I Ain't Afraid of No Daleks

"Never mind the black hole--they've got leaky pipes and rising damp...they need to get a man in!"

1. A Place You've Visited and Your Favorite Thing there.

The Metropolatin Museum of Art in Manhattan. It's hard to choose just one thing, 'cos it's just so jam-packed with interesting stuff! I of course love the Egyptian and Roman exibits, But I also like the Tiffany glass and the medevil armor as well...and the paintings and sculptures...gosh..everything's my favourite...except maybe the wait to get your coat, ha-ha.

2. Country You'd Like to Visit and Why

The UK, definitely. So many of my friends are there, so much history (a history buff's dream), there's London and the Lakes District, Scotland and Wales and the Yorkshire Dales...ah well. It's sort of a lost dream, but it's probably my last one that I have left.

3. A Place From History You'd Like to Visit and Why

Pompeii or maybe the Acropolis in Athens. I've seen Egyptian ruins, now I'd like to see either some Greek or Roman ruins with my own eyes.

4. A Place You Know a Lot about

Nationally historic Albany Rural Cemetery, in Menands/Colonie New York

5. A Place You'd Like to Learn More About

Scotland. I've several acquaintences in Scotland, yet the more I speak with them, the more I realize how little I know about the place where they live.

6. A Fictional Place in a Book You'd Like to Visit

The lost city in King Solomon's Mines...bet that'd be really cool.

7. A Fictional Place in Television You'd Like to Visit

Well, gosh, I dunno', could it be...the TARDIS?

8. A Fictional Place from Film You'd Like to Visit

The New York City of the Doris Day films, that'd be cool. Those films made New York look downright groovy.

9. A Favorite Place You Visited With Your Parents and Why

Frontier Town theme park in the northern Adirondacks, back in the late 60's and early 70's. Cos I was into cowboy shows, like some British kids were into Dr Who or the Wombles or whatever. It was the equivilent of some kid who loves Dr Who, getting to go to a Dr Who theme park, I suppose. Fronteir Town had a 7th Calvary regiment, real Indians and cowboys, a steam train that got held up by outlaws on horseback...one of whom later got "hung" at the livery barn by the town marshall (no political correctness in those days), a rodeo and horseback riding.

10. Your First Long Trip Away from Home Alone

That would be Wyoming in June of 1980. I'd lived about 3 hours from home (in a college dorm), that autumn/winter, but my 3 day bus trip to the wilds of Yellowstone Park was my first true long trip away from home alone. I was 19.

here's a fun meme;

To find the name of your new band, go here; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random

then...choose the title of the first article at the top of the page

Then, to choose the name of your first hit single, take the name of the street you live on, and google it. Choose the first sentence of the article (or a short approximation thereof) as your song title.

Choose the title of your first album here:
http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
by choose the last quote on the bottom of the page

Lastly, to find your album cover, go to google images, put it "interesting picture" and choose the forth picture (that fits this blog format) as your album cover.

Here's what I got:

BAND NAME: The Battle of Stanwick

First single: Thai Restaurant to Re-open on G__ Street

Album title: People will accept your ideas more readily if you tell them

ALBUM COVER:

Like the communists, the republicans have lowered themselves to the lowest common denominator to get themselves elected--pushing hate and fear and lies onto a gulible (and notoriously STUPID) American public.

Here's the latest robocall (automated telephone solicitation) from McCain-Palin:

Hello. I'm calling for John McCain and the RNC because you need to know that Barack Obama has worked closely with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers, whose organization bombed the U.S. capitol, the Pentagon, a judge's home and killed Americans. And Democrats will enact an extreme leftist agenda if they take control of Washington. Barack Obama and his Democratic allies lack the judgment to lead our country. This call was paid for by McCain-Palin 2008 and the Republican National Committee at 202-863-8500.

So, if McCain-Palin wins, us left-wingers can expect to be shunted into trucks and sent to Gitmo style concentration camps, because we're TRAITORS for THINKING and asking QUESTIONS about Iraq, Iran, China, Russia, Republican over spending, Republican lies, Republican laws, Republican removal of rules for big business..etc.

Basically, if you question the republicans or go against their narrow biggoted and hate-spewing views at all: you're a traitor.

Well, Thomas Jefferson was a terrorist. He wrote:

"Political dissent is the highest form of patriotism." Guess I'm in good company, ey?

Just heard the postman clank the metal lid of my mailbox downstairs. Went down to retrieve my post...wish I hadn't.

This is what I got for my birthday, people:

A notice from Time-stinking-Warner cable, saying that the cost of my internet service was going up to $50 dollars a month.

A notice from my landlords, saying my rent was going up to $625 a month, starting in December.

Happy f'ing birthday to me, ey?

Crap.

British stage actor Patterson Joseph has apparently hinted that he's to be the next Doctor. But then, so have several other actors...and then, there's all the fan rumours...and there's poor David Tennant, as brilliant a Doctor as there ever was, continually haunted by the sudden departure of Christopher Eccleston...fans were so shocked by that, that they lost their faith in the actors that play the part...or maybe they just don't have enough of a life to find something better to do with their time, than wonder when poor DT, a Doctor they love, and an actor who seems to equally love his part, is leaving. Weird, man, really...very strange, isn't it?