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George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford are apparently trying to convince Tom Stoppard to write the script for the forthcoming fourth coming of Indiana Jones (that was the dog’s name). There’s something to look forward to in the theaters after the Star Wars prequel trilogy.

Info and link were egregiously pilfered from dvg who shamelessly ripped off Brad.

Unrelated note: I updated my About Spike area to include some boring technical information about this site. I also added an area to the sidebar curiously called “Features,” to leave some room for future expansion.

I have decided, because these things are in fact up to me, that the only indicator of intelligence is whether someone is able to use the apostrophe correctly while writing. Here are some more guidelines.

Speaking of apostrophe, I think that would be a great name for a kitten. In fact, you might have two and name them Apostrophe and Catastrophe (‘Pos and Cats for short, of course). But that’s my idea. Don’t steal it.

Speaking of Cats, here is All Your Base Are Belong To Us for those of you who missed it. While we’re on the topic of video games, if you’ve been thinking of buying me an Xbox, you should hesitate no longer. I really just want it to play Gauntlet but there are probably other games I’d be interested in as well. The thing is that I don’t really have time for video games… or perhaps I just don’t make time for it.

Speaking of time, I should probably be getting back to work now. Okay, I love you, bye bye.

That’s the theme to Night Court, in case you didn’t catch that.

I was at work today… for just a few hours since I had my court appointment in the late afternoon. In the morning I got a call from my lawyer’s secretary who told me that my lawyer had taken on another case and would not be able to meet me at court until an hour and a half after our scheduled appearance time.

Well, that didn’t make me entirely happy, but you have to do what you have to do.

I had to still show up at the appointed time to tell the judge that my attorney would be late. So, that’s what I did.

After sitting in the courtroom for over an hour, listening to case after pathetic case, my lawyer showed up. We went over the information and made sure we had the facts straight. After that, he disappeared for a while to talk to the police officer who issued the tickets, way back in October 2000. (You can check my archives.)

Eventually, they came back in and my case was called to the bench. The damage (monetary, that is) was not as bad as I thought it was going to be. I ended up going home with no suspended license, no points added, and a small fine of $640 total, including court fees.

So that’s that.

Today I get to go to court. My guess is that they’re going to fine me $500 or so. I have another appearance in a different court at the end of the month; the maximum they can give me there is five days in jail. Let this be a lesson to everyone: always pay your speeding tickets on time!

Today is also JessaJune‘s birthday. Don’t forget to tell the waiter so everyone will come over to her website to sing a generic Happy Birthday song (with lots of clapping) and to deliver a free piece of ice cream cake.

Scott and I are both planning to see the Thursday, 12:01am showing of Attack Of The Clones next week, but I’ll have seen the movie in its entirety as he’s just sitting down in the theater. Well, I guess that’s one good thing about living on the east coast.

John Nathan-Turner, the last producer of Doctor Who (the television series), has passed away. There was a lot of backlash for years after JN-T joined the series. No one seemed to like what he was doing with the show.

Well, I was a fan of the more classic episodes rather than the “modern” JN-T type, but it’s still sad to see somebody who cared about the series gone.

For me, the most nerve-wracking part of the “Getting A Job” dance is not the Interview. It’s the Drug Test. Not because there are any drugs in my system, but because of the process used to determine if there are drugs in my system. It’s just… difficult to perform under pressure. I have to remember to drink plenty of liquids beforehand.

Now back to your regularly scheduled Monday.

Well I saw Spider-Man last night, with fourteen friends an acquaintances. (Who knew I knew so many people?) It was quite a movie. I laughed, I cried (well, got a little teary-eyes), but unlike Julie I was a little frustrated when the computer generated imaging looked fake. I have to say Spider-Man is an incredibly cool superhero character.

The offer has been made. I made a counter-offer. There were negotiations. I’ll let them know on Monday.

It’s a good thing. Yeah for medical benefits! Yeah for dental benefits! Yeah for 401k!

I settled for lower base salary than I wanted but I guess it’s still a bad time to be too picky.

Well, this was a post talking about Linux vs. Windows, but I’ve decided to delete it and include this quote from Red Dwarf instead. (Your task is to follow the links.)

Lister:

These guys aren’t Nazis, they’re all wearing different period costumes! There’s one that looks like Al Capone! There’s another like Mussolini! Richard the Third! Napoleon! … It’s like all the worst people in history have been brought together in one place! … They’re just lining up in some kind of firing squad. Whoa… someone’s being brought out! They’re tying him to a stake.

(pause)

It’s Winnie The Pooh, I swear! … He’s refusing the blindfold! …

(sounds of gunfire)

That’s something no one should ever have to see.

This is horrible. Irate fans at a rock concert (held at a church) threw a grenade into the crowd, killing seven people and injuring 127, when the band did not allow the kids to join the stage with them.

This just proves that rock is the music of the devil, and your parents’ parents were right for shunning the Beatles.