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I’m so amused by this book I’m reading for my copyright class: “Twain started studying copyright laws during the 1870s when he lost substantial money to Canadian pirates.”
Canadian pirates! Of course, they’re talking about literary piracy, but still. *hums Arrogant Worms’ “Last Saskatchewan Pirate”*
Though the author did imply that computer generated works are not artistic, which does not serve to endear him to me in the least. Arrr.
Yay, LJ is back! *does a merry dance*
The teaser trailer for “Fantastic Four” is out. Not much to see yet, but it looks neat.
Hee! Did I notice that before? In “Primeval”, Spike quotes Monty Python! To Adam, “Let’s not quibble over who failed who”. Then of course, in “Touched,” he comments on “the diabolical torture device known as the Comfy Chair”… I know I’ve heard more. Or maybe I’m just thinking of Dawn’s “Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!” remark in “Him”. *ponders* Oh! “End of Days”! [Re: the Scythe] “And you did it. Fulfilled your mission, found the Holy Grail… or the holy hand grenade or whatever the hell that is.”
Good stuff. Can anyone remember any others?
*cocks a snook at LJ users*
Intriguing: Some insight into the women of Lost.
Exciting: Idle’s Monty Python Musical Wows US Critics
Squeeworthy: Jasper Fforde Announces Next Novel (link from Sannali)
Appalling: 9th Circuit of Appeals rules that it’s legal for an employer to fire a female employee who refuses to wear makeup.
Hilarious beyond words: Who Will Be “The Man With Superman’s Heart”?
*snorks madly*
NewScientist.com: Pentagon reveals rejected chemical weapons
Most bizarre among the plans was one for the development of an “aphrodisiac” chemical weapon that would make enemy soldiers sexually irresistible to each other. Provoking widespread homosexual behaviour among troops would cause a “distasteful but completely non-lethal” blow to morale, the proposal says.
And that’s just the beginning! The rest of the article is short, but hilarious.
In celebration of my monitor working again, I checked out Buffy Season 4 from the library. And after being immersed in the darker tone of seasons 6 and 7, I forgot how uproariously funny this show could be! Poor Ko, attempting to take a nap! I keep bursting out into loud, uncontrollable giggles.
You know… when Spike grabs the lab guy’s throat when he escapes the Initiative, why doesn’t his chip go off?
Hurrah! I got into the copyright course!
My spring schedule:
MW 9-12: FNAR 267 (3D Modeling)
MW 4:30-6: CSE 377 (Virtual World Design)
TR 12-1:30: CSE 112 (Networked Life)
TR 1:30-3: MATH 240 (Calculus 3)
TR 3-4:30: FILM 295 (Copyright and Culture)
F 10-11: MATH 240 recitation
Plus Lady in the Dark, if I get in. *pokes Director over yet more delays in callbacks* Not sure if I’ll drop a course if I get in (or what course I’ll drop if I do), as Lady is actually being offered as a class. Tra-la!
Looking at this list of TV shows being made into movies for 2005, it occurs to me: What ever happened to the Red Dwarf movie? It seems to be as quagmired (is that a word?) as the “Good Omens” movie… I wonder if the Hitchhiker’s Guide movie is a success, they’ll consider reviving the project?
*drools profusely*
More stills from Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean’s Mirrormask.
Has Dave McKean reproduced? A lot? Because he so needs to.