It's from Viggo's most recent book. Started to bid on it on ebay yesterday, then realized it would be cheaper to just order it from the publisher. Duh!
In other news, as I suspected, it's becoming pointless to keep this blog in addition to the other group blogs I'm a part of *and* my LJ, so I will probably phase this one out as I move my LOTR site to its new subdomain over the next two months.
17 October 2002
03 October 2002
OMG, Les Mis is closing on Broadway
in March. And I never saw it there. If I get to NYC for the TT premiere, I'll have to try to go. Article in People.
01 October 2002
I *knew* it
Which Famous Homosexual are you?
Eleanor Roosevelt! Nice to see you.
A Roosevelt yourself, you married your fifth cousin Franklin; despite the obvious incestuous overtones, your six kids were happy and healthy.
When Franklin got elected, you became perhaps the most controversial first lady ever - you spoke out for the rights of women; for the rights of the poor; for world peace. You were even a member of a union while your husband was in office - and when he died, you were the head of the UN Commission on Human Rights.
All of which is pretty kick ass, but to top things off you had a hot and steamy relationship with the lesbian journalist Lorena Hickok, who was so madly in love with you that she halted her career for you. Unfortunately, you couldn't give up your public life that easily - leaving her heartbroken.
Bitch.
30 September 2002
From Saturday night's dinner
As per our usual, this is Dargie taking a photo of me taking a photo of her. 
Still life New Amazon link!
I, for one, have stepped up my ordering lately. I try to use other people's associate links--let me know if/where you have one!
PayPal Targeted by Scam Artists
PayPal Targeted by Scam Artists. Be careful if you use PayPal (which I do--continually) and receive any e-mails allegedly from them, requesting that you re-enter any information. Don't follow those links--if you do need to check your PayPal account, log in to it directly.
Personally, I've also got a lot of fake Ebay e-mails lately, none of which requested any kind of personal info, so I have NO clue what that was all about, other than harrassment.
Personally, I've also got a lot of fake Ebay e-mails lately, none of which requested any kind of personal info, so I have NO clue what that was all about, other than harrassment.
Lovely, BIG screencaps -- Sam and Frodo
Read Comments. Gakked from Andraste_oz's LJ courtesy of sternentochter and Rohan.
28 September 2002
Picasso movie update from Fox News
Picasso Film Picks Up Steam
Tobey Maguire will not be joining Steve Martin, Kevin Kline and Ryan Phillippe in Fred Schepisi's film of Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile.
"We've never been able to cut through the wall in front of him," Schepisi told me at the IFP Gotham Awards last night.
Ditto Reese Witherspoon, who has elected also not to join the troupe opposite her hubby, Phillippe. "They don't like to do projects together," Schepisi reported with a shrug.
Nevertheless this terrific film is due to start production in February. The hunt for an actor to play Albert Einstein is on, but offers are out and a name should pop up in a short time, Schepisi reported. Elijah Wood, meantime, is considering the role.
Tobey Maguire will not be joining Steve Martin, Kevin Kline and Ryan Phillippe in Fred Schepisi's film of Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile.
"We've never been able to cut through the wall in front of him," Schepisi told me at the IFP Gotham Awards last night.
Ditto Reese Witherspoon, who has elected also not to join the troupe opposite her hubby, Phillippe. "They don't like to do projects together," Schepisi reported with a shrug.
Nevertheless this terrific film is due to start production in February. The hunt for an actor to play Albert Einstein is on, but offers are out and a name should pop up in a short time, Schepisi reported. Elijah Wood, meantime, is considering the role.
27 September 2002
Do you do a lot of digital art?
Taken from The Screen Savers (TechTV)
FASTER PERFORMANCE FOR GRAPHICS
Charles in Ontario, Canada, is a graphic artists and uses Photoshop, Quark Xpress, and Illustrator. He has a 1.4 GHz Pentium 4 with 128MB of RAM and Windows Me. Should he upgrade his processor to get faster performance?
Digital artists usually handle very large files, which require a lot of RAM. Your PC will benefit from adding more RAM. Without the RAM, your PC is using the hard drive for memory, which is slow. By adding more RAM, you should see a significant increase.
To figure out how much RAM you should add, take an average of the size of the files you create and edit. Multiply that by four, and you'll have the amount of RAM you should add. For example, if you typically handle 100MB files, you should have about 400MB of RAM. The more RAM, the better.
FASTER PERFORMANCE FOR GRAPHICS
Charles in Ontario, Canada, is a graphic artists and uses Photoshop, Quark Xpress, and Illustrator. He has a 1.4 GHz Pentium 4 with 128MB of RAM and Windows Me. Should he upgrade his processor to get faster performance?
Digital artists usually handle very large files, which require a lot of RAM. Your PC will benefit from adding more RAM. Without the RAM, your PC is using the hard drive for memory, which is slow. By adding more RAM, you should see a significant increase.
To figure out how much RAM you should add, take an average of the size of the files you create and edit. Multiply that by four, and you'll have the amount of RAM you should add. For example, if you typically handle 100MB files, you should have about 400MB of RAM. The more RAM, the better.
Just what I needed: A smart alarm clock
BBC NEWS | Technology | Smart alarm clock lets you lie in. Of course, my current alarm clock isn't all that stupid--it's only the OWNER that is.
25 September 2002
Julian Clary
Contents Thanks to Alys and Cordelia for telling me the gorgeous guy with Serena at the 1997 Golden Globes was Julian Clary. I don't think I've seen any of his work, but judging from the webpage, I hope to do so in the future!
Fun (not stupid) police tricks
Definitely one of those jobs where you need to (somehow) retain your sense of humour.
- So, you don't know how fast you were going. I guess that means I can write anything I want on the ticket, huh?
- Warning! You want a warning? O.K., I'm warning you not to do that again or I'll give you another ticket."
- "Yeah, we have a quota. Two more tickets and my wife gets a toaster oven."
- "Life's tough, it's tougher if you're stupid."
- "The answer to this last question will determine whether you are drunk or not. Was Mickey Mouse a cat or dog?"
Slightly Ghoulish List from TechTV's "Screen Savers"
Online Options for Life After Death
+ Launch your ashes into orbit with Celestis.com:
http://www.celestis.com.
+ Spend eternity under the sea at Eternalreefs.com.
http://www.eternalreefs.com
+ Give your loved ones something to remember you by -- diamonds made out
of your ashes from www.lifegem.com.
http://www.lifegem.com
+ Chill out until the world is ready for your return using cryonics.org
http://www.cryonics.org
+ Indulge your horror film fantasies and become a mummy with the help of
summum.org
http://www.summum.org
+ Launch your ashes into orbit with Celestis.com:
http://www.celestis.com.
+ Spend eternity under the sea at Eternalreefs.com.
http://www.eternalreefs.com
+ Give your loved ones something to remember you by -- diamonds made out
of your ashes from www.lifegem.com.
http://www.lifegem.com
+ Chill out until the world is ready for your return using cryonics.org
http://www.cryonics.org
+ Indulge your horror film fantasies and become a mummy with the help of
summum.org
http://www.summum.org
Reporters Find New Outlet, and Concerns, in Web Logs
Article in the NY Times Online (registration required).
24 September 2002
Midge Ure is coming back to Chicago!
Saturday, November 2 at the Abbey Pub (Grace and Elston), 7PM show, ages 21 and up. Woo hoo!!!
20 September 2002
Ever need to create a .pdf but you don't have Adobe Acrobat?
Well, here's a program that will allow you to do it. For free, too.
BTW, I highly recommend the Webattack site. I have subscribed to their premium service, MyWebAttack, for over a year now, and I love it.
BTW, I highly recommend the Webattack site. I have subscribed to their premium service, MyWebAttack, for over a year now, and I love it.
Friday Five
1. Would you say that you're good at keeping in touch with people?
No, in fact, I'm pretty hopeless. My time always seems to limited to do everything I want and need to do, especially in the summer when I work two jobs, and keeping in touch with any but my closest friends is one of the first things to go. And I always, always regret it, but I don't seem to be able to change the pattern.
2. Which communication method do you usually prefer/use: e-mail, telephone, snail mail, blog comments, or meeting in person? Why?
I think I communicate best by IM... I'm a fast typist, if not always that good a one (but at least I can spell). Failing that, e-mail and blog comments. Love to meet up with people, and surprisingly enough, I usually find that I *do* like people in person that I've liked online--I didn't realize that would be the case quite as often as it has been. I hate, detest, and frankly, fear, the telephone. There are maybe 3 people I don't mind chatting with on the phone--the rest of the world can just lose my number. I've had a phobia about phones since childhood, and since I have to work with them full-time, I'd just as soon avoid them entirely when I'm on my own time.
3. Do you have an instant messenger program? How many? Why/why not? How often do you use it?
I use AIM, mostly because it worked well for me initially (when most of my friends either had AIM or AOL) and I've never had a reason to change it. I like ICQ, especially it's skinnability, but I had lots of problems with it crashing, and just never went back to it. Maybe once I upgrade the computer. I've used Yahoo Messenger, but it seems like just a riff on AIM. Eventually, I imagine I'll go to one of compendium programs that works with the major IM programs--I forget the name of the current most popular one.
4. Do most of your close friends live nearby or far away?
I have a few close friends who live relatively near---none so near that I see them every day, but close enough that I could see them every month (although since I don't drive and we're all busy, that doesn't always happen). At least 3 of those folks would be amongst my best friends wherever they lived, and a few would probably fall into the "good friends but not bosom buddies" list except that they're close enough that I get to spend more time with them and thus get to know them better than I might have otherwise. I also have a slightly larger number of close friends who are scattered all over the country, and a few of them all over the world. As stated above, I regret that I don't keep in better touch with them.
5. Are you an "out of sight, out of mind" person, or do you believe that "distance makes the heart grow fonder"?
I tend to move from B to A as time passes--I miss folks like crazy for a while, but I will eventually move on if I have to.
No, in fact, I'm pretty hopeless. My time always seems to limited to do everything I want and need to do, especially in the summer when I work two jobs, and keeping in touch with any but my closest friends is one of the first things to go. And I always, always regret it, but I don't seem to be able to change the pattern.
2. Which communication method do you usually prefer/use: e-mail, telephone, snail mail, blog comments, or meeting in person? Why?
I think I communicate best by IM... I'm a fast typist, if not always that good a one (but at least I can spell). Failing that, e-mail and blog comments. Love to meet up with people, and surprisingly enough, I usually find that I *do* like people in person that I've liked online--I didn't realize that would be the case quite as often as it has been. I hate, detest, and frankly, fear, the telephone. There are maybe 3 people I don't mind chatting with on the phone--the rest of the world can just lose my number. I've had a phobia about phones since childhood, and since I have to work with them full-time, I'd just as soon avoid them entirely when I'm on my own time.
3. Do you have an instant messenger program? How many? Why/why not? How often do you use it?
I use AIM, mostly because it worked well for me initially (when most of my friends either had AIM or AOL) and I've never had a reason to change it. I like ICQ, especially it's skinnability, but I had lots of problems with it crashing, and just never went back to it. Maybe once I upgrade the computer. I've used Yahoo Messenger, but it seems like just a riff on AIM. Eventually, I imagine I'll go to one of compendium programs that works with the major IM programs--I forget the name of the current most popular one.
4. Do most of your close friends live nearby or far away?
I have a few close friends who live relatively near---none so near that I see them every day, but close enough that I could see them every month (although since I don't drive and we're all busy, that doesn't always happen). At least 3 of those folks would be amongst my best friends wherever they lived, and a few would probably fall into the "good friends but not bosom buddies" list except that they're close enough that I get to spend more time with them and thus get to know them better than I might have otherwise. I also have a slightly larger number of close friends who are scattered all over the country, and a few of them all over the world. As stated above, I regret that I don't keep in better touch with them.
5. Are you an "out of sight, out of mind" person, or do you believe that "distance makes the heart grow fonder"?
I tend to move from B to A as time passes--I miss folks like crazy for a while, but I will eventually move on if I have to.