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Actually I lived my whole life in southeast WI. And I still maintain that it's a "bubbler" despite efforts by all my friends down here to get me to change. Yup, that game and many others. My friends were (are) especially fond of Final Fantasy. -Thumper

Yup, you got another Wisconsinite here (a fact I'm rather proud of ). I love snow, hate hot days, love the countryside, and I still maintain that it's a "bubbler" despite efforts by all of my friends down here to get me to change. True, true. My bad. I think she may have been seduced by the WoW side of the Force. (*but waves to BBL, just in case*) -Thumper

*raises hand* Here, though I'm mainly a lurker and too much of a tomboy. And after spending my whole life in the beautiful small hills of Wisconsin, the Florida peninsula is waaaay too flat for my tastes. I have to go onto the causeway bridges to get an altitude fix. But at least there's a lot of trees and water to break up the landscape. -Thumper

I think between http://www.comics.com and http://www.ucomics.com , you might be able to find most of the more well-known comic strips. -Thumper

"Get Fuzzy" is awesome. (And I would like to mention that Satchel is the dog and Bucky is the cat, not the other way around. ) The strip takes place in Boston, IIRC. I have a few Get Fuzzy strips hanging up at work--the top front half of my filing cabinet is covered with various comics. "FoxTrot" is my absolute favorite comic strip, though, and makes up the majority of the displayed ones at work. -Thumper

DarthTofu, I live in Titusville. I go down to Merritt Island fairly often. From the Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA), area originally. Love it up there. Back to lurking... -Thumper

I read the books in preparation for seeing the movie and I got instantly hooked. As for the movie, I saw it three times within the first two weeks it was out here, so yeah, I really liked it. The movie had some parts that were not in the book (I want that gun!! ). There were some parts in the book that could have been explained better in the movie (like the whole towel thing), but for the most part I think they did a good job for people who hadn't read the books. I'm basing a lot of that on my dad, since he hadn't read the books and I took him to see it, and he was able to follow it and enjoyed it. I can't imagine how many little Easter eggs there are in that movie, and I really hope the DVD comes with a director's commentary. Things like hearing the horses neighing in the background when Arthur was talking to the descendant of Genghis Khan--it's explained in the books, but in the movie that's the only hint you get of it. In the US at least, there was an extra little scene about halfway through the end credits. And now I'm going to have the opening credits song in my head for the rest of the day. -Thumper

I'll be there as well. Despite the horribly long lines, Celebration 2 was a blast. They said they're trying to fix that this time, so we'll see. -Thumper

Count me as one of the weirdos who actually liked the old Battlestar Galactica. I thought their fighters (Vipers) were pretty neat, and Starbuck was just cool. Now Galactica 1980...that's a completely different story. -Thumper

Scientists think Titan may be like an infant Earth because of its atmosphere and what they believe the atmosphere is doing. There are supposedly a lot of chemical reactions taking place in it, powered by sunlight, and the thinking is that these same types of chemical reactions are what eventually led to life on Earth. -Thumper

Serenity is based on the (now cancelled but available on DVD ) sci-fi TV show Firefly. If the first theatrical movie does well, there are potentially a couple more follow-ons. Between this and Ep III (which I'm hoping I'll like better than Ep II), I figure I'll be living at the theater this year. -Thumper

It got bumped back from April to September 30 (in the USA), but the Firefly movie Serenity is due out this year! *happy* Hitchhiker's Guide should be interesting. I'll have to go see that one, too. -Thumper

Hey, GAT, can you send some of that snow down this way? You can keep the cold temperatures, but I want the snow. *misses snow* A "cold" front went through today so it was only about 8 deg C here in Florida, but it's supposed to warm back up with a high of around 20 C tomorrow. It's supposed to rain all weekend, too, but I won't care because by that time I'll be back home up by the Great Lakes. Most of the Christmas shopping is done. I've been so far behind this year. Happy holidays, everyone. -Thumper

Yup, just little two-seater and four-seater Cessnas, though. Just remember--landings are nothing more than controlled, midair collisions with a planet. True, though it's gotten better in the last few months. I've gotten to be such a wimp and I don't venture far anymore, so I need some refresher lessons to get some confidence back. But eventually...eventually...aerobatic lessons. Glad to be of help. If it helps, I'm one of only two people from WI who do not like the Packers (my mom is the second). (NFC = National Football Conference [American Football]) -Thumper

Just a guess, but i think "India" might have been a typo for "Indeed" in that post. From Illinois, right? Dratted insomnia...*grumble* Name: Katie Age: 25 Location: Florida, USA (but a Wisconsinite at heart) Occupation: Logistics Engineer Non SW interests: Writing, RPG's, flying, horseback riding, and frightening my cat with my violin -Thumper

No problem, Mad. Check your e-mail. -Thumper

I have that as the shutdown sound on my work computer, complete with the static at the end. Yoda has some of the best lines in the entire OT. -Thumper

Haven't done that, but driving in a snow storm with the high beams on makes it look like you're jumping into hyperspace... I've also tried making lightsaber humming noises when I've turned on a flashlight. -Thumper

Ah, natural disasters...I'm still trying to figure out how an earthquake managed to damage my orbital shipyard. -Thumper

Hmm. I have no clue about the hanging. This was the movie with the flying monkeys, wasn't it? That was probably what did it for me. -Thumper

Scariest movie: The Wizard of Oz. Something about it freaked me out as a little kid, and I haven't watched it since. Actually, that's one of several. (I never said I wasn't a wimp. ) -Thumper

Just as long as there aren't operational instructions for where to place your silverware while you're using them. Enjoy the perks of being part of the upper class! (But don't pick on the lower class too much. ) -Thumper who is still envious of TF's writing ability

Hi, all. TF and BBL asked that I pass along their hello's to everyone here. They haven't had a chance to post since they've both been really busy, but it sounds like they're doing well. TF is into Week 4 of training now. -Thumper

...delurking for a minute in the midst of trying to get caught up around here... I like a bunch of shows, but here are my Top Three: Due South. Comedy-drama about a Canadian Mountie who comes to work in Chicago. Firefly. Um...I don't know how to explain it in just a couple of sentences, and any attempts on my part to do so will be a gross injustice to this awesome show. Scrubs. Already mentioned. Other ones I like (off the top of my head) are Third Watch, American Dreams, Pretender, Futurama, Early Edition, B5, A-Team, The Cape, 7 Days, etc. etc. etc. -Thumper

It's not an animated .gif, but here's a pretty cool pic I saw on another forum: Now this is a speeder bike! Love the Olympics pic, Jahled. -Thumper