Until next time...

Waddle on!

Bodge101

Jonathan Knight has come a long way since the panic attack he suffered live on Oprah Winfrey’s stage several years ago, but after watching him on the Today show this morning it’s clear he’s still working on his anxiety issues. He stood in the background during most of the interview segments and never once answered any of Lauer’s questions - but cheers to him for taking the stage before hundreds of rabid women and doing his thing. He definitely held it together.  Back in 2001, Knight shocked viewers when he had a panic attack during an Oprah episode that focused on the debilitating disorder.

There is a Squire Tunic at the Dock.
 

Remember the 2nd sneak peek, with the pizza, lots of penguin thought that that was the Pizza Parlor, WRONG!, it was the Dance Lounge.

There's a fire on the Beacon, you can add wood logs to make the fire bigger.

The Switchbox 3000 is in the Mine, it's used to control the Dragon.

Also the Play "12th Fish" is at the Stage, BUT, ALSO at the Cove.

And you can go in the trees of the Forest for a new Room! Click ->HERE<- for an SWF image of it.

I've also made a video report about it.

That's It ;)
-Jellyboard

 The situation that Iron Man finds himself in follows on the set-up last issue where Stark's experimental Atomic Earth Digger equipment was believed to be causing earthen sink-holes swallowing entire buildings but was revealed to be the work of the Mole Man. Iron Man finds himself with Pepper Potts carried deep underground as the test building and its equipment has been carried under the surface. As Iron Man puts it they are "hopelessly trapped at the core of the earth -- menaced by madman who the master of some strangely different science and on top of all that, I've now got a female's safety to worry about!" just before they are swarmed over by the yellow Subterraneans serving the Mole Man.

Iron Man manages to fight off this attack and free Pepper to flee deeper into the tunnels which seem to consist of the Mole Man's domain. Iron Man's added concern beyond their situation extends to the safety of potential rescue and retrieval by the Pentagon of an military contractor's plant. It is a very wordy next few pages as indeed plans are under way to send a team to investigate the plant and Iron Man's efforts to contact them not to do so.

It would seem that the plotter of the issue felt that a damsel with an armored protector in a realm of monsters just begged for the appearance of a fire breathing dragon to battle. For whatever reason that has no bearing on the art the dragon turns out to be a mechanical creature intended to evoke a mythic creature which despite being a familiar visual is rendered rather poorly as element of the action or plot. It does serve the one point of allowing the Mole Man to take Pepper hostage and forcing the surrender of Iron Man.

Captive of the 'madman' the two are brought into the plant containing the Atomic Earth Digger equipment wherein Iron Man adopts a cynical tone with Mole Man and Pepper about not being dumb about the situation that they find themselves in. He even offers to help the Mole Man to understand and work the captured equipment toward conquest of the surface world.

Readers of Tales of Suspense since 1963 however had seen this betrayal as faint with another netherworld villain and this time the payoff occurs quickly as it goads the Mole Man to start using the machine to demonstrate his superiority. The device as readers knew from the last issue was very dangerously unstable and begins to overload its radioactive core as Iron Man busts out and takes off with Pepper toward the surface.

This, in all, turns in a confusing amalgam story of themes that mash together science and the fantastic elements that don't fit together very well. Unlike in the introduction of the Black Knight as science delivering the faux fantasy the suggestion here of the Hero as modern knight in shining armor is unconvincing with the pseudo science of subterrania. The Mole Man in the hands of an artist like Jack Kirby might be able to render the setting and creatures as nightmare science with an allegorical riff on myth but Colan's genius nods here with being to literal and is undercut further by serving up a dragon that looks "real" and yet we are told is not real. This odd refraction of realism and the fantastical with a real history just circles itself without taking the reader out to the reaches of wonder at either science or legend. Iron Man vs. Doctor Doom: Doomquest by David Michelinie, Bob Layton, John Romita Jr. would take this theme to its fullest expression many years down the road even though I still don't personally enjoy such an approach to the character very much. 

I hope wherever that originally came from, it was a reliable source!
Until next time...
Waddle on!
Bodge101

a knight's tale, originally uploaded by earthpages.

TMZ has obtained photos of Suge Knight, minutes after someone knocked him out cold at a Hollywood club.
As we first reported, Suge was at Shag nightclub when he began arguing with a man he had been talking with. Our spy overheard Suge say, "I want my money!" Suge and his peeps beat the guy to the ground, but the man landed a right hook on Suge's face, knocking him out for around three minutes.

We obtained these photos of a bloody Suge just after the incident.

Suge was taken to the hospital where LAPD officers arrived, but he refused to file a report.

Lo cierto es que entre tantas versiones me ha costado volver a encontrar la que se hizo original para esta temporada y es la que aparece en el episodio piloto porque estaba por ahí escondida entre los miles de vídeos del YouTube. He visto de todo, más cañeras, remixed, compuestas nuevas, incluso el vídeo de ahora con la sintonía original de hace 20 años, en fin, tantas como gustos. A mí personalmente me gusta la que han escogido para esta ocasión y aquí podéis ver de nuevo el vídeo.

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The one above is called "Yellow Spring".  Kailesh arranged felt and then painted it.  Ingenious!  It was a great example of exploring materials and how we can use them in different ways.  Awesome!

 And here we have the re-armed headless inspector.  It's anyone's guess how the inspector lost his arm and head, but the idea that we could make an arm and give him a new one struck me as brilliant. 

Stay tuned for more!

Os pongo lo que creo que es lo más interesante aquí, y os dejo abajo la fuente de la noticia para que lo leais entero (si os interesa):

El Death Knight
- Estará disponible para crear por los jugadores que tengan un personaje de nivel 55 (Solo un DK por reino en el que tengas ese personaje superior a 55).
- Su poder no se basa en maná, energía o ira, sino en unas runas que va encajando en su arma.
- Tendrá habilidades de nigromante (Levantar un area de bichos o levantar a un jugador -aliado o no- como un Ghoul).
- Podrá invocar un caballo como el del paladín version nomuerto. (Death Charger)

Fuente y caracteristicas completas: MMO-Champion

Photo look familiar? I moved this photo into this post, where it belongs!

The party was for a little boy who loves animals so I made him a disco zebra cape. Oh how I love the birthday cape. It's relatively cheap, easy to make, and is usually a hit with the little ones.

I slapped it on my own little monkey boy to try and get a good photo of it, instead I highlighted the wonkiest bit. I've had more success using a thinner velvet for the tie but I am a sucker for orange.

My favorite thing was the packaging. I'm not big on wrapping paper. I used a french bread bag from the night before. I'd like to say it stems from an environmental perspective (and I'm all for repurposing, yeah earth!) but mostly it originates from being disgusted at the price of wrapping paper and gift bags.

Recognize that bow Melissa?

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I made a cape for my eldest son for his first birthday. My measuring failure has turned out to be a good thing because A.) This has been the best flying-out-behind-you-as-you-run-down-the-hall cape (sorry downstairs neighbors!) and B.) because he still uses it today and he's almost 6!

Then:

Now:

Someone wants their own cape! Coming soon little one...

It rained...a lot. The fair was supposed to open at nine. It started pouring rain at about eight and they pushed back the opening time to ten. By ten it had quit raining but was still incredibly wet. We crossed the field and had sopping wet shoes within steps. From that point on, our feet were soaked and were not dry until we got home, took of our shoes and socks and let them air out for an hour.

Anyway, despite the rain, we had a good time. We petted goats, one of which glared fiercely at Ameris. Then there were three who were very good at putting there horns in the fence, out of the fence, in the fence, out of the fence. Jael got to pet a pony. Notice how she looks like she's in the process of drying off? Well, she is.

We watched as the belly dancers performed. Jael then wanted her shirt tucked up so she could belly dance, too. They are a troupe from Mobile, which is too bad because I would really like to find a group here in this area but have not been having much luck. But they were very good. I thoroughly enjoyed them and danced along with them a bit. Elsie bought us all hip scarves so we were very jingly. But then a man, one of the musicians from the group that played earlier, came up and started asking me all sorts of questions and what not. Is this my first Renn Fair? You have a beautiful outfit. Do you belly dance? You don't? Oh, you should. I think you'd be really good at it.

Eventually I was able to "see" to Jael and was able to relocate to a spot not near him. Then the queen and king asked for a private dance from the dancers.

They danced, again, beautifully. The girl in red was very thin, so thin in fact that it was almost grotesque while at the same time fascinating to watch the muscles of her torso move under her skin. The other girls were thicker, more in keeping with the belly dancer image. All were wonderful. And, oh so, jingly. Their drummer was pretty amazing as well.

The court was beautifully dressed, except for the queen. I'm not really sure what happened with that. The queen, from what I hear, is supposed to be the most ornately dressed woman at the fair. This queen was probably the most plainly dressed woman there. And one of the thinnest. Renaissance fairs seem to be for thick girls. Which is cool for me but an interesting observation none the less. There just weren't that many skinny girls. There were a couple of thin or slender girls but very few "skinny" ones.

You can see here how everyone is very richly dressed. Even Ameris has over dressed the queen and she's not even an official part of the fair. Heck, I was dressed over the queen. The queen, by the way, is the woman in the court picture in the black dress with gold edging. She's the thin blond in the middle.

So that was a little odd. That and she kept slipping out of character. I saw her boot a guy in the backside in a very unregal manner. Like I said, I'm not Renn Fair expert but it seemed odd even to me.

Jael got some fairy wings, though I'm sure if she wouldn't have preferred a sword and a big horse.

There was a troop of dancers. They dressed like fairies...well, the girls did. The boys just wore regular clothes. Not really sure what was up with that. Maybe it was a last minute thing for the guys. But anyway, they did like Riverdance type dance. Lots of jumping foot work. It looked very cool. Unfortunately, it didn't capture well on camera or video. But here's a still nonetheless.

Oh, and we cannot forget the sword fighting. It was SCA again and was pretty good. What surprised me, and it shouldn't have, was how quickly the battles were over. If you were hit in the legs, you dropped to your knees and fought from the knees. If you were hit in the arm, you dropped whatever weapon or shield was in that arm. If you were hit in the head, you were dead. I don't think any match lasted longer than sixty seconds. And from what I've heard, a real fight doesn't last much longer than that. Either someone's going to win or they aren't. There isn't a whole lot of time spent dickering around about it.

Oh, and then the jousting. That was cool. Not as cool as I'd hoped but cool anyway. The "knights" threw spears into hay bales, snared rings with spears, and sliced through cabbages with swords. And then, finally, they charged at each other and attempted to skewer each other with lances. They actually broke some lances on each other but no one was unhorsed. My only real disappointment with the jousting was one of the horses. The black horse galloped. The gray cantered. There was such a difference in power that it felt like the knight on the gray wasn't even trying. The black was fearsome and awesome. The gray, somewhat too pastoral. But it was neat anyway and I'm glad I got to see it.

Here's a picture of someone that Ameris took. I've no idea who they are but their costumes are awesome so I'm including them.

And then here is a picture of Ameris and I. I am in the red and she in the blue. We are wearing the hip scarves Elcie bought. Ameris's pouch, barely visable on her right hip...I made that the night before the fair. Good old leather coat I bought from the Goodwill ten years ago is still serving me well.

And finally, a picture of me in full Renn-ware.

We had an absolute riot and I'm very glad we went, even though my feet were so very wrinkly when I finally got my boots off. I've never seen feet so wrinkly. They were so water logged that the wrinkles hurt. YIKES!!

So, see you later.

Oh, and tomorrow or the next day, I've exciting pictures to show...and no, I'm not pregnant. But exciting none the less...at least to me.

*names have been changed since I've not asked for permission to throw their names around online.

Gunter and Rutger stopped fighting and gazed in astonishment as the sun grew tentacles and a face

I recently read an article* on medieval warhorses and seems they were not the behemoths many people believe them to have been. Using pictorial (contemporary artwork) and archaeological (horse shoes, etc.) evidence, it is suggested they would of been 15 hands high at most (at the shoulders I believe). This reminded me of a couple of videos of a horse used in bull fighting. If a knight's horse had this type of skill, they would be very formidable against unformed infantry.

*Bennett, M 1994, 'The Medieval Warhorse Recondsidered' in Medieval Knighthood V., eds S Church & R Harvey, The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, pp. 19-40.

The "Bar Bear Champ"

Weight Lifting Record Holder in latest Bar Bear Competition.

Giant Pandas can be found in different provinces in China.

Appreciated places by tourists and visitors: Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guilin, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Kunming, Lhasa, Nanjing, Chengdu, Sanya, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xian, Dali, Datong, Dunhuang, Huangshan, Lijiang, Pingyao, Suzhou Other locations of importance: Changchun, Changsha, Dalian, Fuzhou, Hailar, Hefei,Hetian, Hohhot, Jinan, Kashi, Lanzhou, Nanning, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Xiamen, Xichang, Yantai, Zhengzhou

The "Kung Fu Bears"

The "Kung Fu Bears" in their morning practice. A karate pose of a cute little bear on their playtime..

2008Olympic Cities: Beijing, Hong Kong, Qinhuangdao, Tianjin, Shanghai, Shenyang

UFC Champ | "The Karate Cat"

A high kick hitting directly the face of his mortal enemy. The technique is called "The Katrate Kick." This Cat is the present champ of America's famous UFC. The "Ultimate Fighting Cat"

KEEP UP THE DOOG WORK..!!!

Help Prevent Global Warming...!! Clean Up our own sHit..!! Keep Up the Dog Work..!!! That's my pal..

The "Biker Frog"

The renegade member of the cartoon heroes "Biker Mice from Mars" This pal here is also the side kick of the "Ghost Rider"
Images taken from:

ChangSha Tour

Guangzhou Tour

Hetian Tour

DESCARGAR RESTORATION, Silent Knight, 2008.-CLICK HERE FOR DOWNLOAD

Tracklist

01. Rhimes In Check
02. Love & Revolution (S.Raw Remix)
03. Forgotten Boro (Rashid Hadee Remix)
04. Slums Issues (D-Slaps Remix)
05. Speakin' My Mind (Feat. Sean Price) (E.Jones Remix)
06. Friend Stiller (K.O.N. Remix)
07. Passage Way (Fortyl Remix)
08. Walking Kontradiction (DJ Vadim Remix)
09. Understand (Analogic Remix)
10. Good Morning (Blastah Beatz Remix)
11. Storm Season (Quincey Tones Remix)
12. Reach (Feat. Emilio Rojas) (M-Phazes Remix)
13. This Is It (Magowl Remix)

Silent Knight (Live In NYC)

- Jason

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RIP 01/22/2008,

Heath Ledger

- DPANDA