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Watching a B sci-fi movie (Creature) on over-the-air TV via Comet network, drinking some rum. This is the break I've been waiting for all week. Good stuff. Add a dash of Atari or Sega and it's be a perfect 10.
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Did they cut out the nudity? I can't remember how COMET operates. Anyway, if a (formerly dead) naked chick is standing outside yer cave when it's -12 degrees out, and she suddenly acts interested in you after an alien contact...Well, Think Twice! That's my only advice to would be space travelers...Well, that and chest-bursters will ruin a good meal...
(PS Sounds Perfect
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I made it 5 episodes into Rings of Power and gave up. There are parts I do like, but it feels like nothing is happening, and other than the Harfoots I don't really care about any of the characters. I really want to like it, so if it gets better later on do let me know, maybe I'll pick it back up.
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In the last two days my printer (6 months old), my UPS (2 years old), my refrigerator door (3-4 years old) and one of my work monitor cables (?) all died. I can't say I'm a fan of this era of planned obsolescence and "just buy another one." Thankfully my Ataris still work great after 30-40 years.
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I beat Rescue Mission on the Master System tonight. I've always loved the game, but I don't recall beating it before. It wasn't really that hard, but it's a super fun game. Come play a few rounds in the SMS high score club. https://forums.atariage.com/forum/93-sms-high-score-club/
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Three episodes in, I'm not sure how much longer I'm willing to wait until Rings of Power gets interesting. It's very slow. I like the hobbit-like creatures and their plot line, and Galadriel is pretty good... but as a show it's kind of plodding.
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It is a lot easier to just listen to the Audible book (or whatever source-Apple Play, etc.) than reading the book. I have always preferred to read the written word rather than to listen to an audio book recording, until the last couple of years, since I realized that if I listen, like with music or radio, I can do other things like work on my electronics, art or programming at the same time, basically multitasking since I never seem to have enough time for hobbies anymore and I have too many of them.
I've read pretty much every book Isaac Asimov ever wrote, a part of a bucket list of reading I started about 15 years ago, but with the advent of the new Foundation series I decided to "re-read" all the Foundation books this year, only I was able to listen to them all on Audible while working on my backlog of electronic repairs and upgrades.
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Interesting. I tried listening to the audiobook version of the Iliad a month ago, but I kept having to go relisten to sections because I was doing other things and getting distracted. I'd realize I didn't catch the last 5 minutes and then have to rewind. It's a lot easier for me to reread a sentence or paragraph than audiobook. On a long trip or something, if I don't have things competing for my attention it's great. My wife, son and I have listened to almost the entire Harry Potter series audiobooks driving back and forth to the beach over the years.
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Fathrom events is bringing Universal classics The Mummy and Bride of Frankenstein to theaters Oct 1 as double feature: https://www.fathomevents.com/events/The-Mummy-The-Bride-of-Frankenstein?date=2022-10-01&utm_campaign=Jeepers Creepers Reborn
And Creature From the Black Lagoon + Phantom of the Opera Oct 29: https://www.fathomevents.com/events/Creature-from-the-Black-Lagoon-Phantom-of-the-Opera?date=2022-10-29
Fun way to kick off October. I know there are Svengoolie fans here that might be interested. Now we can see those movies he's shown in the theaters!
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I watched Red Sonja for the first time in 30+ years. It held up surprisingly well. It's not a great film by any stretch, but it does have its charms. Some of the sets are cool, Brigitte Nielson does a good job, and the comic relief is amusing without ruining the movie.
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@GoldLeader ya old bastid
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After a few years' hiatus, the Sega Master System High Score Club is back on. Come and play!
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Director's Cut of the original Star Trek: The Motion Picture is playing in theaters next week! Definitely going, it's been ages since I've seen it. Lots of other Star Trek, but not the first movie.
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I saw The Northman last night. I definitely liked aspects of it but I think I was expecting less artsy more fartsy. More of a Conan the Barbarian type of fantasy action film. It was more artsy and bizarre than I expected, and like many modern movies it tried to squeeze too much in. Still, I think I like it more after the fact than I did while watching.
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Local library had their bi-annual book & DVD sale, and amongst tons of other stuff, I randomly picked up one disc of Hercules: The Legendary Adventure Season 4. I think I watched an episode or 2 of it back when it aired, but I must say, it's pretty good. The acting is about what I expected (e.g. bad), but the production values are much higher than I remember, and the storylines are decent. All the new shows these days take themselves too seriously to be fun.
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Lord help me, I started playing Civ 3. There hasn't been a single game in my life that sucks away the hours more easily than the Civ series.
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New Conan novel coming - Blood of the Serpent https://conan.com/conan-returns/
Apparently on the 90th anniversary of the Phoenix on the Sword (REH's first Conan story).
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Sit Ubu, sit!
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These new Rush pinball games look amazing! https://sternpinball.com/game/rush/ $4600 so I'll never own one, but still cool. I hope I get to play one out on location at some point.
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I was doing some cleaning today and I noticed my wife has a (half empty) bottle of wine under her computer desk. Gotta stay sane somehow, more power to her. Incidentally, I have a (almost empty) bottle of rum in the cabinet I keep usb cables and other random computer gear.
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Apparently we do... to be honest, I keep my rum in there because I don't want to have it "out" anywhere my kid would find it. Seemed like a safe enough place. It probably takes me 6 months to get through a bottle, I don't drink it that often. Every once in a while I do enjoy dark rum, though. Caribbean Reef is my current favorite.
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Finished Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition last night. Solid game, glad I played it, but some clunky parts. The ending was a bit underwhelming. Maybe time to take a break for D&D games for a bit.
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The DRM'd mp3 ship has long-since sailed in music business... I can't imagine bandcamp making that much money. They're very good and successful at what they do, but I'd have assume they pretty much a niche part of the music business. Interesting to see what they do with it. Would Epic use bandcamp for more than music? It's not like there aren't already a million other indie game sites out there...
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Luckily, I mostly upload to BandLab. Here's my account: https://www.bandlab.com/fighting_zenith/tracks
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An hour of tough yoga this morning, and an hour of hiking through the woods this afternoon... time to sit with a beer and watch football. Sadly, no time for Atari today (so far, but I can still correct that).
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After at least 15 years I had to retire my old reliable Brother MFC-4800 B&W laser printer. That thing was a tank. Longest-lasting, most reliable printer I've ever had by far.
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I have a Brother MFC 7420 that I know I used for the retail store I had that opened in 2004 that is still going. I have had to replace the laser toner cartridges maybe THRICE in its entire life, just absolutely incredible. Brother / Laser all the way. I remember in college having to shell out $35 or more (which is like $65 today) seemingly every 6 weeks for deskjet cartridges just to print off papers. I think one week I nearly had to go without eating for a few days just to afford it (minimum wage was $3.35 / hour, ack!). Screw you, HP.
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New Steve Vai album "Inviolate" is pretty cool if you like his music. I particularly like Greenish Blues.
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Ignored users are still showing up in status updates. Is that a setting I missed, as designed, or a bug?