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School is open and yet my professors decided to take a snow day. It's extremely irritating to find this out after walking to school at eight in the morning, via unplowed sidewalks. Grr.
Fillion To Voice Trevor in "Wonder Woman"
Announced at the 2008 FX International Con, Nathan Fillion (Serenity) is slated to provide the voice of Steve Trevor in the upcoming DC direct to video Wonder Woman animated film.
Fillion will star alongside Keri Russell, who will play Wonder Woman, in the highly-anticipated upcoming direct-to-video animated feature. The direct-to-video animated feature is slated for a late 2008/early 2009 release. Fillion also voiced the hero Vigilante in the late Justice League Unlimtied animated series.
I'm not thrilled about Keri Russell voicing Wonder Woman but I AM thrilled about Nathan Fillion voicing Steve Trevor. Steve doesn't get enough love. Also, he was awesome as Vigilante. (Speaking of Vigilante - Shortpacked explains why having Batman and Vigilante on the same team is a BAD IDEA).
The story for the Wonder Woman dtv seems to be a strange combination of Perez's Gods and Mortals and a B-grade zombie fantasy: Ares raises an army of zombies and Diana is named the gods' champion and sent from Themyscira to Man's World, to fight him.
Wonder Woman vs. the Army of Darkness? Golden Chainsaw of Truth, forged from the remnants of the Girdle of Gaea?
I really think this could go either way. It's going to either be brain-meltingly awful, or totally and completely awesome.
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One of the things I do at work is interview applicants for part-time work. I was all MOTTO MOTTO OH GOD THE MOTTO while reading 35 Things To Avoid At Your Job Interview. Though the advice skews to the corporate ladder, most of it is pretty generally applicable. I work in retail and while wearing a suit to an interview would be a little strange, a tidy and professional appearance is essential. I wish more parents would coach their teenagers on interviews - it's really not ok to come straight from the gym.
I've encountered a lot of these, but some of them are intensely wtf.
14. Bring your breakfast, lunch or dinner: Not only is it impolite to bring a meal to the job interview, it’s the best way not to get the job. Your interviewer doesn’t want to watch you eat, nor does she want to wait until you’re finished chewing to learn the answer to her questions.
Ok, seriously?
20. Talk on your cell phone or read text messages: To not turn your cell phone or pager off for an interview is just plain rude. Your interviewer should have your complete attention.
O.o You... would have to be seriously addicted to texting, or seriously stupid to do this. Yet I have no doubt that there are people who think this is acceptable.
25. Brush hair, file nails, put on lipstick: Primp before the interview, not during.
Ok, when teenagers do it, I can almost understand, but COME the fuck ON. Just... lol, man. lol
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The Case for CFLs
The case against CFLs is built largely on half-truths and innuendo. Yes, the energy-saving bulbs contain mercury, a neurotoxin responsible for a tremendous amount of human suffering over the years. And safely recycling CFLs remains far more difficult than it should be. But these facts don't justify sticking with inefficient incandescent technology that has barely changed since the invention of the tungsten filament nearly a century ago.
CFLs are lauded by environmentalists because they require far less electrical power than their incandescent counterparts. A 26-watt CFL bulb produces the same lumens as a 100-watt incandescent bulb. Assuming that you keep one of those bulbs aglow for six hours a day, switching to a CFL will save you 126 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, which translates to 170 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions on average. Now, how many bulbs do you have in your house? Twenty? Thirty? Replace them all and you could conceivably (assuming six-hour-a-day use throughout the building) reduce your annual CO2 output by upward of 2.3 metric tons—about 10 percent of the average American household's annual carbon footprint.
Slate
Brendan I. Koerner
Feb 5, 2008
I personally love my fluorescents.
Fillion To Voice Trevor in "Wonder Woman"
Announced at the 2008 FX International Con, Nathan Fillion (Serenity) is slated to provide the voice of Steve Trevor in the upcoming DC direct to video Wonder Woman animated film.
Fillion will star alongside Keri Russell, who will play Wonder Woman, in the highly-anticipated upcoming direct-to-video animated feature. The direct-to-video animated feature is slated for a late 2008/early 2009 release. Fillion also voiced the hero Vigilante in the late Justice League Unlimtied animated series.
I'm not thrilled about Keri Russell voicing Wonder Woman but I AM thrilled about Nathan Fillion voicing Steve Trevor. Steve doesn't get enough love. Also, he was awesome as Vigilante. (Speaking of Vigilante - Shortpacked explains why having Batman and Vigilante on the same team is a BAD IDEA).
The story for the Wonder Woman dtv seems to be a strange combination of Perez's Gods and Mortals and a B-grade zombie fantasy: Ares raises an army of zombies and Diana is named the gods' champion and sent from Themyscira to Man's World, to fight him.
Wonder Woman vs. the Army of Darkness? Golden Chainsaw of Truth, forged from the remnants of the Girdle of Gaea?
I really think this could go either way. It's going to either be brain-meltingly awful, or totally and completely awesome.
***
One of the things I do at work is interview applicants for part-time work. I was all MOTTO MOTTO OH GOD THE MOTTO while reading 35 Things To Avoid At Your Job Interview. Though the advice skews to the corporate ladder, most of it is pretty generally applicable. I work in retail and while wearing a suit to an interview would be a little strange, a tidy and professional appearance is essential. I wish more parents would coach their teenagers on interviews - it's really not ok to come straight from the gym.
I've encountered a lot of these, but some of them are intensely wtf.
14. Bring your breakfast, lunch or dinner: Not only is it impolite to bring a meal to the job interview, it’s the best way not to get the job. Your interviewer doesn’t want to watch you eat, nor does she want to wait until you’re finished chewing to learn the answer to her questions.
Ok, seriously?
20. Talk on your cell phone or read text messages: To not turn your cell phone or pager off for an interview is just plain rude. Your interviewer should have your complete attention.
O.o You... would have to be seriously addicted to texting, or seriously stupid to do this. Yet I have no doubt that there are people who think this is acceptable.
25. Brush hair, file nails, put on lipstick: Primp before the interview, not during.
Ok, when teenagers do it, I can almost understand, but COME the fuck ON. Just... lol, man. lol
***
The Case for CFLs
The case against CFLs is built largely on half-truths and innuendo. Yes, the energy-saving bulbs contain mercury, a neurotoxin responsible for a tremendous amount of human suffering over the years. And safely recycling CFLs remains far more difficult than it should be. But these facts don't justify sticking with inefficient incandescent technology that has barely changed since the invention of the tungsten filament nearly a century ago.
CFLs are lauded by environmentalists because they require far less electrical power than their incandescent counterparts. A 26-watt CFL bulb produces the same lumens as a 100-watt incandescent bulb. Assuming that you keep one of those bulbs aglow for six hours a day, switching to a CFL will save you 126 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, which translates to 170 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions on average. Now, how many bulbs do you have in your house? Twenty? Thirty? Replace them all and you could conceivably (assuming six-hour-a-day use throughout the building) reduce your annual CO2 output by upward of 2.3 metric tons—about 10 percent of the average American household's annual carbon footprint.
Slate
Brendan I. Koerner
Feb 5, 2008
I personally love my fluorescents.
