The Can't Fix Stupid STUPID THREAD VII
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Geek Pride day also coincides with Towel Day, for fans of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the Glorious 25th of May for fans of Terry Pratchett's Discworld.
This is a photo of me at about 3 years old, playing with the family dog Tuffy. Here we are playing "knock the child down and stand on him".
Yes it's really me.
Happy holiday
Happy holiday to you!
One of my great-great-grandmothers was Cherokee (true). So I identify myself as Irish-Geek-Cherokee-American.
I'm half Cherokee. My mothers side of the family are full bloods.
An excellent pedigree.
Mine is more of a Heinz 57 type. :)
Potty training for dogs. I've actually seen this
...I remember not wanting to see it as all I heard were this bad radio commercials that made it sound sooo cheeeezy.
For the next two and a half months I resisted even though friends told me how great it was and how I'd love it because I was into SF and had been working on my own story at the time (oddly enough with the working title "Skyrunners").
Finally several of them (some who had seen it multiple times by now) got together and said they were going to pay for my admission (at .the unheard of price of 3$!) and refreshments. Well we got there, stood in line for something like two showings and then finally entered. OK me the skeptic ready to see a modern day B-film took my seat with rather low expectations. At least I didn't pay for it I thought and it will get everyone to shut up saying how this was the next best thing since sliced bread.
This was the era of the star studded Big Disaster/Nature Gone Bad films and their many sequels. SF attempts at the time were fairly mediocre to OK, with a few notable exceptions (Andromeda Strain, Slaughterhouse-Five, A Boy and His Dog and the hilarious shoestring budget Dark Star).
I still had (and have) fond memories of such classics as Destination Moon, Forbidden Planet, When Worlds Collide, The Day The Earth Stood Still, the original Planet of the Apes, and the epic 2001 A Space Odyssey (the first SF film shot in 70mm format [Cinerama]).
So there were the previews (one I remember for some other film titled Close Encounters "appearing in theatres this November") then everything went dark. Suddenly there was the 20th Century logo,then those now iconic words "a long time ago in a galaxy far far away." (ok, it's not the future, I'll buy that). The "boom" of the opening chord to the theme literally shoved me to my seat as if on a jet that just hit the afterburners. For the next two hours, from when of the first Imperial cruiser passed onto the screen from overhead while chasing Leia's ship, to the dizzying flights through the trench and climactic explosion of the Death Star, it was unlike anything I had ever seen before. Granted, 2001 depicted space as the lonely and dangerous environment it was (often with no sound at all save for the music soundtrack in some exterior shots), but even with all the cinematic inaccuracies, the space fight scenes in Star Wars were riveting. After it was over one of my frriends noticed I had barely touched my drink and still had over a half tub of popcorn left. He then told me I hadn't so much moved a muscle, or even flinched, almost though the entire film.
So while this was Space Opera rather than "hard SF", it was very well done Space Opera. For one, I actually cared about the characters (biological and mechanical alike). Second, the way in which it was filmed (one of the biggest film budgets to date at the time) actually drew me into the scenes. I love the way the civilian and rebel ships looked used and beat up. Touches, like scene outside the cantina at Mos Eisley with the remnants of what looked like a ship which crashed nearby and the bartender yelling at the droids that their kind was not served in his establishment just added to the feel that one (at last myself) was experiencing rather than just watching what transpired.
In that respect the original was a success in my book. It had a definite ending and stands quite well on its own (most likely because Lucas probably wasn't sure Fox - which was lukewarm about funding this project - would go for another next chapter considering the then huge budget of $11 million for a film that had no "big name" stars in the lead roles).
When the film was released, Lucas was in to Hawai'i where only after he saw a news report that mentioned of the crowds flocking to see it did he realise it was a true hit and he suddenly had (to steal a line from the film) "...more wealth than you can imagine..." (incidentally on the heels of the initial success of Star Wars, Francis Ford Coppola wired Lucas to ask for backing so he could finish what would become his iconic portrayal of the Vietnam War, "Apocalypse Now").
Until ET, Star Wars (had been the all time highest grossing films ever. It reclaimed that title for a while after the release of the Special Edition (where digital effects and a few scenes were added) only being eclipsed again by historic romance-drama Titanic.
Interestingly, in 1977, Lucas actually thought that his friend Steven Spielberg would be the one to have the big Sci Fi hit of the year with his yet to be released Close Encounters of the Third Kind. CE3K, while also a good film on it's own merit and reasonably successful, never came close to achieving the worldwide acclaim that Star Wars did.
...the one prize item I have related to the franchise is a copy of the pre-release paperback Star Wars, From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker. with the original Ralph McQuarrie cover and no photo insert pages.
...yep, a geek and proud of it.
...I remember not wanting to see it as all I heard were this bad radio commercials that made it sound sooo cheeeezy.
For the next two and a half months I resisted even though friends told me how great it was and how I'd love it because I was into SF and had been working on my own story at the time (oddly enough with the working title "Skyrunners").
Finally several of them (some who had seen it multiple times by now) got together and said they were going to pay for my admission (at .the unheard of price of 3$!) and refreshments. Well we got there, stood in line for something like two showings and then finally entered. OK me the skeptic ready to see a modern day B-film took my seat with rather low expectations. At least I didn't pay for it I thought and it will get everyone to shut up saying how this was the next best thing since sliced bread.
This was the era of the star studded Big Disaster/Nature Gone Bad films and their many sequels. SF attempts at the time were fairly mediocre to OK, with a few notable exceptions (Andromeda Strain, Slaughterhouse-Five, A Boy and His Dog and the hilarious shoestring budget Dark Star).
I still had (and have) fond memories of such classics as Destination Moon, Forbidden Planet, When Worlds Collide, The Day The Earth Stood Still, the original Planet of the Apes, and the epic 2001 A Space Odyssey (the first SF film shot in 70mm format [Cinerama]).
So there were the previews (one I remember for some other film titled Close Encounters "appearing in theatres this November") then everything went dark. Suddenly there was the 20th Century logo,then those now iconic words "a long time ago in a galaxy far far away." (ok, it's not the future, I'll buy that). The "boom" of the opening chord to the theme literally shoved me to my seat as if on a jet that just hit the afterburners. For the next two hours, from when of the first Imperial cruiser passed onto the screen from overhead while chasing Leia's ship, to the dizzying flights through the trench and climactic explosion of the Death Star, it was unlike anything I had ever seen before. Granted, 2001 depicted space as the lonely and dangerous environment it was (often with no sound at all save for the music soundtrack in some exterior shots), but even with all the cinematic inaccuracies, the space fight scenes in Star Wars were riveting. After it was over one of my frriends noticed I had barely touched my drink and still had over a half tub of popcorn left. He then told me I hadn't so much moved a muscle, or even flinched, almost though the entire film.
So while this was Space Opera rather than "hard SF", it was very well done Space Opera. For one, I actually cared about the characters (biological and mechanical alike). Second, the way in which it was filmed (one of the biggest film budgets to date at the time) actually drew me into the scenes. I love the way the civilian and rebel ships looked used and beat up. Touches, like scene outside the cantina at Mos Eisley with the remnants of what looked like a ship which crashed nearby and the bartender yelling at the droids that their kind was not served in his establishment just added to the feel that one (at last myself) was experiencing rather than just watching what transpired.
In that respect the original was a success in my book. It had a definite ending and stands quite well on its own (most likely because Lucas probably wasn't sure Fox - which was lukewarm about funding this project - would go for another next chapter considering the then huge budget of $11 million for a film that had no "big name" stars in the lead roles).
When the film was released, Lucas was in to Hawai'i where only after he saw a news report that mentioned of the crowds flocking to see it did he realise it was a true hit and he suddenly had (to steal a line from the film) "...more wealth than you can imagine..." (incidentally on the heels of the initial success of Star Wars, Francis Ford Coppola wired Lucas to ask for backing so he could finish what would become his iconic portrayal of the Vietnam War, "Apocalypse Now").
Until ET, Star Wars (had been the all time highest grossing films ever. It reclaimed that title for a while after the release of the Special Edition (where digital effects and a few scenes were added) only being eclipsed again by historic romance-drama Titanic.
Interestingly, in 1977, Lucas actually thought that his friend Steven Spielberg would be the one to have the big Sci Fi hit of the year with his yet to be released Close Encounters of the Third Kind. CE3K, while also a good film on it's own merit and reasonably successful, never came close to achieving the worldwide acclaim that Star Wars did.
...the one prize item I have related to the franchise is a copy of the pre-release paperback Star Wars, From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker. with the original Ralph McQuarrie cover and no photo insert pages.
...yep, a geek and proud of it.
My story exactly except the beginning. My best friend said, "Let's go see this Star Wars movie, I've heard it's good."
The rest of your recollection parallels mine. Good times. Also proud to be a Geek. :)
And I celebrated all of them, anyway. :lol:
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Back to the Stupid...
I'd say I'd have a bit of a fit
A doggie expression which says:
"Well, it was fun while I was doing it, but now...all I'm left with is regret. :)
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Have never actually seen dogs in diapers for potty training. o_O
They do come in handy though when a female is in heat so they don't fling blood everywhere.
It's still amusing to see either way. lol
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You are wrong. You didn't read about that.
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http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/animal-emotions/201303/can-dogs-experience-guilt-pride-and-shame-why-not
It's a hypothesis only. But from what I've seen; dogs do seem to have a sense of shame if they have done something wrong, like peeing on the carpet and the human owner is displeased. I wondered if this was just basic fear, and not shame.
I still say you didn't read it. ;-)
Seriously, though, given the mental sophistication researchers have been discovering in certain animals which go far beyond what we used to think was possible given their brain structure, I am dubious about claims that much more sophisticated social animals like dogs don't have as much emotional sophistication as we do.
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And here's the Stupid... no dog included... or sub's...
A doggie expression which says:
"Well, it was fun while I was doing it, but now...all I'm left with is regret. :)
I tossed a couple of old cushions from our outdoor furniture in the garage for the dogs to have a softer place to lay. Several pieces later I think they are finally getting the idea that if they tear any more of it up there will be nothing left for them to lay on. Then again maybe the tearing up is on hiatus for a few weeks until they go ballistic again on the once were cushions.
I tossed a couple of old cushions from our outdoor furniture in the garage for the dogs to have a softer place to lay. Several pieces later I think they are finally getting the idea that if they tear any more of it up there will be nothing left for them to lay on. Then again maybe the tearing up is on hiatus for a few weeks until they go ballistic again on the once were cushions.LOL, wild dogs nest (sort of) and it's still in domesticated ones as well. Walking in a circle is the mash down and comfy up the grass. When they do it on a Cushion and a piece is all Pop up it just HAZ to be fixed, Walk fix more, walk, more fixing and sometimes its just I'll fix you once and for all. Franks pic a very good example of it's all comfy now darn it. Then agian some puppies just LIKE the flying bits. Mine did. I miss Lucky we never met a blanket he could not eat.
Have never actually seen dogs in diapers for potty training. o_O
They do come in handy though when a female is in heat so they don't fling blood everywhere.
It's still amusing to see either way. lol
Also used with males to prevent marking.
Also used with males to prevent marking.
I would have to say this thread is definitely getting stupid as I do not have to wear diapers anymore to prevent me from marking my territory. I have weapons now.
So the other day my son says to me "Dad, stop talking to me like I'm an idiot". I didnt say a word at the time, I just made this and printed it at A0 size and stuck it on his living room wall. I wonder if he will get the message.
I'm glad I don't have a dog like this. I may have a bit of a fit
You posted that on the last page. Or you getting senile Frank or is it the memory?