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Still plowing through Avatar: the Last Airbender episodes. Today, we give you episode #3 out of the first book: The Southern Air Temple.

Again, if you can't see the video, go grab the DivX player.

Description: While journeying to the North Pole, Aang, Sokka and Katara explore Aang's former home, the Southern Air Temple. Aang learns of his people's genocide at the hands of the Fire Nation; his anger triggers his Avatar State, which in turn alerts the world that the Avatar has returned. Meanwhile, Zuko and his uncle, Iroh, have their ship repaired at a Fire Nation port commanded by a rival, Commander Zhao.

Edit: Since Stage6 is shutting down, we've had to remove this video. :(

Reedit: Should be working again

We continue with the episodes from Avatar: the Last Airbender with episode #2 from the first search: Avatar: the Last Airbender - The Avatar Returns. Click on the link below to see it.

Again, if the video doesn't show up for you, that mean you'll probably need the DivX player installed. It's a 23 meg download but it's well worth it. The quality of these videos are well above what you normally get from these flash video sites like YouTube and Google Video.

Oh, after you get the video running, be sure to right click on the video. You'll see an option to download the video to your desktop if you want it. ;)

Any questions? Feel free to leave a comment.

Description: Prince Zuko attacks the Southern Water Tribe seeking to capture the Avatar, Aang. Katara and Sokka fly in on Appa to save Aang from the Fire Nation.

Edit: SInce Stage6 is shutting down, we've had to remove this video. :(

Reedit: Should be working again.

Grabbed from Irfan's blog. (I've done it before) Microsoft came out with Microsoft Surface, a way to interact with a computer built into a table top. Here's a parody created by SarcasticGamer.com of what you could do with that new technology.

I've been watching/ listening to a number of different anime series over on stage6 while I try to do work. One of the shows I've been watching is Avatar: The Last Airbender. I really like this show so I decided to share with everybody. For a cartoon that was created for children, it's rather advanced with detailed plots that last over multiple episodes. I'll post more of them later on. I hope you enjoy them.

If you can't see the episode, you'll probably need the DivX player. You can grab it from here.

Description: Sokka and Katara, two teenage siblings living in the South Pole, discover Aang and his pet flying bison, Appa, trapped in an iceberg. After Katara accidentally frees him, Aang learns that he is the last surviving Airbender. Meanwhile, his unfreezing attracts the attention of the Fire Nation's Zuko.

Edit: Since Stage6 is shutting down, we've had to remove this video. :(

Reedit: Should be working again.

One of the complaints about the Harry Potter series is how the American versions of the books have been "dumped down" or "localized" for the typical American readers.
 
Gotta admit though that I don't think the books have been that reduced in quality, even though that have been Americanized. What would happen though if JK's editors had gone all out and made it for their American audience. Here's one version:

So if you only had the money for one, which would you get? The 7th book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, or go see the movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix?

Part #2 is after the page break.

I actually remember watching this on Reading Rainbow. Actually got a kick out of the food being thrown into the trash.

Marge discovers why you should never google yourself

Sure, Rain gives you Sarah Jessica Parker's version of the Matrix. I like this one as well with Justin Timberlake. :)

edit: Can't believe I just said that I liked Timberlake in something....

reedit: Fixed 05/10/08.  Found an uncensored copy that doesn't have the audio mucked up.

From here:

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Charles Nelson Reilly, the Tony Award winner who later became known for his ribald appearances on the "Tonight Show" and various game shows, has died. He was 76.

Reilly died Sunday in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia, his partner, Patrick Hughes, told the New York Times.

Reilly began his career in New York City, taking acting classes at a studio with Steve McQueen, Geraldine Page and Hal Holbrook. In 1962, he appeared on Broadway as Bud Frump in the original Broadway production of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." The role won Reilly a Tony Award.

He was nominated for a Tony again for playing Cornelius in "Hello, Dolly!" In 1997 he received another nomination for directing Julie Harris and Charles Durning in a revival of "The Gin Game."

After moving to Hollywood in 1960s he appeared as the nervous Claymore Gregg on TV's "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" and as a featured guest on "The Dean Martin Show."

He gained fame by becoming what he described as a "game show fixture" in the 1970s and 80s. He was a regular on programs like "Match Game" and "Hollywood Squares," often wearing giant glasses and colorful suits with ascots.

His larger-than-life persona and affinity for double-entendres also landed him on the "Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson more than 95 times.

Reilly ruefully admitted his wild game show appearances adversely affected his acting career. "You can't do anything else once you do game shows," he told The Advocate, the national gay magazine, in 2001. "You have no career."

His final work was an autobiographical one-man show, "Save It for the Stage: The Life of Reilly," about his family life growing up in the Bronx. The title grew out of the fact that when he would act out as a child, his mother would often admonish him to "save it for the stage."

The stage show was made into the 2006 feature film called "The Life of Reilly."

Reilly's openly gay television persona was ahead of its time, and sometimes stood in his way. He recalled a network executive telling him "they don't let queers on television."

Hughes, his only immediate survivor, said Reilly had been ill for more than a year.

No memorial plans had been announced.

I remember him from the upper right corner of all those Match Game shows. Here's a clip from when Charles Nelson Reilly get a tired Gene Rayburn mad on the show, and Charles has to take over the hosting duties.