Monday, August 11, 2014

11 August 2014

 Birthdays
Tyne Stecklein b. 1988 (True Blood)
Jemima West b. 1987 (The Mortal Instruments)
Chris Hemsworth b. 1983 (Avengers, Thor, The Cabin in the Woods, Star Trek & Star Trek Into Darkness, Guinevere Jones)
Drew Nelson b. 1979 (The Strain, Lost Girl, Fringe, Supernatural, Smallville, Earth: Final Conflict)
Lynn Adrianna b. 1979 (Chronicles of the Dead, Her)
Anna Gunn b. 1968 (NYPD 2069, Sleepwalkers, Quantum Leap)
Collin Chou b. 1967 (The Forbidden Kingdom, The Matrix Revolutions, The Matrix Reloaded)
Embeth Davidtz b. 1965 (Amazing Spider-Man 1 & 2, Thir13en Ghosts, Bicentennial Man, Fallen, Army of Darkness, Mutator)
Viola Davis b. 1965 (Ender’s Game, The Andromeda Strain [2008], Threshold, Solaris)
Miguel A. Nunez Jr. b. 1964 (The Adventures of Pluto Nash, Scooby-Doo, W.E.I.R.D. World, Carnosaur 2, Babylon 5, Lois & Clark, Twilight Zone [1985], The Return of the Living Dead, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, Automan)
Elya Baskin b. 1950 (Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Heroes, Spider-Man 2 & 3, The Invisible Man, VR.5, Quantum Leap, DeepStar Six, 2010)
Adam LeFevre b. 1950 (The Invasion, Storm of the Century)
Stuart Gordon b. 1947 (director, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, Space Truckers, Robot Jox, Dolls, From Beyond, Re-Animator)
Ian McDiarmid b. 1944 (Utopia, Star Wars I, II, III, V & VI, Sleepy Hollow [1999])
Laurel Goodwin b. 1942 (Star Trek)
Stuart Rosenberg b. 1927 died 15 March 2007 (director, The Amityville Horror, Twilight Zone)
Charles Cooper b. 1926 died 29 November 2013 (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Men Into Space)
Lloyd Nolan b. 1902 died 27 September 1985 (The Outer Limits)

Last year, Thor was in the Picture Slot and this year it's Senator Palpatine. Next year, I think I'm going to sneak in Embeth Davidtz from Army of Darkness, fabulous babe from a fabulous movie.

Many happy returns to all the living on the list and to the dead, thanks for all the memories.

Predictor: OMNI Future Almanac, published 1982

Prediction: Drones and robots will be adapted for special purposes within thirty years, but they will probably not make up the main force of any army in the next half century. Drone airplanes and armored vehicles will be used most often to draw away fire from real missions.

Reality: If the first comma was a period and full stop, this one would have been very good. Thirty years would be 2012 and drones have certainly been used, but not to draw fire away from "real missions". As for what military forces will look like in 2032, that blog doesn't claim to know what "reality" will be that far out.

Looking one day ahead... INTO THE FUTURE!

We will bid a fond farewell to our Tuesday regular Geoffrey Hoyle, sending him off in a giant pipe.

Wait... what?

Join us then... IN THE FUTURE!

1 comment:

  1. Next year, I think I'm going to sneak in Embeth Davidtz from Army of Darkness

    Being a zombie AND a Pretty Lady, how can one resist? Pretty sneaky way to guarantee at least another year of clicks from a Certain Commenter.

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