Freegans part 39

Cara
"What's 42 mean? Does that have some significance?" asked Matt. All of us looked at him, wondering how it was that a guy who could act so smart could also ask such abominably stupid questions.
"No duh, Matt," I said, rolling my eyes. He looked down sheepishly.

The Ox said, "One of the most important prisoners being kept in the prison goes by the code name of Deep Thought."
"Like in the book by Douglas Adams?" I asked, remembering why the number 42 sounded so familiar. Dad had given me a copy of it a couple of years ago for Christmas. The Kestrel and Ox both nodded.
"He has an odd sense of humor like that. Anyway, he's one of our most important members, a great computer hacker. His time is running out before they execute him, so we need to get to that computer, and have Madiza type in the KillCode, within at least three days."

I looked at Madiza. She was sitting on the floor, still drawing, muttering to herself; I think her words at that moment were something like 'rabbits' and somebody named George. It was hard to believe that this scrawny, ragged little maniac was instrumental in basically saving our lives, as well as the lives of everyone else on the planet still free of the consumerists. Of course, at that moment Matt had to ruin my pondering by asking, "So what about us?"
The Ox and Kestrel gave us equally unnerving fixed stares.
"Yes, that is the question, isn't it?" asked the Ox.

Yet another Movie Review

This movie(and the play by Oscar Wilde that it is based on) are both hilarious. In it, Mr. John Worthing goes by the name Earnest in the city, and the name John in the country, as an excuse for him to take on a more libertine nature in the city, pretending that he goes there to see to a younger brother called Earnest. His friend Algernon (Algy) uses a similar technique, pretending that he has an invalid friend by the name of Bunbury, so that he can go "visit" him in the country whenever he wants to get away from his domineering Aunt Augusta.

John falls in love with Algy's cousin Gwendolyn(who thinks his name is Earnest), and unfortunately, Aunt Augusta forbids the match. At nearly the same time, Algy secretly goes to John's home in the country under the guise of being 'Earnest', and has fallen for John's ward Cecily, who expresses a deep admiration for the aforementioned name! Will any of them find true happiness and love?

Phil Collins

How many of you out there have seen "Tarzan"? Well then, you know Phil Collins, right? He's the guy who created all of the music for it, and I think he is completely awesome. My favorite song is the version of "Trashin' the Camp" done by him and N'Sync. It's very catching, and also done almost completely a cappella, which takes real talent, I assure you.

Freegans part 38

Lucy
The Ox looked at each of us carefully, almost like he was searching for something. Then he asked,
"Madiza, do you know what the KillCode is?"
Her eyes widened, and I could practically see the gears inside that warped brain of hers turning. She looked up at the man, and nodded.
"Can you tell me?"
"I could, but should I? After all, three can keep a secret, if two are dead. Hee hee hee!"
The Ox nodded, looking slightly pleased. "Good idea. You can reveal it when the time comes."
Seeing our perplexed expressions, he said, "It's a special code that can shut down the Golden Church's Security Drones for at least an hour."

We knew what the Golden Church was. About the same time the Amish had been eliminated, the consumerists created a new church advocating the idea that their wealth was a gift from God, and that they should revel in it. It was very similar to some of the ideas of the tycoons of the early twentieth century. We'd learned about it in school. The Golden Church, or the Church of Golden Light, was one of the main problems the Freegans were facing. Because of the faux religious fervor, they were better able to spread their propaganda against us.

"Isn't the Golden Church full of a bunch of wacko flagellants?" asked Cara, with her typical bluntness.
"Some of them. More importantly, they have a Prison Sanctum, where they store heretics and anyone who opposes them. It is guarded by vicious robot-androids known as Drones, which are controlled by the Sacred Computer and ATM of Light. Madiza happened to see the KillCode, therefore memorizing it, and if she types it into the computer, she can shut down the Drones."
"What will that do?" Matt wanted to know.
"It will help us to enter and save our missing comrades-" The Ox stopped talking with a small gasp. He was looking down at the floor. We followed his gaze, only to see more of Madiza's scribblings. In the middle of them, she had written the number 42, which was also circled. She looked up at him with a smile.
"Yes," said the Ox unsteadily. "Exactly."

Platypuses/Platypi

Some people might think them strange, freaky creatures, but personally, I think the platypus is one of the cutest creatures on this earth. Who can resist that cute little face?

Megamind

This movie was absolutely marvelous. In it, two aliens wind up on Earth, after their planets are destroyed. One goes to a mansion, and has the good life, as well as extraordinary super powers. The other crashes in a prison, and has to make do with having a lot of brain power. The two grow up to be rivals Metro Man and Megamind. Or, as Mega Mind puts it, "He took the name: Metro Man, defender of Metro City. I decided to pick something a little more humble: Megamind, incredibly handsome criminal genius and master of all villainy!"

They have the archetypal good guy-bad guy comic book relationship: Megamind will try and take over Metro City, Metro Man will stop him, and Megamind will go to jail. Over and over. When one day, to everyone's surprise (especially his) Megamind is able to successfully kill off Metro Man! He happily takes over the city, but then realizes that without a super hero to fight, he no longer has any purpose in life!

I would explain more, like how he uses some of Metro Man's DNA to create a new super hero for him to fight, or how that guy turns out to be evil, but it would kind of give away the plot. It's funny, and has a relatively good message, and with a PG rating for mild language and violence. Really a marvelous film.

Tragedy, Gloom and Doom

Fans of Redwall will be saddened to hear of the unexpected death of Brian Jacques, age 71. It was on Saturday, in Liverpool, England. He was a great man, and a great writer. Never again shall we read the works of another like him. He has a wife, Maureen, and two sons, Marc and David. We are sure that they are all feeling the same loss all us Redwall fans are, if not stronger. In pace requiescat, Brian Jacques!