I hope you all are doing well this Christmas. Getting presents sorted, wrapped and tagged ready to be ripped open by friends and family. Any of those preparing a Christmas dinner be sure to play it safe and not burn down the house.
If anyone, like me, has nasty weather pulling in...leave early to allow for others on the road that didn't. We have a Winter Storm Warning issued for our area, this should be fun. It has been raining for over 24 hour's straight here. Come tonight it will change over to freezing rain, then to sleet then to snow...blah. Ice and sleet accumulation is possible, with 5-9 inches of snow possible. Now I haven't had a white Christmas since we lived in Minnesota, so needless to say my kids are very excited about maybe getting a white Christmas. I have told them not to get their hopes up too high; in the off chance the storm misses us.
Now I have all my presents wrapped, food shopping done, menu planned and family coming over to spend the day and enjoy. Then on Saturday we will pack up and go to my friend's house to exchange gifts. On New Year's Day we will be going to my Grandma's for Christmas there. I think that about does it for my holiday activities.
How will you guys be spending your holidays? Any special traditions that you guys have? What about must haves on the dinner menu? Fill me in.
Back to work for me. Be safe this holiday season and be good to one another.
Ok guys I am gonna jet, I have lots to do. Enjoy!!
Later Taters!!
Stu...
So, it was just Halloween. I ate lots of candy and had some fun, so all was good.
I decided to carve some pumpkins for Halloween, so I went off to Curtis Orchard, the world's most magical copyright infringement-filled adventure, an apple orchard and pumpkin patch that use without license a bunch of Wizard of Oz names and characters to theme their place, right down to the "Flying Monkey Cafe". I found two decent pumpkins (all the perfect ones were long gone, but I got a good couple) and brought them home to start carving.
I also wanted to carve a Peacekeeper symbol (from Farscape) jack-o-lantern and a Stargate logo jack-o-lantern, but ultimately I settled on a Dollhouse logo one and a Christmas Turtle one! There's always next year for the others.
Here's my Dollhouse one: (the U turned out kinda funky)
And lit...
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And here's my Christmas Turtle jack-o-lantern! 
And here it is lit...
How cool is that? 
And then there was my costume. I wasn't going out anywhere, so instead of putting together a whole real costume I just wanted something quick and simple as all hell for fun. So, I took an idea from TV.com's list of last-minute TV-inspired Halloween costumes (minus their bashing of Dollhouse which was so annoying) and threw on some pajamas to become: an Active, from Dollhouse!
What do you think?
And here I am as an Active with my Dollhouse jack-o-lantern.
So, that all was pretty cool.
And then I was supposed to have a friend over for an alien movie marathon, but she got sick at the last minute and had to cancel. So, I got my Buffy DVDs and had myself a little marathon of the Halloween episodes and spooky episodes. Not bad for Halloween.
I hope everyone else had a great Halloween too!
Hi all, just thought I'd let you know that I'm off on holiday; I'll be away from the 25 July to August 1st.
Should anyone want to contibute to any shows I edit, I'll deal with the submissions as soon as I get back.
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Hubby's having surgery on his left foot again on July 13. While the first surgery fixed some things, it didn't fix everything and it created additional problems. He's still in constant pain and can't stay on his feet for any length of time. I guess it's easy for these things to go wrong because he's found that a lot of people have had the same issues after foot surgery that he's having. I really hope this second surgery fixes everything. You just can't do anything when your foot hurts all the time. When you're feet hurt, it's the only thing you can think about.
Work is going well, but I'm so busy there. I'm not complaining because it's better than being bored with nothing to do, but it gets so crazy sometimes. I prefer it to be steady rather than manic. I'm on call this week, but haven't been paged (touch wood). I don't really feel like going out to the plant after hours right now.
I haven't been watching a lot of television lately since just about everything is on hiatus. Torchwood is going to begin airing here on July 20 and I'm looking forward to that.
BBC America also aired the Doctor Who Christmas special on June 27. They'll be airing the rest of the specials instead of SyFy as well. I'm glad. They treat the show a lot better than SyFy did. SyFy cut scenes from every episode to make room for ads. The only time BBCA does that is when they re-air episodes that last an hour or more. They never cut it on the first airing, so we always have at least one chance to see the entire episode.
I'm renting Invasion from Netflix. I didn't see it when it aired and I'm sorry I didn't. It's an excellent show. It's too bad they cancelled it. It turns out that Shaun Cassidy is pretty good at creating stories. At any rate, I have 7 episodes left and I'm looking forward to them. I'm pretty sure it ends with a massive cliff hanger, though.
I've gotten hooked on another show by renting it from Netflix as well. It's called Dexter. Unfortunately, I don't have Showtime so I can't watch this when it airs. The season 3 DVD is going to be released next month, but I won't be able to watch season 4 in September.
It's been dreadfully hot here the last month and we've had only 1 day with any rain. It was only enough rain to wet the surface of the ground as well. The ground is so dry and we can't really water because it just evaporates. The city has even asked people not to water their yards on even number days. The temperature has reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius), but it feels like 110 degrees (43 degrees) with the heat index. I'm sure it's going to get worse because August is the hottest month of the year and it's been like this for the entire month of June. The electric bill is going to be huge. There's just no way to tolerate it without air conditioning. I sure hope we don't get another hurricane. The water is so warm, the thing would become massive fairly quickly.
That's it for me. I hope everyone is having a happy and safe 4th of July.
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1 ) Look at what's already on the page. If there's nothing there yet, look at another episode page. If you want to know what name to use for a regular character (Dick vs. Captain Richard), or if a name should be bolded, or whether there should be double-spacing between quote lines, or whether quotation marks should be used, or where to use italics, do what's already been done. If you're not sure how to do the XHTML, click on Edit for an existing entry and see how it's done.
2 ) Don't steal from another site. Except for Quotes, everything should be in your own words (and that includes quote contextual material). Even summaries based on press releases should be rewritten as "your content." It's a TV.com requirement, it's copyright, and it's common courtesy.
3 ) Be accurate and provide a source. Unless you're an incredibly fast typist/writer and have an incredible ear for dialogue, pause the recording. Rewind. Transcribe the dialogue, rewind again, double-check. For episodes that haven't aired yet, always provide an original verifiable source in Comments. Provide as complete a URL as possible: if I can't find it, I can't accept it.
4 ) If you edit, use Comments to tell me what you're editing and why. Be specific. "Fixing 2 typos." doesn't help. "Changed "his" to "her" in third paragraph, changed "their" to "they're" in second paragraph" does. If something should be deleted, mark it for deletion and put the explanation in Comment, don't "argue" or give a "response."
5 ) Know basic grammar and punctuation. "I" is capitalized. Names are capitalized. Sentences get periods at the end (or question marks or exclamation marks). A single space goes after most punctuation except at the end of a sentence. Know the difference between "its" and "it's." ("It's" = "It is"). When speaking to someone and using their name, a comma goes before and after their name. "It's true that I love you, Fred, but I love you too, George." is correct. "Its true that i love you fred but I love you too,George" is not.
6 ) Don't duplicate. Particularly for major plot points, if the info is in the Recap, it doesn't need to be in Notes or Trivia. If a quote appears entirely in Allusions, it doesn't need to be in Quotes as well. Click on More Quotes/Trivia/Notes. You typically don't see everything on the episode's main page.
7 ) Don't anticipate. That's part of being accurate. Don't go by previews--sometimes scenes get cut or another version used when the episode goes to air. Don't assume an Allusion will be an allusion until you see the episode.
8 ) It's not personal. Don't insert stuff like "I" or "Don't you think" or "We all know..." Stick to the factual and put opinions, analysis, and speculation into your review.
9 ) Quotes. Quotes should be memorable, significant, and/or humorous. They should stand on their own and make sense to someone who hasn't seen the show, and represent quality writing. Don't use quotes just to "prove" something or indicate a key moment if the words aren't otherwise memorable, significant, or humorous. Try to focus on the key line or lines and avoid three paragraphs of "set up" quotes. Bold the speaker name, then put in an unbolded colon, then a space, then the line quote. Don't put quotation marks around each line. Hit a single Return/Enter for the next speaker's line. Contextual explanations should be used as little as possible, be as short as possible, put in parentheses, and italicized. For episodes that aren't currently premiering, a time code in the Comment section is preferred.
10 ) Notes. As per TV.com standards, Notes is for off-screen production-related stuff. Stuff the characters wouldn't know. Background music, special credit info, relevant background on the actors, in-jokes, etc. "What else they've been in" and "They're best known for" and "They've worked together before" is covered by the cast list section and its links, unless there's some kind of in-joke involved.
11 ) Trivia. As per TV.com standards, Trivia is for obscure yet on-screen stuff the viewer might not notice. This includes goofs. Plot points and other obvious stuff are often spoilers and are not Trivia--they should go in the Recap. According to TV.com guidelines, Trivia is not merely a catchall for anything that doesn't fit in the other categories. Nor is it the place for fan theories or speculation, or goofs based on same.
12 ) Allusions. As per TV.com standards, Allusions are for cultural references--other TV shows, movie, films, books. Always provide the single line of the quotation first that contains the Allusion (formatted as #9 above), then a single return, then the explanation. Internal continuity is pretty common in TV shows so unless it's obscure (Trivia), it's not an Allusion. The explanation (not cut-n-pasted) should be detailed enough that someone unfamiliar with the allusion can understand: roughly 20-50 words, one paragraph. Word definitions and translations are not Allusions (or Trivia or Notes, either). Allusions are deliberate and typically something the writers have the characters say. Allusions should be unique and reference the original source whenever possible, rather then another show that references the original source.
13 ) Summaries and Recaps. Summaries should be short and not give away any spoilers. Recaps should be a complete scene-by-scene account of the episode, without stage directions or meta-references like "In this scene...". Actor names don't go in summaries or recaps. Write it like you'd write a reference book entry. Don't include real-life info ("This season," actor listings, etc.). Save quotes for the Quote section (see #9 above).
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One last thing. If you submit something and it's rejected, remember: it's nothing personal. These standards are in place to promote accuracy, readability, and keep the episode pages from being too "cluttered" with extraneous info. If you get a rejection, read the Comments I provide, come here and look at these guidelines, and PM me if you have any questions. Some folks I had to reject the first time are now my most prolific contributors.
I am not sure how long it's been since I have written here but I am sure it's been over a year. Since then I got married last June and had another baby, Robin, last July. 2008 was a busy year!
I just read on here that Without a Trace and Cold Case will probably get cancelled. This news does not make me happy, they are on my top list of favorite shows. The same thing happend last year with Men in Trees and October Road getting cancelled. Grrr. Right now I am liking My Boys and Greek as well as my old favorites Private Practice, Grey's, CSI and Criminal Minds. Wow- I watch too much TV!
Hello everyone, I thought I'd post the following PM I received from jkatj and the response I sent. I should've explained this earlier but if you all could help to get the word out I'd appreciate it.
"Hi waltmor, Sorry to bother you, but I have a question that I think you might be able to help me with. Lately, I've been noticing in addition to forums for shows with names like "Official Episode Discussion: [episode name]" there are sometimes show forums set up titled "Homepage Discussion: [episode name]." I've been wondering what different purpose the two are meant to have. While searching around trying to find an answer, I noticed that you started all the "Homepage Discussion" forums that I can find right now (for example in forums for "The Unit," "30 Rock," "CSI"). Could you fill me in on what should be discussed under "Homepage Discussion" vs. "Official Episode Discussion"? I appreciate your help"
The difference is that I'm trying to keep comments made on the homepage in the main feature block out of the official episode discussions. I have to associate a forum topic to each of the main homepage headlines now in order to accommodate the comments that are made. And I'd rather keep them outside the official discussion threads because they're shorter and much more casual than the entries in the official threads. Does that make sense?
If anyone has a better suggestion for what to title each of these new threads please let me know. I settled on "Homepage Discussion" because I thought that might be self-explanatory but if that's not working so well I can adjust it.
To any who read this, please note that as of November 4, 2008 I have started to re-watch all the Thundercats episodes. My intent is to update all summaries, clean-up all the notes and trivia, and fix up the cast lists.
I have been getting many submissions since I became editor of this guide, with items that don't make sense. Much of that is due to the sorry state of repair that this guide is in. While I welcome your submissions while I go through the episodes (there are a ton at 130 after all), please note that I will try to keep the rejection / acceptance of everything consistent going forward.
I will be trying, where time permits, to write recaps as well. If you are willing to write a recap (it takes me roughly 1 hour, plus viewing time) then refer to the first episode's recap as what it should look like.
More information ...
Wow, haven't been here in a LONG time, haven't written a blog in an even longer one. I just finished my freshman year of college. I went to my local Community College, CSI, or College of Staten Island, and I kind of regret it. Without the whole living on your own thing, it just sorta feels like a slightly different high school, at least so far it does. Besides that, nothing interesting has happened to me since I was last here, I really do lead a boring life...
And on that slightly depressing note, lets talk about TV baby, I mean that is what this site is for isn't it. The Lost season finale just aired last week and damn I LOVED it. This season as a whole has been slightly dissapointing. After a great start it seemed to lose alot of momentum in the middle, but it definetely picked up towards the end. I mean damn, first off, in one hour they killed off three members of the original cast. I'm definetely gonna miss Jin, he be the man. Yunjin Kim's performance in the finale was excellent, porbably the best stuff she's done since season one. And Micheal didn't affect me much since I barely even realised he was back. I mean seriously, what's the point of bringing the guy back just to kill him a couple of eps later, such a wasted opportunity. And damn, Locke is the guy in the coffin, damn, did not see that one coming. Also didn't expect the Oceanic Six to be rescued so quickly. And there rescue was a very exciting one, I mean damn, their helicopter went down straight into the ocean (not killing any of em, even the baby, cause obviously, as evidenced by Michael, you can only die when the island wants you to die, or something). Loved the rescue by Penny, I should of saw it coming when I saw the boat, but I was too damn caught up in the ep to even think about it. Desmond and Penny's reunion was so touching, just beautiful. Hope that Dan dude isn't gone, he was my favorite of the freighter folk. I have no idea where they're gonna go next season, back on the island in the present with flash-forwards to the oceanic six, or will there be a permanent jump to the future (like Desperate Housewives) we were first introduced to in last years finale? That's what I'm really curious about.
Speaking of Desperate Housewives I'm still shocked by the five year jump. And I'm still pissed they had Susan kissing some random younger guy. I mean, I've never been a huge Mike fan but this season it was so nice to see them happy and together, it just worked. I can't help but think the only reason they broke em up was so Susan could actually be interesting next season, grrrr...
Battlestar Galactica, this season has definetely been interesting. I've found it very hard to get into, though the last few eps have been a big improvement. Friday's ep really annoyed me though. I simply do not buy into Lee being the President, I just don't. I never even bought into him being a politician, let alone President. I was so hoping that dude with the glasses and the dead cat would just put an end to his miserable, annoying existence...Besides that, I like what they're doing with the show at the moment. Tigh's relationship with the imprisoned six is definetely interesting, with his dead wife showin up every now and then and I was shocked to hear she was pregnant, damn. And I love the whole civil war thing the cylons have got going on, very cool. Next weeks ep looks interesting, and the ads better be misleading, cause I really don't see Rosling being the final cylon.
Anyway, onto Buffy season eight. I'm in love with this series, it's like a dream come true and it just keeps getting better and better. The Wolves at the Gate arc has been great. I did have the infamous Buffy/Satsu in bed thing spoiled to me by the internets, but the actual scene is now one of my favorites of the series, everyone walking in on the two was hillarious and immediately ended any annoying storylines involving Buffy keeping a secret from her friends like she did back in season six. The scene was hillarious, Andrew's lines were probably the best -"Hi Buffy, Hi nude asian girl. How much Dramamine did I take?" Seriously loved it. The rest of the arc has of course been great as well. Love Xander and Renee's relationship development, and have to say I did not see the end of issue 14 coming AT ALL. Joss is definetely evil, that's all there is to it. Love Giant Dawn, as always, how can you not love her when she says things like "Hi, or I mean...ROAR!" Though I gotta say I don't like the way Georges Jeanty draws her, she look 14...Oh and I love Drac being back, though I do kinda wish they'd bringing back old character and start bringing in some great shiny new ones.
Also on the Whedon front, I'm so friggin excited about Dollhouse. It will obviously be the greatest thing to ever grace our television screens. And with that I leave you, see ya in December or whenever I come back to this site again and at the same time decide to write a blog...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTN3s2iVKKI
People always asked me why I kept a poster of Network in the office.
Haven't really posted anything here lol I've been really busy with my school work cos this year is my last year so I gotta do the best I can though I don't know how am I goin to end up lol
this feeling.. stressed out... depressed... emptyness
I can't stand it anymore....
I wish things would get better but it seems things aren't the way it was supposed to be and it's just really stressing me out =X
The process I went thru was to take a screen capture of the blurry collage of pics MissRibs supplied and place them side by side with the slide show pics many entertainment sites provided of the 2006 Emmys Red Carpet. The pic that gave me the most trouble was trying to identify the silhouette in #9 who ended up being Vincent Curatola.
Here are the pics and the correct answers, my incorrect guesses are in bold:
1 Kiefer Sutherland
2 Dennis Leary Ann Lembeck
3 Ryan Seacrest
4 Kyra Sedgwick Kevin Bacon / Evageline Lilly + Dominic Monaghan
5 Kevin Nealon / Patrick Dempsey
6 Ellen Pompeo
7 Jeremy Piven
8 Wentworth Miller
9 Vincent Curatola
10 Harrison Ford
11 Steve Schirripa / Sean Hayes
12 Jon Voight
The reason for this is that I have not been on working on my queue due to (1) being on vacation for the summer and (2) not being able to get my queue to load in a quick manner (changes to the site have really caused it to work incredibly slowly on my computer. This has been going on for several month. It is so slow that actually clearing submissions is simply too tedious for me... I don't like having to wait 10 minutes to clear 20 submissions. I really wish trusted users could also clear submissions. I preferred the co-editor systemn of TVTome for that reason. I could go on break without having to worry about such things. I don't know why such a system was never implemented here).
In any case... I suppose that now it is "open season" on several highly desirable guides. I hope who ever gets them does a good job with them. In all honesty, I never really wanted to maintain this many guides. I just liked submitting/correcting things. Unfortunately, however, submissions are the selection criteria for editorship. And I ended up with a bunch. Some of which I have not maintained at all due to a serious lack of interest. Hope they go to the more interested (or even slightly interested).
I shall be retiring from most of my guides. I will make as many people trusted users as possible as I retire. Hopefully you can maintain that status as the change happens (though I am skeptical of this occurring).
I will be retiring from all but the Alfred Hitchcock guides, the Millennium Guide, and the Outer Limits (original series). All of that content was created by me at TVTome (when I was under the impression that I held copyright over the material). I feel that I am perfectly in my rights to maintain them even now.
Taormina, Italy
This is Mount Etna
Taornimo
Ths is looking down on Sorrento
Pisa
The tower, it leans
There are many more pictures but my favorite is a sign that I saw all over Italy.
In American the children walk. Having seen the Roman driver, I understand why the children RUN!
A Good Day for Jack Bauer
Well, as some of you are aware, I have been occasionally lurking on the site. The lurking has consisted of checking my mod queue and moving on to other things. My total computer time on most days is 10 minutes or less and TV.Com has been getting just a passing glance. Saturday, I checked my queue and it was overloaded with submissions for Kiefer Sutherland. I went through those as per my duty as editor. All of the submissions enabled this person to overtake the editorship. Best wishes to MrOzzy on the guide. I am sure the guide will now receive the attention it deserves.
My Time
Since my time is limited, I have been mostly checking sites for information on the shows that I watch. This means I have been using the sites as sources of information only. Sadly, my time as a member of the community is almost zero.
Did I miss my opportunity?
Did I miss my opportunity to say goodbye to the Links Union? Somehow, all the old blogs disappeared along the way. Also, the blue boxies have been put out to pasture. They have vastly improved the whole icon thing from the looks of it. Wasn’t the whole point of the blue boxies that the users wanted more than the site was offering? Apparently, they got the message and improved. This is always nice to see.
Danasdude: A History
This is my memory lane for the site:
July 10 2005: First Blog – Comments to the blog? 0
August 6: Summer Movie List Review
August 9: First Blog with 10 comments – Three of the comments were replies from me.
August 21: First Banner: It was based on 24. Of Course.
August 23: New Level System: I came up with my own levels.
September 1: Graduation: I graduated from the University of Phoenix.
October 2: New Fall Season Report Card
October 6: My first blog with links: I introduce some new friends.
October 7: Record 32 comment blog: MP3.Com relaunch discussion takes off in my blog
October 13: Everything I needed to learn, I learned from TV.Com
October 16: Family Tragedy Blog
October 18: Prison Break Banner Debuts: I put my name on this banner. The only problem was that I failed to size it correctly, so you couldn’t see it.
October 20: Bold Paragraph Titles Debut
October 22: First Editorship: Kiefer Sutherland and Joined Cult of the Named Butterfly
October 25: First Blue Box and Star Wars Banner Debut
October 27: First question appears in red
November 3: My 2nd editorship: Dennis Haysbert
November 4: Links Union is founded
November 6: Links Union Opening Ceremony
November 10: Trusted User: Neil Gaiman. First Blog with Multiple Emblems inside the Blue Box
November 15: Links Open In New Window
November 18: New Links Union Icon Revealed. Awarded Best Blog by voters on MidWestRocker’s blog.
December 2: Burning Questions Setup
February: Awarded the superlative as the Most Missed
May 6: Say Goodbye to editorship of Kiefer Sutherland.
Where to from here?
Now that I am one guide down, I have one less reason to visit the site. As time goes along, I would like to come back by and say hello, however.
I hope that everyone is doing well, and I wish everyone the best.
I lost all of the photos I'd saved from my digital camera...my daughter's graduation, my cat that died, my son's first day of kindergarten... I'm very depressed right now.
I lost all of the spreadsheets for my taxes and other finances. My laptop didn't have a floppy disk drive, and I couldn't get the CD drive to work, so I couldn't save anything on floppies or CDs.
I bought a new laptop, with Norton Anti-Virus and Firewall, and a WORKING CD drive, so now I have protection and I can save my data.
