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This is the only way to make it awesome: the grittiest reboot EVER.

Probally some deux es machina bringing him back. And it doesn't say he met Yoda, could just be random foreshadowing.

Happy Birthday!

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I'm all for stopping illegal whaling, but really, these guys are just idiots. They're lucky they didn't all drown. ><

Yep. I had two weeks off for holidays this year, which was awesome. It also makes coming back to work kinda suck. >< Anyways, went home for the holidays, and my parents didn't want me unhooking the internet from their computer, which is why I wasn't really on. I did look at a few things, but they have Vista which sucks, so I spent most of my time fighting it. Saw my nephew again, and he's juuuussstttt almost crawling. If he can get his arms and legs to work together, he'll be off like a shot. I got some DVDs, a book card that I used for several books I wanted, some new jeans, and other odds and ends. I also spent time playing on my mom's Wii Fit, and it's actually a lot of fun. Makes me wish I had one. ^^; My boyfriend came up over this last weekend, which was nice. We went over to Fayateville and wandered through the mall and bookstores and other places. Then, we caravaned back down to Dallas, after waking up yesterday morning to several inches of snow. Whee. >< Fortunatly, it wasn't icy, so we had no problems. We also had a White Christmas this year, for the first time in ages! So, all in all, a good vacation. Hope everyone here had a good time as well!

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Happy Late Birthday! ^^

The James Cameron one, not the last airbender. Just got back from seeing it, and have to say, despite the very predictable storyline and the rather blandness of the main, I'd still give it an A. Minus, but still an A. The setting is interesting, there's lots of neat things to watch, and the visuals were made of so much awesome that it's absolutly beautiful to look at. It was a bit abrupt in places, which are spots that I suspect were cut for time, but like I said, the story is predictable so you can pretty much guess what happened anyways. It was very entertaining and beautiful to watch, so I'd recommend it. Didn't see it in 3D or Imax, mostly because I get motion sick at those, but I suspect it to be much more beautiful in those. Definatly worth a look-see.

This one also proves that Zoe Saldena actually is a good actress, so I put her crappy Uhura down to poor writing and direction, and hope she can save her in the next one.

Yeah, imagine if the made the Blog today as a horror film. *ahem*

I'd say it all depends on the games you want. If the 360 has more of the exclusive games that you want, go for it. If the PS3 does, go for that. I personally would go for the 360 as it has more games I would want on it, but that's just me.

I'm fairly sure that a soldier wounded seriously enough to actually die on the battlefield would probally not be going back into battle if they recover. If this helps save lives, I think it'd be worth doing, if it can be done safely. Actually, if it does work, I think having to use this would be a good way to give those soldiers a ticket home. I mean, if you're hurt badly enough that you would've died without it, I think that means your job is done and should be allowed to go home.

There are times when I miss having cable, but for the most part, I don't need it. There's only a few shows I really want to watch, and those I can get online. I do have TW cable internet, but that's it.

standard stadium food....nothing special.....and if you come down here during football season, i'll hook us up with some tickets....

Sean of the Dead started out pretty funny, then just got....boring. Which is an acomplishment for a zombie movie.

Zombieland was very amusing. Cheesy, rather silly, but entertaining to watch. Definatly recommend it for a fun movie.

Just got back from the A&M game, 'twas a good time. I would've prefered a much closer score as it's more exciting, but got to see an awesome 97-yard run for a touchdown, which ended up being a record for the school, as well as a kick-ass marching band. So all in all, was worth the three hour drive.

Ok, yeah, probally not too interesting, but I just wanted to share.

Which has less syllabels? That's what I'd go by.

I have no intention of watching that movie. In fact, if I have no intention of getting within 10 feet of that movie if I see it before it sees me.

Does it really matter? Is the world going to end because we pronoucne it wrong?

Oh wait, 2012, I guess so! *LOL*

Well, for the record, I have nothing against relgion as a whole, being a religious person myself, but there are some people (and church groups) that make me emberrased to admit that I am a Christian.

Yet, I admit to being happily surprised by the stance the Mormon chuch is taking in this matter. It seems like the best compromise, as well as the best way of upholding church and state.

I didn't say I supported the Mormon church, I just found it interesting that they're supporting legistlature to legally allow gay marriages even though they themselves are against it. I think leaving it up to the churchs themselves is a much better method, since there are several churchs that support gay marriage, and if a couple still doesn't want to be married by a church, they would still be able to be married by a JP, and legally be recognized as a married couple. It's just not forcing all churchs to allow it, which is really the best compromise that would be workable since this is such a polarized issue.

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SALT LAKE CITY – The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unanimous approval for Salt Lake city laws banning discrimination against gays in housing and employment.

The Utah-based church's support ahead of Tuesday night's vote came despite its steadfast opposition to gay marriage, reflected in the high-profile role it played last year in California's Proposition 8 ballot measure that barred such unions.

"The church supports these ordinances because they are fair and reasonable and do not do violence to the institution of marriage," Michael Otterson, the director of public affairs for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said.

Passage made Salt Lake City the first Utah community to prohibit bias based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Under the two new ordinances, it is illegal to fire someone from their job or evict someone from their residence because they are lesbian, bisexual, gay or transgender.

Utah lawmakers tend to quickly fall in line when the influential church makes a rare foray into legislative politics. So Tuesday's action could have broad effects in this highly conservative state where more than 80 percent of lawmakers and the governor are church members.

"What happened here tonight I do believe is a historic event," said Brandie Balken, director of the gay rights advocacy group Equality Utah. "I think it establishes that we can stand together on common ground that we don't have to agree on everything, but there are lot of things that we can work on and be allies."

But the church has pointed out an inherent dispute it has with the gay lifestyle. Mormonism considers traditional marriages central to God's plan. Gays are welcome in church, but must remain celibate to retain church callings and full membership.

Its strong support for Proposition 8 in California last year drew a sharp reaction from gay rights supporters nationwide, with many protesting outside temples that singled out Mormons as the key culprits in restricting the rights of gay couples.

Since then, however, Utah's gay community has sought to engage church leaders in quiet conversations to help foster better understanding, said Valerie Larabee, executive director of the Utah Pride Center.

"I thought this conversation would never come to be while I was here in Salt Lake City," said Larabee, adding that the discussions have "shifted her perspective of what's possible" and could foreshadow a different relationship between the two sides.

But addressing the council on Tuesday, Otterson said the endorsement is not a shift in the church's position on gay rights and stressed it "remains unequivocally committed to defending the bedrock foundation of marriage between a man and a woman."

Church support for the ordinances is due in part to the way the legislation was drafted to protect those rights. Exceptions in the legislation allow churches to maintain, without penalty, religious principles and religion-based codes of conduct or rules.

"In drafting these ordinances, the city has granted commonsense rights that should be available to everyone, while safeguarding the crucial rights of religious organizations," Otterson said Tuesday.

Previous Utah legislation that sought statewide protections for the gay community did not contain those exceptions.

It's kinda nice to see that kind of support, and I think it's interesting that it's the Mormon church that is supporting those rights, even though they are, in terms of religion, against it.

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Yeah, I saw a clip with them flying to escape LA, while dodging falling buildings and bridges and all that. My thought was "what, are they unable to fly HIGHER and avoid all that crap?"

Was not interested in this movie from the beginning, but is now looking foward to avoid it. Just remember, these are the same people that gave us the remake of Godzilla as well as Day After Tomorrow.

Thought this might interest some of ya'll.

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ARLINGTON — The electric car is heading to North Texas, and motorists might be plugging in as early as next year.

"We are looking for production in 2010. We are very excited about it," said Robert Babik, of General Motors, referring to the Chevrolet Volt. "Electrification has huge potential, but we can’t mess up the launch."

Nissan might beat GM, promising electric vehicles, or EVs, for some markets in 14 months.

Better designs, tax credits and oil prices are among factors making the vehicles increasingly attractive to many motorists.

While getting charged up is easy, keeping the EV running in a world designed for gas-powered cars isn’t.

In hopes of making the transition a turnkey deal, about 70 transit planners, venture capitalists, energy distributors and auto-industry representatives met Thursday at the North Central Texas Council of Governments headquarters to discuss how to create an infrastructure for the new vehicles.

Participants hope it will be the first of a series of such meetings.

"It is very important that we as a region, show support for the vehicles," said Jenny Danieau, of the North Texas council, citing the failure of 10 area counties to meet federal air standards. "This is just one more card in our deck that we can use to clean up the air."

Much of the challenge involves charging vehicles at home. Consumers won’t buy unless cities streamline codes for retrofitting garages to house faster 240-volt chargers.

Automakers figure the cost of running an EV at about one-third that of a comparable gas-powered model, said Mark Perry of Nissan. The all-electric cars will have zero emissions and require no oil changes but will have all the bells and whistles motorists want.

Oncor Electric Delivery’s advanced metering system, or smart meter, will make it easier for EV owners to know when the lowest power rates are available. The meters are to be installed from 2010 through 2012 in Tarrant County.

One hurdle has already been negotiated.

All the cars will have a standard-sized plug, said Guy Mannino, who represented California-based Chargepoint, a chain of planned charging stations. "It’ll be the same everywhere."

The experts are touting a variety of charging systems, but agree that there will be various options: at home, work or commercial stations.

The 120-volt Level 1 chargers, used at home, will fully charge a dead battery in about 16 hours. Level 2 chargers are 240 volts and take about half the time. The commercial-grade fast charger would do the job in two or three hours.

Electricians and permits are needed to install the Level 2 charger at home, which might hurt sales unless the undertaking can be simplified

"It’s a one-day process if everybody can show up at the right time," said Angus Clark of EVOasis, who spoke on green energy and transportable power. "It’s really putting boxes and conduit in that takes the most time."

Sitting here watching Lion King, and something occured to me that makes a lot of these movies a lot creepier. Ok, so you have the jungle setting, all the characters are animals. Fully sentient, intelligent animals, capable of some kind of self-government and cheesy songs. Yet, they eat each other. The preditor ones go around killing eating the non-preditor ones, animals that they know are fully intelligent and if they've made friends with one species, may be related to their friends. And everyone's...ok with that? I mean, do they go around and only kill the non-sentient ones? How do they know the difference? Do they have their prey fill out some questionarre to find who they can kill and who they can't? Are there some species that aren't intelligent, so it's ok to eat?

Wow, cold meds make me think weird things.