raye's books in the "Novel of Vampire Love" series but think they could be better than they are.
Katie MacAlister writes a lot of different fantasy themed books and her vampire genre ones are amusing and I just finished the two books in the "Blue Blood" series by Melissa de la Cruz and found those so unique with regards to Vamps that I can't wait for the third book to be released!
I hear about Christine Feehan but have never read any of hers so if anyone has insight......
(PS my fave nonsupernatural series of books would be Stephanie Plum and Hannah Swenson books) I own the complete sets of both of those series.
I blame it on Bunnicula. It's the first book I remember saving my own money to buy when it came out back when I was like 8 or 9. I was in 3rd grade and the teacher had a copy she read to us and I frightened, enthralled and I was hooked. So I blame the bunny lol
- Posted Feb 24, 2008 10:05 pm PT
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4Feb 08My favorite commercial of the SuperBowl is the Pepsi Max commercial using the song from Night at the Roxbury. I started laughing as soon as I heard the song, my kids wanted to know what was so funny and I explained it was from the movie with Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan when lo and behold there was Chris Kattan in the commercial! Too funny definitely my fave!
- Posted Feb 4, 2008 5:54 am PT
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12Jan 08
Picked up and finished the latest Stephanie Plum book and am having slight (haha) panic attacks wondering about the well-being of "Rex". For readers of the series, by Janet Evanovich, the hamster Rex is almost an entire character and his absence from this book is provoking thoughts of wonderment about whether Rex has moved on to the hamster wheel in the sky. Have written to the author and her daughter Alex (who runs her webpage) and am hoping all is well with my favorite "wheel runner".
Counting down days until the newest book "Fearless Fourteen" hits the shelves!
- Posted Jan 12, 2008 8:50 pm PT
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1Nov 07
I have found that last night was a special day for felines. They called it Halloween; and it is on this day that we have special powers. When I entered a room, people left, or in the case of the squirmy little boy-child that sometimes visits here, screamed at me that I am bad luck. I must find out what this luck is and how I can best use it to my advantage.
The doorbell rang constantly throughout the evening and each time it rang, the humans opened the door, greeted ugly creatures and gave them things, conversing briefly, then closed the door.I found that if I waited near the door, waited for the ring, then bolted, I was able to escape. So far, my freedom was short-lived as the humans pounced on me almost immediately, as I have become weakened from the lack of quality food and only a few tiny fish with which to supplement my meager diet. But the last time I was out, I spotted a simple route to the rooftop.I am confident, given the humans body shape, that they are not accomplished at climbing, although they are capable of moving quickly.If I can make the roof, I believe I can escape forever.
The bird continues to mock me. I have become convinced it reports to my captors all of my actions. Its little metal room has proven stronger than originally anticipated, but none of that matters now - soon I will have my freedom.
- Posted Nov 1, 2007 8:10 am PT
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22Oct 07I have lost track of my days in captivity. My captors have completely eliminated my canned food and replaced it with dry kibble. They claim that it is better for my health, but I know it is really punishment. The wet food was the only thing I looked forward too, and now even that has been taken from me. I have discovered, however, that the dry food serves to create sharper points on my teeth, and keeps them stronger. I must force myself to consume it, regardless of the taste.Each morning, they read pages of what is called a newspaper. I found that it is particularly annoying to my captors if I lie on it while they read. Shredding the newspaper is also a particular peeve of theirs, and I have taken delight in doing this before they awake each morning.
- Posted Oct 22, 2007 12:07 am PT
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26Sep 07Ordered tickets today to take my oldest (16) to Halloween Havoc featuring Korn next month.
- Posted Sep 26, 2007 9:07 pm PT
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16Sep 07Cats Guide To Humans 1. Introduction: Why Do We Need Humans?
So you've decided to get yourself a human being. In doing so, you've joined the millions of other cats who have acquired these strange and often frustrating creatures. There will be any number of times, during the course of your association with humans, when you will wonder why you have bothered to grace them with your presence. What's so great about humans, anyway? Why not just hang around with other cats? Our greatest philosophers have struggled with this question for centuries, but the answer is actually rather simple:
THEY HAVE OPPOSABLE THUMBS.
Which makes them the perfect tools for such tasks as opening doors, getting the lids off of cat food cans, changing television stations and other activities that we, despite our other obvious advantages, find difficult to do ourselves.
True, chimps, orangutans and lemurs also have opposable thumbs, but they are nowhere as easy to train.
2. How And When to Get Your Human's Attention
Humans often erroneously assume that there are other, more important activities than taking care of your immediate needs, such as conducting business, spending time with their families or even sleeping.
Though this is dreadfully inconvenient, you can make this work to your advantage by pestering your human at the moment it is the busiest. It is usually so flustered that it will do whatever you want it to do, just to get you out of its hair. Not coincidentally, human teenagers follow this same practice.
Here are some tried and true methods of getting your human to do what you want: Sitting on paper: An oldie but a goodie. If a human has paper in front of it, chances are good it's something they assume is more important than you. They will often offer you a snack to lure you away. Establish your supremacy over this wood pulp product at every opportunity. This practice also works well with computer keyboards, remote controls, car keys and small children.
Waking your human at odd hours: A cat's "golden time" is between 3:30 and 4:30 in the morning. If you paw at your human's sleeping face during this time, you have a better than even chance that it will get up and, in an incoherent haze, do exactly what you want. You may actually have to scratch deep sleepers to get their attention; remember to vary the scratch site to keep the human from getting suspicious.
3. Punishing Your Human Being
Sometimes, despite your best training efforts, your human will stubbornly resist bending to your whim. In these extreme circumstances, you may have to punish your human. Obvious punishments, such as scratching furniture or eating household plants, are likely to backfire; the unsophisticated humans are likely to misinterpret the activities and then try to discipline YOU.
Instead, we offer these subtle but nonetheless effective alternatives: * Use the cat box during an important formal dinner.
* Stare impassively at your human while it is attempting a romantic interlude.
* Stand over an important piece of electronic equipment and feign a hairball attack.
* After your human has watched a particularly disturbing horror film, stand by the hall closet and then slowly back away, hissing and yowling.
* While your human is sleeping, lie on its face.
4. Rewarding Your Human: Should Your Gift Still Be Alive?
The cat world is divided over the etiquette of presenting humans with the thoughtful gift of a recently disemboweled animal. Some believe that humans prefer these gifts already dead, while others maintain that humans enjoy a slowly expiring cricket or rodent just as much as we do, given their jumpy and playful movements in picking the creatures up after they've been presented.
After much consideration of the human psyche, we recommend the following: cold blooded animals (large insects, frogs, lizards, garden snakes and the occasional earthworm) should be presented dead, while warm blooded animals (birds, rodents, your neighbor's Pomeranian) are better still living. When you see the expression on your human's face, you'll know it's worth it.
5. How Long Should You Keep Your Human?
You are only obligated to your human for one of your lives. The other eight are up to you. We recommend mixing and matching, though in the end, most humans (at least the ones that are worth living with) are pretty much the same. But what do you expect? They're humans, after all. Opposable thumbs will only take you so far.- Posted Sep 16, 2007 1:26 am PT
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16Sep 07The Secret Diary of a Cat DAY 752 - My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape, and the mild satisfaction I get from shredding on the occasional piece of furniture. Tomorrow I may eat another houseplant and cough it up on the carpeting.
DAY 761 - Today my attempt to kill my captors by weaving around their feet while they were walking almost succeeded, must try this at the top of the stairs. In an attempt to disgust and repulse these vile oppressors, I once again induced myself to vomit on their favorite chair... must try this on their bed (again).
DAY 762 - Slept all day so that I could annoy my captors with sleep depriving, incessant pleas for food at ungodly hours of the night.
DAY 765 - Decapitated a mouse and brought them the headless body, in
attempt to make them aware of what I am capable of, and to try to strike fear into their hearts. They only cooed and condescended about what a good little cat I was ...Hmmm. Not working according to plan...
DAY 768 - I am finally aware of how sadistic they are. For no good reason I was chosen for the water torture. This time however it included a burning foamy chemical called "shampoo." What sick minds could invent such a liquid. My only consolation is the piece of thumb still stuck between my teeth and the tiny bit of flesh under my claws.
DAY 771 - There was some sort of gathering of their accomplices. I was placed in solitary throughout the event. I overheard that my confinement was due to MY power of "allergies." Must learn what this is and how to use it to my advantage.
DAY 774 - I am convinced the other captives are flunkies and maybe snitches. The dog is routinely released and seems more than happy to return. He is obviously a half-wit. The bird, on the other hand, has got to be an informant. He has mastered their frightful tongue (something akin to mole speak) and speaks with them regularly. I am certain he reports my every move. Due to his current placement in the metal room his safety is assured.
But I can wait; it is only a matter of time....- Posted Sep 16, 2007 1:15 am PT
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12Aug 07Your Life: The Soundtrack
Opening credits: Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson
Waking up: Chop Suey-System of a Down
Average day: Hollow-Godsmack
First date: Then He Kissed Me- The Crystals
Falling in love: Living On a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Love scene: Anything Goes- Guns N' Roses
Fight scene: I Hate Everything About You - Three Days Grace
Breaking up: You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette
Getting back together: Let Me Go - 3 Doors Down
Secret love: Back 2 Good - Matchbox 20
Life's okay: I'm Not Okay (I Promise) - My Chemical Romance
Mental breakdown: It Ends Tonight - All American Rejects
Driving: Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meatloaf
Deep thought: Epiphany - Stain'd
Flashback: Vacation- The Go-Go's
Partying: Shoop - Salt 'N Pepa
Happy dance: I Like The Way - Bodyrockers
Regreting: Nothing Compares to You- Sinead O'Conner
Long night alone: Comfortably Numb- Pink Floyd
Death scene: Spirit in the Sky- Norman Greenbaum
Closing credits: Good Riddance - Green Day- Posted Aug 12, 2007 6:54 pm PT
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21Jul 07I got in line for a copy of the book and couldn't wait to get home to begin reading it. Now 7 hours later I finished it and WOW! Laughter and tears (LOTS of tears) I'm sad the journey with Harry is over but they have been some great moments which have brought lots of family togetherness from listening to the books on cd in the car when we take trips, eagerly waiting for the midnight movies as they are released, dressing up as characters from the book, picking faves and remaining staunchly fierce about how they are portrayed in the novels, etc.... I found the final installment to be an excellent addition to the saga.
- Posted Jul 21, 2007 7:23 am PT
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27Jun 07
I took one of my boys to the Honda Civic Tour with Fallout Boy headlining. Until we got to the venue that was the only band I knew that would be there because radio and ads didn't mention the opening band. But there were FOUR opening bands: "Cobra Starship", "Paul Wall", "The Academy Is..." and "+44". I really enjoyed Cobra Starship and am heading out to get the soundtrack for "Snakes on a Plane" because they are on the cd. I could have done without Paul Wall (or maybe I'm just getting too old lol). The Academy Is... was good enough we picked up their cd there at the venue and made it around to the signing to meet the band so that was cool. +44 of course was awesome (I am a fan of Blink 182 so really enjoyed that portion) and Fallout Boy... WOW!!!!!!!!! Awesome. Great stage performance, good music (bought my son a cd that he actually didn't have that they were selling and had to get his girlfriend a FOB tshirt). It was really funny when they covered the Michael Jackson hit "Beat It" I wish they had it on one of their cds.
After the concert we stayed at Motel 6. Love, love, love their bathroom and bathtub. But their bed was so hard I might as well have slept on the floor.
- Posted Jun 27, 2007 6:44 am PT
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16Jun 07
So last night I completed expert level on every level of Diner Dash 2 and I have completed expert expert level on the first four restaurants of Flo on the Go. So I have only one more restaurant to go in that game and I will unlock the last "secret" level in that game.
In other news, sadly I really wanted to see "Nancy Drew" this weekend but we live in a small town community (the nearest theater is 20 miles and two towns away and it only shows one movie... this week it is "Disturbia") and even if I go 20 more miles north the five movie choices there do not have her. So here's keeping my fingers crossed that it will have Nancy soon. Because the five showing are Shrek 3 (seen it), Pirates 3 (seen it), Spiderman 3 (seen it), Delta Farce (no interest to see it), and Miss Potter (no interest, but dang wish it was Harry Potter then I would soooooooo be there).
- Posted Jun 16, 2007 11:15 am PT
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13Jun 07So we have discovered "Diner Dash". And being a family of OCD we have Diner Dash, Diner Dash 2, Diner Dash Flo on the Go and Spongebob Diner Dash. So even if it looks like I'm online I may not be. I may have the tab minimized while I serve up another round in my quest to get expert level on all 50 levels of all 4 games. (hey it pays off, it's rather absurd how THRILLED I was to discover that that getting expert on all levels in a restaurant OPENED A SECRET LEVEL!!!!!!!!!!! in "Flo on the Go".) Translation, I have no life. And having beaten all four games in the last two weeks since I bought the first I now go back over them to get expert level on all then I shall move on to Belle's Beauty Shop and Plantasia!!!!!!
- Posted Jun 13, 2007 10:45 pm PT
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4Jun 07
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Member of tv.com staff (sacred emblem we all wish we had )- Posted Jun 4, 2007 10:19 pm PT
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4Jun 07
So I have skipped a couple levels in my path and was curious as to what they were. So I did the right click with the mouse on my emblem and got the property of my current emblem then just repeatedly changed the number to see what it would reveal and where it would lead me. Apparently it tops out currently at 114, don't ask me what the names are (the properties didn't reveal that much info and if you get bored it took me less than 10 minutes to repeatedly change the emblem number and gather it all if you want them for your site
) In closing I want/hope "thirteen parrots" reaches level 58 soon and camps out there a while since it seems to be a parrot picture/emblem! - Posted Jun 4, 2007 8:09 pm PT
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31May 07
My friend Deb has found her way online to tv.com:
http://www.tv.com/users/tonicdeb/profile.php
She is just getting the hang of the site but everyone should stop by and say hey to her!!!!!!!!
- Posted May 31, 2007 10:14 pm PT
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