Collaboration - or Why Shouldn't Non-Techies Pursue Tech?
The Bauhaus design school that Walter Gropius founded was influential on the development of modern architecture and design. As a fun trivia, in Malay, "Bau Haus" means "burnt smell".
The German architect Walter Gropius is popularly known as the founder of the Bauhaus design academy. Born in 1883, he was the son of an architect, and, following in his father's footsteps, embarked on a career in architecture, which was briefly interrupted by a stint in the army during the First World War.
The thing about Walter, or Gropius (depending on how you prefer to call him), was that he was not good at drawing. Normally, that would have been devastating for any aspiring architect. But both his father (Walter Adolph Gropius) and his grand-uncle (Martin Gropius) had been architects, so he must have felt obliged to be an architect.
But he found a way by collaborating with others. He depended on others to draw for him throughout his life. While studying architecture, he obtained the services of an assistant to help him complete his work. This does not mean that Gropius was lousy as an architect. On the contrary, his works show that he was a visionary. It was only in the drawing department that he lacked the necessary skill, which he made up for through collaboration with others.
The late Steve Jobs collaborated with Steve Wozniak to create the iconic Apple II, which formed the impetus for the formation of Apple Computers.
The late Steve Jobs was hailed as a visionary. He was a founder of Apple Computers alongside the tech prodigy, Steve Wozniak. The collaboration between the two Steves produced the Apple II, which was a huge commercial success and launched Apple as a serious contender in the computer industry. But it would be a mistake to assume that their first collaboration began at the Apple II. Steve Wozniak's Apple I was a precursor to their collaboration, which began with the two Steves raising funds. Steve Jobs sold his VW Microbus and Steve Wozniak sold his HP-65 calculator.
In innovation, a lack of technical skill should not be a hindrance. What is needed is the vision to see the possibilities. Of course, this is not to say that no skill is required: Some skill is required to understand the underlying technology concerned. It has been said that sometimes, outsiders are able to see the possibilities much more clearly. This may be true in the case of technologies which have very little innovation. An outsider can look at it with "fresh eyes" and ask, why aren't things done in a certain way?
Remember, innovation begins when people ask, "Why not?" Never be afraid to pursue the possibility that technology can evolve in a new way.
For the non-techie, your collaboration with the technologists can happen in several ways.
First, you can vocalize your vision for the technology, which perhaps, none of the technopreneurs have done. It might be a novel conceptualization, and you may attract collaborators.
Second, you can help seek out funding for the vision that you have, by seeking partner organizations or interested sponsors. Some of them may have vested interests, but perhaps that isn't a huge concern as long as they allow you to retain the fruits of your labour. Venture capitalists only want to see returns.
Third, you can seek out those fluent in the technology, who don't seem to be getting the funding they need for research and development. If you bring the money, you can sell the idea to them. Academics need to do research anyway, and their thesis needs to propose a new hypothesis or two. So sell your idea to them, and see if they think that it's worth their time.
Fourth, just get to know the techies, and see what happens. Share with them your vision and what you want to do. But be prepared to contribute whatever you can to make things happen. Steve Jobs had to sell that VW Microbus in order to help push the Apple I forward. It was a risk which paid off.
For the uninitiated, the clueless, and the non-Malaysians, the Rukunegara is often described as the "ideology" of Malaysia. These days, the Rukunegara does not seem to be valued by Malaysian society. But it's part of the Malaysian ideology.
On 10th May, 1969, there were general elections in Malaysia, following which on 13th May 1969, there erupted racial riots which led to many deaths. Malaysia was torn due to racial riots, and trust between communities was eroded. In the aftermath, a document called "Rukunegara" was promulgated by the government of the day.
The Rukunegara as usually found at the back of exercise books in Malaysia. Sadly, the first half is missing. ("Cita-cita tersebut") How can you deliver a message without the proper context?
building a progressive society that will make use of science and modern technology.
You will notice that the Rukunegara has two portions. The first half of the Rukunegara details what ambitions the nation has. The second half details how the nation will achieve these ambitions. In business school talk, the ambitions are the vision; while the "how" are the mission.
We often emphasize the mission but forget the vision. In Malaysian schools, we are taught to recite the second half of the Rukunegara, but never the first.
And so, the Rukunegara supports and hopes to build a progressive society that will make use of science and modern technology.
Does this mean establishing a strong intellectual property rights regime? Yes, it does. Probably.
But it also means that we must inculcate a culture of science and technology. Younger Malaysians need to look at science and technology as the first choice of tertiary education. Only then, can we become a producer of new technology. Only then can we lead technological progress. Because technology will be important in the world of tomorrow, we must start emphasizing it today.
As you may notice, the Rukunegara envisions the building of a progressive society. It's not just about technology and science. A society that uses science and technology to spread hatred over social media isn't progressive. A society that uses science and technology to create weapons of mass destruction isn't progressive. A society that uses science and technology to kill the innocent en masse, isn't at all progressive.
But a progressive nation isn't one that abstains from science and technology. There is no need to be an Asian Neo-Luddite. It's our hearts that we must nurture, so that we make it a better world for all people, regardless of who they are. Your neighbour is as entitled as you to partake in the better world that you are building, together. Could you envision a world with cleaner air and clearer skies, only for you but not your neighbour? I rest my case.
In this regard, the African concept of "ubuntu" has been touted as "love for all". It's a universal value. It would be fair to say that nobody gets to heaven by putting others through hell. Those who cry with the delight at the thought of slaughtering his neighbour because of a different faith or creed are not progressive. I'm not sure if they are even regressive. They are harmful to society, by trying to recreate a vision of a society in which only people from one faith can prosper. In the event that they do create that society, the same people will spawn a generation which discriminates among people of the same faith, thus starting a never-ending cycle of trying to show how much more puritanical they are than the last generation.
As you can see, it involves, very much, the happiness of other communities, whether "they" are different in terms of race and religion, wealth and social standing, political ideals, cultural heritage, and others. When I read "guaranteeing a liberal approach", and juxtapose it against the idea of a progressive society, I believe that a progressive society is one that becomes more and more accepting of others.
For a document that was forged in the aftermath of a terrible racial riot, and in the early, formative years of this nation's history, the Rukunegara should figure as one of the most important documents for Malaysian policy makers and law makers. Unfortunately, it does not seem to enjoy any position of importance -- just see the considerations of government policy makers for these past few years.
Support the Rukunegara, and let's make Malaysia a progressive nation based on science and technology.
You might have been sitting around with a bunch of friends over dinner. One of your friends points at the chicken and says, "Why don't we just register a brand of chicken called The Good Chicken?" And the bunch of friends laughs and applauds the idea.
Your friend goes home, sobers up, and starts to think about The Good Chicken. It's such a great idea. He wonders why nobody ever registered "The Good Chicken" before. Surely it deserves to be registered and made the basis of a great marketing campaign! He closes his eyes and he can see it: Lines of people just queueing up outside of his chicken restaurant, just to get a taste of The Good Chicken. The daily special? Damn Good Chicken. The weekend special? Superbly Good Chicky Chicken.
So he hires a trademark agent, who takes a look at the proposed trademark, and smiles somewhat sheepishly. "You sure you want this?" the trademark agent asks. "Why yessirree," goes your friend. "And I'd like fries to go along with it, if possible." The trademark agent smiles sheepishly again and goes off to do his thing.
Two months later the trademark agent is back. "Sir", he says rather slowly, "the trademark office has rejected your application because of the laudatory and descriptive nature of your proposed trademark. I'm afraid that you'll need to think of a new trademark or appeal."
Your friend is stunned. What! he wonders. The Good Chicken is a good trademark. Why not?
Think about it. "The Good Chicken" is your friend's trademark. Does it describe anything? In the English language, the noun comes after the adjective. The last word is the noun. And the noun is "Chicken". So this is a mark that will be used to market..... chickens!
That's precisely the problem, because if your friend is allowed to registered "Chicken" for his brand of chicken / poultry, no other chicken / poultry brand can use the word "Chicken". And that would be disastrous for them!
So that's why your friend cannot use a descriptive trademark. Another example I once learned was the case of the toothpaste brand that was marketed with a logo depicting -- no surprises here -- trademark being squeezed unto a toothbrush. If that trademark application had gone through, others could have been prevented from showing that image on their trade packaging, printed materials, et cetera. It would have been bad for the toothpaste industry.
So, by calling his brand the "Good Chicken", his competitors are at a disadvantage. Unless they invalidate his trademark, theirs would be perceived as not "good". Unless, they start using laudatory words like wonderful, fantastic, or superb. And if that happens, it will be a war of self-laudatory words. Each describing his own or her own as the best.
Fortunately, the law does not allow self-laudatory trademarks to be registered.
Recently, I tuned in to the 99% Invisible podcast on Tunein. That's when I heard their very fascinating episode, Vox Ex Machina (Episode 208), which was about an invention from 1939 called the "voder", called the "voice operating demonstrator". It was like a piano for voices, because it was a keyboard which people could play with ten fingers. But as the podcasters noted, voder operators would train up to one year in order to learn how to operate the voder.
The inventor was a guy called Homer Dudley, who specialized in speech science. He worked at Bell Labs.
So, as the podcast noted, there was a war, called the Second World War. It was quite serious -- my grandparents lived through it. I heard many horror stories about the Japanese soldiers in Malaya.
But at that time, the focus was on encrypted communications between the British Prime Minister and the American President. Encryption technology at the time was easily broken.
That's when the President's office contacted Bell Labs for a solution. Homer Dudley was called up.
Fortunately Homer had a solution. He had been working on speech technology for many years. That's when he created SIGSALY, the "unbreakable speech encrypter". SIGSALY used what is today known as a "vocoder", which stands for "voice encoder".
It was a very fascinating listen. Go, listen to the 99% Invisible podcast today.
This one I found from the Wikipedia entry on SIGSALY.
US Patent No. 3967067 was filed on 24th September 1941, and was published on 29th June 1976. You might know that the lifespan of a patent is about 20 years.... so, its publication was probably more a matter of recognition, than exploitation of IP for profit. Which inventor doesn't want to be identified with their invention? Most of them want recognition. Even if it's 35 years after the patent was filed.
Man, I really hope that the inventor for US patent no. 3967067 made some money off his invention, somehow.
Production of artificial speech - Patent No. US 2243526 A - Filed 16th March 1940, published 27th May 1941. "The present invention relates to the artificial production of speech or similar sound waves and to such artificial production in connection with a system for analyzing speech or similar waves."
VOIP, cheap international calls or free Internet-based calls owe their origins to his work on speech compression. I tend to call my family a lot using Viber / Line / Whatsapp whenever I go for holiday, just because I can.
Text-to-speech (TTS) technology also owes a lot to his work on text synthesis / artificial voice production. I tend to share webpages to "Voice Reading" on my Android phone. I then listen to the webpages being read aloud, while I do whatever I am doing.
Vocoders are being used today by musicians to distort their voices. I love music, and that guy made these robot-like voices possible.
So go, listen to that podcast already. Link is at the top of this blog post.


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Q: Unity3D controlling a ball In Unity3D, I'm working on simply controlling a ball. My goals are as follows:

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*Allow the ball to rotate

*Move in the direction the ball is facing

*Ensure the ball is visually rotating as the ball is moving

What I am attempting to do is almost accomplished with this character controller script I wrote:
transform.Rotate (new Vector3(-Input.GetAxis ("Horizontal") * rotationSpeed, 0, 0));
Vector3 forward = Input.GetAxis ("Vertical") * transform.forward * moveSpeed;

controller.Move (forward);
controller.SimpleMove (Physics.gravity);

My problem with this script is that the ball does not visually "roll".
I attempted to solve this by using a Rigidbody:
float movementHorizontal = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
float movementVertical = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");

Vector3 movementVector = new Vector3(movementHorizontal, 0.0f, movementVertical);
GetComponent<Rigidbody>().AddForce(movementVector * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);

But in this case, you are unable to rotate anymore then 180 degrees using WAD like the first example. Although it does solve the visual problem.
How is it that I can allow my ball to rotate with the "A" and "D" keys, and then go in the direction the ball is facing with "W" while also visually rotating?

A: Take a look a this example:
http://unity3d.azurewebsites.net/Labyrinth/

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*move the ball with the arrow keys

*move the camera with the keypad (#5 will chase)

*zoom in/out with - + keys

*change perspective with V key

The code behind the movement is here:
https://github.com/heldersepu/hs-unity/blob/master/Labyrinth/Assets/Movement.cs

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Right now, only about 20% of technology workers worldwide are female. And even though we've seen how more women in technology translates into more innovation, broader perspectives, and stronger businesses, women often lack the confidence and support they need to enter the tech space. So, we wondered, how can we encourage more women to enter technology? How can we nurture a more diverse workforce for the future?
Benevity partnered with Chic Geek, a Calgary-based nonprofit supporting women in tech, to take a step toward creating more inclusion in the field. When we stopped by Geeky Summit -- Chic Geek's celebration of women in technology and entrepreneurship -- we asked women how they could transform what they thought of as imperfections into strengths. Their answers may surprise you!


"Lets you use IF as the place of a setf form.
b will be set to 7.
The then and (optional) else forms must be places."
It's easier to read at Lisp Paste here.
and having to introduce a temporary variable if you don't want to evaluate <new-value-form> twice. It will simplify some of the code I will be writing.
Has anyone done this before, or got any caveats, advice, or comments?
Your code looks nice and useful. However, I don't know if this plays well on all implementations. For instance, I know that SBCL complains (with a continuable error) about any attempt to define something on the standard symbols (it complains about anything potentially unportable). Maybe you would be safer defining a macro IF-SETF.
Corman CL 3.0: not already defined, works fine, no problems.
Clozure CL 1.5: not already defined, works fine, no problems.
CLISP 2.47: already defined, causes continuable package lock error.
SBCL 1.0.37: not already defined, causes continuable package lock error.
The CLISP doc page on the COMMON-LISP package lock was informative, and I thought the link to a USENET post was quite useful too.


Indian queen. That's how exactly you'll look with this feather crown! It's suitable for festivals, parties, carnivals or boho thematic weddings!
Black boho headdress is made of natural feathers in brown and white shades. It's has bead embroidery, and on the back side is elastic band, so it's very comfortable to wear.
Headband is decorated with feathers, pom poms, beads, tassels, shells and pendants.


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Top Copper Producing Countries In The World
Chile is the world's largest producer of copper, followed by China and Peru.
A Piece of native copper about 1 ½ inches (4 cm) in size.
Copper is a naturally occurring metal that gives off a stunning reddish-orange metallic color when polished. Its chemical symbol is Cu, and atomic number is 29. Mining operations extract copper from the ground via open pit mines. Once the copper-containing earth is extracted, the extract is ground to fine ore and put through a froth flotation process. This process combines the ore with water and a collector chemical that makes copper hydrophobic (a condition which repels water). Air bubbles are introduced into the slurry mixture and the now hydrophobic copper rises to the top with the foam. The froth is removed and contains a copper concentration which can be exported or further refined for industrial uses.
Top Copper Producers
The top producers of copper are found throughout the world. The number one producer is Chile, a South American country. Chile produces 5,750,000 tons of copper annually. The country attracted foreign private investments in the 90's when the government passed a mining law that compensation regulations for the case of mine nationalisation.
The second top producer is China, though the copper mining industry here is nowhere near the production capacity of Chile. Copper production in China reaches 1,760,000 tonnes per year. This country is the largest consumer of copper.
With its sights set on beating China in copper production, Peru came close to that goal. At number 3, this country produces around 1,380,000 tonnes per year. Production has increased over the last decade with China being the top importer of Peruvian copper.
Close to the production rates of Peru, the United States takes the fourth position in copper mining. This country extracts 1,360,000 tonnes of copper every year. Mines are located in several southwestern states including Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada, and further north in Montana. The demand for copper in the US comes from the construction industry.
The fifth largest copper producer in the world is the Democratic Republic of Congo at 1,030,000 tonnes annually. Though the DRC does not have the highest production rate, the second largest copper reserves in the world can be found within its borders. The slightly lower production here may be explained by a lack of appropriate technology.
Following the DRC is Australia. Production levels of 970,000 tonnes annually make Australia number 6. The majority of copper deposits are located in Southern Australia and also contain uranium and gold. The second large mining location is Mount Isa which is one of the biggest underground mines in the world.
In 7th place, Russia produces 742,000 tonnes of copper. Russia is running into a problem with depleting resources and no new reserve discoveries to take their place. One example is the top producer of copper, the Norilsk Nickel mine. This mine focuses on nickel but extracts copper during the froth flotation process. Since its nickel reserve is running out of the mineral, the company will extract more copper heavy ore in an attempt to maintain its nickel production. This act could possibly increase copper production for Russia, though not by much.
The remaining top copper producers are Zambia (708,000 tonnes), Canada (696,000 tonnes), and Mexico (515,000 tonnes). Many of the countries on this list rely heavily on mining and extract other metals and minerals.
Copper Applications
Copper is useful in many applications, but the primary use is in electrical wiring. Theis is because copper makes an excellent electrical conduit. The roofing and plumbing industry also has a high demand for copper as well as industrial machinery. This metal has other uses; for instance, copper paint is used to prevent plant growth on boats and fungicides for agricultural use require copper content.
Which Country Produces the Most Copper?
Chile produces more copper than any country in the world, followed by Peru, China, and the United States. In Chile alone, there are around 5,750 thousand tons of copper produced every year.
The Top Copper Producing Countries In The World
Copper Production (in thousand tonnes), 2014
1 Chile 5,750
2 China 1,760
3 Peru 1,380
4 United States 1,360
5 Democratic Republic of Congo 1,030
6 Australia 970
7 Russia 742
8 Zambia 708
9 Canada 696
10 Mexico 515
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The Albert Park Driving Range is Melbourne's Premier Golf Practice and Learning facility. We cater for all levels of golfer – from a complete beginner to a scratch marker – or simply a bunch of mates wanting to have a bit of fun.
We have a fully stocked pro-shop with all the latest gear and clothes, as well as hire clubs if you haven't got any of your own. If you're looking to buy new clubs, a driving range is the best possible place to purchase – you can have a test run out on the range before-hand and actually see where the ball goes – and we have an expert club fitter on hand to ensure the best fit for your game.
We're also fully licensed, so you can have a relaxing beer out on our deck area, or while you practice.
We have some of the best fully qualified PGA teaching professionals in the country available seven days a week, as well as beginner clinics, ladies clinics and school holiday clinic programs.
And if that's not enough we're fully floodlit and open till 10pm every night of the week.


Cameras, applause, acclaim, ouuus and ahhhhhs were all about ISTP students today. It's amazing to see what our students bring to the world....happiness! There were no sour looks, no shakes, only smiles and photo opportunities. When we put the photographs of the trip up for you to see, you'll wonder who some of the people are in the picture. They're people of Beijing wanting to stand with us, wanting to have a photo with us, wanting to have us in their photo, etc. We were obviously Hollywood material and they knew it!
We started our day a bit early and a few of us had a brisk walk to see "Beijing wake up". Lots of interesting bicycles, tricycles, motorcycles, three-wheelers, three wheelers turned into sort of mini vans, etc. going off to work. Many canines were out with their owners for morning doggie walks. Shops were opening up with waiters and waitresses inviting us into their establishment.
At the King's Joy Hotel we enjoyed a "west meets east" breakfast buffet and headed onto the bus. We first drove for about an hour to the Great Wall of China. It was a "great" wall by all meanings of the word. We climbed to four towers on a fairly steep climb, enjoying the view of the wall and the surroundings. It's breathtaking. One cannot even begin to imagine a thousand mile wall much less be right there to see and hike up remnants of major portions.
We did experience the public toliet and comforted each other accordingly.
After lunch we went to the Olympic plaza and saw the bird nest structure from the 2008 Olympics. The children played relay races here and did some crazy human pretzel tricks while singing. (It's a game put to song where you stand in a circle with each person supporting the other person's leg, and then you hop on one foot.) This was the hit of the day for our avid and determined followers.
We went to a theatre to see a Chinese acrobat show that was made of visions from Cirque to Soleil, Circus Circus in Las Vegas, and Circus Vargus. Seven people on individual motocycles whizzing around in a metal ball was pretty mouth dropping! The colorful costumes were superior.
By the time we made it back to the hotel via our bus, many people were already under the night time sandman influence and were "out cold". We managed to wake everyone and get them into the dining room before going off to bed.


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03 - Answers in Hennessy
Hey, look! Comics on Saturday! Expect a whole year of these. And why? Look below:
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Vivvav
Lovin' the new Saturday updates!
Hurray for Saturdays!
This is going to be the best year ever.
Resne
Tell that to Sparkles McMorningperson up there.
I don't know how morning people can exist without some sort of dark magic. It's unnatural, that's what it is.
What I'm trying to get at is that morning people are probably witches, and the only way to be sure is to burn them all at the stake.
"She turned me into a newt …"
Your avatar speaks otherwise…
Small reptile, small rodent. It's all the same, really.
Actually a newt is an amphibian… but who cares, I'll take the Holy Grail reference anyway.
That's right. As Kernanator wrote a few comics ago, "it's not a fanbase until someone quotes Monty Python." 😀
"I got better …"
Dragon Nataku
He got better
well, that's what I get for not reading the entire thread
Charlie Spencer
Burned at the stake? We're up before you are, remember?
Azhrei Vep
True, but we're still up after you go to sleep.
Flushmaster
I used to work third shift tech support. Around six am we'd start mumbling to ourselves about the Daywalkers starting to show up. The freaks actually looked at us like we were the weird ones. Then there was Murdoc the singing Texan, who I suspect has coffee in his veins rather than blood, but EVERYBODY thought he was weird.
Neospector
They'll only be burned if they weigh as much as a duck.
JustcallmeSoul
so what you're saying is… witches are made of wood?
Coffee. I am not a morning person and without this black magic I'd not have a job.
That spoony bard
May 11, 2013 at 11:09 pm | #
That dark magic you refer to.
Its sometimes known as coffee.
vsophi
Wow, Danny, you are not endearing yourself to your readers. Why does Amber like him again?
GoldStarz
He enjoys Pokemon references
xain
his admission to being a brony
That's not a reason to like someone.
He's a nice guy and not a complete asshole?
Yotomoe
I dunno. What he just said was kinda asshole-y
I said not a complete asshole. He's mildly assholic.
He's an assaholic? Isn't there a support group for that?
Billie reminds me that I'm an assaholic.
vlademir1
There may be a support group, but why would one ever want to actually attend? *puts on a mashup of the Sir Mix-a-lot and Jonathan Coulton versions of Baby Got Back*
Being a nice guy and not a complete asshole is literally the bare minimum. No one gets cookies for that, and it sure ain't good enough reason for Amber to like Danny.
Andiemus
Given her dating history being STRAIGHT puts him above the crowd.
Some may even go as far to say as it may be the opposite.
The only reason I can see that she hasn't stabbed him yet is because the other girl he's comparing her to is (unbeknownst to him) also her.
As to why she actually likes him…… I got nothin'. Maybe after looking around her classes, she figured that even Danny can be attractive if the alternative is Buckets of Blood Guy.
madock345
People you enjoy reading about and people you want to hang out with are two very different things. Most "Interesting characters" have near constant conflict, internal or external, which would be really, really annoying to have to deal with in person.
From what I can tell, no one likes reading about Danny. I could be wrong, but that's the general message I've gotten from the comments section.
Some of us do… though not necessarily here anymore. He's less enjoyable here than in other timelines…
Eh. I dislike this Danny less than Roomies!-Danny. This one is less sanctimonious.
She's identified a guy who shares her interests and isn't gay. Given her established romantic history so far he's a step up. She'll have the rest of her life to raise her standards further.
fudo81
Danny's an asshole, but he's also romantic (some might say borderline effeminate…), and Amber, given her dating history, clearly likes that.
Clingy != romantic. It extra != effeminate.
No, but a lot of people confuse them. He clearly thinks of himself as romantic, when he's really just being self-indulgent. I think she's taken him at his own evaluation, and is going to be hurt when she realises.
Funny, even while we were rolling our eyes at his failure to notice the obvious, I seem to recall most people thinking it was rather sweet of him to come out and play video games with her while simultaneously not demanding that she explain herself and her rather odd actions.
I guess I forgot that we're all rage-filled hate monsters with no souls whose only concept of and slow-paced romance is girls kissing and ogling each other.
It's not failure to notice the obvious, it's "I know you like me romantically, Amber, but I don't feel that way for you. However, I do think you should start wearing your hair like the girl you know I'm dating."
Sure, he's half-asleep, but all that means is he's saying what he really thinks, and what he really thinks makes him a jerk.
No opinion on the rest of it, and in fact most of MY eyerolling has been triggered by sad Nice Guy(TM) remarks in the comments, but I get where people are coming from here and for once(?), it's definitely not groaning at Danny for being too "dumb" to know Clark Kent is Superman with glasses.
Really? Because when I'm half-asleep, I mumble about how I'm going to kill everyone with a knife, and I'm not some murderous lunat-
…Maybe this was a bad example.
/snork
He's not disoriented or dreaming, you know? What he said is perfectly lucid and probably factual (he thinks she'd look hot with Amazi-Girl's hair). At best I'd give him "grumpy" as an excuse.
I don't look at him as being an asshole right now, just someone with too much blood in their caffiene stream.
Really danny as soon as i begin having hope for you, you just got to dash it away
PBManning
You say that like you've never been grumpy first thing in the morning.
She could come back later. Or better yet, just join him in bed to catch up on sleep.
…Or just join him in bed.
Join him in bed?
yes on the lower bunk to catch up on some sleep
"Danny I am worried. First you dry hump an Elvis imitator then a pinhead and now your Dorothy clone?"
SUGauthor
"On second thought, scratch that last one, props"
Live from New York, it's Saturday Comics!
Amber's hair like Amazigirls?! But they look nothing like each other!
Sure they do… which is why Dina is so brilliant. She knew to base her general look off of her roommate in order to throw off the scent. That way, if she left any damning clues to her location, she could just point to Amber.
Wooo Saturday!
Also, Joe is a lot more frowny face than one would expect about the girl who (as far as he knows) is getting Danny laid.
Danny has shot down any illusions he was getting laid every time it's come up.
She should get some icy cold water and dump it on his face. That'd fix him.
Or some hot steam on his foot. Or a sound bite of blood curdling scream.
Or just put his hand in some lukewarm water.
"Hey wait, if you did your hair up like Amazi-Girl's…you'd LOOK like Amazi-Girl!"
And then you hear a thousand facepalms across the globe.
Bruce Wayne? Why are you dressed like Batman?
"Because he is Batman, you moron"
"Was" *pulls out a gun and shoots*
Galeus
This has happened in reverse before. Batman appears out of costume to Gordon, and Gordon just assumes it's Batman "masquerading" as Bruce Wayne.
Here's a panel:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HDLEycm-LIE/SXKRdYF2D9I/AAAAAAAAJRk/8Y1rcD6pWCo/s400/6.jpg
Can I just ask what on /Earth/ is going on with his legs in that picture??
You may proceed to ask. You have my permission.
I think it's just the bad dithering on the scan making the shadowing look weird. If I had an original or a cleaner scan to judge from it'd be easierto tell.
Where'd shaggy and scooby go and what are these waiters doing here!?
People dress like Batman all the time. Just because Wayne does it doesn't mean anything.
Costume shops all over Gotham have it as the number 2 rental/sale behind the all-time classic, the full gorilla outfit.
I recall one comic where Peter Parker had to do some superheroing while away from home, and didn't have his outfit handy… so he rented a Spider-Man costume from a costume shop.
Aras Pabedinskas
I've been ragging on Danny too much. The fact that he is connecting the Amber and Amazigirl in any way is indicative of some sort of recognition. Plus, he is asserting himself, he wants to stay in be-what am I doing… I want to like Danny, but he needs… SOMETHING! Really bad. GET OUT OF THE BED DANNY, PLEASE! BE AN INTERESTING PERSON, I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT!
Becoming assertive and interesting is probably going to be the main gist of his character art- if he can work up the motivation to do it.
Why is Danny "not being assertive" supposedly the source of his problems? Would being "more assertive" have helped him avoid the breakup with Dorothy? No. That was never his problem. It's not like Dorothy talked him into going to her preferred college; she wanted HIM to go somewhere else, and Danny "asserted" himself by following her instead.
If anything, it's Dorothy who needed to be more assertive; she could have made it clearer that she wanted to end their relationship, instead of letting him refuse to take her hints.
Love Joes shirt. As always. Seriously dude got the best shirts.
Get him some coffee laced with chili. That will get him less sleepy.
Excellent, Danny. She'll never suspect you actually know her true identity like that!
It's something, I guess.
Doctor_Who
A comic! On a Saturday! And eventually the nice man who wrote it is going to send me a whole book full of comics!
Life is good sometimes.
Black Bumblebee
Hm… so we paid $20,000 for Danny to be a butt to Amber….
Okay, I'm cool with that.
Danny would've been a butt to Amber on Monday without the $20,000.
It takes $20,000 to make Danny a butt for 12 seconds.
But if we all pledge our money, someday we CAN find a cure to Butts Disease.
I'd settle for a cure for Danny Disease.
Osaru Sensei
… Gentlemen?
Mentlegen
BlueRam
One dollar for eternal happiness…you know, I think I'd be happier WITH the dollar.
"Down Here"? Joe, you loveable sex fiend.
Oh look, it's some sort of Strange Visitor!
At least, it's not Slenderman.
I just notice the bags under Amber's eyes.
jnzooger
Really cant wait for the inevitable reveal that Dort-er-Amber isn't Amazi-girl
Is the reason Amber should not wear yellow is because she looks like April O'Neill when she wears yellow?
Philippe G.
What? A girl reading comic books? Doesn't she know those are made for boys?
I'm kidding please don't write me angry letters
Thank god you're kidding. I haven't written a letter in years.
I was born in the 90s I don't even know what letters are. Are they some kind of non-electronic way of communication?
They're parts of the alphabet. ^_^
captainswift
Back in my day, we'd hand scribe our missives with quill and ink 'pon a piece of parchment, which we would then roll up and seal with wax and our personal crest (engraved on a ring we always wore for safe keeping.) Then we'd discharge our messenger on horseback to the house of the message's recipient, often several weeks' journey even in good weather. As GPS wouldn't be invented for some years, the messenger would often get lost for months or years on end, and there was a good 50% chance our letter would never reach its intended reader. Which is just as well, because by that time, I've already called the dude on the telephone and told him what I had written in the stupid letter anyway.
You were lucky! We had to carve our messages in runes on stone tablets using a hammer and chisel. There were no safety goggles in them days, so the chips of stone would fly up into our eyes, making us flinch and hit our thumbs with the hammer. When we were done, we had to pick up the tablets with our bruised and bleeding hands (usually dropping them on our toes), carry them out to the garden (usually giving ourselves a hernia), and find a snail strong enough to carry a stone tablet all the way to the recipient.
It was quicker just to walk down to the lobby and invent the internet.
slicedtoad
something seems wrong with amber's posture
Kartewns
Goddammit Danny stop being so…Danny
bunivasal
I hate you, Danny. I think everyone hates you.
It looks like all the cool kids showed up. All right.
Uniqueantique
And Amber says to herself, "Why am I wasting my time?"
And Danny says to himself, "Wow, Amber looks like…"
Nope, never going to happen. That would be too easy. And they seem to be lacking something to give them a clue, like common sense.
I shouldn't be hard on them, I didn't have any at that age either. Not sure I was That clueless though.
Why's everyone saying that Danny's being an asshole? He hasn't said "I have to cancel to sleep" all he's done is give her hair advice… The monster?
He knows Amber likes him and yet he compares her to/can't stop talking about Amazi-Girl around her. And he sort of insinuated a while back that she was too boring for him… So yeah, Danny's an asshole.
Then again, people might be carrying some of their… not hate, more like general dislike of Danny over from Roomies!, because he's an asshole over there too.
TinHeart
Wait, Danny knows Amber likes him in a potential romantic partner kind of sense?
Yeah, he did reject her. Though it had less to do with her being boring, but too much like Dorothy, that and he decided he was more attracted to Amazi-girl.
Greenygal
It's sort of both, actually. What he said first was "You remind me too much of my ex and I'm afraid I'd be rebounding." (He also apologized for saying it, so clearly he understands that Amber was interested.) What he said second was "I've always gone for the quiet, nerdy girls with glasses. … Maybe just this once I'll go after someone different."
Which, yeah, Danny, you like who you like, but after having said that to Amber you don't tell her she'd be prettier if she looked like Amazi-girl. (I think he might apologize when he wakes up properly except I doubt he'll remember saying it.)
He's only semiconscious, making a somewhat insensitive observation under those conditions just means that he's not thinking too much right now. It seems like more of a whoopsy-daisy situation than anything else.
Eh, I don't think Danny's being that much of a butt here, given that he's making sleep deprived observations that actually have substance and coneection. And idk, I assume Amber here is wanting to come back later because sleep-deprived (possibly blurry-eyed) Danny is proving to be better at connecting the dots than awake!Danny.
Dan, you're turning down the chance to go to a comic book store.
With a girl.
With a hot girl.
With a hot girl who's a total nerd.
All because you are tired.
WHAT THE F***ITY F*** IS WRONG WITH YOU?
He's tired. That's the big thing right now
Buckybone
He's too tired to think straight, that's the whole point of this sequence.
Does that mean he's thinking gay, then?
That would explain the, "Hey, big guy," to Ethan.
(Seriously, though, the reason he was up all night is that he was making out with a superheroine. Given that, the attraction of going out with the hot nerdy girl with whom he believes he has a purely platonic relationship is gotta be dialed back a notch or two.)
((The "you'd look better if you did your hair like my girlfriend" still makes him a dick, though.))
He hasn't turned her down, he's just said "I was up all night."
Notebooked
Oh man, my Pavlovian response didn't trigger because Saturday, but new comic! Whoo!
…And it's all about Danny half-intentionally being a jerk. Man, I thought Joe was mean to her in the first panel, but holy crap Danny.
(I've thought about this a bit — it may be possible we're overestimating this? As in, Amber might still be hurt because she knows the secret, but, hell, there's a vigilante running around campus. Danny saying the hair thing is comparable to saying "You should do your hair like Wonder Woman", and possibly a joke. 'Course, he looks too grumpy for any of that stuff, but eh.)
AJBulldis
I don't think I can take this anymore. Watching Danny be stupid and oblivious about Amber while thinking he is dating Amazi-Girl. Yeah I dunno. I guess it's not funny to me anymore, just sad.
I'm not quite sure it's supposed to be funny.
I have a hard time being mad at anybody being stupid and oblivious while 9/10th asleep.
And Amber is obviously bone-tired too. "We're young, let's run ourselves into the ground during the third week of college" is a terrible plan and she should be in bed too. She should act like a sensible person and date him in the afternoon like sane people do.
StClair
[*takes glasses off, straightens up*]
"Danny, there's something I have to tell you. I'm really…"
[*chickens out, puts glasses back on before he sees*]
"I mean, I was, at first, really nervous about today, but then I decided, darnit…"
I see what you did there. I approve.
Sir Robin
So Amber and Amazi-Girl are coincidentally awake at the same time?
Danny should introduce them
Gaiash
Are you sure they'd get along?
Zababcd
I don't have anything to say about the comic itself, but I have to comment, because this is a historic moment. Saturday update.
ShaggyDonahugh
Oh come now, the guy was just woken up, probably still has blue-balls, and has to deal with Joe the asshole roomate. You guys are being….
Ah screw it, I can't defend him. QUIT BEING AN ASS!
Whereas I can't defend the readership. Hey all you people out there, QUIT BEING ASSES!
nimoy
Amber Alert! ;0)
Intie
Alright, is Danny supposed to be mildly autistic, or have asperger's?
You don't go around praising another girl to one of your female friends. You especially don't start comparing them to eachother.
Dude, just what the fuck.
Read the comic title! He's supposed to be young and dumb; in fact, they all are. I remember being that age and acting that stupid (though I hope not so consistently). The question is, how quickly will he grow up?
I don't remember being this insanely retarded when I was 18. And it was only 2 years ago.
The ship has long since sailed regarding Ms. Dorothy Clone being compared to other women.
Belegcam
Man, lots of judgmental folks in these comments. "Danny isn't the perfect boyfriend when he just woke up after having been up all night? What an asshole!" He's sleep deprived, people act dumb when they're tired. (And he will get up and go to the comic book store with Amber, if Willis's tumblr is any indication.)
On another note, there are some interesting parallels between Amber and Ethan here. Both are involved in relationships that are likely to be ultimately destructive, due in no small part to them pretending to be something they're not. It's especially telling that Amber has lectured Ethan on exactly this point, but is unable or unwilling to see it in herself. Very interesting, I must say. Great work as always, Mr. Willis.
I'm not really seeing how Amber/Danny is ultimately destructive, or even temporarily destructive. Amber's hobby may be self-destructive, but that's not Danny's fault.
Also, refresh my memory – as far as Danny's concerned, is he even in a relationship with Amber? He's dating Amazi-girl, but I think that Amber is (to him) just this pushy girl that keeps trying to hang out with him. To the degree that they're 'dating', I seem to recall that he's not all that comfortable with it, since he's already in a relationship and all.
Well, even if Amber and Danny aren't in a relationship, Amber's side of their relationship may be unhealthy (in which case it wouldn't really be Danny's fault — eh, 'fault' is the wrong word to use here, probably) in that she's dating a guy as her alter ego while also trying to hang out with him as her regular self. While she's kept up the deception of Amazi-Girl for a while, her alter ego hasn't had any relationships with people she knows as her normal self until now. Maintaining both interactions consistently may be tough, not to mention emotionally trying.
I pretty much agree with you otherwise, though. Danny's greatest flaw seems to be that he's clueless, which can place him anywhere from 'oblivious guy' to 'self-centered jerk' depending on the situation.
How can you spend all night making out with someone who you are good friends with, and not work out who they are? It's only possible if you are deliberately blinding yourself to it: and that's exactly what he says he wants to do here. The implication of that strip is that, for him, this relationship is pure fantasy: he's living out the stories from comic books, and Amazi-girl is just an actor in the story.
But this isn't what Amber wants: she made it fairly clear that she was interested when they first started talking, and she has continued to seek him out (as herself) since. I think he's using her, even if he doesn't exactly realise it. He's so caught up in his own "romantic" fantasy, that he's failing to notice what she wants and needs. This is exactly the same mistake he made with Dorothy, and will probably end the same way.
Oh my god, a person has a fantasy! She hasn't as Amazi-Girl objected to it, so you can't really blame him for not pushing it for no reason. If it's making her miserable she's WAY more at fault than he is.
There's a big difference between "having a fantasy" and roping other people in to acting out your fantasy without even considering what they might want out of it. The very least he should do is treat her with special consideration – as if she's actually his girlfriend – the next morning. But no: that would involve opening his eyes to reality; it would "spoil the story".
He's a selfish jerk. I don't think he's made her miserable yet, but I think he will, and her only fault is getting involved with him in the first place.
Or not raising an issue with the situation if she has one. You know, like people do when they have a problem with something someone is doing. If you are standing in my way and I don't ask you to move, it's my fault. It's clear that she's perfectly ok with things between amazi-girl and danny, or at least content with it, if she's not then all she has to do is 1)stop seeing him 2) take off the mask 3) tell him. She has total control of the situation.
On some levels this is true, and I for one find Amber kind of depressing. She's jumping through an awful lot of hoops to somewhat fail to fight crime while winning the affections of an extremely average dude.
But FTR, Danny turned her down for several reasons, some of which are NOT in her control and which she can assume to still be the case if she takes off the mask. She's doing all of this so she can still date him.
Which, again, is sad.
DBSean
I really can't believe Danny is getting this much hate. Sure, he's oblivious. And sure, he's not the perfect guy. But he's kind, he's funny, he's reliable, he's dedicated, and he and Amber share a lot of the same interests. Of course they get along.
Stop taking everything so seriously and enjoy yourselves! It's a comic!
Megan Rose
Hey! that's awesome! I also like that you NEVER do filler art, or filler comics 🙂 You're good at this. Do you think someday you could add a previous/next button above the comic as well? sometimes I skip a couple days so I have more to read in a day, it makes flipping through comics you don't want to read yet easier 🙂 You're awesome!
There are previous/next buttons above the comics, but in their current form they're hard to see. Look in the thin teal menu bar on the far right. There's a Previous arrow there in red and when you go back a strip from the most current one, there's a Next arrow in red there also. I need to get those in a different color — perhaps now that I have a new host who knows these things, I can get that fiddled with.
Also if you click the strip itself, you go to the next one.
Fritzel
Oh my gosh, they ARE hard to see. I've never even noticed them up there before. Megan Rose is right, though, David W. You are a BEAST at pumping out the comics on schedule.
They go the comic book store.
This solves some of the complaints.
Yay, nice surprise! And thanks for posting about the Kickstarter in the RSS feed, otherwise I would have missed it! I've signed up and am looking forward to volume 2!
lightsabermario
Kernanator: "I don't know how morning people can exist without some sort of dark magic. It's unnatural, that's what it is."
It IS dark magic! It's called Adderall! And it's awesome!


Let's be honest: nobody is really a fan of the five-day work week. But if you want a reason to work less, science has your back. If you're over the age of 40, at least.
According to a report published in the Melbourne Institute Worker Paper, those over the age of 40 are at their most productive when they work three days a week or less.
The researchers came to this conclusion after following 3,000 male and 3,500 female volunteers, Newser explained. During the study, researchers asked the participants to complete cognitive tests and analyzed their work habits, memory, executive reasoning, and abstract reasoning.
The cognitive tests included asking the volunteers to read text backwards, read words aloud, and match numbers and letters under time pressure. As HuffPost explained, the participants' cognitive performance improved as the researchers increased their working hours up to 25 hours. However, after 25 hours the researchers found that performance began to decline in both the male and female volunteers.
Perhaps most surprisingly, HuffPost noted, volunteers who were tasked with working 55 hours a week showed cognitive results that were worse than those who were retired or unemployed.
So, for your health, please stop working so hard.


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We almost got through the entire season without any band/kicker incidents this season. It was nearly a miracle.
And then the kicker of the Baylor Bears decided to ruin it for everyone!
While performing at halftime today, the Texas Tech Goin Band found themselves with an unexpected visitor on the field. The kicker for Baylor came out of the locker room early as we've seen many times before and instead of waiting another 90 seconds for the band to finish their show he walked out into the band's formation and started kicking field goals. Even worse, he was told by a Texas Tech Goin Band Assistant not once, but twice to wait until the band was done.
He acted like he was leaving, grabbed his stuff and moved to the other hash and started kicking again.
Fans were not happy about it.
The kickers need no more than 3 minutes to warm up before the half starts and the bands were off the field with more than four minutes to go. When a neutral site game like this allows both bands to come, there is an agreement made about the time the bands will have at halftime. They did not go over the time they were allotted.
Beyond that it is just unnecessary to put the kicker and band members in harms way. He doesn't know the drill. He doesn't know where band members may march to and if the band were to be marching backwards the members could easily fall into him or over the ball. He is putting both himself and the band members in harms way.
STAY OFF THE FIELD UNTIL THE BAND IS DONE!


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his system found, that little remains of earlier attempts. In 1843 he founded the Phonetic Society, and soon after began the publication of the weekly Phonetic Journal. He issued many textbooks upon phonography, and his system was introduced into the United States in 1847. He was knighted in 1894, and died on Jan. 22, 1897. His brother, Ben Pitman, settled at Cincinnati about 1850, and made that city the headquarters for the publication of works similar to those printed by Isaac in the Old World. His system differs slightly from that of his brother, but essentially they are one. See Shorthand. Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, sometimes styled Pitt the Elder, one of the greatest of all English orators and statesmen, was born at Westminster, Nov. 15, 1708. He was educated at Eton and Oxford, and entered Parliament in 1735, where he took sides against the king and led the young Whigs, known as patriots, in opposition to Walpole, then at the head of affairs. Though deprived of his commission, his influence increased rapidly both in and out of the house of commons. Walpole was driven from power in 1742, and, though the king hated Pitt, he found it necessary to permit his return to the government service. Some wealthy admirers of Pitt's oratory and patriotism left him large sums of money, and on the dismissal of Fox Pitt became secretary of state. While Pitt was in power, success returned to the British arms. French armies were defeated everywhere by Britain and her allies — in India Africa, Canada, on the Rhine — and the few ships left her were driven from almost every sea. But Pitt, the prime mover of all these brilliant victories, found himself compelled to resign on the accession of George III, when the British government adopted a vacillating policy. But he did not cease to take an interest in public affairs. He spoke strongly against the arbitrary and harsh policy of the government toward the American colonies, and warmly urged an amicable settlement of the difficulties. But when, America having entered into treaty with France, it was proposed by the duke of Richmond to remove the ministers and make peace on any terms, Chatham, sick though he was, came to the house of lords. In a powerful address he protested against the implied prostration of Britain before the throne of the Bourbons, and declared that war, with whatever issue, would be preferable to the proposed terms of peace. This address secured a majority against the motion, and the war was continued. But it was the orator's last effort, for his physical powers suddenly failed, he fell back into the arms of his friends, and was carried from the house by his son William,, who in less than five years was himself prime minister.


One of the finest and most fiery Scottish fiddlers of our time, Bonnie Rideout brings to her performances the evocative music of the Highlands.
On stages from Scotland's Edinburgh International Festival to America's Kennedy Center, Bonnie's unique style of fiddling has charmed audiences with a vast array of traditional Scottish dance tunes, Highland bagpipe marches and reels and ancient Gaelic melodies; each reflecting the rich musical tradition of her heritage.
Bonnie, a three-time U.S. Scottish fiddle champion, has been featured on CBS's Sunday Morning, and NPR's Performance Today, Morning Edition and The Thistle and Shamrock.
"Rideout's instrumental flair and emotional sensitivity on both fiddle and viola are consistently enhanced by her impressive scholarship in exploring and celebrating her Scottish heritage."


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Ellen DeGeneres premieres her new soap spoof, "As the Tide Turns"!
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On today's Ellen Show and all week long, Ellen DeGeneres has launched a soap spoof in homage to all the recently canceled soaps and as part of a marketing promotion with sponsor Tide ( A P&G product).
In it, Ellen along with comedienne Wanda Sykes and hunk du jour, do a take-off of soaps with long gazing stars, complete with organ music, and a humorous little plot revolving around a lipstick stain.
However, the funniest part of this was the opening title sequence where in very "soapy" fashion, Ellen is dressed as myriad of characters.
Watch As the Tide Turns episode one after the jump!
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i loved it! much much better than that crap that saturday night did…..
i meant saturday night live
Ellen is amazing, that's for sure! 🙂
Too bad Ellen doesn't have her own network…..she would probably save the soaps, unlike Oprah and her crappy network.
I love Ellen, but I didn't like the fact that she used Tide as a sponsor. Weren't they the jerks who killed As The World Turns? ( P & G)
The writers could have used a different brand. It just pissed me off more with them using Tide. I don't blame Ellen, but the writers should have know better. Then again, they've probably never watched a soap opera…I think most of them are 20 or so.
I still miss ATWT!
Love this! Love Wanda Sykes in anything also! Ellen needs to keep these coming!
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I like they they are using the intro notes from Days of our Lives in the beginning.
I don't think it's the writers that choose what brand. It's product placement within Ellen's show. They are getting paid by Tide. I can't blame Ellen for using it. It is ironic that the brand used to support several soaps and is now sponsoring sketchs of soaps.
to ellen degeneres please save my soap opera passions back on the nbc network please do that for all passion lovers and veiwers
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After her Instagram post earlier this week, fans of Cady McClain have been attempting to dissect her cryptic tease of a message. McClain, a three-time Daytime Emmy winner, shared the good news with fans that she is 'back to work', except she didn't share which show or project she is working on … just yet!
In her post, McClain teased: "Back on set! Fun to be working again on such a terrific show! Can't wait to be able to share the news with you all soon! Meantime, hoping you are all taking good care of yourselves. Sending hugs!! "
Now, it could be Cady is working on a primetime show, not a daytime show, but we shall see.
She has previously appeared on The Young and the Restless and Days of our Lives of the four remaining daytime soaps. On Y&R she played Kelly Andrews, and on DAYS, Jennifer Horton Deveraux. And, as viewers of the NBC soap saw this week, Jennifer (in a short appearance by Melissa Reeves) returned to Salem with Jack (Matthew Ashford), only to tie-up loose ends over the holidays and exit the show.
Since DAYS still tapes months ahead, could McClain be returning there, or might she pop up on GH and B&B? The character of Kelly was killed-off of Y&R back in 2015.
Previously, Cady became soap-famous for her roles as Dixie Cooney Martin on All My Children and Rosanna Cabot on As the World Turns.
Share your thoughts on which show you hope Cady is working on, whether, primetime, daytime, or a streaming series, in the comment section below.
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In the sixth episode of the virtual game show, Soap Opera Know-It-All four fans battle it out over their knowledge of deep trivia of daytime and primetime soaps, exclusively on the Michael Fairman Channel.
For this edition, the game show's host, Michael Fairman, welcomes longtime soap fans: Robert Evans, Nancy Levy, Matthew Preston, and returning champion, Michael Cochran.
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During round one of the game play and throughout the episode, former stars from the beloved CBS soap opera As the World Turns appear and participate trying to stump the contestants including: Maura West (Ex-Carly), Martha Byrne (Ex-Lily/Rose), Van Hansis (Ex-Luke), Colleen Zenk (Ex-Barbara), Christian LeBlanc (Ex-Kirk) and Trent Dawson (Ex-Henry), and later in the show, look for a special guest appearance by Days of our Lives favorite, Blake Berris (Ex-Nick Fallon) in the 'Knock Out Round'.
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The contestants knowledge of the following soaps were put to the test during this sixth episode: All My Children, Another World, As the World Turns, Desperate Housewives, General Hospital, Guiding Light, Knots Landing, Sunset Beach, Edge of Night, One Life to Live, Santa Barbara, The Bold and the Beautiful.
As the game show series moves through its now back-half of the season, the winning contestant must defeat the competition for the right to move on to the next episode to face three more challengers all in pursuit of the "Know-It-All" title with special soap-related prizes along the way.
Watch the game show episode below.
Now, play along with us, and let us know in the comment section how many answers you had correct, and if you enjoyed the show!
As the World Turns and Guiding Light Favorite, Lisa Brown, Passes Away at 67
(UPDATED) In just more heartbreaking news in the soap world in 2021, we have lost another beloved performer. Lisa Brown, who was so noteworthy for her spunky and emotional turns as Guiding Light's Nola Reardon from 1980-1985, and later as Iva Snyder on As the World Turns from 1986-1994, has died.
Brown passed away this week on November 24th at the age of 67 following a brief illness. The news came via the As the World Turns Facebook Fan Group and Soap Opera Digest.
This comes just two months later following the death of her former on-screen love interest Michael Tylo (Ex-Quinton, Guiding Light), who passed away in late September.
Those that followed Lisa's career know she also starred in the Broadway Musical 42nd Street, while still playing Nola each and every day on Guiding Light.
She is survived by her children: James "Buddy" Nielsen, and daughter Victoria from her first husband Tom Nielsen (Ex-Floyd, GL) in addition to her two grandchildren, Penelope Ruiz-Nielsen and Brayden Hopf, and her second husband Brian Neary.
Brown's on-screen ATWT daughter, Martha Byrne (Ex-Lily) simply tweeted, "My heart is broken."
On Friday, Lisa's son, Buddy Nielsen, posted a touching tribute to his mother, where he revealed that she passed away due to cancer.
Buddy shared: "My Mom passed away the day before Thanksgiving after a very quick battle with cancer. This all happened really fast and wasn't expecting it. I've been MIA as I've been back and forth between LA and NJ as she has been in and out of the hospital the last couple weeks. This dream we live, we are all subject to the suffering, aging and death. It's not to be morose but to understand that we have finite time and must take care with what we do and how we do it. To be able to be with someone at their last breath is truly beautiful. We must not fear death as without it we would never be born and experience the 10,000 joys and 10,000 sorrows. Our existence is both small and vast all at the same time. We are tiny but immense. I know she is here but no longer in her physical form, what we do in love we leave in death. My beautiful daughter and unborn son are her legacy."
Share your condolences to Lisa's family, and let us know of your remembrances of this wonderful actress who gave us so many memorable moments throughout her career via the comment section below. But first, watch Lisa in some of her classic scenes from ATWT and GL.
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