Harry Potter's Car has been stolen

The "Flying" Ford Anglia from the Harry Potter movies has been stolen off of the studio lot. Here is the article :
Reuters

BTW, Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire opens on 11/18.

Noooooooooooo!

Seen on digg.com :
If rumors are to be believed the new Star Wars : Revenge of the Sith DVD contains a hidden Easter egg of Yoda getting funky to "The Roots - Don't Say Nuthin". (Lyrics)

The Easter egg, if real, has leaked onto the internet and can be found :
Here and Here

I still haven't gone out to buy this DVD and I'm not sure if this is a motivator. (Although Episode III was definately better than The Phantom Menace and The Clone Wars as a whole.)

Stargate SG-1 & Atlantis are renewed

Yay! Here is the article :
GateWorld - News

Mind your W's and Q's

In Turkey, 20 Kurds were fined for carrying signs (written in Kurdish) that contained the letters W & Q at a Kurdish New Year celebration. Those letters are not part of the Turkish alphabet and their use is illegal. The Turkish alphabet has all of the letters in the English alphabet except "q", "w", and "x" and in addition, it has six other characters that won't show up correctly unless you have a Turkish font installed on your computer. Go here to have a look.

More on :
CNN
MSNBC

Which Sci-fi Character are you?

Found this one on digg.com. I got Aragorn :

Putting your appointed path ahead of any inner conflicts, you make your own rules for the benefit of all.

If my life or death I can protect you, I will.

Aragorn is a character in the Middle-Earth universe. There is a description of him at TheOneRing.net.

NANOWRIMO - I'ld like to buy a vowel

It's almost that time of year again, yes in 13 days it will be November. November is a time for Turkey, at least one wedding I know of, and of course lots of inspiration and perspiration from writers. Novemeber is of course, National Novel Writing Month or NANOWRIMO for short. The goal of NANOWRIMO is to get people writing and also to get them to write a 50,000 word novel by the stroke of midnight on Novermber 30th. It does not have to be an awe inspiring, prize winning novel, it just needs to be complete. And a deadline is a great motivator.

Use this as an opportunity to write the "Great American Novel".
(or at least an opportunity to write, even if you're not American)

Some Obligatory links :
NANOWRIMO FAQ
SIGN UP NOW

And my personal FAQ about NANOWRIMO :

Will you be participating this year?
Unfortunately, NO. Due to my wedding and Honeymoon I will be gone for a little over 50% of November and as wacky as 50,000 words in 30 days sounds, 50,000 in less than 15 days sounds like asking for a world of hurt. That being said, I will be writing the days I can. And you may think it is a lame excuse but it's what I've got.

Have you ever participated?
No. The first time I found out about NANOWRIMO was the middle of last November. I found out about it through a friend's blog as he was participating. I did use it as an opportunity to get off my butt and start writing and one of those writing outlets is this Blog (created mid November 2004, November 13th to be exact).

How about in 2006?
That is the plan.

Why should I participate?
- To say you did
- To have fun writing
- To potentially meet other people in your area writing their 50K words.
- To go to the "Thank God It's Over" Party
- Why not participate?

It's Tai Shan

The panda cub born to Mei Xiang at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. was finally named, Tai Shan, which translates to "peaceful mountain". As a chinese tradition panda cubs are not named for the first 100 days because of their high mortality rate in captivity, delaying the naming of the cub is a way to "trick the fates" into letting the cub live longer. Anyways, here are the related CNN & MSNBC articles :


CNN
MSNBC

Mosquito

Mosquito is a fan based (Browncoat) parody of Firefly. I personally cannot vouch if it is any good as they have exceeded their download limit until sometime Wednesday. But apparently it is supposed to be.

Here is a link to the Mosquito site :
http://www.mosquitoverse.com/

And Here is a link to an interview with Mosquito's creator :
http://s13.invisionfree.com/Browncoat_Alliance/index.php?showtopic=61

Insomnia strikes

It's about 1:30am. I should be in bed but I'm not.

We are officially at 34 days until the Wedding.

Here are some useful tips for grooms out there :
1. Come to terms with the fact that weddings are expensive.
2. Freaking out about wedding expenses will not make them inexpensive (but it may give you some insomnia).

Which Serenity character are you?

Go see Serenity. But in the mean time take the test. My results :

You scored as Simon Tam. The Doctor. You have a gift for healing that goes beyond education. You took an oath to do no harm, even when your patients have tried to kill you. You are out of place where you are, being used to refined society. However, if you take that stick out of your arse you should be fine.

Which Serenity character are you?
created with QuizFarm.com

Wicked - The review

Well I made my way to Music Hall at Fair Park in Dallas to see Wicked - The Musical last night. The musical is based on the book "Wicked" by Gregory Maguire who also happens to be releasing a sequel to the book, "Son of a Witch".

Review for the fiance who was out of town on business and missed the performance : It was OK. Lots of hype, but still good, we'll just catch it together next time.

Review for everybody else : It was really good. It deserves all the hype it is getting. The energy in the room was pretty high for a Wednesday night, as soon as the theatre lights started to dim the audience started to applaud enthusiastically. The singing, costumes, and sets were amazing. The plot was solid and not as loosely stitched together as some musicals where there is just enough plot to tie together the musical numbers. Think of the musical as watching deleted scenes from the "Wizard of Oz" strung together into their own storyline and whether or not you think such a thing would be good, it is. Definitely get a thumbs up.

Helpful tip : If it the traveling company is coming to your town, buy tickets very early. The entire stay is very sold out here in Dallas and so I looked in Houston to possibly give my fiance a chance to see it and it is also very sold out there as well. My guess is if you want to see it in New York, the same would apply there.

In summary, go find some tickets to Wicked, and have a good time.

Good thing, Bad thing

Sometimes planning a wedding can be stressful so today :

Good Thing : I surprised my fiance by finding tickets to take her to go see Wicked - The Musical!

Bad Thing : She is leaving town a few hours before the show is scheduled to start for buisiness and the tickets are not refundable. And she had apparently just recently reminded me of that fact.

The doghouse can be such a cold place ...

Buy one game, get one free

According to slickdeals.net, Amazon / Toys R Us has a buy 1 get 1 free coupon for Hasbro, Milton Bradley, and Parker Brothers games.

Here is the link :
    http://www.slickdeals.net/#p6593

Fight for your right to ...

The quick and easy way to write your congressional representatives.
1. Pick an issue.
2. Click.
3. FIll in your info and edit the letter as you see fit.
4. Click to submit the letter to your Senators/Representative.

And you can do it here :
EFF: Take Action

Serenity

It's a great movie. If you are a fan of the Firefly series you have probably already seen it. If you haven't seen the movie, do yourself a favor and go. It's just like the last couple of star wars movies except it is actually good, and has no aliens or jedi.