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Just what it sounds like. My favorites: Link courtesy of Bureau 42

I’m a bad Web guy, because I haven’t been really keeping track of the search terms leading people to this blog lately, since almost all of them seem to involve Jackie Manuel or Jawad Williams. However, I just happened to notice one special search term of which I am so proud: stargate boobs girl Stargate boobs girl indeed, my friend. ;) Update: Oddly enough, I’m very low on Google (4th page) for that combination of words. But now that I know what my audience wants… ...

“…and I’m going to name it Sheppard!” Sorry, bad Stargate Atlantis joke. ;) Image courtesy of TV Squad

I knew it… Your results: You are **An Expendable Character (Redshirt)**An Expendable Character (Redshirt) 75%Deanna Troi 65%Geordi LaForge 60%Jean-Luc Picard 60%Worf 55%Chekov 55%Spock 54%Will Riker 50%Beverly Crusher 50%Data 48%Mr. Scott 45%Leonard McCoy (Bones) 45%Uhura 40%Mr. Sulu 40%James T. Kirk (Captain) 40%Since your accomplishments are seldom noticed, and you are rarely thought of, you are expendable. That doesn’t mean your job isn’t important but if you were in Star Trek you would be killed off in the first episode you appeared in.Click here to take the “Which Star Trek character am I?” quiz… ...

The man who kept the Enterprise running passed away today. James Doohan’s Star Trek character was a great example for me of Gene Roddenberry’s vision of the future. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy may have been the center of most of the action, but Scotty stepped up and took command of the ship in the worst situations when they were away. It made it seem like the supporting characters weren’t just there for support. They were all highly competent, professional, and cool in a crisis, even if not as flashy as the Captain. It evoked a Starfleet system of selecting the best people, out of thousands of volunteers, based purely on merit and team cohesion. (Of course, that doesn’t explain why so many of the people they met from the Federation and Starfleet were venal, cruel, and incompetent.) ...

A House Appropriations subcommittee has voted to cut funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by 25% next year, totally eliminating the budget in two years. They also voted to get rid of another program that supports children’s educational television. While I think it would be a good thing for public broadcasting to be able to shift from federal funds to other sources, simply so they could get out from under government criticism, this amounts to a direct assault on public television. The excuse made by the subcommittee chair, Rep. Ralph Regula (R-Ohio), was that they needed to cut funding somewhere, and they would rather keep college grants and special education funds than the CPB. ...

Personally I agree with at least one part of Marybeth Peters’ testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee: It is disturbing that there may be ties between terrorist organizations and copyright violators. I mean, after all, what if the terrorists get their hands on copies of Britney and Kevin: Chaotic and release it to the rest of the world? That will just make people hate America more. ;) Link courtesy of Corante, via Boing Boing ...

Frank Gorshin, who gave me the creeps as a kid when playing The Riddler on the 1960’s TV version of Batman, passed away on Tuesday. What I primarily remember about that show wasn’t the exaggerated wooden acting of Adam West…it was the sheer enthusiasm of the people playing the villains. They really made the show, and and I loved episodes with Gorshin playing the Riddler and Cesar Romero playing The Joker. (Hey, let’s play on a child’s natural fear of crazy, malicious people…and clowns!) ...

…a Bono, Up and Back, the Gilligan cut… John Rogers at Kung Fu Monkey on what you say when there’s little new under the sun. :)

You know, I kind of remember this, but I have no idea why I never attended it when I was in Blacksburg. Maybe I was always broke by that time? Nah, it’s only $20. :) I wonder why the site shows up as black with black text, though.