The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore
rating: 4 of 5 stars
Best graphic novel I have read thus far. Great artwork and a good story. Different from the movie in a lot of ways. I would say better than the movie, but not by too much. Characters are more interesting in the book.
Olga Korbut’s uneven parallel bars routine from the 1972 Olympics
Nadia comaneci and the first perfect ten in the history
rating: 3 of 5 stars
ok, but not great. Good story, but was let down by the artwork. Was nice to compare this to the movie that I had already watched a while ago.
Tonight I finally finished Rachet and Clank: Future Tools of Destruction. It was a really fun game but maybe a bit too long. The great part is that now I can play the game again with all the weapons and armor that I accumulated the first time thgough, making the game that much more fun!
When legitimate scientists have conducted studies on BPA, it is consistently linked to obesity, developmental problems, risk for heart attack, and breast and prostate cancer. Even if there was the slightest chance that BPA was dangerous the FDA should’ve banned it from plastics, especially BABY BOTTLES. What could be worse for a baby …
Way back when I was a youngin’ they had dancing animatronic animals at pizza places like Chucky Cheese, this guys has re-programmed them to play modern music. Amazing…
You can drive around these little cars around a fake city that someone made. It’s all somehow a PR thing for BP. Found via Boing Boing.
Cinderella, Snow White, Tinkerbell and other fictional fixtures of modern-day childhood were handcuffed, frisked and loaded into police vans Thursday at the culmination of a labor protest that brought a touch of reality to the Happiest Place on Earth. The arrest of the 32 protesters, many of whom wore costumes representing famous Disney characters, came at the end of an hour-long march to Disneyland’s gates from one of three Disney-owned hotels at the center of a labor dispute.
Whole story at CNN.
The talented Michael Phelp’s – the shining star in swimming shattering multiple records.
Stats on the Phelp’s 2004 trading cards in circulation:
about 5,000 “common” cards not bearing the American swimmer’s autograph
300 are autographed Phelps cards – the market value could potentially exceed $1,000.
The non-autographed cards have enjoyed a spike in market value too, going from $2.50 to about $20.
Pre-recorded footage was used to showcase the dramatic opening ceremony fireworks show.
From CNN –
Fireworks that burst into the shape of 29 gigantic footprints were shown trudging above the Beijing skyline to the National Stadium near the start of the ceremony.
Though the footprint-shaped fireworks were real, some of the footage shown to television viewers around the world and on giant screens inside the “Bird’s Nest” stadium featured a computer-generated three-dimensional image.
“It was confirmed that previously recorded footage was provided to the broadcasters for convenience and theatrical effects — as in many other big events,” Beijing organizing committee spokesman Wang Wei said. “On the day of the ceremony there were actual footprints of fireworks from the south to the north of the city.
Check out the link to get the full story.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/08/12/fake.fireworks.ap/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail
