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Crew members of locally filmed NBC drama "Revolution" received notice that the show will move production out of the state.
Farewell, "Revolution."
Crew members of the locally filmed NBC drama received notice Friday night that the show is moving production out of the state.
In a letter obtained by the StarNews, "Revolution" creator Eric Kripke tells the crew that production for season two will move to Austin, Texas.
"This is not a decision that was made easily or taken lightly," Kripke wrote. "We agonized over it. And we really regret losing such a terrific crew. Seriously."
Kripke thanked the local crews for their "amazing work" on the first season of the show, which moved here last summer after filming its pilot episode in Georgia.
"Please know that when I have a show back in Wilmington, I'd hire any of you in a second," Kripke added. "I'm sure our paths will cross again. Until then, I wish you the absolute best. And again, warmly, thank you – for the hard work, and for your beautiful town."
The series, which follows a band of rebels battling an oppressive regime in a post-apocalyptic world where electricity has stopped working, wrapped production on its first season in April.
Since then, rumors have swirled among local crews that production would leave, some citing concerns over available locations. "Revolution" uses few regular set pieces. As the show's characters traverse the country, the filmmakers need to constantly find new places to shoot.
"They're going to some of the same places over and over again," Wilmington Regional Film Commission Director Johnny Griffin told the StarNews in April. "It's a good thing that the town doesn't have that many vacant buildings, but visually, they can only use a location so many times."
"Revolution" employed about 300 skilled crew members, according to N.C. Film Office Director Aaron Syrett, and hired hundreds of locals to appear as background extras.
Assuming NBC begins airing the second season in the fall (the network officially announces its 2013-14 schedule Monday), production should start in Texas by July.
Meanwhile, locals can still see Wilmington on screen for a few more weeks. "Revolution" airs at 10 p.m. Monday night through its season finale on June 3.

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Thanks to the Blake Archive blog for hipping us to this new independent film out of the UK. According to the film's press release, it "uses the context of lap-dancing to show that sin is more than simply an issue of right wrong—good and evil—and is a necessary part of human existence."
The trailer is available on YouTube:
And here's some more from the press release:
(Some indication of the filmmakers' reading of _The Marriage_ can be found in paragraph three).
FLASHGUN FILMS, announce the release of Blake's Striptease, which represents an artistic interpretation of William Blake's poem: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793). Arguably Blake's most influential work, the poem has fascinated academics and theologians alike. Set within contemporary society the film uses the context of lap-dancing to show that sin is more than simply an issue of right wrong—good and evil—and is a necessary part of human existence. The film has been submitted to film festivals internationally for screening in the fall.
Set to music by the pianist Erik Satie, the film features a voice-over by Sue Hansen-Styles (used in the Hitman Trilogy) reading a selection of lines from the poem. In line with the poem, the film depicts mans birth into the world as John Symes, lead actor, lies underwater in his bath preparing for his stag night. As the story unfolds John is met by an angel who warns him about his propinquity to sin. John soon meets with his two friends (the peacock and the goat) in a public house where they become intoxicated. During his journey John is revisited by the angel and warned again – but he ignores this advice and the men end up in a lap dancing club guarded by doormen (who play the lions). Here the men observe a striptease where upon the lustful goat attempts to accost the lap-dancer and is ejected by the doormen. Meanwhile John slips away to the VIP room where two tyger lap-dancers lie in wait and he commits the mortal sin of lust – an act that proves to be his undoing. The film concludes with John undergoing a terrifying physical transformation and a quote summarising Blake's work.
The film is newsworthy as local authorities across the UK try to veto lap-dancing clubs using new legislation passed by Parliament. Moreover, in Italy Anna Nobili, the former Italian lap-dancer from Milan, recently quit after twenty years in the industry to become a nun. According to The Times newspaper, she now performs a "Holy Dance" and now refers to herself as the "ballerina for God" (see e.g., www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6031754.ece). This contradicts the work of Blake who argues that both "The nakedness of woman is the work of God" and "The lust of the goat is the bounty of God".
Flashgun Films are an innovative association of indie film-makers and actors that specialise in music videos, commercials and short films. Thier previous entry to Portobello Film Festival—King Lear of the Taxi—was short-listed for "Best Director" and featured a voice-over from poet, actor and NYC Cab Driver Davidson Garrett. Portobello now stands as the biggest film festival in Europe.


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The ABCs of Media and Children: Attention, Behavior, and Comprehension
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Children are and have been active media users for decades. Historically, the focus on children and media issues have centered on the concerns and consequences of media use, generally around violence. In the last 40 years, we have seen a shift to study children and media from a more holistic approach, to understand both the positive and negative relationships between children and media use. Further, the recognition of the very important developmental differences that exist between children of different ages and the use of grand developmental theories, including those by Piaget and Vygotsky, have supported the field's understanding of the unique ways in which children use media and the effects it has on their lives. Three important constructs related to a more complete understanding of children's media use are the ABCs (attention, behavior, and comprehension). The first construct, attention, focuses on the way in which children's attention to screen media develops, how factors related to parents and children can direct or influence attention to media, and how media may distract attention. The second construct is the behavioral effect of media use, including the relationship between media use and aggressive behavior, but importantly, the positive effect of prosocial media on children's behavior and moral development. Finally, the third construct is the important and dynamic relationship between media and comprehension and learning. Taken together, these constructs describe a wide range of experiences that occur within children's media use.
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Ralph David Abernathy (1926–1990) was a pastor who became president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference after the assassination of Martin Luther King. He was director of personnel, dean of men, and professor of social studies at Alabama State University.
Abhisamayālaṃkāra (Ornament for Clear Realization)
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Until the 19th century, abortion law was nonexistent and abortion was not seen as a moral issue. However, by the turn of the 20th century, abortion was legally defined and controlled in most states. The landmark Supreme Court case, Roe v. Wade (1973), marked the legalization of abortion but did not end the controversy that existed. Legislation at both the federal and state levels has added restrictions on abortion, making it difficult for women to exercise their reproductive rights. Social work's commitment to promote the human rights of women compels social workers to be aware of and involved in this issue.


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- Richard Childress Racing teammates finished second (Ty Dillon) and fifth (Brendan Gaughan).
- Gaughan is third in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver championship point standings, 35 markers behind the leader; while Dillon ranks seventh in the standings, 53 points out of the top spot.
- The No. 62 Chevrolet team is third in the Camping World Truck Series owner championship point standings, with the No. 3 team eighth in the standings.
- According to NASCAR's Post-Race Loop Data Statistics, Dillon earned the highest Driver Rating (137.4), while Gaughan ranked third with a rating of 123.4.
- Dillon and Gaughan led for a total of 120 laps ranking them first and second, respectively, in the loop data category.
- Combined, Gaughan and Dillon posted the Fastest Laps Run 59 times during the event ranking them first and second, respectively, and competed within the top 15 for the entire race.
- Dillon was the Fastest Driver Early in a Run, and Gaughan was third in the category.
- Dillon scored the highest Average Running Position of 1.916, while Gaughan ranked second with a 2.904.
- Gaughan was the Fastest Driver Late in a Run, and Dillon was fourth in the category.
- Dillon was scored as the Fastest Driver on Restarts during the 167-lap affair and posted the best Green Flag Speed while Gaughan ranked second.
- Jeb Burton earned his first career Camping World Truck Series victory at Texas Motor Speedway and was followed to the line by Dillon, German Quiroga, Matt Crafton and Gaughan.
- The next scheduled Camping World Truck Series race is the UNOH 225 at Kentucky Speedway on Thursday, June 27. The eighth race of the 2013 season is scheduled to be televised live on SPEED beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern Time and broadcast live on Motor Racing Network.
Runner-Up Finish for Dillon in the Lone Star State
Ty Dillon and the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet team earned a second-place finish under the lights at Texas Motor Speedway, in dominating fashion. Dillon and company started the 167-lap event from the second position and jumped to the lead on lap 12. The Welcome, N.C., native radioed to crew chief Marcus Richmond his No. 3 Chevrolet was tight on long green flag runs. The Richard Childress Racing team utilized caution periods to service the black and orange machine with four tires, fuel, chassis and air pressure adjustments to alleviate the handling issue. During the restart on lap 142, Dillon slipped to third but quickly maneuvered into the second spot with 15 laps remaining. As laps wound down, Dillon shortened the gap between him and the leader but ran out of time and crossed the finish line 0.139 seconds behind the race winner.
Start - 2 Finish - 2 Laps Led - 76 Points - 7th
TY DILLON QUOTE:"Man, I thought we had it tonight. I am so proud of Marcus (Richmond, crew chief) and the entire Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet team. They did a great job putting together this truck. We were really fast tonight and were there in the end. If I had another corner, I think we could be the one's sitting in Victory Lane tonight. We're going to carry this momentum over to Kentucky (Speedway) and get us a win."
Gaughan Continues Top-Five Streak at Texas Motor Speedway
Brendan Gaughan and Richard Childress Racing's No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino team earned their fifth-consecutive top-five finish of the season with a fifth-place result at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night. Gaughan started the event fourth and reported a tight-handling condition to the Shane Wilson-led crew during the early laps. Wilson called for chassis adjustments during routine four-tire pit stops throughout the 167-lap affair to aid in the handling issues Gaughan was battling. The Las Vegas native maneuvered around his RCR teammate, Ty Dillon, on lap 79 to take over the lead and continued out front for the next 44 circuits around the 1.5-mile track. As Gaughan was rounding the track on lap 133, he brushed the outside retaining wall and forfeited the top spot. The incident caused the black and gold machine to become free for the remainder of the race and prevented Gaughan from getting back to the front of the field. The veteran driver slipped to the fifth spot, where he took the checkered flag.
Start - 4 Finish - 5 Laps Led - 44 Points - 3rd
"The No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet team put in a great effort. We were fast all night long. Our ECR engine stayed strong throughout the race. Our engine builders are one of a kind. Not only do they build speed, but they build durability. We'll get the win we're searching for soon, we're headed in the right direction."


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Preliminary research shows positive results in "Pétales et jardin de la Nymphe Ancolie" – scientific analysis indicates that the different binding agents of the original and non-original layers are clearly distinguishable. The original painting consists of oil paint, whereas the binding agent of the non-original coats is a synthetic resin. The entire surface and the painted-over sections are covered by a thick layer of polyester resin varnish. The non-original sections can also be seen under a microscope and under UV light, while cross sections of the panels illustrate the differences in painterly techniques. Furthermore, the exposure of small areas demonstrates the differences: the layers of non-original paint and varnish can be removed leaving the original untouched.
The probably most important, but also most difficult question was: is there still original substance under the newer, non-original layers of paint and varnish? Cross sections and the exposure of certain parts were once again helpful. The results of these tests are very promising as they indicate that the underlying original paint has remained largely intact – the newer top layers of paint and varnish notwithstanding. As expected, the sections in which original paint is largely lost are situated near the cut lines, at the edges of the panels. The proportional extent of damage to the original will only become apparent after the complete removal of the non-original layers.
The extent of the remaining colorfulness, which appeared from under the non-original layers, is as astonishing as the existence of so much original substance. The original colors are more luminous and considerably lighter. In addition, the surfaces near the edges of the panels in their original frame do not seem to have shifted from the colors in the central areas of the mural.
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Now, there are obvious stand-out choices, and some decision-making to take into consideration: How long are you here for? What part of town are you staying in? Are you looking for brunch? Are you seeking gluten-free or raw options? Do you require a burrito? etc.Thinking about the hundreds of vegan bloggers arriving soon for the Vida Vegan Bloggers Conference who will have their hands full and may be wondering the same, we recently sat down in our downtown studio and recorded this casual podcast about our picks for dining, where to stay, where to stop, and what else to do in Portland, OR.
Overall, the two Stumptown Vegans agreed on the vast majority of suggestions, making them super Stumptown Vegans approved!
We both also strongly encourage you to visit – and stay – with friends. They'll show you their city, and you'll have even more greatness to share!
The entire podcast, where we give our live recommendations, favorite dishes and explanations can be heard here, and via Itunes (bear with us if it's not up yet).
With that, listen as we present our Portland recommendations, condensed into a one day period, for following:
Note: As always, personal taste is an opinionated matter and things change! We encourage your thoughts and suggestions below – as do out of town visitors, no doubt.
- Bluebird Guesthouse
- Couchsurfing
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- Hawthorne Hostel (a member of Hostelling International)
- Hotel deLuxe
- Hotel Modera
- Jupiter Hotel
- McMenamin's Kennedy School
- Hungry Tiger Too – with vegan blood marys, tofu scramble, giant pancakes & more on their extensive vegan menu.
- Jam on Hawthorne (newly expanded!)
- Juniors Cafe – great Superhero scramble!
- Vita Cafe – Sloppy Biscuit Sandwich. Enough said.
Coffee Break:
- Coava Coffee Roasters
- Courier Coffee Roasters
- Spella Caffe
- Stumptown Coffee Roasters (multiple locations; also available in countless coffee shops)
- Townshend's Teahouse
- VooDoo Doughnuts – there is an entire shelf of vegan yeasted and cake doughnuts at both locations!
- Back to Eden Bakery Boutique
- Dovetail Bakery
- Petunia's Pastries – no storefront, but available in Whole Foods and many coffeeshops around town, including Cloud Seven Cafe in the Pearl
- Sweetpea Baking Co.
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Hartford — The state Senate and House of Representatives voted Wednesday to raise the state's minimum wage to $10.10 an hour by Jan. 1, 2017.
The Senate approved the bill 21-14 earlier Wednesday, while the House voted 87-54 in favor of the bill that evening. The governor is expected to sign the bill at 6 p.m. today at Café Beauregard in New Britain, where President Barack Obama dined recently while in town to deliver a speech on raising the federal minimum wage.
"I am proud that Connecticut is once again a leader on an issue of national importance," said Gov. Dannel P. Malloy in a press release. "Increasing the minimum wage is not just good for workers, it's also good for business."
Connecticut will be the first state in the nation to pass legislation that raises the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, as Obama has called for. Several Republicans said they would rather have a unified federal minimum wage increase than a Connecticut minimum wage increase.
Obama, who visited Connecticut earlier this month, said in a press release that he commended Malloy for his leadership.
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Connecticut's minimum wage is $8.70 an hour and is scheduled to increase to $9 an hour on Jan. 1, 2015.
"This bill is a modest step forward on behalf of those who have the least, working their hardest to provide for themselves and their families," said state Sen. Donald Williams, D-Brooklyn. "The least we can do is give them a hand up."
Lawmakers debated the bill for more than five hours. The majority of Democrats voted in favor of the bill and said the increase would help employees working full-time on minimum wage get out of poverty. Republicans voted against the bill and said raising the minimum wage would cause job losses and hurt small businesses.
"We are hurting the people we are trying to help," said Rep. Dave Rutigliano, R-Trumbull.
The U.S. Congressional Budget Office reported in February that if the federal minimum wage were raised to $10.10 an hour, 500,000 jobs would be lost across the country.
"The small businessperson is hanging on by their fingernails — yet we heap upon them burden upon burden," said House Republican leader Larry Cafero, R-Norwalk.
The majority of Connecticut's businesses are small businesses that take risks and create jobs, said state Sen. Rob Kane, R-Watertown.
If the minimum wage is increased again, "there will be less people creating their own businesses and creating jobs," Kane said.
"It is as if we are casting the employer with a broad brush, as though they are money suckers who could give a damn," Cafero said. "I know that not to be the case."
For many of these businesses, the "mere fact that they might have to lay someone off rips their heart," he said.
The bill would also hurt young people, said Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield. In Bridgeport, nearly half of all teenagers can't find jobs, he said.
"I would love to go talk to a mother in Bridgeport whose 16-year-old or 17-year-old daughter can't get a job and ask her, would you want your daughter to work at eight dollars and seventy cents an hour or do you want her unemployed at 10 dollars and 10 cents?" he said.
Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney, D-New Haven, said the bill was a matter of fairness.
The annual salary of someone who works for $10.10 an hour, 40 hours per week, would be $21,008. About 70,000 to 90,000 members of Connecticut's 1.7 million-strong workforce earn the minimum wage.
"We are dealing with very, very poor people who work minimum-wage jobs," he said.
Many of these people are working full-time but depend on government and nonprofit assistance through programs such as food stamps, food banks and soup kitchens, he said.
In Connecticut, 80 percent of Connecticut's minimum wage workers are age 20 or older and half of them work full-time, Williams said.
State Rep. Peter Tercyak, D-New Britain, said the bill will reward work and reduce the cost of social welfare programs.
"It will show that we value work more than dependency," he said.
Republicans in the House and Senate proposed several amendments to separate the minimum wage bill from the increase in wages for waitresses. They also tried to increase the length of time that employers would be allowed to pay young people a reduced minimum wage rate. All amendments failed.
State Sen. Len Fasano, R-North Haven, said he has supported raising the minimum wage in the past but said he would not support it while Connecticut's economy continues to struggle.
"Our job should be to create jobs," Fasano said. "That should really be our focus, not to artificially create wages."
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[ALT: Not only is that terrible in general, but you just KNOW Billy's going to open the root present first, and then everyone will have to wait while the heap is rebuilt.]
I had the honor to be present when Randy created this comic. He was eavesdropping outside Megan's window, as is his wont on the cold, dark evenings of a Boston winter, when she mentioned to her family on the phone (tragically distant for the holidays) that she had finally got her Christmas tree. For a few moments, Randy's mind started clicking and whirring, when suddenly, he screamed, "YOU MEAN LIKE THE DATA STRUCTURE??? OH MY GOD I AM THE BEST COMICS ARTIST EVER HAHAHAHA," then fled through the streets before Megan could arrest him for violating his restraining order for the third time today.
Later, at his underground warren in Fort Randy's Mom, he spent hours and hours trying to make this brilliant connection--the word "tree" is not used exclusively to refer to a type of data structure, but it also describes the pointy green thing you put in your living room around the winter solstice for some reason. (Randy is not sure how the pointy green thing is like his beloved data structure, and is fairly certain that the words are actually unrelated, but the lack of similarity only makes his genius the greater.) But how could he convey this connection? He knew that it would need to be a visual thing, so he pulled up the Photoshop gradient shading tool he reserves only for his most artistic of comics. But what could he put in front of the gradient?
He sketched a few trees, of both both the data and the pointy green thing variety, but came no closer until he noticed that the data trees were kind of pointy in shape sometimes! "MEGAN WILL FINALLY LOVE ME," screamed Randy, and he swiftly set about making a pointy green data tree in front of a gradient. But then part of his brain kicked in and reminded him that when you do something like this it is called a "pun," and it is traditional for people to groan and call them "bad" when they like them a lot. So he threw in some characters with gradient-heads and creepy floating glasses and had them tell the genius that is his author-insertion character that his pun is SO BAD they aren't inviting him home next year!
They don't invite him home, Randy decided, because they are jealous of his gifts. WHICH IS FINE, HE DOESN'T NEED THEIR STUPID SOLSTICE HOLIDAY AND THEIR TASTY DINNERS AND THEIR PRESENTS ANYWAY
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- AnonymousDecember 19, 2010 at 6:27 PM
For the first time in a long time, I'll comment about the review. I feel it lacks a conclusion. It's like it stops mid-bashing. But goody, yea.ReplyDelete
So, this comic. I think everyone agrees it's horribly bad and underdeveloped, so no more on this. Later I'll have something to say on the newest comic.
- Randall's #1 haterDecember 19, 2010 at 6:32 PM
I'd love to get a running start, build up lots of momentum (and oh yes, Randy, kinetic energy too! See, you don't have the market on freshman-level computer science and physics cornered!)ReplyDelete
Wait, where the fuck was I... oh yeah, I'd love to get a running start, build up a head of steam, and then when I'm within about 10 ft. of this flaming jackass Randall Munroe, jump from my feet, and execute a flying punch to this bastard's neck. Sure, I'd impart more momentum to the turd if my feet were on the ground, but the satisfaction of flying into this bastard, outstretched horizontally, as my fist connected with his jugular... well, that is pretty close to perfection.
If this hapless shitbag could stop muddling around in mediocrity, I might give him a break. Nahh.... on second thought, fuck him.
- SemicolonsDecember 19, 2010 at 6:38 PM
The only thing i ask for this christmas is that Randy read his criticism and become a better webcomic.... person.ReplyDelete
I might as well ask for a micro nuclear reactor to power my car for the next 1000 years.
I'm starting to think Randy is trolling us. Or maybe he was trying to at one point but he's gone so deep into the troll he forgot who he really was.
- AnonymousDecember 19, 2010 at 6:44 PM
I bet Rob knows a lot about sucking in a forest.ReplyDelete
- RochambeauDecember 19, 2010 at 7:10 PM
This... this is the most hauntingly beautiful Christmas story I've heard in my life...ReplyDelete
I am moved.
- AnonymousDecember 19, 2010 at 7:16 PM
Anon, forests ARE the greatest place to suck. You clearly are missing out.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 19, 2010 at 7:24 PM
Wow. I mean, this post was pretty cool and I think xkcd is pretty bad, but do you ever think that maybe you're taking the hate a bit too far?ReplyDelete
I mean, seriously. What entertainment are you deriving from your absolute hatred of this guy?
The following reviews are examples of some of the better stuff on this site, I think. The shit you wrote today just reminds me of Randy. You're trying too hard.
fuck it, why did I even start writing this? I don't even remember how I began this post...
if you took this post seriously you have more issues than randy has violations of megan's restraining order on his recordReplyDelete
It looks like you just selected random reviews from the last 20 or so as 'examples of some better stuff'.ReplyDelete
Maybe you should try to think, before you post? Might help.
- AnonymousDecember 19, 2010 at 7:39 PM
Alternately, he picked blog posts that would acrostically satisfy the "aswd" alternate for arrow keys? Or maybe I just miss two-player DOS games???ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 19, 2010 at 9:17 PM
- SlimBoyFatDecember 19, 2010 at 9:19 PM
NAW COS RANDY DESERES IT COS HE DRAWS BAD COMICS I DINNE KEN WHY YOU DINNE JUST KILL HIM COS THIS IS A BLOG FOR KILLING RANDY AND SHITReplyDelete
- UglyFishDecember 19, 2010 at 9:20 PM
SLIMBOY! stop being so fing stupid.ReplyDelete
- UglyFishDecember 19, 2010 at 9:21 PM
f-ing, sorryReplyDelete
- SlimBoyFatDecember 19, 2010 at 9:23 PM
NAW COS YOUR SO UGLY ITS YER NAW YA RANDIE LOVA, GO LICK HIM OR SUMMITReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 19, 2010 at 9:32 PM
How to make a new comic:ReplyDelete
Step 1: Take an old comic from your archives
Step 2: Strip away the context that made that one a classic or remotely entertaining.
Step 3: Remind us of your current situation by making it the new context for the comic!
Step 4: Change the wording of your punchline slightly so that people will say "it's a coincidence" very generously.
Step 5: Profit!
- AnonymousDecember 19, 2010 at 9:34 PM
Which is to say that it's probably a coincidence, let's give Randall the benefit of the doubt he's dealing with a lot of stuff right now in case you didn't know, guys.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 19, 2010 at 10:01 PM
Well, at least Randall bothered to draw a background in one of the three panels.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 19, 2010 at 10:14 PM
Randy's got it down to a science... But, it doesn't work, bitches.ReplyDelete
horrible, horribleReplyDelete
"groped for comfort before the slings and arrows of misfortune"
"begrudge nobody their sources of solace"
"medical r&d bought us some pretty damn powerful slings and arrows of our own"
ow ow ow
- Leahcim YdegezsDecember 19, 2010 at 10:26 PM
Argh, it's just as bad as I expected and more. It totally sounds like a picto-blog post, and I thought that perhaps a punchline could redeem it, but alas, the punchline is such absolute shit that it only makes it worse OH WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOOD CHRIST WERE YOU THINKING RANDALL EFFING MUNROEReplyDelete
- Leahcim YdegezsDecember 19, 2010 at 10:43 PM
I feel like that did not properly express my rage for this comic.ReplyDelete
You see, I think that this is the worst comic that Randall Effing Munroe has ever made. Let me explain. Every comic so far, yes, every single one, had either a recognizable joke or some sort of "cool factor" as a redeeming quality. Yes, even 631. That had a joke too.
THIS comic, however, just has Randall Effing Munroe deliver a long rant about how awesome science is, and then deliver the world's worst punchline as an afterthought. Punchline? Really? That's not a punchline. Do you hear that, Randall Effing Munroe? INFORMALITY. IS. NOT. A. PUNCHLINE. YOU FAIL COMEDY FOREVER.
- AnonymousDecember 19, 2010 at 10:46 PM
I begrudge nobody their sources of solace, but I will call them "bitches"ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 19, 2010 at 11:02 PM
(836) Man, he's not even trying any more. The latest one isn't even a comic, just a bitter outpouring of rage.ReplyDelete
About the most generous interpretation I can give of this comic is that Randy is going through difficult times, and is beleaguered by unsolicited offers of advice that he might take mental or spiritual support from religion, which has driven him into a subliminal rage that he has no socially acceptable outlet to express except in his comic.
And if he's not, then someone should. Just to piss him off.
- AnonymousDecember 19, 2010 at 11:58 PM
I like how white hat guy's only purpose is to set up the other guy (Randall)'s rant.ReplyDelete
FUCK YOU CORY DOCTOROW FUCK YOUReplyDelete
@anon 11:58ReplyDelete
That's the exact same purpose he had in the only other comic he was in: http://xkcd.com/796/
It's like, all of the sudden randall has a problem with the fact that all of his male stick figures are identical? So he feels the need to stick a hat on this guy, to show that he's not 'the main guy' (aka randall author insert).
Every panel of the new comic adds to my layer-cake of hate.ReplyDelete
the first panel- or OH MY GAWD GUYS REMEBER MY FAMILY ILLNESS? IT MADE MY LIFE SO HARD AND MADE ME SO INSIGHTFUL Oh my family member that actually was sick? who cares! let me tell you about my DEEP Philosophical INSIGHTS.
Panel 1 will be the munchausen panel
GUYS if I dress up common knowledge in confused metaphor then it'll sound SMART and INTELLIGENT and MEGAN will LOVE ME. I mean really. Condense what he's actually said.
"Life is hard, but we can make it easier using tools like engineering and medicine"
HOLY SHIT BLOOD IS SPURTING OUT MY URETHERA MY MIND IS SO BLOWN. No dice randy- despite what you may think your chosen nerds are not the only ones on the planet not retarded enough to reach this conclusion.
Panel 2 will be the poleimic.
"It works bitches" OH MAN REMEBER THAT COMIC? REMEBER HOW MANY T-SHIRTS I SOLD YOU GUYS MUST LOVE THAT. Let's transpose the non-punchline from that comic and put it on this comic! KOMEDEY GOLD!
Except- it doesn't work- the original punchline was a tautaulogy and in this context it's a re-hashed tautaulogy- science works because it is science - it's like stapling a killer whale penis to tinkerbell's forehead- a retarded notion from start to finish.
the REHTORIC PANEL
So the combination of these three panels- retoric, gaudy words with no real meaning (complete with grating dialouge) and attention-seeking behavior make randy seem more like a religious zealot than the religious and spiritual he presumably lampoons in his comic.
tl;dr, typos abound
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2010 at 2:06 AM
I didn't mind 826. Didn't do anything for me but I didn't hate it either. Since it so obviously isn't trying to be a joke, it doesn't bother me as those strips that do try and fail horribly.ReplyDelete
He's not saying anything ingenuous but it's still better than some of the recent stuff we've seen. Like 825.
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2010 at 2:36 AM
EDIT: I meant 836 and 835 respectively before.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2010 at 2:49 AM
Rob, you are my favorite person and this was the most moving Christmas story I've heard all season.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2010 at 3:22 AM
yay, Rob's trying to be more like redux.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2010 at 4:04 AM
Meaningless praise from the masses:ReplyDelete
"I like how this echoes back to the original "science" strip and adds some personal overtones to it. "
Oh god, don't go there, people.
"FYI - I have a serious hetero man-crush on you Randall..."
One of the great classics, and not just of xkcd strips."
And if the comics are fewer and further between, then I don't mind. I love the perspective you give into the human mind. It is clever, irreverent and funny."
Just amazing. The world is a better place now that someone has synthesized all those religion vs science discussions into one all-enveloping comic."
That sentence gives me sadness =(
this comic IS xkcd.ReplyDelete
-floating heads
-unrealistic dialogue
-too much of it
-plagiarism *rehashing old ideas, badly
-nerd pandering (science works, religion ultimately blows, us genius atheists can handle this cold dark world but those puny sheeple can't...)
-adding 'fuck' or 'bitches' is Komedy Gold
-faux insight. actually trite and obvious
-crappy uplifting speech
-praised by almost everyone for no reason
-it sucks tremendously
just one Megan/creepy away from a bingo
- Jon LeviDecember 20, 2010 at 4:34 AM
OMG, _I_ decorated a Christmas tree yesterday. Randall get the hell out of my head!!!ReplyDelete
- Jon LeviDecember 20, 2010 at 4:35 AM
Damn typo smiley!ReplyDelete
Copy/pasted from my post on the forums:ReplyDelete
Anyone who thinks this isn't about religion is deluding themselves. I could see the faith healing/alternative medicine interpretation if not for the whole "begrudge nobody their sources of solace" portion. I also feel that that very same sentence is just inserted to help stave off the flood of hate mail, but is really just instead saying "I'll smile and pat you on the head and maybe you won't realize I'm just saying that I think your entire worldview is nothing more than a primitive comfort object". To rephrase, even if he tries to skirt a direct attack on those who are believers, he still dismisses religion as nothing but something for comfort.
Disregarding all that, the comic is not really cohesive. White hat guy asks if being sick has opened the main-stick-guy to looking for answer besides science. His initial answer is "umm, no". The second panel starts by saying that he does not begrudge those who believe... this still makes sense in the context of the question asked, but then it takes a turn for the weird. "But Science provides tools... and arrows of our own" makes it sound like Randy thinks that Faith and Science are mutually exclusive. That is completely silly. Also, he continues ranting about how awesome science is because 'it works'. How is that answering the initial question that was asked? White hat guy never seemed to doubt it. Also, the last line is obviously pandering to the base, but beyond that it is just a silly breaking of the fourth wall. He is only talking to one guy who never doubted science before, so he must be talking to us, or well... I suppose main-stick-guy could be an xkcd-reader who "sperged out" and quoted an old xkcd strip to clinch his argument. I could definitely see a lot of you forum posters clenching your fist and shouting that out as your voice cracks just a little.
I also don't think Randall knows what ineffable means. I think he is trying to say that scientists did/do not accept reality as mysterious and unexplainable, but ineffability specifically concerns things that be expressed in WORDS ('words' being the most important word here). I think "people who refused to think of reality as inexplicable" would be more on target. Feel free to call me out on this one and describe how ineffable works though.
No xkcd comic has ever made me as angry as this one made. This comic is the perfect, absolutely perfect mixture of scientific arrogance and dumbness. My heart burns with pain knowing that there are people spewing such garbage through the world.ReplyDelete
Science DOES indeed work: if you get enough of it, you'll become a pretentious asshole.
As always- randall's sucking off the scientific pseudointallectuals and SURPRISE SURPRISE it gets posted on pharyngula.ReplyDelete
I honestly think PZ Myers will post absolutely anything provided it compliments or affirms his personal opinions.
I wouldn't surprise me if he started selling posters of catholic priests in the act of raping young boys.
It wouldn't surprise me on account of how said rape imagrey would have more artistic and intallectual merit than the newest xkcd
I will unload the entirety of my hatred later, but for now: fernie made an amazing post on the xkcd forums. Major props.ReplyDelete
As a third-year undergraduate who has just finished a second-year statistics course, I can say with certainty that the alt-text is funny if you're a second-year who has just taken a statistics course.ReplyDelete
Outside of that tiny little segment of the Venn diagram that we (Randall) call life, I cannot speak.
- RochambeauDecember 20, 2010 at 8:35 AM
Yeah, but then you grow tired of p-value jokes.ReplyDelete
- RochambeauDecember 20, 2010 at 8:36 AM
I... I'm sorry...ReplyDelete
I'm an asshole...
p-value jokes are funny
- RochambeauDecember 20, 2010 at 8:39 AM
So, two statisticians are hunting birds together. The first one shoots, but misses the bird by two inches on the right. The second one shoots, but misses it by 2 inches on the left.ReplyDelete
They then high five and scream in joy: "WE GOT IT ON AVERAGE!!!"
Thank you, Ves. I'm usually content with posting my provocations on the forums and going off my merry way, checking out later what were the reactions; but this particular comic made me so phenomenally depressed and irritated that I realised a short, simple mockery wouldn't make it justice. I suppose you could say that is a merit for Randall...ReplyDelete
- Leahcim YdegezsDecember 20, 2010 at 8:57 AM
@R. You forgot to add that he made himself a character. And, also, the absence of dialogue.ReplyDelete
I refuse to read a comic with that much text in one panel - if he wanted to write an essay, should have done that on his blog. Definitely not appropriate for a comic.ReplyDelete
- AlsworthDecember 20, 2010 at 11:06 AM
Can someone link to Fernie's forum post? I don't feel like wading through the wretched hive of memes and flowing praise that is the echochamber.me.ReplyDelete
@836: I think other people have said everything that needs to be said.
The further XKCD pushes you towards ragequitting this blog the funnier your reviews get.ReplyDelete
XKCDExplained didn't make it past the infamous double thought bubble shame of mankind.
- EngineerAtWorkDecember 20, 2010 at 11:25 AM
For those looking for Fernie's post:ReplyDelete
You can see after that how the "I begrudge nobody their sources of solace" is a clear cover-your-ass statement since everyone cites that. Which to me is like saying "Nothing personal, but you smell like a rotten fish."
As Karl has already pointed out, Randy's attempts at prose come across as trying too damn hard. Maybe if Randy had spent more time in a "useless" subject like literature, he'd have a better grasp of what's "elegant" and what's "overwrought".
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2010 at 11:48 AM
I think maybe both Rob and Randall should quit...ReplyDelete
To be fair to Randall, "I begrudge nobody their sources of solace" is pretty much exactly as backhanded to say to a religious person as a religious person saying to an atheist, "Has X event opened you up to looking for answers beyond science?"ReplyDelete
Because asking an atheist that is basically saying, "Have you admitted you're wrong yet?" and is every bit as smug as anything Randall responded with. I'd say it's a strawman but people seriously do say things like that. It's still the format of a strawman though, with one person saying something solely for the other person to tear apart their rhetoric.
Still, wtf? How is this a comic? It's a guy talking for a long time about a boring subject in an awkward way and then saying a curse word. Is the humor in the juxtaposition of the overly verbose rant with the crudeness of the 'punchline'? Is it in how 'right' the dude is supposed to be? If it's not supposed to be funny, is it supposed to be enlightening? Well... it's saying nothing new and doing it with a confusing "weaponry" analogy that really never goes anywhere and just muddies the point since the topic is sickness.
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2010 at 12:57 PM
Randall, Wayward Virgin of E-comicsReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2010 at 1:35 PM
Panel 1: Randall shaking the hand of Carl SaganReplyDelete
Panel 2: Randall giving Carl Sagan a blow-job
Panel 2: Randall - "Science, it works, BITCHES"
Except it just comes out as "mumble glomph glop mumble", because he is saying it while giving Carl Sagan a blow-job.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2010 at 2:04 PM
I wonder if Randy DOES suffer from some form of Münchausen syndrome (possibly by proxy)--he sure loves to revisit the topic of his ill-fallen relative(s). I accepted it during the 5-minute comics week--If someone visited xkcd during the middle of the week and saw a different format they'd want an explanation. But now it's about 3 weeks since the guest comics, and I find it unacceptable. WE KNOW, RANDY. YOU HA(VE|D) A SICK RELATIVE; THESE THINGS HAPPEN.ReplyDelete
"Except it just comes out as "mumble glomph glop mumble", because he is saying it while giving Carl Sagan a blow-job." lolReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2010 at 3:39 PM
hey does anyone know what are these mysterious illnesses that have befallen the randall-household? cause sure, MY ILLNESS sound way more serious then MY INFLUENZA.ReplyDelete
836: MY CHLAMYDIA (alt text: Did you know you can catch it from oral sex? Thanks Megan!)ReplyDelete
I just want to say I am having the time of my life trolling the shit out of xkcd mouthbreathers on the forums.ReplyDelete
PS the redux hacker is currently losing his shit and having a meltdown like a 12-year-old. It's absolutely hilarious. Trolls, activate!ReplyDelete
haha, "i'm working on hacking the big one"ReplyDelete
The redux hacker is my favoritest cuddlefish of them all. He's so incredibly stupid :3ReplyDelete
yeah he's pretty great. though I feel "hacker" is too kind of a name for him.ReplyDelete
My mistake, I forgot to put quotes around "hacker".ReplyDelete
If you're open to suggestions, there are several names I use for him on the redux blog, you can take your pick.
by all means!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2010 at 5:15 PM
Surely Wordpress has some means of handling issues like this--he can't expect to control that blog forever. I also like how he "knows more hacking"--He probably looked it up on WikiHow.ReplyDelete
they probably do, but apparently redux hasn't bothered with it. my understanding was it had been a few comics since redux had posted (I have never bothered reading his posts so I couldn't say for sure) when the "hacker" found his password in the Gawker leak, so it's very probable he doesn't even know/care.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2010 at 5:21 PM
I am major hacker, I will SQL injection into your eyeballs. Fear meReplyDelete
I hope the slapper (like a hacker, but with less force and worse instruments) never dies. He's an incredible vindication of how randall's fanbase have SERIOUS INSECURITIES and read XKCD to affirm their 'smartness'.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2010 at 6:04 PM
"i'm working on hacking the big one" is of course a "Rob is Fat" joke, so look out for someone you know and loathe, Rob.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2010 at 6:04 PM
I think I agree with Anon 7:24 on Rob's review of this comic.ReplyDelete
I think you took the Randy hate too far, Rob. I feel that the whole of the review could have been put into a paragraph in the beginning, and could have been a starting point-rather than being the entire review.
I don't mean to sound like a tool, just putting my opinion out there.
if you don't mean to sound like a tool then why are you taking it seriouslyReplyDelete
Anon 6:04 - too late!ReplyDelete
Randy is the worst
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2010 at 6:25 PM
@Rob I'm not really taking it seriously. I just think that when it comes to reviews (of any kind), the actual review should be the core, rather than having the whole thing be based on a joke (xkcdsuxredux has done this many times).ReplyDelete
Also, I think it's interesting how you're using the argument that I shouldn't take it seriously, when you have said the same thing about XKCD. Hey, if I don't take it seriously, maybe I'll get a laugh out of it, instead of actually paying attention to if there's actually humor in it.
And what do you mean, Ves? Are you referring to the newest comic?
you can pay attention all you like. when you are complaining about going "too far" it is clear that you are not actually reading the joke as it's intended. but hey, whatever helps you sleep at night!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2010 at 6:31 PM
What makes you say I'm not reading it as intended? You obviously made the review based on the idea that Randy got the idea from spying on Megan-which is good, but I think should have just been a short part of the review, not the whole thing. As I said, that's just my two cents on the matter.ReplyDelete
By the way, analyzing something=/=taking something too seriously. You seem like the kinda guy who would understand that.
you aren't analyzing it, you are saying that I--and I am pasting your exact words here--"took the Randy hate too far." that isn't analysis, that's mistaking the joke for sincerity.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2010 at 6:35 PM
By taking it too far, I meant that the joke went on (in my taste) too long in the review. I like it when that kind of joke is more of a launching point (as I previously said) rather than the entirety of the review.ReplyDelete
you should probably learn to actually communicate the ideas you are feebly attempting to express thenReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2010 at 6:41 PM
I thought I made it obvious, but apparently I didn't-sorry about that x]ReplyDelete
- xkcdsuxreduxDecember 20, 2010 at 7:51 PM
If this post gets 150 comments I won't hack this blog. GO!ReplyDelete
oh go on, hack it. you know you want to.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2010 at 7:55 PM
I'm an atheist and I agree with the basic message of 836-- however, that does NOT mean I liked it. I agree that the dialogue is awkward (though maybe Randy actually talks that way) and the whole comic is annoyingly preachy. Kind of like a bizarro Jack Chick tract.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2010 at 8:15 PM
"Evolution is the religion of Scientists who laugh at God! 145 Million Years?... Those guys are only guessing." God doesn't lie!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2010 at 8:38 PM
Haha, the xkcdsuxredux asshole threatened to "ping [us] all offline." I guess he doesn't realize that fucking with an ISP is different than fucking with a petty blog.ReplyDelete
Oh no you guys, redux couldn't make good on one empty threat so now he's making another! Whatever shall we doReplyDelete
ah yes, he is referencing historical hacks.ReplyDelete
1997 called, it wants its 56k modem back:
the latest post makes me pretty sure this is just redux fucking around (the picture is one of Randy, not Ryan North, and this kind of fake ignorance is kind of his thing)ReplyDelete
- fannybawsDecember 21, 2010 at 4:37 AM
you might be right robReplyDelete


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