Aaaah! Armageddon! Or something.

Last night, against my better judgment, I ventured out with my partners into the wilds of Olathe to take in the remake of The Omen. In my defense, I was bribed with the promise of fish and chips, and bolstered morally by the idea that there might be protesters. triadruid had even taken the precaution of fabricating a handy-sized tract featuring Anton LaVey's 11 commandments, so that we might trade with any tracthandlers we might happen to meet. (Aside: I was the last person to arrive home after work, which allowed me to come into the house just in time to hear kittenpants say, "His middle name was Szandor?", just as I'm coming up the stairs to go, "Who, Anton LaVey?", thus earning me some sort of trivia cred.)

Sadly, no protesters were in attendence, having apparently shot their wad of offendedness at the opening of The DaVinci Code. (Quoth kittenpants, "How come DaVinci Code is such blasphemy, and The Omen is fine?". My response, "Because DaVinci Code makes the Catholic Church out to be the bad guys. The Omen just has them infiltrated by secret Satanists, and that could happen to anybody.") Even more sadly, there was a miscalculation as to the whereabouts of the theater, which meant that the place we were actually seeing the show was nowhere near any opportunity for fish and chips.

In case you were wondering, the remake is perhaps not a frame-by-frame copy of the original, but it is pretty damned close to a scene-by-scene copy. It does have David Thewlis in, though, and he's not bad. Overall, I could have skipped it. It fits solidly into my column of remakes that didn't need to be made.

Also, Armageddon isn't as funny as it used to be. If belief creates events, then we're pretty much headed down the road to making an Armageddon these days, by which I mean that there are a ridiculous number of people in the world who think that Armageddon is a good idea and are dedicated to fabricating the signs and portents in the bible and whatnot. On a very basic level, I'm not cool with that. I'm not interested in your Armageddon, please peddle it on some other planet.

Aaaah! Armageddon! Or something.

Last night, against my better judgment, I ventured out with my partners into the wilds of Olathe to take in the remake of The Omen. In my defense, I was bribed with the promise of fish and chips, and bolstered morally by the idea that there might be protesters. triadruid had even taken the precaution of fabricating a handy-sized tract featuring Anton LaVey's 11 commandments, so that we might trade with any tracthandlers we might happen to meet. (Aside: I was the last person to arrive home after work, which allowed me to come into the house just in time to hear kittenpants say, "His middle name was Szandor?", just as I'm coming up the stairs to go, "Who, Anton LaVey?", thus earning me some sort of trivia cred.)

Sadly, no protesters were in attendence, having apparently shot their wad of offendedness at the opening of The DaVinci Code. (Quoth kittenpants, "How come DaVinci Code is such blasphemy, and The Omen is fine?". My response, "Because DaVinci Code makes the Catholic Church out to be the bad guys. The Omen just has them infiltrated by secret Satanists, and that could happen to anybody.") Even more sadly, there was a miscalculation as to the whereabouts of the theater, which meant that the place we were actually seeing the show was nowhere near any opportunity for fish and chips.

In case you were wondering, the remake is perhaps not a frame-by-frame copy of the original, but it is pretty damned close to a scene-by-scene copy. It does have David Thewlis in, though, and he's not bad. Overall, I could have skipped it. It fits solidly into my column of remakes that didn't need to be made.

Also, Armageddon isn't as funny as it used to be. If belief creates events, then we're pretty much headed down the road to making an Armageddon these days, by which I mean that there are a ridiculous number of people in the world who think that Armageddon is a good idea and are dedicated to fabricating the signs and portents in the bible and whatnot. On a very basic level, I'm not cool with that. I'm not interested in your Armageddon, please peddle it on some other planet.

Completely unimportant, but I'm curious

Back at the old job, I had almost everyone trained to call me Kimberly instead of Kim. Here at the new job, the thing is that they all pick one, and then sort of choke on it, and quickly ask, "Do you go by Kim or Kimberly?". I've been telling them to pick the one they like best. I mean, if it works with my pronouns, it ought to also work with my name, right?

On the one hand, my last name is also one syllable and also begins with a strong plosive, so saying my name together sounds very terse and unpleasant if the first name is Kim. On the other hand, Kim is a hell of a lot more gender-neutral than Kimberly.

[Poll #743696]

EDIT: adammaker is the King of the Helpful People. Just so you know.

Completely unimportant, but I'm curious

Back at the old job, I had almost everyone trained to call me Kimberly instead of Kim. Here at the new job, the thing is that they all pick one, and then sort of choke on it, and quickly ask, "Do you go by Kim or Kimberly?". I've been telling them to pick the one they like best. I mean, if it works with my pronouns, it ought to also work with my name, right?

On the one hand, my last name is also one syllable and also begins with a strong plosive, so saying my name together sounds very terse and unpleasant if the first name is Kim. On the other hand, Kim is a hell of a lot more gender-neutral than Kimberly.

[Poll #743696]

EDIT: adammaker is the King of the Helpful People. Just so you know.