Sunday, August 3, 2014

Weekly Shenanigans

Monday
5 AM* - Mark Reads Mastiff - Part 5
8 AM - Mark Watches Farscape - 1x16 A Human Reaction
1 PM - Mark Watches Supernatural - 5x15 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Tuesday
5 AM - Mark Reads
Mort - Part 11
8 AM - Mark Watches Farscape - 1x17 Through the Looking Glass
1 PM - Mark Watches Star Trek: TOS - 1x17 The Squire of Gothos

Wednesday
5 AM - Mark Reads Mastiff - Part 6
8 AM - Mark Watches Farscape - 1x18 A Bug's Life
1 PM - Mark Watches Supernatural - 5x16 Dark Side of the Moon

Thursday
5 AM - Mark Reads
Mort - Part 12
8 AM - Mark Watches Farscape - 1x19 Nerve
1 PM - Mark Watches Star Trek: TOS - 1x18 Arena

Friday
5 AM - Mark Reads Mastiff - Part 7
8 AM - Mark Watches Farscape - 1x20 The Hidden Memory
1 PM - Mark Watches Supernatural - 5x17 99 Problems

As always, please remember that all video exchanges are to be done in the Black Market, which you'll find linked in the sidebar.

* All times listed are in the US Pacific timezone.

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Time to collapse the threads

5 replies · active 556 weeks ago
Watching "Black Swan." Dunno why, just something someone recommended a while ago, and I want a break tonight. I'm about 30 minutes in.

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14 replies · active 556 weeks ago
*peaks in* *whispers* hello? *echos*
3 replies · active 556 weeks ago
Starz is currently streaming the first ep of Outlander for free on their site: http://www.starz.com/originals/outlander All I know is that Pica and Potato strongly rec'd the books, and that opening shot is glorious.

Now, due to either a damaged Ethernet cord or some ridiculous throttling by my ISP (10 kbps download speed), I haven't actually gotten a chance to watch it. If someone that can actually watch it could post trigger warnings (if needed), it would be appreciated.
22 replies · active 555 weeks ago
megotelek plays Mass Effect 3



DLC downloaded/purchased: Extended Cut, From Ashes, Citadel, and Leviathan (recommendations encouraged for when to play them/other ones to get!)
85 replies · active 555 weeks ago
As a result of studying for the bar (and thus --> overwhelming urge to procrastinate) and rediscovering how easy it is to check out ebooks from my library, I've read 85 books this summer! (And counting ...) A large quantity of my reading was mediocre romance novels (if the book was too gripping, I spent too long reading the book and couldn't put it down even when my study break was over), but I also read a lot of good romance novels + good (and the occasional bad) novel in other genres!

Also, only 5 of the books I read were written by white men! (Comes out to a total of 3 white male authors; I read three Ben Aaronovitch books.)

Anyways, I feel like that's a lot of books for two months and change, so I kind of wanted to brag about it ...
11 replies · active 555 weeks ago
BSGfan1 watches "Guardians of the Galaxy" <3 <3 , Plain text spoilers in the cut
11 replies · active 555 weeks ago
djinn Watches Stephen Amell's Tight PantsArrow

Current Progress: 1x14
26 replies · active 555 weeks ago
Young adult author LA Meyer died this weekend

Damn, I mean, it feels so petty to think that at least he got to finish off the Bloody Jack series (The Wild Rover No More comes out this fall). He was a great writer and will be missed.

Farewell man, may death be as big an adventure as something you wrote about:

2 replies · active 556 weeks ago
Stefanie is dans la maison (la maison la maison la maison...)



Current Episode: 3.01
12 replies · active 555 weeks ago
Tribble goes to Night Vale

I'm sometimes able to listen to podcasts at work, and it occurred to me that there is a popular podcast that I haven't heard before. I generally won't be able to make notes, but I'm going to verb the first episode at home, so I can do it properly.
16 replies · active 555 weeks ago
Hello, newbie here. I just have some questions for you. I know I can look up an FAQ, but I'm too lazy. :p

1. A list of all the words I'm NOT allowed to use here and perhaps a few replacements.

2. How to collapse a thread.

3. What spoilers DO require rot13 and what spoilers DON'T.
8 replies · active 556 weeks ago
This week's funny things from tumblr



More in reply
20 replies · active 556 weeks ago
Star Trek Las Vegas pics
The biggest Star Trek convention was last weekend, so there are all sorts of cosplay pics online. I've looked closely at these to make sure they're non-spoilery.
Zombie Redshirt
Unicorn Dog and Balok

(Source: Trekkie Feminist. Spoilers for all Trek series, plus Firefly)
5 replies · active 555 weeks ago
A little late this week, because I've been recovering from LeakyCon/vacation...

Alerting/Waiting/Flailing Post for Mark Watches Videos (for August 11 - 15 episodes)



This is where Mark lets us know when the new videos are up (they're usually uploaded all at once). Please do not try to buy a new episode until he posts here to say there's something new ready to download.

Link exchanges and donations take place on the Black Market post. Below are links to the store page for each show (just click on the show title), plus a list of the episodes that will be uploaded for the week. [Farscape episodes should be in the correct order for everyone this week.]

SUPERNATURAL
5x18
5x19

STAR TREK:TOS
1x19
1x20
1x21

FARSCAPE
1x21
1x22
[predictions post]
2x01
2x02

Note: Even though Mark has already watched well ahead to prepare for tour, videos will appear in the store every Monday/Tuesday as they normally do. The episodes listed in this post should still be what's available for the week.
25 replies · active 556 weeks ago
Has anyone else here read the Montmaray Journals by Michelle Cooper? (A Brief History of Montmaray, the Fitzosborne's in Exile and the Fitzosborne's at War)?

Cause I just finished them

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Hello Spoils! This week we are reading/discussing: The Threat

Please remember to rot13 any spoilers past this book.

For anyone who wants to read along: here

If you are just joining or catching up feel free to post any thoughts on previous books.

Next week: #22: The Solution
4 replies · active 556 weeks ago
Coldrun Plays the Final Fantasy Series



All prior posts, from FFI to present, available at coldrungaming.blogspot.com.

Current progress: Final Fantasy IV: The After Years.
9 replies · active 555 weeks ago
Welcome to Night Vale thread



Because Tribble reminded me and I just listened to the new one. Spoilers in the replies through the current episode (ep 51: Rumbling).
1 reply · active 556 weeks ago
I have finished work for the day.

And this means I have no more work until the 26th August!! Huzzah!

The day after tomorrow I shall be travelling down to Manchester to start prep for the Discworld Convention. On Friday I get to meet Mark! Whee!
5 replies · active 556 weeks ago
Laura's (hopefully not-too-long) job hunting adventure
Rot13 for Google evasion. Because all the cool kids do it :)

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Naljnl. V unir na vagreivrj sbe n fvzvyne cbfvgvba gbzbeebj, jvgu gur nqqrq orarsvg gung vg'f urncf pybfre (V pna yvgrenyyl jnyx gurer sebz zl ubhfr va 15 zvahgrf). Vg nfxrq sbe n ybjre rkcrevrapr zvavzhz, naq fgnegf bss ng n ybjre yriry guna gur bgure wbo, fb V'z srryvat pbasvqrag nobhg zl vagreivrj gbzbeebj :)
5 replies · active 555 weeks ago
BSGfan1 watches The Killing on Netflix. Spoilers in the reply
2 replies · active 555 weeks ago
Just want to test for interest.

I've had an idea bouncing around for a while now of running a community-style game of Crusader Kings II. Basically I run through a normal (rather easy/safe - 1066 Dublin start) game, but any time I come up to a significant and interesting decision point I offer it up to the community to pick.

An example would be my needing a bride for the realms current heir and picking out three relatively equally matched choices for Spoils to pick from. Or letting Spoils decide which succession laws our realm should use. Then playing with whatever choices are made. There could even be renaming of children in the future.

It would be rather slow, but I've already got a set of screenshots and could throw up a post this evening with three decisions (one each bride, succession law, ruler ambition) plus a bunch of background/fluff, and depending on interest I could probably manage to bring at least one such decision every few days.

If nothing else it would be an excuse to watch an a-historical medieval Europe develop, with the potential to meddle.
2 replies · active 556 weeks ago
KickbackYak Watches the IT Crowd

Current progress: Done!

Thoughts on the last two episodes and the 2013 special to follow eventually over the next week, plus some sort of end-of-series retrospective. Details are currently unknown, but hopefully awesome. I've also decided to liveblog the US pilot because why not?
7 replies · active 555 weeks ago
Emma Approved:

11 replies · active 555 weeks ago

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