I Kill Spies

There are some actors who have been associated with so many cancelled television shows that they have been dubbed “show killers.” Do a search on any of these names with the phrase “show killer” and you’ll see how this works.

“Show Killers” are characterized by a large number of TV credits in successive years, and frequent mentions on Jump the Shark. Accomplished show killers can kill a long-running, successful show… although there is a certain amount of scapegoating involved!

Some notable Show Killers and their IMDB entries:

• My favorite, Paget Brewster, who was on the Andy Richter Contols The Universe and who can be seen in the online series of spy shorts Agent 15
• Jon Cryer who was “Duckie” the ambiguously gay friend from Pretty in Pink
• Ted McGinley who played trophy husband “Jefferson” in Married… With Children and the lead jock in Revenge of the Nerds
• Dennis Farina, who tends to play Mafia characters, was the rival loan shark in Get Shorty

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Goddamn it, what the hell is this. A while ago Bob the Angry Flower had a strip titled “Everybody Loves Jello.” In it Bob is about to give a presentation to “the board” on his product idea, but on the way there he has to fight a Gelatinous Cube.

If you don’t know what a Gelatinous Cube is, you are not a gamer. There may be hope for you (here’s a quick summary). For the rest of us, there is righteous indignation.

So I stumble onto this site, The Gelatinous Cube (Hexahedron Pectinous), A Study. What is wrong with this tool?!? He’s based an article about Gelatinous Cubes using only that one Bob the Angry Flower strip as reference. Hello! Did you not wonder what the hell they were talking about? It’s a JOKE dude. A REFERENCE. I guess you didn’t get the one with the Ur-Quan either. Bringing the typical lazy-ass attitude of the “Can’t be bothered to do any research on my article” mainstream media home to the web, where looking anything up, no matter how obscure, takes a single minute.

There’s also CubeWeb, which makes reference to a Gelatinous Cube, but it otherwise isn’t related at all. At least they know what a Gelatinous Cube is though!

• From the Book of Ratings, a goofy site with cartoon illustrations, the D&D monsters ratings, pages 1,
  2, and
  3
• This guy Peter Lee
  made this miniature out of resin
• How-To Guide to make these minatures
• Another tutorial

So I stumble onto this site, The Gelatinous Cube (Hexahedron Pectinous), A Study. What is wrong with this tool?!? He’s based an article about Gelatinous Cubes using only that one Bob the Angry Flower strip as reference. Hello!

Web link of note: 9/11 Families For Peaceful Tomorrows
(At http://www.peacefultomorrows.org/)

Web link of note: Veterans for Peace
(At http://www.veteransforpeace.org)

Web link of note: Veterans for Common Sense
(At http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/)

Web link of note: Veterans Against the Iraq War
(At http://www.vaiw.org/vet/index.php)

Web link of note: Military Families Speak Out
(At http://www.mfso.org/)

Web link of note: I Don’t Care About The Air
(At http://www.idontcareaboutair.com/)

Best Bets: Local enamellists (California)

• Palo Alto “Enjoy” Program
  ( 650.463.4900 )
  • Sandie Bradshaw
    – I took a class from her, it was very good. Former member (co-founder?) of Aegis Gallery
  • Sandie referred us to Stephanie Kaylor
  • Deborah Lozier teaches at California College of Arts and Crafts
  • Jewelry lab was at the Cubberly Center
• April Higashi
  – San Francisco
• Metal Arts Guild lists:
  • its members’ websites
  • other guilds
• list of artists appearing at the Berkeley Artisans Studios
• Caifornia instructors from the Enamel Classes list:
  • Jean Vormelker – Orange, CA
  • Carolyn Williams – San Diego

Other artists sifted from the web:

• The Enamelist Society
  (they also have a list of guilds and organizations)
• gallery at netconnect.au:
  • Sharon Scalise
  • Louise Pass
  • Lisa Hawthorne
  • Linda Gebert
  • Susan Douglas
  • Yvonne Cupolo
  • Mary Manuel, Amy Burkholder
• Kelly A Stowe
• Alexa & Peter Smarsh Key Largo, FL (found from directory Artshow Artists)
• Enamelist Webring:
  • Margaret Langdell Amherst, MA
  • Jaime Frechette Ohio
  • Karen L Cohen
  • Merry-Lee Rae California
  • Kristin Anderson Florida
    Long dream gallery)
• Christopher Palko Ontario Canada
• Allan Heywood Austraila

Way out- not sources of commissioned work:

• Japanese Artist Yohko Yoshimura
• The Crucible
• Glass on Metal Magazine
• Schlaifer’s Enameling Supplies
• British Society of Enamellers