Heavy Metal Sunday remembers Michael

The only way we can, with Alien Ant Farm's cover of Smooth Criminal.

Oh, I do so love baseball.

After a heartbreaking loss last night, the Giants brought up perpetual minor-leaguer Ryan Sadowski to pitch in place of the struggling Jonathon Sanchez. How'd he do?

6 innings, 4 hits, no runs, 3 walks, 2 strikeouts. Kid also got tagged in the leg by a line drive and got his first Major League hot with a nice single in the 4th inning.

But Nate Schierholtz was the big story, 4 for 5 with a homerun and and an RBI.

San Francisco Giants: 7
Milwaukee Brewers: 0

Giants avoid the sweep. Next up?

Oh, aurictech... The redbirds are going DOWN! You get Lincecum, Johnson, and Cain. Lights out at Busch!

Why yes, I'm evil.

I spend a good amount of time over at Ignorance Central Yahoo! Answers. We often get kids who don't even try to disguise the fact that they are trying to get someone else to do their homework for them.

Today, we got a beauty.

What are the answers to the questions?

1. what is the meaning of the cermony that Marie goes through before she enters France?

2. describe Maries attitude when she first arrives at the palace versailles?

3 In what way does Marie escape the pressures of being princess/ queen of france?

4. How does having children change Marie's outlook on life?

5. What is Lous XVI personality. How does this affect his ability to lead France?

( My answers )

iTunes for the win.

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Lord Munchies Pizza in Columbus, Ga has closed. sob

A large sausage and double pepperoni from them was how I celebrated reaching the weekend when I was at Fort Benning as permanent party. (While in OSUT, I barely noticed what day was which.) One of their pizzas, a six pack of Löwenbräu (the real stuff, imports picked up at the P/X) and Science-Fiction Friday on WJSP-TV. I'd watch Dr. Who, Blake's 7, and Survivors while members of my company prowled outside my open door, hoping that I'd fill up and offer free pizza. Rarely happened, since I was an 18 year old infantryman, next best thing to a bottomless pit when it comes to food.

This makes two pizza places important to me that have closed. No Name Pizza in Milpitas is where I met Kirsten, and where we had the after party when we got married. It's been gone for several years now

So, what landmarks from your past are no longer there? And what's the best pizza place you've ever found?

A very disturbing, but excellent, film

I just spent the last two hours or so watching Threads. Best described as the British counter to The Day After (and being produced at the same time) Threads follows the events leading up to and the effects of a general strategic nuclear exchange in the English city of Sheffield in May of 1983. The main plot follows two families about to be joined by the marriage of their children, with a subplot following the terribly unprepared local authorities trying to handle the situation.

The entire thing is up on YouTube. The transfer is pretty good, although the sound gets a little out of synch in a few places. But you won't really notice. If you're of a certain age, you remember when we expected something like this to happen. And Threads pulls no punches. Well acted, and it brutally depicts the effects of a nuclear war out to a decade plus. The ending is not happy, holds little hope for the human race, and is quite fitting.

Not really sure if I can recommend this. It's not that it's bad, it's just that some of the images and ideas are very disturbing. For sheer quality of film making, it gets 4 penguins out of 5. And, if like me, you grew under the shadow of Armageddon, you might find this film interesting.

Bit of a warning. Nigh-impenetrable English accents abound.