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Since my last comment I've seen both Knowing and Madea Goes to Jail. Both great ^_^

 

Still no Trek teaser but I did see it playing without volume in the popcorn line. How cruel. ;)

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Since my last comment I've seen both Knowing and Madea Goes to Jail. Both great :)

 

Still no Trek teaser but I did see it playing without volume in the popcorn line. How cruel. :o

 

How was knowing? I'm a big fan of Nicholas Cage films, and an even bigger fan of predestination paradox. But then, the trailer made it look kind of dumb.

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I really enjoyed it :o the ending could have been done differently but it was still worth my 8 bucks.

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::cries:: Comcast's e-mail server is down and the show I'm co-directing goes up tonight and is crashing around my ears.

 

Help...

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::cries:: Comcast's e-mail server is down and the show I'm co-directing goes up tonight and is crashing around my ears.

 

Help...

 

Welcome to the dark side....

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We have cookies, booze, and no age limit.

 

::approves::

 

Our pianist didn't show up. God, I love live theater...

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::approves::

 

Our pianist didn't show up. God, I love live theater...

 

Well that just doesn't work. :) :o

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Well that just doesn't work. :) :o

 

Yeah, tell me about it.

 

We faked it a capella and it went pretty well, and of course we had audience sympathy at that point. :P But I was still about ready to put my fist through the wall.

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Yeah, tell me about it.

 

We faked it a capella and it went pretty well, and of course we had audience sympathy at that point. :o But I was still about ready to put my fist through the wall.

 

If you do, tap the wall first. If it sounds hollow, punch. If not, don't punch. Unless you fancy at trip to hospital for a broken hand

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::approves::

 

Our pianist didn't show up. God, I love live theater...

 

 

Reminds me of the time we were in a musical version of Romeo and Juliet, and the electricity went off. Our band consisted of an electric piano, me on bass, a flute and a drum set, all on stage as part of the set. We did the whole second act with only candles for light (we set some accross the front of the stage. Pretty neat ambiance, actually) and the musical numbers all accompanied by flute and drums. Some said it was the best show they ever saw!

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Reminds me of the time we were in a musical version of Romeo and Juliet, and the electricity went off. Our band consisted of an electric piano, me on bass, a flute and a drum set, all on stage as part of the set. We did the whole second act with only candles for light (we set some accross the front of the stage. Pretty neat ambiance, actually) and the musical numbers all accompanied by flute and drums. Some said it was the best show they ever saw!

 

That would be pretty awesome.

 

I wrote a percussion ensemble score for our high school production of Macbeth and we played it all up on the stage; kind of an intense experience. I would have loved to see something like that all candlelit; must have been epic.

 

Hmmm...this thread has been on topic for WAY too long.

 

::hums the SPAM song through her teeth::

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::hums the SPAM song through her teeth::

 

Customer:

Morning,

 

Waitress:

Morning.

 

Customer:

What have you got?

 

Waitress:

Well, there's egg and bacon,

egg sausage and bacon

Egg and spam

Egg, bacon and spam

Egg, bacon, sausage and spam

Spam, bacon, sausage and spam

Spam, egg, spam, spam, bacon and spam

Spam, sausage, spam, spam, spam, bacon, spam tomato and spam

Spam, spam, spam, egg and spam

Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, baked beans, spam, spam, spam and spam.

 

(Choir: Spam! Spam! Spam! Spam! Lovely Spam! Lovely Spam!)

 

Or Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a mornay sauce

served in a provencale manner with shallots and aubergines

garnished with truffle pate, brandy and a fried egg on top and spam.

 

Wife:

Have you got anything without spam?

 

Waitress:

Well, the spam, eggs, sausage and spam

That's not got much spam in it

 

Wife:

I don't want any spam!

 

Customer:

Why can't she have eggs, bacon, spam and sausage?

 

Wife:

That's got spam in it!

 

Customer:

Hasn't got much spam in it as spam, eggs, sausage and spam has it?

 

(Choir: Spam! Spam! Spam!...)

 

Wife:

Could you do me eggs, bacon, spam and sausage without the spam, then?

 

Waitress:

Iiiiiiiiiiiich!!

 

Wife:

What do you mean 'Iiiiiiiiiich'? I don't like spam!

 

(Choir: Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!)

 

Waitress (to choir):

Shut up!

 

(Choir: Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!)

 

Waitress:

Shut Up! Bloody Vikings!

You can't have egg, bacon, spam and sausage without the spam.

 

Wife:

I don't like spam!

 

Customer:

Shush dear, don't have a fuss. I'll have your spam. I love it,

I'm having spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, baked beans,

spam, spam, spam, and spam!

 

(Choir: Spam! Spam! Spam! Spam! Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!)

 

Waitress:

Shut Up!! Baked beans are off.

 

Customer:

Well, could I have her spam instead of the baked beans then?

 

Waitress:

You mean spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam,

spam and spam?

 

Choir (intervening):

Spam! Spam! Spam! Spam!

Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!

Spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam.

Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam!

Spam spam spam spam!

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OH...Glory..the Spam,Spam,Spam...Oh glorius Spam...Spam...! LOL

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Off topic hmmm...

 

 

 

Eminem's latest video spoofs Star Trek (amongst other things). He plays Mr. Spock, and the venerable Dr. Dre plays the Captain. Failed to catch the name of their ship. I failed to see Spam in the video. (on YouTube)

 

-Precip

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Immanuel Kant was a real ######-ant who was very rarely stable.

Heideggar, Heideggar was a boozy beggar who could think you under the table.

David Hume could out-consume Wilhelm Freidrich Hegel.

And Whittgenstein was a beery swine who was just as sloshed as Schlegel.

There's nothing Nieizsche couldn't teach 'ya 'bout the raising of the wrist.

Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed.

John Stewart Mill, of his own free will, after half a pint of shanty was particularly ill.

Plato, they say, could stick it away, half a crate of whiskey every day!

Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle,

And Hobbes was fond of his Dram.

And Rene Descartes was a drunken fart:

"I drink, therefore I am."

Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;

A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed.

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I have finally committed to the digital world and gotten a Twitter account. Huzzah huzzah. :D

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I have finally committed to the digital world and gotten a Twitter account. Huzzah huzzah. :D

I like Twitter and all, but their site can be horribly slow, especially during the work day.

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I have finally committed to the digital world and gotten a Twitter account. Huzzah huzzah. :D

 

I like Twitter and all, but their site can be horribly slow, especially during the work day.

 

Explain Twitter to me? I've been hearing quite a few peeps speak of it, and I gather that you can send updates out to your online active buds throughout the day to let them know what you are doing minute to minute. Or, is it more of a networking thing, what with business types setting up meetings and such?

 

Minute to Minute:

- I'm driving to work/school now.

- I'm in the bathroom now. (TMI, TMI, mental image must be...erased)

- I'm going to pick up the kids now from practice

 

Business:

- The meeting is set for Day at Time. Tom, Dick and Harry will be joining us.

 

I don't want people to know my whereabouts twenty four seven, like in a constant stream. It just seems like high maintenance? There's something to be said for anonymity and just going about your daily business. Or even just using the cell to call and let someone know "Hey, I'll be late so don't worry". The business connections/updates I can see as the more viable option.

 

"Where You At?" to quote the Boost Mobile commercials.

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Well, as I understand it...it depends on the person using it, really. It's called, technically, "microblogging," the idea being that you are keeping a blog except in very small chunks (140 characters or less). Some people really do the moment-to-moment thing but a lot of people are less extreme about it, just tossing out something every couple of hours or even every couple of days about important events. My dad just uses it to post links to interesting news stories. It's also a communication device, as you can address posts to certain people and have conversations.

 

I really don't know; I just kind of grabbed one and thought I'd mess around with it. I guess I will report back with further updates as events warrant.

 

I'm avoiding a paper. Can you tell? :D

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Explain Twitter to me?

 

I always forget what the YouTube policy is precisely here, but here is a link to a great 2 minute video explaining Twitter called "Twitter in Plain English".

 

These guys do a lot of other videos on social networking and internet-based applications, though my personal favorite is "Zombies in Plain English."

 

As Sam said, Twitter is for people who really are interested in the minutia of your life. In the the realm of politics, where I work, it's a great source for information sharing, breaking news, etc. It can also serve as an alternative media medium like blogging currently does. Alternative media in the last decade or so has transformed the way the traditional media does business, in part, by providing them more sources and in some instances, placing pressure on journalists to reduce bias in reporting.

 

In general, though, I think Facebook has much more staying power.

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In general, though, I think Facebook has much more staying power.

 

Probably true, as I'm already discovering that it is much easier to find people you might know on Facebook than it is on Twitter. Rather annoying. ::busily hunting; such a net addict::

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oddly enough this was mentioned to me by some friends "twitter is the new facebook". i was super reluctant to even latch on to facebook, and frankly, i still dont do too much with it. but to me it seems like the exact same thing, especially with all the people with smart phones, they are constantly updating their status, and to me it is essentially the same (as i understand it).

 

maybe its just that i really dont have any desire to find out what my friends are doing every few hours. i can usually sum it up in one word "work". i remember one foxtrot comic that turned twitter into a very funny extreme, and showing it to be very useful! http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2009/03/22/

 

just my 3 and a half cents.

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