firehose

le Bat

Let’s dance.

“Terror Of The Zygons” (season 13, episodes 1-4. Originally broadcast Aug. 30-Sept. 20, 1975.)

It seems a little strange to suggest that the problem with “Terror Of The Zygons”—a story in which shapeshifting octopoid aliens feed off the milk of a cyborg Loch Ness Monster—is that it’s overly formulaic. But on a show like Doctor Who, where you expect to see some new weird and strange creature every week, the difference between a good story and a great one is whether or not the story surprises you in other ways. And this one takes the easy route, relying on formula and narrative shortcuts when it could have gone for something a little more groundbreaking. There’s nothing wrong with this, exactly, but by design, it’s not challenging in the way great art (or simply more ambitious Doctor Who) is. It’s only meant to be an entertaining diversion.

That’s not to say ...

Marvel has confirmed that Drew Goddard will run the show on Netflix's Daredevil series. The Cabin in the Woods director will write and direct the first episode as well as serve as showrunner and executive producer for the 13-episode series. Hurrah!

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Arnie (Zeppelin Games - C64 - 1992)

vgjunk:

not shy about its influences, this one.

me most of the time: people are okay, I guess. like no one is 100% bad.
me after reading the comments section in any article, ever: this world can only be cleansed with fire.

Financial Express

Apple asks Samsung to pay $22 million in legal fees and costs San Jose Mercury News SAN JOSE -- Putting another hefty price tag on the smartphone wars, Apple (AAPL) on Friday asked a federal judge to order rival Samsung to pay about $22 million in legal fees and costs for fighting their patent feud over iPhone and iPad technology. In court ... Apple Legal Fees in Samsung Patent Case Topped $60 MillionWall Street Journal Apple paid lawyers $60 million in Samsung patent caseLos Angeles Times Apple Wants Samsung to Pay $22M for Legal BillsABC News Chicago Tribune -Apple Insider -Minneapolis Star Tribune all 140 news articles »

Baking

ororororog:

Do not quarrel on my hand!

spaceexp:

Stunning photograph of the ISS with docked Endavour in front of the Sun

Damn.

Another Batch of Wall Street Villains Freed on Technicality: From the piece:

The case was over 10 years in the making and involved offenses that took place long before the 2008 crash. All three defendants were convicted in May 2012, with Goldberg ultimately getting four years and the other two getting three.

popular shared this story from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (updated daily).

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wonderful-strange:

The Dawn Patrol window card, 1938.

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_{Eddie Murphy at the ‘Purple Rain’ premiere when asked what he thought about the film | July 27 ‘84}

faisdm:

dnotive:

Priceless.

The Beatles demonstrate how to be Northern.

Suddenly I like the Beatles

Eraserhead (1977)

dolphin-spit:

oswaldofguadalupe:

The Twitter Mandela Hall Of Shame

worth a read

Ready Player One is the Dean Koontz of hip cyberpunk novels

New information about an alleged case of cannibalism in Germany suggests the suspect was immersed in the online fetish world, and had discussed a similar act with another willing potential victim. He ran a bed and breakfast which advertised its grilling facilities.

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OnlyMrGodKnowsWhy

“by foot” =
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZD8uM0Nx3Y

Screenshot from YouTube video of Jim Howe being arrested for picking up his children on foot

A Tennessee father was arrested recently by an overzealous officer for picking his children up at school by foot. The school’s policy is that children can only be picked up by parents driving cars or kids can board a school bus.

Parents who wish to pick up their children on foot or by bike are apparently shit out of luck. Thankfully I don’t live in Cumberland County, Tennessee, because they would have a fight on their hands.

Jim Howe became concerned about the long line-up of cars that extended over a mile on a busy highway. So he decided to pick up his children by foot, and was told by the school to go back to his car and wait in line like everybody else.

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Here are the more compliant parents, waiting patiently in line to pick up their children:

Photo courtesy of Channel 6 WATE News Clip

Screenshot from YouTube video of Jim Howe being arrested

The school provided Howe a form to fill out that would permit his children to leave the school alone (his children are 8 years old and 14 years old), but they wouldn’t release his children to him until after the long line-up of cars was gone – to presumably encourage him to get his car and sit in line like a compliant sheep.

Here is the dialogue leading up to the arrest:

Officer: “Guess what. Guess what. It’s the rules. No we’re not going to argue about it”

Howe: “Here’s a rule, here’s a TCA code. School is out, my children are to be given to me. When school is out.”

Officer: “It don’t say when. They have, they have, they have, they have. No, no, no. School is out. They will give you your child, but it doesn’t say when now does it.”

Howe: “Tennessee state law says within a reasonable amount of time, that is 15 minutes.”

Officer: “Put your hands behind your back.”

Howe: “Okay, no problem. Go ahead. Opening yourself up for a lawsuit.”

Officer: “I’m not staying here arguing with you. Disorderly”

Howe: “That is fine with me”

After going outside, the officer scolds the cameraperson (presumably Howe’s partner) and threatens to arrest her if she doesn’t get out of the way of traffic.

Here is the full video:

Is this how far car culture has gone? It is depressing enough to see a long line-up of cars waiting to pick up children from school, but to prohibit parents from picking up their children on foot or by bike? This is beyond ludicrous.

Every time I witness such a sad spectacle, I reminisce on the lovely scene I witnessed in Amsterdam last year. When school is out, parents socialize in the school yard, and not a single parent pulled up a car to pick up their child.

Amsterdam school pick-ups – Photo by James Schwartz / The Urban Country

This always revives my hope for the future of our society. But how much more enslaved by car culture will our society become before we start heading down a more rational, logical path, creating more healthy, liveable places to work, live and play.

James D. Schwartz is the Editor of The Urban Country and is based in Toronto, Canada. You can contact James at james.schwartz@theurbancountry.com or follow him on Twitter.

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