tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post122711240492114060..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Quote of the Day: Monster Edition.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-86571244812501491062010-11-02T15:57:18.572-04:002010-11-02T15:57:18.572-04:00Ya know, it was bad enough when all you needed was...Ya know, it was bad enough when all you needed was a shotgun to keep the suitors in line. Now it seems like you need wooden stakes, garlic, bearded axes, swords, and wolfbane to keep ahead of the bad boy curve.Greggnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66889460992183805742010-11-02T13:39:44.112-04:002010-11-02T13:39:44.112-04:00Jeez - I can't walk into a book store (at leas...Jeez - I can't walk into a book store (at least not the big chains) without having to run the gauntlet of vampire shit. Not just the sparkly emo vampire novels and movies crap, but frickin' vampire calendars and cook books and quotes of the day and posters and pen and pencil sets.<br /><br />Okay, I suppose I get the whole ultimate bad boy thing. I mean, sure you could bring home some thug in a pony tail, leather jacket, tats and a Harley and piss off your parents. How much better would it be to say, "Dad, this is Viktor, he's one of the undead."<br /><br />But then there's that whole sucking your blood thing. Deal breaker. Heck, some of us have exes we call that, but it's just an expression. What would you do if it weren't?Steve Skubinnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-43226355946996201462010-11-02T13:03:56.482-04:002010-11-02T13:03:56.482-04:00My teen daughter was very disappointed in the Twil...My teen daughter was very disappointed in the Twilight vampire movie because of that very reason. In the book, the girl smelled delicious to the vampire, and that was the basis for his attraction to her. Somehow this got lost in the movie version. <br /><br />Smellovision,wherefore art thou?mikeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51397832080802992422010-11-02T12:49:01.614-04:002010-11-02T12:49:01.614-04:00Still chuckling over here...it reads like an alter...Still chuckling over here...it reads like an alternate-dimension Muppet Show script (which is high praise).Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41717371189267785132010-11-02T12:37:06.805-04:002010-11-02T12:37:06.805-04:00nbc - Got both of them, and the (terribly limited)...nbc - Got both of them, and the (terribly limited) DLC for the consoles. Great fun, best zombie games ever.<br /><br />The Nazi Zombie parts of the upcoming Call of Duty have me intrigued, too...Noah Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51954564918579235232010-11-02T10:26:52.250-04:002010-11-02T10:26:52.250-04:00@ Noah
You could try Left 4 Dead@ Noah<br /><br />You could try <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Left-4-Dead-Game-Year-Pc/dp/B0025P9I9C/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1288707914&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">Left 4 Dead</a>nbcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-92051940493653053422010-11-02T09:58:52.051-04:002010-11-02T09:58:52.051-04:00Nope, I meant "principals", as in "...Nope, I meant "principals", as in "principal characters."<br /><br />I knew it, but my fingers happily supplied the homonym. Y'know, before I learned to touch type, that never happened to me...<br /><br />I'm off to fix it.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21667313188443554972010-11-02T09:51:42.489-04:002010-11-02T09:51:42.489-04:00Sorry, Basil. Tam used the word properly.
Princi...Sorry, Basil. Tam used the word properly. <br /><br />PrinciPLES are a personal or specific basis of conduct or management. <br /><br />PrinciPALS are the head honcho of your high school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69626854620406032582010-11-02T08:44:50.161-04:002010-11-02T08:44:50.161-04:00Tam, you are SO not going to like having this poin...Tam, you are SO not going to like having this pointed out: it is princiPALS, not principLES.<br /><br />-bcBasilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08963674867780799073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44988196378496407692010-11-02T08:43:34.452-04:002010-11-02T08:43:34.452-04:00My only complaint about the MH series is that they...My only complaint about the MH series is that they read too fast, and Larry writes too slow.<br /><br />And that they're not movies...no, I take that back. With 'The Walking Dead' on now, that they're not a TV series.<br /><br />And that there's not a video game. (I tried <i>Legendary</i>. Meh.)Noah Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-3207337018251398432010-11-02T07:49:01.823-04:002010-11-02T07:49:01.823-04:00Read both his MHI books and I love'em.
KellyRead both his MHI books and I love'em.<br /><br />KellyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com