http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2009/11/are-we-becoming-a-nation-of-knownothings.html

"The US literacy rate is tied for 19th in the world."

So not only might we elect Palin because her followers are illiterate morons, but our nation is slowly sliding that way in general. Spectacular.

I just picked up Supernatural seasons 1-4 for $89 bucks at Amazon (free shipping for the win!)!!!

They have 1 through 3 on sale for $15 each, and 4 is $43. Sweet deal. =)

I have no idea if it's any good.

http://lifehacker.com/5404303/dvd-knife-quickly-extracts-any-clip-from-dvds

After seeing the schedule, I briefly thought I might try to go and register tonite at 10. Knowing me, however, I'll have passed out on the couch by then. So I'll probably drop in at around 11 to have time to park and whatnot and get in line to register. I'm hoping to get in a little earlier than 12:15 but we'll see if they can let us. Depends on the line, I suppose.

I knew it would happen. Seems official.  =(

http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/11/11/this-just-in-dollhouse-axed/

And bad for thinking this is so freaking funny.

http://dontevenreply.com/

I'm going to hell now. Thanks a lot, Mike.

Random thoughts....

That older priest totally has to be a lizard. How can the younger priest not consider that notion, after what he's seen? How dumb are you, man? And not considering that Vs may have penetrated the supposed watch force group thing at the FBI? Come on, find your brain, please. I think you left it at church. Go get it.

Elizabeth Mitchell -- I'd hit that TWO times. Probably more. Dear lord. (ahem)
But the character needs to get more nosey with that kid. Kids LIE! You are a mother, you know this.

The Vs have all this awesome technology, but the pics from the cam thingy are blurry? Seriously? They should have HD video on those things with perfect picture and a million DPI or something.

You notice a photo is upside down, your husband didn't do it. You don't get a little upset about that? Maybe wonder who was in your house? How dumb are you, woman? Someone smack her.

I hate that they're talking about a big hiatus after only 4 eps. I hope that was a lie.

Hmmm...I got both photo ops in separate email today for SPN. Nothing that I can see prevents me from printing out more than one copy, but it doesn't mention needing to bring the receipt. I'm a bit confused. I'll bring my receipt, of course, but don't you think they should mention it in the email?

Anyway, at least I got the photo op tickets now.  :)
I was getting worried.

There was a fire in the unit adjacent to mine today. Technically it's the other building but we share a wall.

There I was, going about my own business, when I hear the fire trucks pull in. Oh, joy.  I got to sit in my car for over an hour with crying cats and a shaking dog (she's scared of trucks). Fun times. Fun times.

The furry children didn't appreciate such high drama. Gathering 4 cats and a dog to try to leave isn't easy. Good thing there wasn't a fire like right below me or anything. Stupid cats with the hiding because of the noise. It's like, um, morons, there's a FIRE. Try to get out from under the bed, would you please?
And someone remind me that I need two more plush cat carriers. The boys really didn't like the duffel bags. Like, at all. Go figure. (I let them out in the car, I'm not THAT mean)

On the plus side, everything is fine, no one got hurt, all furry things are fine, and none of my stuff was damaged. Speaking from experience, as my folks' place was ruined by a fire in a unit above them, things can go REALLY bad even if it's not your unit that got burned up. I got lucky. No water damage or anything.

On the down side, there goes my haircut appointment for today. Now I have to wait a week. *sigh*
Even if I had wanted to leave, I couldn't have. The firetrucks had my car blocked in.
I REALLY need a trim, kids.

Why would FOX change the lineup so shows like Dollhouse are on hiatus during November sweeps? *sigh*

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=8350

I can't believe I hadn't seen this one yet. Love it!

...how when I read about an actor, and he or she seems like a darling in real life, I like whatever character he or she plays more. If the actor is an ass, I suddenly don't like the character as much, either.

Case in point -- I've been checking out a bunch of Supernatural con stuff, and Alona Tal (Jo) seems like just a great, bubbly, sweet girl. People who posted photo ops showed a smiling, happy girl next to them. She seems thrilled to be there. The couple of con reports that mentioned her were great, too.
All of a sudden I find myself liking Jo more.
I also think I might need to get a photo op with Alona.

On the opposite side of the spectrum, if I never see another thing with Shannen Doherty in it, that's fine by me. I don't think I've ever read a single good thing about her.

The last time the power went out was Thursday night.
Friday, my computer wouldn't turn back on. Suckage. On the plus side, I had backed up most of my data to an external drive somewhat recently. On the bad side, of course, I had to shell out for a new system. I tried to swap out the power supply, hoping that's all it was, but no dice. And it was an older system, so the power supplies they make today don't tend to fit anyway. So, hello new computer.

I now have a new system, Windows Vista 64 bit. So far, I love it. I haven't had any issues with it yet, but it IS new, so we'll see how it goes as I use it. Currently it's fast as all hell, at least at copying files and installing programs. I have 4 GB of RAM, Intel Core 2 Quad processor. Speedy-riffic. I've never installed stuff so quickly and been up and running so fast with a new system. I didn't get home and start getting it put together until after 8pm.  =)

The other bad side is that I hadn't backed up for a couple of weeks. My convention pics are on that drive. I have to see if the drive is still alive enough to pull the pics back off. Hopefully someone at work can slave it out, as it's an older IDE drive and my current system (and most current systems) won't "talk" to it. It's $100 to get the guys at Best Buy to do it. That's assuming the drive isn't fried. It might be.
I don't care that much about the other misc stuff on there that I didn't have backed up.

Note to self - Lessons learned:
1. Back up to the external drive more frequently, you moron.
2. When the label on the power strip says not to connect two of them together, and not to connect an extension cord to it, don't do those things. Really.

hmmm...

http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/08/18/exclusive-caprica-snags-james-marsters/

I wish I looked good with this hair cut.

http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo186/jasmina_Go/Stargate%20-%20Behind%20the%20scenes/SG1/Season%2005/FullSize-sg10518-0014xe.jpg


I just don't think my hair would behave so nicely.