THE GRIND
Well, due to a LARGE number of reasons I'm gonna be working tomorrow (Saturday) and Sunday. Clients, deadlines, production problems, and of course, documentation.

Are we up to the challenge? YEAH!

It just annoys me that it has to happen, since I've got to go on vacation SOON! I don't want another year to go by without vacation, darn it.
ALAMAT?
Hi, my name is Tina. I am 19 and currently a student in New York City. I like to show off on my webcam when my folks are not at home.

Come and see me playing with myself live on my webcam. You can register yourself for FREE! It's all just a click away ;-).


These were the words that greeted me when I went to www.alamat.com. I hope that when you go there, it's fixed. But it won't be. You see, this used to be the url of Alamat Comics, which can now be found at www.alamatcomics.com. There's this scam goin' on where folks immediately hijack a domain name the moment it lapses... then try to sell it back to you at a horribly inflated price.

Sadness.
BABYLON 5
I'd forgotten all about it, but my new DVD set reminded me that Babylon 5 won a couple of Hugos in its series lifetime. These Hugos were for Best Dramatic Presentation. The Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is given to: Any production in any medium of dramatized science fiction or fantasy which has been publicly presented for the first time in its present dramatic form during the previous calendar year. In the case of individual programs presented as a series, each program is individually eligible, but the series as a whole is not eligible; however, a sequence of installments constituting a single dramatic unit may be considered as a single program (eligible in the year of the final installment).

The award is primarily focused on the story and the storytelling of the dramatic presentation... it's an award for writing and is determined by nominations from and a popular vote of the membership of the World Science Fiction Society.

Interestingly, Babylon 5 Season 3 episodes "War without End" and "Z'Ha'Dum" both received enough votes to be nominated, but show creator J. Michael Straczynski reportedly declined.

1997
Babylon 5: Severed Dreams (TV)
Independence Day
Mars Attacks!
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Trials and Tribble-ations (TV)

1996
Babylon 5: The Coming of Shadows (TV)
Apollo 13
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Visitor (TV)
Toy Story
12 Monkeys

Holy heck! I'm kinda stunned given the competition those years. I would've thought that ST: First Contact would've won in 1997, or that Apollo 13 would've won in 1996.
Enter... the MOOTRIX!
PVP Online is one of my fave online comics. Here's the latest commentary on the Matrix sequel: PVP Online
[I changed the image to a link - it was messing with the blog formatting]

I especially like the "Whoa" bit.
The Last, Best Hope...
Fear me! I have the Babylon 5 Second Season on DVD! At last, I get to see the episodes I missed...

There'a few extras too that I lookforward to perusing...

Misheard Lyrics
This one's bad. You know how folks mis-hear lyrics and continue to sing them incorrectly?

The Greatest Love of All: "I decided long ago, never to walk with Edu Manzano, if I fail, if I'm sixteen..."