Author: DOuG pRATt

Thunderbirds are still go, Go, GO!

One of the smashing British birds of the Sixties that is too often overlooked is Lady Penelope, a woman whose life has many strings attached. Lady Penelope was ably assisted by Parker, her faithful servant.

http://youtu.be/dwKLgTUb-EQ

One of Penelope’s most famous encounters was with British music legend Cliff Richard…
http://youtu.be/0hnGPCme0wk?t=4m43s

… and Lady Penelope had a hit song of her own, ably assisted by Parker, of course.

FCC confirms FiOS delivers as promised

Ars Technica reports that the FCC has studied internet service provider speeds and, no surprise to me, found Verizon FiOS to be the best in America. Not only does it have the fastest throughput, the speed is consistent throughout the day.

Speaking of FiOS, a few weeks ago I talked about trouble with the battery that keeps the FiOS landline phone working during a power failure. We lost power for a few hours this past Sunday, due to “animal contact with equipment” according to the power company, and the battery was OK during the entire outage.

High concepts

I haven’t seen Cowboys and Aliens yet, but I’m already thinking about sequels:

  • Indians and Aliens (too obvious?)
  • Nazis and Aliens (the aliens are good guys)
  • Apes and Aliens (Planet of the Apes crossover)
  • Palins and Aliens (Sarah shooting from a helicopter)

So many possible combinations, and that’s just with the aliens!

Winners take, losers give

Now that the GOP has 98% of what they wanted in the debt ceiling deal, it’s up to Stephen Colbert to finish the job of destroying Obama’s Presidency. He can do it with the money he’s collecting for his SuperPAC. What do you get if you donate? Besides the chance to see your name crawling along the bottom of the screen during The Colbert Report, you get this wonderful, autographed JPEG!

The original image is very high res, so you can count every wrinkle and nose hair! I donated fifty bucks, now it’s your turn!