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MIND MELD: Bad Guys We Love to Hate: The Best Film Villains in SF/F/H (with Various Videos of Villainy)

, Just for a select few real obvious choice for best villain. But Hades? The character is voiced by James Woods - James Woods Motherfucking! - And the guy has a ball, so you can ignore everything that all Disney-Ugly-Children-Grow-Up-To-Have-True-Love-and-Super Powers-nonsense and slightly cold the rapid-fire delivery that plays to the humor of Woods.

(filmed before the series) was presented at Comic Con San Diego (2008), the Brainwash Film Festival (Best Film Award, 2008) and the Action Film Festival (awarded Best Science Fiction Film & Best Visual Effects, 2008 ).He was also among the three finalists at the Tribeca Film Festival Showcase for Nintendo's short film The Office of Nintendo. It's an easy question to answer: Darth Vader. Not only did he single best costume in the history of cinema. Not only can it stop lasers with his hand. But he kills his own men. This is the quintessence of evil, he is ready to shoot, even those who serve. As a kid you're not really afraid of strangers, burglars, monsters, or even Satan himself. But you're definitely afraid of Darth Vader.

(A strange and curious thing the human mind. Perhaps that is another matter Mind Meld.)

The bandits that come to mind today are (a) and Alien (b) we look for. One could call them sociopaths, but then the "alien" aspect prevails. Why a stranger any social concern for any other species? It's not like humans have a strong track record of empathy with all the new companies the man they cross. Think, for example, the conquistadors....

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Book Writing: How to Find a Hot Book Topic For Your How-To Hobby Book

Groups of people willing to buy nonfiction books include hobbyists. At any given time, these people look for ways to spend their money on their hobbies. Their passion is your financial gain.

What avid hobbyists want and desire will always make great book material. Note: I did not say what hobbyists need. You may have certain opinions on what certain people should need or should read. But those are not necessarily good topics for immediate book profits. Those topics may be areas for you to dabble in at your leisure. However, if you want to make money at this, find what niche groups want, and hit those groups with your book.

Find hobbyists and niche groups by searching the web for “popular hobbies,” “enthusiasts,” or “what America is buying.” Or, you can search for forums and discussion groups for hobbyists. In the forums, people talk with each other to share ideas. They exchange testimonials for equipment, upcoming events, and books.

One popular site where hobbyists hangout online is Yahoo!. Check it out. Go to Yahoo.com. Click “groups.” On the group’s page, you’ll see a list of categories such as Business & Finance, Religion, etc. Click on “Games.”

On the Games screen, Yahoo! lists game subcategories followed by numbers. The numbers indicate how many discussion forums are available for that subcategory. These numbers reveal a lot. Notice how “role playing games,” and “video & computer games” have factors of ten, or in some cases, factors of 100 more forums than other subcategories. “Wargaming” and “paintball” don’t even come close, although those categories are much more discussion-laden than “horseshoe pitching.”

For fun, one day I continued selecting subcategories until I arrived at a list of over a thousand (yes a thousand) discussion groups on Yahoo! having to do with vampire role-playing.

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Paintball meets Eye

A safety video for those who play paintball and wonder about the reason for masks