Forum | RonnieM | Activity https://thecarrier.net/members/ronniem/activity/ Activity feed for RonnieM. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 01:33:10 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 c00423879ca2d2f634776f63f2aac588 RonnieM replied to the topic Pictures of yourself in the forum Treehousery https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/pictures-of-yourself/page/2/#post-106851 Tue, 21 Mar 2023 00:24:55 +0000 Thanks, Ben.  Maybe for a bit.  I caught up on the What Is Going On In Your Life? thread and it was a bit overwhelming to take all of that in at one go.  Like reliving those years.  Will post something there in a bit.  I need to rework my resume tonight for an application.

]]> 7b105f7a2be8e2992ad0903ee688c589 RonnieM replied to the topic Pictures of yourself in the forum Treehousery https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/pictures-of-yourself/page/2/#post-106850 Tue, 21 Mar 2023 00:22:36 +0000 Thanks, Christian.  Not really sure about the gray.  It’s a bit more white and I do have a little bit of that mixed in my hair just not as much.

]]> a631ddc7005e138b7be21ee1ba9c2cc5 RonnieM replied to the topic Pictures of yourself in the forum Treehousery https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/pictures-of-yourself/page/2/#post-106849 Tue, 21 Mar 2023 00:18:07 +0000 Hey Andy!  How’s it going?  I’ve always wanted to grow my hair out and only made it to shoulder length one other time in my life.  Working from home gave me the opportunity to get past the awkward stage without much fuss.  I eventually want to donate it but am not quite ready to get rid of it.  Actually had some one at work last week ask if I wa…Read more

]]> e8f3a1d03f03054325c88eb4442f0630 RonnieM replied to the topic Pictures of yourself in the forum Treehousery https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/pictures-of-yourself/page/2/#post-106789 Sun, 19 Mar 2023 02:34:03 +0000

]]> 6bd7b83d9e682ab517cdb71abce5b979 RonnieM replied to the topic Pictures of yourself in the forum Treehousery https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/pictures-of-yourself/page/2/#post-106782 Sun, 19 Mar 2023 01:36:39 +0000 It’s been a while since I’ve talked to a fair few of you.  I had a bit of an email chat with Ben at the beginning of the year and meant to come back to check in.

Anyway, it’s been over 3 years since I’ve cut my hair.  Here’s one from about a month ago.

]]> 4d36a0b2c2814a07ff03949c14d35dae RonnieM replied to the topic Random thread of whatever in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/random-thread-of-whatever/page/5/?view=all#post-75166 Fri, 24 Sep 2021 13:17:29 +0000

]]> fbb89634c89519c0dcf9f8fafe2bff5f RonnieM replied to the topic Miqque Loveland has passed on in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/miqque-loveland-has-passed-on/#post-44283 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 04:22:21 +0000 Jessy, Do you know if any of Miqque’s roommates are still alive? Would they have access to some of his stuff? Maybe he has a birth certificate or something there. I have no idea how to get ahold of them though.

]]> fd38c7955a02acf6f868a9edce0a38f7 RonnieM replied to the topic Miqque Loveland has passed on in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/miqque-loveland-has-passed-on/#post-44181 Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:30:32 +0000 Hello, friends.  It’s been a while.  Thank you to Jessy, Todd and others for letting me know of Miqque’s passing.  I read the news in my kitchen as we were cleaning up from dinner on Friday night and just wept.  It’s hard to believe I won’t chat with him again on this side of eternity.

Miqque just seemed invincible.   No matter how much phys…Read more

]]> ba6314c5b13e69ae66a500c380ac6d59 RonnieM replied to the topic Television News in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/television-news/page/4/#post-27177 Mon, 25 May 2020 20:00:55 +0000 Old Guard always seemed to be a rework/remix of a lot of a lot of Rucka’s tropes.  Always seemed to be a bit of a “What if Wonder Woman was Tara Chase?”  So it didn’t seem like much new in comic form but will likely work incredibly well in the absence of a Queen & Country film and hopefully scratch that itch.

]]> 005afe20c9ec2028e52ee3867088965a RonnieM replied to the topic The Trades Thread in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-2/page/5/#post-27175 Mon, 25 May 2020 18:44:51 +0000 I picked up the original printing Marvel Graphic Novel not long ago and it’s a unique book.  I love the magazine size.  Wish Marvel did more of those.

]]> 0cec43a229e46841ac9c5c8492e371c1 RonnieM replied to the topic Funny pictures and images II: The wrath of Boogaloo in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-and-images-ii-the-wrath-of-boogaloo/page/2/#post-27174 Mon, 25 May 2020 18:42:53 +0000 Why do they have everything daisy chained into the headphone jack.  Judging by the size of that corner, it has to be at least a 12-14 channel mixing board.

]]> 4439f2da1b77c191106f5d3a577910b7 RonnieM replied to the topic Funny pictures and images II: The wrath of Boogaloo in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-and-images-ii-the-wrath-of-boogaloo/page/2/#post-26710 Wed, 20 May 2020 14:18:47 +0000 Was it Youngblood: Bloodsport?

]]> c19e1e326b6b88c10a62a148a07819eb RonnieM replied to the topic Random Comic Related Things in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/random-comic-related-things/page/2/#post-26700 Wed, 20 May 2020 13:12:26 +0000 I thought part of the issue was that Gaiman’s home is on the small, secluded island of Skye that had mostly quarantined.

]]> 11472e9c5fd5a3542bfff649ac1182e0 RonnieM replied to the topic Funny pictures and images II: The wrath of Boogaloo in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-and-images-ii-the-wrath-of-boogaloo/page/2/#post-26698 Wed, 20 May 2020 13:03:14 +0000 Even if you don’t trust Rob’s assessment, a broken clock is right twice a day. ;-)

]]> 38e7845016655369c7eb611458d07685 RonnieM replied to the topic Funny pictures and images II: The wrath of Boogaloo in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-and-images-ii-the-wrath-of-boogaloo/page/2/#post-26695 Wed, 20 May 2020 12:42:03 +0000 Because Lorcan is an asshole? :unsure: ;-)

]]> c4024bef18bbff76ba7ed4daa75cfa11 RonnieM replied to the topic The Ongoing New Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-ongoing-new-comics-thread/page/3/#post-26547 Tue, 19 May 2020 15:41:18 +0000 How would he have lined up the release order to spell XMEN then???  Did you think about that? ;-)

]]> cab1233420fd0f9aee6a4d9c75245266 RonnieM replied to the topic The Food and Drink Thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-food-and-drink-thread/page/3/#post-23790 Sun, 26 Apr 2020 19:58:24 +0000 Do your supermarkets and grocery stores not carry craft beer?

]]> d918de96d8697cbefd257db02e26dbb2 RonnieM replied to the topic The Random Thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-random-thread/page/4/#post-23007 Sun, 19 Apr 2020 23:54:12 +0000 I assumed it was part of the joke.

What about Farrah Fawcett?  ;-)

]]> 494f18b443e130fa488fff9f9181215e RonnieM replied to the topic The Random Thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-random-thread/page/4/#post-23004 Sun, 19 Apr 2020 23:28:13 +0000 If that starts clicking, you might want to run.

]]> 706fbe7dc61704ac5f0a33449f3a854e RonnieM replied to the topic DC Movies & TV in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-movies-tv/page/6/#post-22880 Sat, 18 Apr 2020 18:10:08 +0000 I had made that connection before too.  It’s so weird as his stuff seems very in line with that and other creators with similar leanings (Alex Ross, Geoff Johns and a few others) tend to have gotten them from Superfriends.  It might just be the more Silver Age interpretations and personification of those characters.

]]> 8f8342e6d39dc5e0e089615c14514fc4 RonnieM replied to the topic DC Movies & TV in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-movies-tv/page/6/#post-22399 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 00:27:02 +0000 I watched some of the clips on YouTube.  Really liked visiting heroes from other film and TV universes with the Smallville one probably being my favorite.

]]> 14fef9499a3557a4d938e29e4be8a68d RonnieM replied to the topic The Random Thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-random-thread/page/4/#post-22129 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 22:46:49 +0000 He can’t get away from me.  I know where he lives. ;-)

]]> e13ca2a9d03bc32e299530aeebbe89b7 RonnieM replied to the topic What're you watching now? in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/copy-of-whatre-you-watching/page/2/#post-21423 Thu, 09 Apr 2020 22:55:43 +0000 It’s Little Mermaid filtered through a Japanese lens.

]]> 02e13907cdb9568f82e3746ba398fc6d RonnieM replied to the topic DC Movies & TV in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-movies-tv/page/5/#post-20658 Fri, 03 Apr 2020 17:27:27 +0000 Did you ever fight anyone on the playground?  That’s how it usually ends up.  I had a buddy that once refused to fight someone because he didn’t want to be friends later. ;)

]]> 10e7f15120d14ffa234f91735f2df413 RonnieM replied to the topic DC Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-comics-thread/page/2/#post-20634 Fri, 03 Apr 2020 16:00:05 +0000 Ya.  Sound more like a “wouldn’t it be cool if…” idea without a lot of logistics put to it.

]]> bc6eddd5c5a2d44aa0502b274f3aa628 RonnieM replied to the topic DC Movies & TV in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-movies-tv/page/5/#post-19918 Wed, 01 Apr 2020 22:19:56 +0000 But they told jokes while they beat each other up and crippled one of their friends. ;-)

]]> 6a1b273c67f63e615f86284c0cacd2f9 RonnieM replied to the topic What're you watching now? in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/copy-of-whatre-you-watching/#post-19748 Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:26:38 +0000 I think the downside to Holy Grail is that I grew up in geeky groups and it was way over-quoted.  So I grew to dislike it.

I was at C2E2 one year and there was a group of guys cosplaying down to the squires following behind them with clapping coconuts as they “galloped” through the show floor.  Once again, it got a bit old though as they were m…Read more

]]> 3e74ded631a3e361e4c170c594fbfb0b RonnieM replied to the topic What're you watching now? in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/copy-of-whatre-you-watching/#post-19738 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 22:58:53 +0000 I’ve always been more of a Life of Brian guy. ;-)

]]> 2d88d069137d241f67953401bc71ae5c RonnieM replied to the topic The Random Thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-random-thread/page/4/#post-19723 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 20:28:01 +0000 They’re distant cousins.  So it should be pronounced the same.

]]> 025c2605a10eed8af3f45183ba9f2e13 RonnieM replied to the topic DC Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-comics-thread/page/2/#post-19720 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 20:18:09 +0000 I initially thought Amazon’s purchase of ComiXology would be huge for them.  However, they don’t seem to have done anything positive for them.  For a while, I wondered if maybe they didn’t buy them to limit competition and eventually fold them into the Kindle app.  That doesn’t seemed to have happened either though.

]]> 9a2ec6c9afed4ff2ec41284d5377a83d RonnieM replied to the topic The Ongoing New Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-ongoing-new-comics-thread/page/3/#post-19718 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 20:15:12 +0000 Haven’t read the others but I think New X-Men is one that had went off the rails by the end.  Though I did like the coda future story, Here Comes Tomorrow, but a lot of that was down to Silvestri’s art.  The story was still a little out there.

]]> bfa3432f8b6364c80e3e332f7995f8c5 RonnieM replied to the topic The Trades Thread in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-2/page/4/#post-19629 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:57:16 +0000 Anyone here read Once & Future or The Hero?  Interested in a recommendation on either.

https://www.comixology.com/Once-Future-Vol-1/digital-comic/834366

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1616556706/?coliid=I3QKIQYMRDSF0&colid=1GS88AKFI0KCR&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

]]> 0c305e4e327652b73b8c7309b025a7c0 RonnieM replied to the topic DC Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-comics-thread/page/2/#post-19628 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:17:28 +0000 TBD ;-)

]]> a13c499fdff9ab81aea1eff17001e706 RonnieM replied to the topic DC Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-comics-thread/page/2/#post-19627 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:16:48 +0000 Wasn’t TKO the one that was essentially doing direct distribution?

]]> 522b6fd834bb493ad72e4b7acc23a3a5 RonnieM replied to the topic The Ongoing New Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-ongoing-new-comics-thread/page/3/#post-19624 Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:53:22 +0000 Which is a shame because (like a lot of Morrison’s work), it started off truly incredible and just lost its way.

I really think that a lot of times he’s better suited to the roll he had in 52 where he was the idea guy and everyone else made those work.

]]> 621f3e07346f5d3df0ed001fcee102ce RonnieM replied to the topic The Ongoing New Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-ongoing-new-comics-thread/page/3/#post-19506 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 22:41:01 +0000 TL;DR

]]> 0d42d805feb92f542a4ece6d6530df57 RonnieM replied to the topic What're you watching now? in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/copy-of-whatre-you-watching/#post-19498 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 19:57:00 +0000 I can’t imagine non-Beatle’s fans really being interested.

]]> a19b24accb477348498e9ce116e6e5af RonnieM replied to the topic Marvel Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/marvel-comics-thread/page/2/#post-19382 Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:18:13 +0000 What you don’t realize is that his yacht’s name is “non existent”.  It’s how he gets by here without appearing overly pretentious.  ;-)

]]> 449a7eb976725c33214ab48630878241 RonnieM replied to the topic The Ongoing New Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-ongoing-new-comics-thread/page/3/#post-19381 Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:10:53 +0000 TL;DR

]]> 3ddfe77d91b5fbf793767b03b0f0a10a RonnieM replied to the topic Funny pictures and images in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-and-images/page/6/#post-19286 Fri, 27 Mar 2020 16:09:11 +0000 Pretty sure that’s a Nissan GT-R.  So not a cheap car either.

]]> fa41da74fb8f6b42f30151d35c008c8b RonnieM replied to the topic DC Movies & TV in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-movies-tv/page/5/#post-19216 Thu, 26 Mar 2020 22:24:29 +0000 To be fair, that’s the perfect Lex for this generation.  Golden/Silver Age Lex was the mad scientist (Von Braun/Oppenheimer), Bronze Age Lex was the Wall Street/real estate tycoon (Trump) and Modern Lex is a tech billionaire (Zuckerberg) which is a bit of a blend of the previous two.

]]> 919c8579ca31165e3b9d37a9392207b7 RonnieM replied to the topic What're you watching now? in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/copy-of-whatre-you-watching/#post-19215 Thu, 26 Mar 2020 22:19:26 +0000 It really worked for me.  While some of the beats were similar, it felt like the second season was about different things.  I felt Season 1 was very much about life, death, age and youth.  Season 2 very much felt like it was about memory and loss.  I think it’s a strength that it can be a bit formulaic while playing with other elements.

]]> 5faa4cd96493093de2333ee7372a9ff1 RonnieM replied to the topic What're you watching now? in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/copy-of-whatre-you-watching/#post-19105 Wed, 25 Mar 2020 21:16:01 +0000 Really? I thought it was all straightforward at the end especially for a whodunnit.

]]> 1859d81f111215a2cca257ed91e7115a RonnieM replied to the topic Movie news & trailers in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers/page/4/#post-19104 Wed, 25 Mar 2020 21:14:25 +0000

]]> c3f17d7bb89ab5775da650ca8aa28102 RonnieM replied to the topic What're you watching now? in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/copy-of-whatre-you-watching/#post-19103 Wed, 25 Mar 2020 21:11:30 +0000 Season 1 or 2?  I really loved both.  Can’t get enough of it.

]]> 59425c6cfe9bb3f814a42153ca2d4dcf RonnieM replied to the topic DC Movies & TV in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-movies-tv/page/5/#post-18946 Tue, 24 Mar 2020 21:17:15 +0000 What I’m saying is that I don’t think anyone who previous didn’t like Snyder is going to suddenly love a cut of Justice League that is closer to his vision.  I do think I would like a version closer to what he set out to make though.

]]> cc6c8d62ec9d599792e05331e4c5a31b RonnieM replied to the topic DC Movies & TV in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-movies-tv/page/5/#post-18912 Tue, 24 Mar 2020 16:23:36 +0000 Are there people really insisting that everyone’s mind will be changed by a Snyder cut?

I’m only saying that I like Snyder’s work and would prefer to see more of what he had planned which he is not saying more exists.  I would think those who enjoy his work will most likely enjoy that version better and those who don’t shouldn’t bother.

]]> 1550a4a4c92549bba06ffeafae5c9b0b RonnieM replied to the topic DC Movies & TV in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-movies-tv/page/5/#post-18670 Sun, 22 Mar 2020 20:22:48 +0000 I would honestly like to see it someday.  I don’t think it will change anyone’s mind.  I would likely enjoy it because I enjoy Snyder’s films; those who don’t likely wouldn’t; and others would fall somewhere between or not care.

However, I do think it’s hard to defend the theatrical cut as what Snyder had planned and not some WB exec driven m…Read more

]]> 41bac89a3963e51dc08b569c5f196246 RonnieM replied to the topic Funny pictures and images in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-and-images/page/6/#post-18638 Sun, 22 Mar 2020 17:46:18 +0000 I assume it’s Biden (scissors) will beat Sanders (paper) and Trump (rock) will beat Biden (scissors) but everyone will say that Sanders (paper) could have beat Trump (rock). ;)

]]> 000a2f29efc3dfa6ef6bbd36bab051d8 RonnieM replied to the topic Marvel Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/marvel-comics-thread/page/2/#post-18491 Sat, 21 Mar 2020 18:02:52 +0000 The New Warriors thing is a bit head scratching though.  It’s hard to tell whether it’s meant to be a bit of a mean spirited parody or a really bad, honest attempt at this kind of thing.

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