Castle Shima

We have no objection to humans continuing with their superstitious ceremonies so long as its made quite clear that they are wrong. -- Slitherigy Community Leader from Doctor Who: Flip Flop

Tower View
I've actually reached 100... posts that is. So I figured this was appropriate somehow.

You Know You Are Getting Old Part 1005
1. Having to tell someone the same directions 6 times in less than 15 minutes really isnt funny any more.

2. Instead of downloading pron, you are looking up home improvement ideas.

3. Those Haggar slacks with the elastic waistbands are starting to look better all the time.

4. All the guys in the office are ogling a pretty lady and your reply was "What woman? Where?"

5. You actually know what a valance is.
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Out In The Yard
Rodney Dangerfield passes away. Now he'll get some respect.
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This is when angry Democrats attack. Once again, showing the true jackasses.
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Darth Vader assaults pizza delivery boy. The Force was strong with that one.
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Team America finally wins its R rating. Its pretty sad when a puppet movie has to fight the Ratings board to get an R. I cant wait to see this!
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Doctor Who: Flip Flop by Big Finish Studios.

No, this isnt referring to John Kerry, but instead, its actually a storyline from the Doctor Who audio series. Unlike, books on audio, this series is like the radio adventures made popular throughout the thirties, long before television.

For those who have never heard of Doctor Who, this started out as a tv science fiction series in the 1960's and ran for 30 years. The main character, The Doctor, is a time traveler that has adventures all through time and space with a variety of sidekicks. One of the interesting facests about the show was that when the Doctor reached as certain stage in life, his body chemistry would eventually force him to regenerate into an entirely different body. This helped explain the various actors who played The Doctor and allowed him to live on for so long.

Although the tv show faded away in 1989, the character has been alive and well. There have been an asundry of movies, books, and cds created over the character(s). The character himself was even brought back in a tv movie in 1996.

Since then the audio series has become the main staple. It allows all the previous actors that have ever played in the series or movies to return for more adventures.

With the production costs so much less than a tv show, Big Finish is able to release a new adventure monthly as well as put out several different storylines for the various Doctors and his sidekicks. For this year alone, the studio has put out ten cds. There are at least six more to be published by the end of the year.

Flip Flop is a great story which bring ups some interesting questions.

Are oppressed minorities really oppressed when they control your culture? What role does a single person play in our lives? If you went back in time and changed the past, would the future really be better than what you knew?

This particular storyline is composed of two cds and it doesnt matter which one you play first. The story goes back and forth between the cds in order to tell a tale of two histories and two futures.

As a side note for Doctor Who fans, Eddie Izzard is the front runner to play the ninth Doctor in the new tv series, which will start next year.

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* Days go by
* And still I think of you
* Days when I couldnt live
* My life without you
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