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• Doctor Who premiered 49 years ago today. (Which is either 900 years ago or next Wednesday in Timelord terms). Naturally we should all be celebrating this milestone by buying a TARDIS mini fridge or watching this trippy disco performance of the theme song from the UK music series Top of the Pops.
• More bad news for Community fans, Chevy Chase has left the series. Unless of course you hated Pierce, in which case WHEE! (Via The AV Club)
• Jump to 0:48 in this video for a closer look at the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles float that was featured in yesterday's Macy's parade.
• Indie comics icon/former TR interview subject Jeffrey Brown has announced that Vader's Little Princess will be the follow-up to his Darth Vader and Son. (Via Comics Alliance)
• "Gangam Style" irritant Psy is now the focus of a vinyl figure from Funko.
• The Tolkien estate is not at all happy about the existence of Lord of the Rings slot machines.So much so that they're suing Warner Bros. for $80,000,000.
• What if Game of Thrones was a Seinfeld-esque sitcom? That's a question that no one in the history of ever has asked, yet the Internet answered it anyway. See for yourself:As if Joffrey getting slapped needed a laugh track...
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s*t ill be the editor of the webpage if necessary, I have a degree in English (creative writing) and Educaton I mean what the hell Id rather do it than let the site die
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Well, I may be late, but by my clock, *I* technically didn't miss a whole day for for the Ranchoth's Daily Sensibly Dressed Pinups™ with...Sarah Biasini in "Julie Chevalier de Maupin!"
http://p5.storage.canalblog.com/54/21/250740/16713512.jpg
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I'm going to be really sad if this site dies. Its one of the few things I look forward to.
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One post on Friday, and none today? This site is dying. We're doomed if they don't get an editor who gives a shit in here very soon.
so is this site still up and running? Has anyone gone to Rob's new site? It's hard to navigate. It's weird when he's not running the show.
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Apparently a lot of people have applied for the position as "New Rob" and clearly not everyone is going to get that job. If you're still interested in a new line of work might I direct you to the British governments MI6, which is looking for a "target elimination specialist"
http://gizmodo.com/5963030/the-uk-government-listed-a-job-posting-for-a-00-agent
My cover guy over at Deeply Dapper reminded me that it's the last night to save on their holiday sale and I figured I'd post it here again in case anyone was interested - him and his buddies make Harry Potter Switchplates, Lovecraft Bookplates, sasquatch stickers and my personal favorites, the Zelda and Mario key hooks - https://ny-image0.etsy.com/006/0/5990972/il_570xN.376210416_enqi.jpg
Check 'em out here - http://www.etsy.com/shop/DeeplyDapper
and use the code HOLIDAY12 to save 10%. (Tell 'em Neal sent ya and maybe he'll give me a discount off of my next cover! I'm broke! haha)
Hrm... I have no idea how to make a picture show up on here. Maybe the site runners have the same problem.
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@NealKristopher I think it only works with imgur for the time being. and only with direct links to the images at that too.
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@Timely-Tardis-Lego Ahoy! I learned something! Who says an old dog can't ... something something.
Okay - can anyone tell me how to navigate IO9 so that I can see what Rob is doing? Nothing on the front page appears to be his, and there are no apparent bylines. Searching "Bricken" just returns the article announcing his arrival.
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Also, I made a Steam group if anyone's interested: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Topless-Robot-Irregulars
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@Timely-Tardis-Lego I'm interested - I'm Gallen_Dugall on Steam - with the underscore it's my secret identity
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@Someguy @Timely-Tardis-Lego Those cupcakes are awesome!! And that beautiful TARDIS fridge! I know what I'm adding to mt Christmas list!
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@Timely-Tardis-Lego I'm sure you seen these but I saw them and thought of you.
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2012/11/25/geektastic-doctor-who-cupcakes-pics/
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So... uhhh... No posts for Monday, 11/26/2012.
None at all?
Is TR dead now? Is that what's happening here? Jeez. I never thought I'd miss Disqus.
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@nix.nightbird It's not all bad. We've all been partying while the adults have been gone. Nothing big, you know, running around naked; painting on the walls.... the usual stuff. Hopefully we will hear from someone soon.
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All You Need Is Kill set photos: http://www.hollywood.com/news/Tom_Cruise_All_You_Need_Is_Kill_Trafalgar_Square_Pics/45024865
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@jonap The one of him running in the powered armor getup is hilarious. I'd write this movie off except I was told that it was based on something that was well written, and I liked Cruise in the last MI movie - I used to find him annoyingly bland, but he seems to have grown as an actor - or maybe the director knew how to direct him - dunno, but I'll give this the benefit of the doubt for now.
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You know it's bad when you come back to a site to find out you have to log back in because you haven't seen anything lately...........so here's some Jerry Springer to tide you over until they hire a new editor...........
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Well, as trannies go, (s)he is kinda cute.
I admire that it took him a couple seconds to think about it and make a decision. No drama. No turmoil. Just go for it.
Love's strange. Jerry Springer guests are stranger.
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@nix.nightbird @arivalscientist What I really like about that video is the reaction of the crowd...Also, what a pair of freaks.... MySpace? C'mon...
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Can I just say that it really bothers me how MVN is handling this?I get that they're looking for a new editor. I've never looked for an editor before, I imagine that it's hard. I understand that it probably takes time. But the last time we heard anything about that was over a week ago now, and we've gone all day without ANY kind of update, even the stupid repost updates from other MVN sites. It's like they're not even trying any more.
Just thinking about this from a business perspective, I can't understand why they would do this unless they had given up on the site. As a company in the internet business, they ought to know that internet communities are fickle and impatient beasts. If we don't get thrown any kind of bones for long enough, we wander off to inspect something shiny in another corner of the web. If they're hoping to salvage TR, they need to get on this FAST--or at least, that's what I would assume.
At any rate, @Someguy , you are a breath of fresh air keeping us updated and keeping things lurching along. Hopefully you won't have to much longer!
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@rabidronnie they had thousands of applicants and their HR department is three people - it's going to take time. Oh I guess they could have just picked somebody and shoveled the rest of the applications into a dumpster, but if you really want to be angry you might want to take a long hard look at the lazy moron who jumped ship BEFORE finding a replacement.
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@Gallen_Dugall @rabidronnie I'm not angry that they haven't picked someone. I'm frustrated that they do not seem to be concerned about keeping us apprised. I would think that just hopping on here and saying "hey, things are moving, don't give up on us!" would not take much time, and would do wonders for keeping people here--just to know that the readers are acknowledged and appreciated during the wait.
I imagine there's blame on both sides--Rob for not finding a replacement before he left, the people of MVN for not beginning the search early--I mean we can't know exactly when all of this started rolling, so I can't make any judgment calls there. I just think that knowing that the people of the internet tend to have very short attention spans, frequent updates on how the process is coming, even vague and unhelpful ones, would better serve the future of TR.
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@James.k.Polk @Gallen_Dugall @rabidronnie Agreed, but as I've said I think this whole process is a lot like when Joel left MST3K. In part because the reality of what happened behind the scenes may never be known and in part because it just happened and we're left with the Circus of Dr Lao
The whole world is a circus if you know how to look at it. The way the sun goes down when you're tired, comes up when you want to be on the move. That's real magic. The way a leaf grows. The song of the birds. The way the desert looks at night, with the moon embracing it. Oh, my boy, that's... that's circus enough for anyone. Every time you watch a rainbow and feel wonder in your heart. Every time you pick up a handful of dust, and see not the dust, but a mystery, a marvel, there in your hand. Every time you stop and think, "I'm alive, and being alive is fantastic!" Every time such a thing happens, you're part of the Circus of Dr. Lao.
Plus it's just fun being pissed off at Rob
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@Gallen_Dugall @rabidronnie I don't think there is any evidence that Rob gave MVN poor notice of his departure. He may have been, god forbid, fired or may have been asked not to announce his departure early.
I really don't think it was his job to find his own replacement.
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@rabidronnie Upon reflection this is the sort of post I usually respond to with "Your rage amuses me."
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@rabidronnie @Gallen_Dugall We can know for certain that Rob didn't give his readers much notice, which means that most of the applications only started coming in the week he left. Between federal law and company fair-hiring policies job openings have to be posted for so many days before the position is filled. Usually at least a month. No matter how much the parent company wants to keep this site viable as a revenue source (notice there are no ad links anymore but the site is still up) they are constrained by reality, rules and regulations.
Does/did Rob owe us anything? No. Should he have given more notice as a professional courtesy? Yes. Does Topless Robot dying on the vine help io9? In theory. Did Rob purposefully sabotage Topless Robot? Maybe.
I'd be posting "Great article you site killing asshole." to each of his io9 articles if their comment system wasn't so shitty.
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@rabidronnie Hopefully things will get rolling soon. I imagine the looking process came to a stop during the holiday weekend. It would be nice to hear an update from them. I'm off again.
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Little more shopping news.
Seems comic book fans love bargains as well.
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/26/comic-book-publishers-cyber-monday-sales-bargains/
Thanks comicsalliance.com for knowing how broke I am.
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Well if you were wondering about hearing a review of ZombiU the forces over at Kotaku.com have brought the first verdict.
http://kotaku.com/5963314/zombiu-the-kotaku-review
Thanks Kotaku.com for reminding me I'm broke and this is probably as close as I will get to the WII-U.
Also, I keep trying to post snarky comments on Rob's articles over at the other place, but their awful commenting system won't let me. Just wanted to bitch about that.
