Kind of already, uh, attempted that joke, which was totally lost on our friend "Darth Deastron.

That's what I get for not going back to page one. 

I missed the whole thing too.

Damn Jack Black movies and fine Italian cuisine!

Seeing the preview for Rocky 18 or whatever the newest one is has actually given me great fear for Indy 4.

Harrison Ford is too damn old to be Indiana Jones.  Unless he's playing the Sean Connery roll to some other action star in this one, I'm not sure I want to see him swinging from a tree by his whip or getting into fist fights.  It might be more depressing than anything else.

I'm sure I'll still go the day it comes out, but I sincerely hope Indy is more of a treasure hunter than a swashbuckler this time around.

I think it's a lot like he prostitution stings, where cops dress up like hookers.  I think as long as the PervJustice folks get the pervert on the other end to bring up the sex act talk first, then it's not entrapment.

This is one of those instances where I'm all for them pushing the law to it's limits.  If they have to talk suggestively to get the perv to suggest sex or something....yes, they're luring the guy, but they're luring a guy who was going to take advantage of a real kid if they didn't.

So did they prevent a crime, or did they arrest a guy for a crime that he may not have commited if they hadn't arrested him?

I guess it's a little like Minority Report, but again...I'm for it in this instance.  They just better not start taking liberties like that with other areas of the law.  The areas that I like to break. 

My sympathies go out to Shannon's family in real life and all of her good friends here.  I didn't know her nearly as well as some of you, but when I met her at C3 she seemed like a really nice person and she's always been an outgoing and friendly member of this community.

Hearing that her struggle is over is terrible news, but I hope she's gone to a better place.

It seems like many people almost feel like it would be a "relief" to stop, in some aspects, or to be more limited.

We really sound like a bunch of addicts, don't we?  I've "cut back" quite a bit this year, but I'm kidding myself if I try to say it's because of anything besides this not being a movie year.

I think one thing that keeps me from thinning the heard is my years at Rebelscum (and dealing with you guys here) has engrained in my brain that selling things just feels WRONG to me.  Some people have really helped me out over the years, and I'd hate to somehow betray that help by liquidating stuff (especially stuff someone gave me at a good deal).

Is that crazy?


Sure, there are ways around it.  I could start a sale and limit it to people I've traded with before, but chances are...they have it all already anyway. 
I could sell everything super dirt cheap, but then I'd be sitting there saying "Is this figure really worth getting rid of for 2 bucks?"

I am only buying stuff I really like these days, but I'm full aware there's a lot of stuff in my collection I could lose and not feel bad about.  I should really get rid of that stuff I guess.....but for the reasons mentioned above, I don't.

I still feel the same way I did last year, with a twist.

I've already stopped buying a lot of the lines I was collecting previously. I'm only collecting the stuff I really like now, but I still have too much.  Plus I live in a smaller house so there's even less room to pick and choose what will eventually be displayed.

Woe.

Yeah, Jon did, but it was lost in transit overseas.  Not good for Jon or the recipient (Hemish, I think). 

That sucks. I've never lost a package yet, but I think I'll send with delivery confirmation and insurance when I do the secret santa packages, because I'm sending to someone who has no idea it's coming and that's really the only way to verify they got MY gift.

I'd recommend everyone spend the extra dollar to do that this Christmas, it'll help save you the grief.