Simba’s become quite the stealthy thief lately. I’ve been finding him with socks pinched from the laundry pile (just socks…nothing else), pieces of paper from the recycling bin and little wads of tissue from the trash. Today he even grabbed a stuffed squeaky toy out of the toy box. One minute he’s there gnawing on a Nylabone, the next minute he’s coming back with a sock in his mouth or walking around with his mouth closed. That automatically triggers an alarm because unless he’s sleeping, he’s almost always walking around with his mouth open and tongue hanging out looking like a jolly happy fellow. So when he comes back with his mouth closed, it’s time to go digging to see what he’s gotten into.
He’s very sneaky about it too. I think he knows when he’s got something he shouldn’t have because he’s always very quite about it. When he’s got his bone or Kong, he’s very noisy, picking it up, dropping it, tossing it at my feet telling me to throw it, whatever. When he’s got something he’s not supposed to have, not a peep.
Gotta keep the eyes peeled when the little guy’s out and about.
Reviewer comments are in
Finally received the first round of reviewer comments on the paper I submitted to JNMT. Most of the comments were style related and a couple of fixes to the units listed in some of the tables. Nothing major. Just need to figure out how to adjust the way figures are numbered and indenting on section headings in TeX. One commenters went on about how there were so many more factors involved in RIT than what was covered in my paper. Although he brought up a few good points, it just seems like the reviewer missed the entire point and I just don’t feel it’s a valid criticism of my paper.
So now I’ll be busy figuring out how to make the required revisions, writing up a cover letter addressing the reviewer comments and submitting the revised paper.
Two Stargate: SG1 movies coming
MGM’s officially announced that there will be two Stargate: SG1 movies coming following the show’s last season on the Sci-Fi channel. Based on the synopsis for the first movie, it sounds like the currently Ori storyline is going to be wrapped up with the movie and not with the end of the current TV season. No indication yet on when the movies will be coming out or where on TV fans will be able to see it.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) announced today the extension of the hit Stargate SG-1 franchise with two movies based on the popular series. Titled Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum, the movies will both be made available to the television universe and home entertainment marketplace by MGM.
“Stargate: The Ark of Truth”
As SG-1 searches for an Ancient artifact which they hope can defeat the armies of the Ori, they learn more Ori ships are about to be sent through the supergate to launch a final assault on Earth. Daniel discovers that the artifact, the Ark of Truth, may be in the Ori home galaxy, and SG-1 embarks aboard the Odyssey to find it, and pre-empt the attack. The IOA has a plan of their own and SG-1 ends up in a distant galaxy fighting two powerful enemies.
“Stargate: Continuum”
While SG-1 attends the execution of Ba’al, the last of the goa’uld system lords, Teal’c and Vala inexplicably disappear into thin air. Carter, Daniel and Mitchell race back to a world where history has been changed: the Stargate program has been erased from the timeline. As they try to convince the authorities what’s happened, a fleet of goa’uld motherships arrives in orbit, led by Ba’al, his queen, Katesh, (Vala) and his first prime, Teal’c. SG-1 must find the Stargate and set things right before the world is enslaved by the goa’uld.
Local Irish pub overrun by blogger horde
Now there’s a good headline.
There was a good sized turnout for tonight’s gathering which made it very cozy and fun. I think there were maybe about 18 or so people there. I got there a little late (at least I can say I wasn’t the last one there…Jared wins that honour) and was surprised at just how many people were there. Madra Rua turned out to be an excellent gathering place that I’ll have to go back to because they were out of fish & chips when I got there (disappointing). Hopefully we didn’t run the waitress too ragged tonight.
It was nice to see a few new faces there tonight. Got to meet Dave Moulton (who’s blog I’ve been enjoying reading lately), Josh from Today’s Special and Microbial Lab Pam. We even had a frequent commenter (can he be called a blogger groupie?) show up for the gathering. Looking forward to the podcast Geoff ends up making with his interviews from tonight too.
Many eyes were glued to the TV watching the Patriots/Chargers game, which the Patriots ended up winning by a field goal much to Jared’s dismay.
Thanks to Heather for putting tonight’s gathering together. It was great seeing everyone again!
Update: Joan and Chuck have pictures up. Silly me forgot the camera in the car again this time.
Review: Night at the Museum
Last night the wife and I went to see Night at the Museum. I wasn’t expecting much and was pleasantly surprised. Funny movie, interesting story and pretty cool CGI. I couldn’t decide which character made the show most enjoyable for me: the bone-fetching T. Rex or Attilla the Hun. Ben Stiller puts his usual decent performance dealing, but if you’re expecting a slapstick funny performance from Robin Williams, you might be a little disappointed. He does put in a pretty good show as a wax Teddy Roosevelt though.
4.5 starts out of 5.