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Kansas City Literary Festival? by marteloin kansascity

[–]martelo[S] 0 points1 point ago

I'm quite sure the poster specifically said May 19, 2012. It was hanging up in the central library in January/February.

That's too bad about losing sponsors, it sounded like a fun event. I ended up not going because I was unsure. Is the future of the festival still looking shaky?

[TOMT] Computer game from the 90s by HaveAGoodLifein tipofmytongue

[–]martelo 1 point2 points ago

Forsaken perhaps?

[TOMT]Young Adult Book with illustrations about a boy that gets an evil sister. Turns out she's been reincarnated. Ends with the boy dying and being reincarnated as her baby brother. by juicycuntsin tipofmytongue

[–]martelo 2 points3 points ago

I saw this when you posted and it got me thinking and having my own TOMT experience because I'm pretty sure I'd read this one. I just so happened to run into it at a thrift store today - was it "Grave Doubts" by John Peel?

Liara, years later (art by ~Whalec) by Halefirein masseffect

[–]martelo 3 points4 points ago

That title is one heck of a tongue twister

TOMT song that sounds like mgmt by twarnerin tipofmytongue

[–]martelo 4 points5 points ago

The lyrics vaguely remind me of the song "MoneyGrabber" by Fitz and the Tantrums

New Fashion Wrinkle: Stylishly Hiding the Gun [NYTimes] by go_doublein guns

[–]martelo -1 points0 points ago

I'm not surprised considering the audience, but the comments on that article still made me sad.

Moronic Monday for 4/23/2012 by large_poopsin guns

[–]martelo 0 points1 point ago

I imagine this varies by state (I'm in Kansas if anyone has direct experience), but how exactly does buying a gun at a gun show work? Can I really just hand over cash and walk away with a gun, with no paperwork? If all the dealers at the show are FFLs, will I need to fill out a Form 4473? Should I have a few prepared beforehand and bring them with me? Since I'm in the KC area on the KS side, can I buy a gun at a Missouri show?

Also, somewhat related, what is the etiquette for handling a gun at a shop if I want to have a look at it? Obviously I'm not going to go pointing it in the clerk's face but is there anything else that is particularly gauche or out of bounds in terms of handling a gun at a store?

Saw this ridiculous toy at work today and had to post it here by Jkoonsin guns

[–]martelo 5 points6 points ago

I have no idea what brand it was but I used to have a watergun shaped like an UZI that was actually motorized - it would shoot automatic bursts of water. It also had a "magazine" of water that you'd load it with. As you can expect, the combination of water and electrical parts meant it broke pretty quickly. It also was very realistic, black colored, with no orange tip. They don't make em like that anymore.

Boston Public Library is having a huge used book sale today (4/7) from 10am-4pm by eviladain boston

[–]martelo 1 point2 points ago

The big sales at Central are cool, but check out the branch libraries: at least the East Boston branch, probably others, are constantly selling off old books for stupidly cheap prices. Like 25 cents for a paperback, 50 cents for a hardcover, 5 books for a dollar. It's nuts. Kids books and VHS tapes too if that's your scene.

[TOMT] [PC Game] by medibobin tipofmytongue

[–]martelo 1 point2 points ago

Netstorm: Islands at War? I remember ads for this in PC Gamer back in the day, it looked so cool but I never played it.

[TOMT][song] Indie-ish rock/electronic song with a prominent intro by nothisin tipofmytongue

[–]martelo 9 points10 points ago

Someone posted a similar TOMT a few weeks back and it ended up being M83 - Midnight City, is that it?

Apparently box art localization even justifies rewriting history -- Americans never planted their flag on the Reichstag by jaycrewin gaming

[–]martelo 1 point2 points ago

Company takes reasonable steps to appeal to different audiences in different parts of the world, stop the presses. Don't let me get in the way of American Reddit users' perpetual self-flagellation about how this is the fault of our godawful school system or Republicans or something.

[TOMT] I am looking for an old dos game by bainskianin tipofmytongue

[–]martelo 0 points1 point ago

There was an FPS in the mid-90s called Strife. I never played it but I remember reading about how it mixed shooting and role playing (talking to NPCs, etc). Not sure if it mixed the 2D and 3D like you say though.

The full new trailer for Total Recall is now online by verbalkint12in movies

[–]martelo 1 point2 points ago

I think this looks pretty good. I like Colin Farrell, the production design in this movie looks interesting (the decidedly Eastern Recall building, for example), and it seems like it will hew a lot closer to the original story than the Verhoeven/Arnie one. Don't get me wrong, I adore the original Total Recall, but I'm not going to let that turn me off to what could be a fun and interesting retelling of the story. If it's good then it's good and if it sucks then I can just pop in the original DVD and have a blast, what's the problem?

[TOMT] [short story] science fiction story about an ocean world and evolved humans living in the water by marteloin tipofmytongue

[–]martelo[S] 0 points1 point ago

I don't think this is it, but it certainly looks interesting

WHY DIDN'T THIS HAPPEN ಥ_ಥ by grenadeguyin masseffect

[–]martelo 6 points7 points ago

"...there was a hole."

[TOMT][Movie] A thriller with zombie-like things. by Necricin tipofmytongue

[–]martelo 0 points1 point ago

Quarantine?

"Found footage" movie where a news reporter does a ride-along with the fire department and gets quarantined inside of an apartment building along with "zombies" infected by some kind of rabies-like virus.

With every episode of Sons of Guns, I see less gun shop and more of this... by MahoneyRedin guns

[–]martelo 3 points4 points ago

Is that image from that episode of Quantum Leap where Sam leaps into the body of a NASA test-monkey?

Why don't public schools teach basic cooking skills? by vgunmangain food

[–]martelo 0 points1 point ago

My public high school (and possibly middle school, don't remember) in the Kansas City area offered a home ec type class. I didn't take it, though. I sort of wish I had, it would have given me a nice head start for after moving out of the dorms in college. I credit my fiancee with really getting me into cooking, I love it now.

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