holy fuck Nanato0!

Nanageddon

Vince has invited two goth girls he met at a club to the flat. He did this under the drunken pretence that he's some kind of warlock - which obviously he isn't - so in order to maintain the charade, he persuades Howard to 'goth up' and borrows Naboo's book of Black Magic. It's pretty dark. He summons a demon to impress the girls, but all they get is a little old lady... or so it first appears.

In fact, it is a demon, 'Nanatoo', the evilest demon known to man. Of course, the worst thing that could happen is that Nantoo gets hold of Naboo's book of Black Magic - which of course she does, enabling her to multiply and bring about Nanageddon. And no-one wants that.

Especially not the Board of Shamen, who suspend Naboo's shamanistic powers as punishment for his carelessness until he can reclaim the book. Instead, he gets drunk. Doubting Naboo's abilities, Saboo and Tony Harrison from the Board of Shaman are also dispatched to find the book, but they're no better: Tony has a gift for strategy, but no body - and even his gift for strategy is drawn into question.

So who's left to sort it all out? Drunken, powerless Naboo? Two bickering shamen? No, once again it's all down to Vince 'Obsidian Blackbird McNight' Noir and Howard 'Howard Moon' Moon.







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oh fuck... this shit is real

http://community.livejournal.com/thequestionclub/66188999.html

I'm sure this applies to none of you, but in the event that you're in LA and are a member of TQC, keep your dayplanner open the next 2 weeks

tonight... THE GREATEST EPISODE OF SQUIDBILLIES EVER

EVER

no mixed-mutt chalky babies for me

Reuters/CNBC
Survey: US Recession Easing But Likely Not Over

The U.S. recession's grip on the economy appears to be easing but likely has not yet ended, according to a survey of economists released on Monday...

The survey "provides new evidence that the U.S. recession is abating, but few signs of an immediate recovery," said Sara Johnson, managing director of global macroeconomics for IHS Global Insight, who helped analyze the report for the NABE.

"Industry demand was still declining in the second quarter of 2009, but the breadth of decline had narrowed considerably since late 2008, raising prospects for stabilization in the second half" of the year, she said.

The net demand index dropped to -5 from the first quarter's -14. In the fourth quarter it registered -28.

The U.S. recession, which dates to December 2007, is the longest since the Great Depression and the deepest in decades. Most economists look for growth to return in the second half of the year, but they caution that the recovery is likely to be sluggish...

Fifty-five percent believe the low point has not yet been hit, with 14 percent projecting their companies will see their lowest sales in 2010 or beyond...

Thirty-six percent of respondents said their companies cut jobs last quarter, while only 6 percent of the firms added jobs -- an all-time low for the 30-year-old survey...

WSJ/Market Watch
Most firms see slow recovery, NABE survey says

...The number of firms reducing employment fell in the second quarter compared with the first quarter, but so did the number of those hiring. In the second quarter, a record-low 6% of firms said they increased their workforce, while 36% said they had cut jobs. All sectors reported more firing than hiring.

Looking ahead, 28% of firms said they planned further job cuts in the next six months, while 18% said they planned to increase employment.

For just the second time in the survey's history (the first time was in the first quarter of this year), more firms said they had cut wages and salaries than said they had raised workers' pay. Eighteen percent of firms said wages were falling, compared with 10% with rising employment costs...

Business investment took a step back in the second quarter, the survey said, with just 8% of firms reporting higher capital-spending levels, and 32% reporting falling capital spending. Not one goods-producing company reported higher capital spending.

The spending outlook improved marginally, although more firms still said they planned to decrease capital spending. In the second quarter, 26% said they planned to increase capital spending in the next 12 months, compared with 32% who said they planned decreases...

Very awesome