I was reading a review of Miracle this morning and had a sudden movie idea. Disney needs to make another Dexter Riley movie with Kurt Russel. It could be a sequel to Now You See Him, Now You Don’t or The Strongest Man in the World (I wasn’t as big a fan of The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes). Dexter and his pals are all working for some research facility trying to recreate some of those past accidents or create some new one and you have the typical hijinks. Get as many of the original actors who were in those movies as you can. Unfortunately you wouldn’t be able to get people like Joe Flynn and Cesar Romero for it. Maybe they could be digitally recreated. I think it would rock.

Morgan Webb asks “Which do you like better? Sweet or Salty”

I really hate sugar. It’s not because my dentist tells me it’s bad (which she does), or because of the Atkins Revolution (where we can all of the sudden eat pork rinds again). It’s because I don’t like the taste (smarties excepted, though I’ve eaten so many now I’m over them too). I don’t like sweet things, cakes, desserts, ice cream, candies, and I most definitely don’t like chocolate. When the waiter winks and proclaims that he’ll bring “two spoons” for me to steal off my friend’s dessert plate I just ignore him and the spoon. Chocolate is terrible. It’s nasty, but the worst part is people always try and stuff it down your throat because they just can’t believe you don’t like it.

That’s not to say I don’t have my vices. I seek out the salt. The jerky snacks, the saltiest soups, the french fries, salt and vinegar chips, and flamin’ hot cheetos (mmmmmmmmmm my fav). What do you guys like better, sweet or salty? I’m gonna try turning the comments on again. Maybe it’s because I’m in a good mood today, or maybe I’m just a fool. [Morgan Webb]

Myself, It depends on the mood, but in general I’m more of a salty person. I love popcorn and pretzels and chips. I like chocolate and sweet things, but only in moderation. I can’t finish a 20oz bottle of soda, it’s just too heavy. I’ve become more a fan of flavored seltzers or just plain water. For desert I’m usually happy with a scoop of ice cream, but not a lot. Though, every once in a while I do have a massive sugar craving and things get ugly.

On the other hand, I love salty sweet things. Like pretzel bits mixed with chocolate, mmmmm.

Network World Fusion Compendium asks:

You canning spam?
The CAN-SPAM law has been in effect for about a month now. Noticed a dramatic reduction in incoming spam? Noticed any reduction? [Compendium]

I know I haven’t. I’m getting just as much spam in my spam box as I have been, if not more. Though it isn’t like I expected the law to accomplish anything to begin with.

Last night and today I found myself browsing through the iTunes Music Store because I won a free song. I haven’t looked in a while, but their selection just keeps getting better. First I noticed they had a number of things by Jeff Mills (on the Tresor label). Then I started wondering if they were handling more independent artists yet so I did a bit of searching and found stuff by Andrew Kerr, Edie Carey, and Anne Heaton (Unfortunately, nothing by Teddy Goldstein or LFNY). I’m quite impressed.

First there was The Sims, now we have SINGLES: FLIRT UP YOUR LIFE.

The adults-only PC adventure puts gamers in control of up-for-it housemates Mike and Linda with the challenge of keeping the pair happy in their daily lives.

If they succeed, the wild couple will eventually fall in love and cop off, jumping into the sack together or heading off to the bathroom for a saucy shower.

But if players forget to empty the bins, wash the dishes or fail to clear up the lounge, it’s all going to end in tears. [The Sun Newspaper Online]

I’m sure there will be an online version before too long.

Here’s something to try that will get your cow-orkers looking strangely at you:

Trick
This is kind of dumb, but fun. While sitting in your chair, lift your right foot slightly off the ground and move it in clockwise circles. Now draw the numeral “6” in the air with your right hand. Your foot will involuntarily reverse direction. (via hanging-fire.net) [via Making Light] [via Boing Boing]

Note, It doesn’t seem to work for all people. I’m sure there’s some explanation for all of it.

I was watching Pretear this morning and one of the voices sounded so familiar so I had to confirm that I recognized it. Upon looking through the voice actor listings on Animenfo.com, I kept finding myself boggling at how many different types of characters some VAs have done. For instance, the character whose voice sounded familiar was Goh from Pretear, whose VA is Morikubo Shoutarou. He’s also been Ginji in GetBackers, Iwata in Excel Saga, Shikamaru in Naruto and Rafael in Tenshi ni Narumon (others listed too, but I haven’t seen them). It sometimes amazes me how many shows some people have worked on. Like Inoue Kikuko, who has been in many of my favorite series as some of my favorite characters.

(I typed this all in last night, but got distracted by somthing and forgot to actually post it. oops.)

So I finally got around to participating in the Monday Mosh. Even though I can’t really dance that vigorously without falling over coughing and gasping for breath, I did bop around on the couch quite a while. For those not familiar with the Mosh, here’s a description.

This week:

1. READY STEADY GO – L’Arc~en~Ciel
2. I didn’t step on anything but I hit a (closed) container of duck sauce from last night’s dinner and sent it flying. Luckily it didn’t open on impact

3. To. Much. Coughing.

Even with the coughing and such I call it a success for my first time. I felt immensely silly but it helped boost my crappy mood that was still hanging on from the weekend.

This is what I’ve been waiting for. I always have various condiments in the fridge and wonder if they are any good or how long I should even think about having them around. Thanks to Boing Boing via TechTV for the link to the Periodic Table of Condiments.

http://www.powergenitalia.com/. I really can’t say much more without spoiling it. Oh yes, and it is worksafe. really.