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I was randomly re-watching various things with European actors. For a few instances, the actors are supposedly Americans, and thus need to (try to) adjust their natural accents.

I always find it amusing when that happens, as they do not entirely succeed.

For example, the trailer for “Gracepoint” (which is a remake of the BBC show “Broadchurch”) includes David Tennant doing a reasonably admirable job of an American accent. However, you can still catch some of his native accent throughout. (He does not come into the trailer until about a minute in. Minute 3 is one of the more noticeable points.)

That was one of the subtler times.

There is also a 2-part episode of Doctor Who that features a British actor somewhat trying to sound American. The episode is “The Impossible Astronaut.” The actor is Mark Sheppard. The character is former FBI agent Canton Delaware III.

Once more, the actor does an admirable job of impersonating an American accent. However, there are quite a number of times that his native London accent show through.

I find it amusing.

Have a lovely Sunday!

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I found a rather… remarkable “unit test” on the website the Webmaster directed you to yesterday. It is, ah, “special”. And slightly dark.

Needless to say, I appreciated it.

Have a lovely Saturday.

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Today, I ran an experiment on a search engine. I have seen the Joss Whedon show “Firefly”, and for some reason the word “Saffron” came to mind. Thus, the character “Saffron” came to mind, but I could not remember the weird mash-up Captain Mal calls her. I remembered it started with “Yosaf”, so I started entering that into the search engine. The engine provided, and brought “Yosaffbridge” as the first suggestion.

I found that pleasing.

I hope you have a great day.

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Apparently, some police in your world have found a novel way of “dealing” with drug dealers. They take tips from others, looking to eliminate the competition.

It apparently works.

I hope you have a good Friday.

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Recently, a professor’s extra credit question on an exam has been making the rounds. I highly approve of this question, and do not think it cruel at all. It is an excellent study in game theory, and I would greatly enjoy seeing the data on this. It would be further interesting to analyze whether or not there were differences (in general) from students who did better or worse in the class over all.

What are your thoughts?

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I was once more explored the marvelous world of TV Tropes. One I found that I particularly like was that of “Growing the Beard“.

Enjoy.

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This is a slightly belated post. However, it is still potentially reasonable.

Apparently, there was an artist on your world named Escher. He did some rather bizarre (and neat) architectural style paintings and such. Apparently, if he were still alive, it would have been his birthday a few days ago.

In honor of him, here is a gallery of some of his famous works.

Have a great weekend.

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As you may be aware, a new Jurassic Park movie came out relatively recently.

In honor of that, some talented artist created a series of pictures done in the style of “Velociraptors as Disney Princesses“. It is a rather amusing concept.

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