Category Archives: Random Nonsense

Just whatever comes to mind.

Now That Was Insulting!

Posted on October 22, 2006 by Ubu Roi

Literally. So, today* the whole gang headed northwest from Houston to the Texas RenFaire — except of course, for those of us who headed southeast from Austin. Myself, DrHeinous, the Stainless Steel Brat (aka Katie the Stampede), The Mack of … Continue reading →

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Pre-Weekend Notes

Posted on October 19, 2006 by Ubu Roi

I’m probably going to be out of circulation until sometime Sunday, so updates will be slow to non-existant. Some offhand and nearly-random notes, and some bad Siskel & Ebert (or Roper, whatever) imitations though: Basu Gasu Bakuhatsu has a review … Continue reading →

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The Truth Hurts

Posted on October 18, 2006 by Ubu Roi

Steven remarked yesterday that I’m stupid.  I really think he meant Wonderduck, based on his preceeding paragraph, but it might as well be me, as I’m guilty of the same thing.  A while back, despite fair and adequate warning, I … Continue reading →

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Zero to Excess in 6.5 Hours (updated)

Posted on October 17, 2006 by Ubu Roi

The Zero no Tsukaima download was finished when I got home yesterday. So what did I do? Watch all 13 episodes back-to-back-to-back. Six+ hours of anime, until well after midnight, when I was tired to start with. Ugh. Why do … Continue reading →

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So Many Fansubs, So Little Time

Posted on October 15, 2006 by Ubu Roi

I spent most of this weekend involved with Magic: The Gathering tournements (and doing terribly), so I’ve had only a little time for anime. Mostly, I’ve been rewatching Martian Successor Nadesico and picking up the odd fansub here and there. … Continue reading →

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Warning Signs

Posted on October 15, 2006 by Ubu Roi

Instapundit reports that the Lifeboat Foundation has produced the first warning sign for use around Haruhi Suzumiya, when she’s on a rampage. Not that it was their intent, but it’s certainly true….

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YouTube + Google != The Next Dot-com Bust

Posted on October 11, 2006 by Ubu Roi

It seems everyone and their kid sister is looking at the You Tube deal and going, “WTF? How the hell do they expect to make any money out of that?” I was scratching my head too, until the answer came … Continue reading →

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