May 07, 2005
Anyway, here are your Day Eight Questions for THE FIRST (AND LAST) CAKE EATER STAR WARS TRIVIA CONTEST
- Who, according to Vader, is "as clumsy as he is stupid"?
- What type of vessels escorted Darth Vader's shuttle in Return of the Jedi?
- What insurgent movement was formed in opposition to the Empire
- What city and what planet are shown celebrating just before the Imperial capitol is shown at the end of Return of the Jedi Special Edition?
- Who called Chewbacca a "hairy beast"?
- How many TIE's followed the Millenium Falcon into the second Death Star's reactor?
Have at 'em, kids.
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once again, Doug. No one else seemed to want to get their geek on. Hmmph.
Anyway, congratulations, again, go out to Doug. The rest of you should know that he did miss one, so if you had bothered to enter your answers, you could have conceivably run away with it.
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May 06, 2005
Eric Hoplin will be on Fox News this afternoon with Neil Cavuto discussing the importance of reforming social security.Your World with Neil Cavuto starts at 3:00 PM CT and is replayed at
midnight.Also, Eric's wife Nicole has written a great letter regarding Ann Coulter's recent visit to the University of St. Thomas that has been posted on the Power Line blog.{...}
Since I have NO idea who these people are, Doug was good enough to inform me that Eibensteiner and Hoplin are the Minnesota State Republican Party Chair and Vice Chair respectively.
Grrrrrrr. Rant ahead. Consider yourselves warned.
To: All Minnesota Politicos
From: Me
RE: Promotional Emails
To Whom It May Concern:
I have officially HAD IT with you people sending me emails, looking for cheap PR.
Please read this, and then this.
I cannot tell you how badly this frustrates me.
I do not care about your world, AKA the inbred world of Minnesota Politics. I don't care about what issue you're plugging today that you think signals the sky is going to fall down hard on all of us. I don't care about how you think same-sex marriage is truly going to bring Armageddon on us. I do not care about how Ann Coulter was "abused" at St. Thomas. I do not have a shrine to Sarah Janacek set up in the Cake Eater Pad. Most importantly, I DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU OR YOUR PISSANT LITTLE AGENDAS. They bore me to tears. They always HAVE bored me to tears, hence I don't write about them. Did you get that or SHOULD I REPEAT MYSELF ONCE MORE? I'll repeat myself. I DO NOT WRITE ABOUT MINNESOTA POLITICS! IT BORES ME. Since this is MY blog, and not YOUR free PR outlet, I shall declare what is worthy subject matter and NOT YOU! Did you get it this time? I would hope so, or I'm really going to reconsider voting for your party next time around.
Furthermore, it would behoove you to learn which blogs do care about such things. There are PLENTY of them out there. Trust me on this one. There are many, many bloggers who would love to receive your promotional emails. That you haven't figured this out yet just signals to me that you have absolutely no clue as to what the blogosphere is all about. If you actually read the blogs you are so interested in courting favor with you would---A-freakin-HEM---already know that you will gain no purchase here.
Consider yourselves warned. The next time I get an email from ANY Minnesota politico, I will mock it. And believe me, you don't want that. If you think this post is harsh, just you wait.
Go elsewhere with your crap. Reading Powerline does not mean you are well-informed on how the blogosphere works. It just means you are, like Jane, an ignorant slut.
/rant
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The reason I ask is because he really, really needs one of these. Badly.
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Woot!
If you need the rule or are wondering what the heck this is all about, go here and be enlightened!
- What slimy, green-faced, trunk-nosed alien makes a one minute appearance in Star Wars: A New Hope before being blasted?
- What color was Darth Vader's lightsaber blade?
- Which film in the trilogy features Admiral Ackbar?
- What substance is mined on Cloud City?
- Whose periscope is the only thing seen above the sand after his leap from the upper deck of Jabba's sail barge?
- What sound effect was produced by tapping on a radio tower's guide-wire?
Have at 'em. As always, you can either throw your answers in the comments or you can email them to me.
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...Doug. (Once again. C'mon people, he's running away with this thing.) With a very honorable mention going to the Wiz, who got five out of the six correct.
Congratulations to you both for having some fun!
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May 05, 2005
Okeydokey. Here's today's batch. As always, either throw your answers in the comments or send them to me via email.
- Who bravely assumed full responsibility for losing track of the Falcon, and then apologized to Lord Vader?
- How many engines does an X-wing fighter boast?
- Who was the first Rebel pilot to die during the first Death Star battle?
- What color is Hoth as seen from space?
- What character was referred to as "the Critter," during early story meetings for The Empire Strikes Back?
- What two pilots were Luke's wingmates during his Death Star trench run?
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...with The Wiz of Down For Repairs coming in second in what ultimately turned out to be a photo-finish.
I actually had to judge this one. Woooh. Work was involved, you should be proud of me. Anyhoo...Kevin had all the answers correct, but the Wiz failed to list a crucial element in one of his answers, hence Kevin takes the marbles. Mazeltov, congratulations, etc.
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Regarding their motivations:
{..}What are their shadowy motives? I was dumbfounded at first, but with the discovery of this photo, I'm pretty sure that they are here to crash parties, get drunk and annoy girls.
I, Kath the Cake Eater, hearby swear that I have confirmation of Gordon's story.
You see, this is the Americanized version the Llamas would like to present to you, the average American Joe.
But as you can see from this next image, all is not as it seems with the Llamas.
Yes. That's right. Someone photoshopped the tequila and the sombrero out of the image. They AMERICANIZED it. Someone has some explainin' to do Lucy! Or should I say, {insert pointed finger here} STEPHANOESTEBAN?
The fact that Roberto's not wearing a sombero only confirms the fact that no matter where he might be---Mexico or Dee Cee---he's the type of Llama who's too fastidious with the hair gel to wear a hat. StephanoEsteban, well, honestly. The sombero, now that you can see it in all of its glory, well, suits. The fact that "Yip! Yip! Yip!" works as well in Spanish as it does in English tells the discriminating viewer that they're clever that way and are all about saving themselves some work!
Of course, none of this goes into the fact that they're hanging out with Susan-freakin'-Sarandon.
But this should be enough for the WaPo to start a full-blown MSM Woodward-Bernstein-ish smackdown.
I'm sure Sadie, Jose Cuervo's lover, can pick up where Gordon and I left off.
UPDATE: Dork-a-thon?
Ahem.
Hi, my name is Pot. You must be the kettle. I hate to tell you this, but just on the off chance that you don't know, well...YOU'RE BLACK!
Three words, I believe, will suffice in this situation: BRING IT, ELI!
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May 04, 2005
If you're new to all this bewildering contest stuff, go here for the rules to the game. You may either put your answers in the comments or you can email them to me. There's a definite theme to today's questions. Have fun with it.
- Who called the Millenium Falcon a "bucket of bolts?"
- How many lasers are on each of the Millenium Falcon's turret cannons?
- Who owned the Millenium Falcon before Han Solo?
- What was the Falcon inside of when it lost its topside radar dish?
- How many holomonsters are visible on the Millenium Falcon's holoboardgame
- What's Chewbacca's position aboard the Millenium Falcon?
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...Ith!
Woohoo! Way to have some fun, girl! (Maybe this will make up for the whole House thing)
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NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO'effinNO! on the whole House/Cameron dating thing.
Come on. Asking for a date as your one condition to return to work? How freakin' contrived is that? Bleech. That's something straight out of a Nora Roberts novel. Honestly, I thought the writers on this show were better than that.
While I will, undoubtedly, enjoy watching this train-wreck-in-the-making, Cameron just bugs me. And she is so not the girl for him. I don't know that there even is a girl for House, or that there ever could be a suitable mate for that man. It's like trying to pair Sherlock Holmes up with someone. Irene Adler may have, ultimately, been the love of Sherlock's life, but he didn't exactly wind up with her, ya dig?
If you're interested, there's a poll up over at the House site on this topic. I voted "Neither." I think you should as well.
If you know what's good for you.
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Anyway, those wacky llamas picked up on a topic that's been traveling around: movies that are aimed at your gender, but that you may not like; movies aimed at the other gender, that you do like, etc.
Ahem.
Guy movies that I, a woman, love
- Highlander (
Is it really wrong of me to think that Clancy Brown as the Kurgen was kinda sexy in a perverted sort of way?See the comments. He totally stole that movie.) - Die Hard (The original. Number II sucks. Number III ain't bad when compared to number II, but is a pale imitator of the original. I have my brother, David, to thank for hooking me on this one. I know all the lines.)
- All the James Bond movies (Excepting, of course, those with Roger Moore. Won't watch them and you can't make me.)
- Enter The Dragon (I have the husband to thank for my Kung Fu movie habit)
- The Matrix Series (Yes. I like all three. If you don't, you just didn't get it. I pity you.)
- Band of Brothers. (Not a movie, but rather a miniseries, I know, but this is one that if someone bought it for me (hint, hint) I would be eternally happy.)
Chick Flicks that I, a chick, do not like
- Beaches (How do I hate this move? Let me count the ways...)
- Titanic
- How to Make An American Quilt
- To Gillian on Her Thirty-Seventh Birthday
- Fried Green Tomatoes
- City of Angels (Colm Feore was the only redeeming thing about that movie. Well, that and the soundtrack.)
- Ghost
- An Officer and a Gentleman
- Dirty Dancing (Go ahead and put Baby in a corner. I won't stop you. I don't give a rat's ass. Really. I don't.)
- It Could Happen To You
- Bridget Jones' Diary (It slays me to admit this one because my adoration of Colin Firth is well-documented. Really, I love the book. I just hate this adaptation. It got it all wrong.)
Movies that I, as a hardened, cynical, unfeeling, soulless person tend to break down in tears watching.
- Steel Magnolias (Every single time. I can't help myself.)
- The English Patient
- Terms of Endearment (Give my daughter her medicine!)
- Love Story
- Hope Floats
- An Affair To Remember(If it had to happen to one of us, why couldn't it have been me?)
- Schindler's List
- Saving Private Ryan
- Philadelphia
Discuss at will.
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May 03, 2005
I'm not going to insert a reminder about the rules. If you're new to this, go read this post and be enlightened.
- What two characters did Luke order Jabba to release into his custody?
- What vehicle did Luke Skywalker take down with a harpoon gun and a land mine?
- How does a cantina patron translate the remark of a drunken alien who tells Luke, "Negola dewaghi wooldugger"?
- What planet's system contains a great deal of meteor activity?
- What short furry creatures are revered for being master builders and artisans? {Ed. If you don't get this one, I'm going to doubt your intelligence because it's a FREAKIN' gimme!}
- Who created the unique sound effects used in the movie trilogy?
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Doug. Again. Kevin of Eckernet, while giving it a valiant try, nonetheless just wrote "ditto" to Doug's answers. That, in my humble Empire-running opinion, just doesn't cut the mustard. Ya gotta show me your work, dude. So, after giving it a day, I will say this much: you can email me your answers if you'd rather not dump them into the comments. Sigh.
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May 02, 2005
Well, if he hasn't, I surely have.
{Decent God-fearing people should not take the jump. The rest of ya, well, since you're going to burn in hell with me, come on down!)
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Realize this is not fiction, either.
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Go on over and check him out!
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I should not have feared, it seems. Just when you think you're a dork, someone else comes along and totally outdoes you.
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{Insert reminders about not Googling the answers here}
- What did Luke refer to when he told Leia, "In time, you'll learn to use it as I have"?
- Who reached for his laser pistol when an Ewok stuck a spear in his face?
- Who sees Luke before the first Death Star battle and exclaims, "I don't believe it! How'd you get here"?
- What enemy vehicles did the Rebels first spot from Echo Station 3T8?
- Who first saw the mynocks crawling on the Millenium Falcon's hull?
- What did Luke not know the power of, according to Darth Vader?
Throw your answers in the comments, please. Don't send any more secretive Imperial transmissions to the email box because you're afraid the Rebels might intercept them.
Or I'll do that Darth Vader choke-hold thingy.
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