"Oh wow. I wonder why they didn't look at Rice."

It's my firm belief that ANY remotely qualified Republican woman politician would have (and MAY have) laughed in McCain's face. Hence, Palin.

Today is not the day key people need to take long lunches, damnit.

Desk is organized! There are still two Deadly Drawers that I need to deal with, but just looking at it, no one can tell that.

Also need to figure out where/how to store my comic books. I've never had to deal with that before. Boxes, I guess. But what kind? So much to consider.

Also need to figure out where/how to store my comic books. I've never had to deal with that before. Boxes, I guess. But what kind? So much to consider.

Not comic books, but the Hub would store all his old Dragon mags in plastic bags with the cardboard sleeves to keep them stiff, then file them in the plastic filing boxes that you can pick up at Staples or Target.

Jen, they make boxes specifically sized for comic book storage that you can probably get at any local comic store.

I have the plastic bags, but I don't have the cardboard backings. That should still be OK, though, right? I don't need them to be in any kind of perfect-o condition, just not ripped to shreds would be nice.

ETA: Oh, cool. Thanks, Matt.

That Voiceover Guy, R.I.P.

In a world where celebrities such as George Clooney and Gene Hackman have been taking over the voiceover business, this man had the most recognizable voice of anyone whose name and face you wouldn’t recognize.

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His name was Don LaFontaine, but to most of us he was That Voiceover Guy. He died Monday at age 68 in Los Angeles from complications of a collapsed lung.

The Web site for this “king of voiceovers” credits him with voicing almost 5,000 movie trailers and nearly 350,000 commercials and other works.

“He is arguably the most successful Voice Actor of all time,” the site states, and actually it’s hard to argue.

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In a world without Don LaFontaine, there are going to be a lot of strange sounding trailers and ads.

In a world without Don LaFontaine, there are going to be a lot of strange sounding trailers and ads.

It's not a proper trailer, without the proper voice.

sniff

It's not a proper trailer, without the proper voice.

sniff

Yep.

In my link, there's a video of a funny commercial he did for Geico. It's weird hearing that voice coming from him in the commercial.

Fake (but funny) Palin blog: Welcome To The PalinDrome: Sarah Palin's Blog

But to help with the foreign stuff, they made me some really great flashcards about friend VS. enemy countries. The pictures of animals are the best part. Almost every country has a traditional animal mascot, a lot like sports teams. You probably already knew that America is an eagle, but did you know that England is a friendly lion (kinda like Aslan), Russia is a bear, and Iran is a scorpion with the head of a goat??

Anyways, finding out that Russia (also known as the Soviet's Union) is a "bear" made me think that hey, wait a sec, maybe i AM kinda ready for this foreign policy thing! I might not have gone on alot of trips away from alaska or talked to to very many foreigners (unless you count liberels!) but i have a heck of a lot of experience dealing with BEARS. one of the parts of my job that i am most proud of is that I have led the fight in Alaska against polar bears. The Interior Department (aka Big Government) tried to tell us alaskans that polar bears are an "endangered species" because of something called "global warming." Um, hey guys, have you BEEN to Alaska? It's cold as heck! anyway, I sued them and basically said "Until you can prove that this global warming stuff is actually science (aka never), then let us do what we want with our bears."