Salad Is Slaughter

We rented Serenity a while back and since I liked it I thought I’d give Firefly - The Complete Series a look. Since we’re in the midst of a writer’s strike and most of the new episodes of the shows we watch tend to suck, now seemed like as good a time as any to give it a try. I don’t know how I missed this series when it first aired. Firefly is great.

Firefly is the story of a crew of independent traders (okay, sometimes smugglers) who are just trying to get by while avoiding the totalitarian Alliance and survive encounters with the criminal element. They’re willing to steal from the rich and sell to the poor. They don’t like the Alliance, but they’re not actively trying to overthrow them. The crew of the Firefly are just regular guys telling their fascinating stories.

Firefly has crisp dialog, decent acting, interesting characters, good stories, subtle humor, acceptable adherence to basic science, and has a sense of realism that permeates the show. Firefly - The Complete Series belongs on your movie shelf.

Now I have to buy Serenity to see what I missed the first time I saw it.

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You scored as Serenity (Firefly)You like to live your own way and don’t enjoy when anyone but a friend tries to tell you should do different. Now if only the Reavers would quit trying to skin you. Serenity (Firefly) 100% Nebuchadnezzar (The Matrix) 81% Moya (Farscape) 81% Millennium Falcon (Star Wars) 81% Deep Space Nine (Star Trek) 81% Enterprise D (Star Trek) 75% Babylon 5 (Babylon 5) 69% SG-1 (Stargate) 69% Heart of Gold (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) 56% Galactica (Battlestar: Galactica) 56% Bebop (Cowboy Bebop) 50% Andromeda Ascendant (Andromeda) 50% FBI’s X-Files Division (The X-Files) 19%

Sharks Acquire Jody Shelley

San Jose Sharks Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Wilson has acquired left wing Jody Shelley from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for a sixth round selection in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.

I hate this acquisition. Jody Shelly is a thug, not a hockey player. I’ve hated him for the entire time he was on the Blue Jackets, and expect I’ll hate him in San Jose. He’s a dirty player who shouldn’t even be in the league. The fact that the Sharks essentially gave up a sack of pucks and a roll of stick tape to get him doesn’t matter. He’s taking up a valuable roster spot from someone who could actually skate.

“He adds sandpaper to our lineup,” said Wilson.

He adds stupid penalties, fines, and suspensions.

“We tried earlier this year to get him and it happened that he became available now,” said Wilson. “I think we’ve missed (that element) since Scott Parker left, but more so since Clowe (went down). He’ll bring something to the table I think we need.”

The Sharks need balanced scoring, an improved power play, a shot from the point, and a better coaching staff before they need a cement head like Jody Shelly. I’m really starting to wonder what’s going on in Doug Wilson’s brain.

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Rain.  Lots of rain.  The ground is saturated and there are puddles everywhere.

Sure I got a few things done; on Friday I took Rolfe to the groomer, got a hair cut and had a new battery put in my Mickey Mouse watch, but mostly it was staying inside to avoid the rain.

Saturday I took Rolfe to the vet for a rabies and distemper shot, and we got some grocery shopping done.  But mostly we didn’t do anything because it rained.

Sunday:  more rain; the heaviest of the weekend.

Today:  Rain again.  Maybe we’ll catch a break for a while, but we’ll get more rain later in the week.

I’m tired of rain.

People of Tennessee County Voted Most Stupid on Earth

Residents of Rhea County Tennessee have been selected as the most stupid people on the planet in a poll taken of EGI writers, editors, and email contacts.  The citizens of Rhea County Tennessee were judged to be, for the most part, backwoods twang-talking, tobacco-spitting, Bible-desecrating, cow-tipping, hate crime offenders with medieval beliefs.

“Rhea County first became famous for the Scopes Monkey Trial,” said EGI advice columnist Richard Normus.  “Can you believe that they actually hold an annual festival commemorating the 1925 trial at which high school teacher John T. Scopes was convicted of teaching evolution?  Luckily someone in a higher court had some brains and reversed the decision, but those yahoos celebrate outlawing the teaching of science in the classroom.  Just incredible!”

“The anti-science vote and subsequent annual celebration is bad enough,” stated EGI correspondent Missy Enformed.  “But the vote to ban homosexuals and charge them with crimes against nature put them far over the top.”

Rhea County Commissioner J.C. Fugate introduced the measure during a commissioners meeting, asking for an amendment to Tennessee’s criminal code so homosexuals can be charged with crimes against nature.  Audience members applauded the motion, and the Rhea County commissioners approved the request 8-0.

Fugate also asked the county attorney to find the best way to ban homosexuals from living within the county. That measure is scheduled for a vote during next month’s commission meeting.  “We need to keep them out of here,” Fugate said of homosexuals.

“It’s a shame that those people don’t have access to the outside world,” said frequent emailer Mboto Ngame.  “I bet I could get every one of those guys to buy in to my Nigerian bank scam, but unfortunately the residents of Rhea County have never heard of Nigeria.  Or the Internet.”

Frequent emailer Clinton Wang was equally upset.  “If I couldn’t sell 300 units per day of herbal “personal size enhancement” pills there, I don’t know where else I could.  They’d probably also go for the chat room subscriptions so they could talk with hot lonely college girls.  But, they’re too stupid to use a computer so I have no where to send my unsolicited email.”

“I’m looking forward to what those loons are going to come up with next,” said EGI reporter Gil Le Bell.  “I didn’t think they could top themselves when they banned teaching biology, but they did.  I just hope that I don’t have to wait another 79 years for their next monumentally stupid act.”

 Posted by: Mike Perative on 3/29/2004 10:36:02 AM