Ordinary Superhero

I’ve had it in mind to post something over the past few days. I work in Edinburgh, where there have been lots of protests, even a few small riots because of the G8 meeting taking place nearby.
Then yesterday there were the attacks on London. At that point all of my little annoyances about the increased police presence (I’m glad they’re here, it’s just strange the effect it has on you when they’re so visible) went out the window. Then I read about some Comments made on a Fox “News” program inferring that the attacks were a good thing because they concentrated minds of world leaders on terrorism rather than global warming or debt relief.
I refuse to live in a climate of fear where terrorism is the primary issue!

I got some lovely new glasses from Butterworths Lenses.

the BBC have a fabulous article on holding an election night party, including masks of the three party leaders which you can cut out and wear. None of the masks is flattering but they’re well done. there are lots of other election night games to play as well. Even if you’re not going to do it, it’s well worth a look.
Kind of cheers me up, since I know that my vote doesn’t matter. I will vote, but no matter who I vote for, I’ll get the same Labour MP I’ve had for years. The only time I remember hearing about him on the national news was when he started making paper hats in parliament. However, I have recently been checking out the excellent TheyWorkForYou.com where you can look up all sorts of details and statistics on your MP. I’ve signed up for emails every time he speaks.

My policiy is, if you have to tell people to forward on the email, it’s not worth doing, no matter what the content or subject. I will not be preached to like that. Oh, and before you pass anything on, make sure it’s not fake. It’s not hard people! Just type a key phrase or two in google and see what’s out on the web about it! Please – for the love! By the way, http://www.bonsaikitten.com is fake!!!

I’ve been having my usual exciting Saturday evening, and I’ve come across an amazing piece of information courtesy of IMDB. Mr T, before he did the A Team was the voice of Mr Doo Doo the Clown on Sesame Street!!!!! I mean, WOW!

I’ve been playing computer games for years, adn just about the time I swithched over from a Sinclair Spectrum to an IBM PC, my addiction was to a game called Carrier Command. I loved it, and played it for more hours than were healhy (I’ve still not quite forgiven the guy who infected my 5 1/4 inch floppy of it with a virus and made it impossible to play.) A few years ago I was looking around the net for a version of this game to download and play, I read about Hostile Waters.
As a fan, I was very excited, and bought it as soon as it came out. I loved it and have played it through several times It has an amazing storyline and superb graphics. After playing it through recently again, I became curious as to who had voiced the in-game characters. Your crew in this game consist of 10 former soldiers, whose consciousness was sucked into a microchip milliseconds before they died. They can therefore be assigned to any vehicle you like and be re-used if they should die.
After grabbing a screenshot of the credits at the end, I thought I’d post the Info, since Google has no clue who these people are and even the documentation with the game (at least the original stuff which I still have) makes no mention of them. the IMDB links are partial guesswork, going by people with similar names who seem to be the ones:

• Kenzie – Moya O’Shea
• Sinclair, Patton – Steve Brennan
• Ransom, Patton – Eric Myers
• Borden – Kate Ashfield
• Madsen – Rupert Degas
• Elroy – Mel Taylor
• Korolev – Laurel Lefkow
• Lazare – Olivier Desalande