Monday, June 29, 2009

ON A DJANGO REINHARDT KICK...

Enjoy the hell out these. I certainly have.





Sunday, June 28, 2009

Monday, June 22, 2009

JOHN HODGEMAN TESTS OBAMA'S NERD CREDENTIALS

Wonderful! And the three part answer is:

1. Shai-Hulud

2. A Thumper

3. The Water of Life


TOOTHPICK S.F.

Okay, this is pretty amazing. And Ripley's Believe It Or Not should be ashamed they only offered the guy $40K. It took him 34 years to make it!



I'm not ashamed to admit...

...this story made me cry.
WHAT I REALLY WANTED FOR FATHER'S DAY

Anybody want to spend $3500 to make me a very happy dad?


Didn't think so.


Still, I've always wanted to open a wine bar called Macabre, where tables were made from tombstones and classic Universal horror films constantly ran on B&W TV screens and, man, wouldn't this couch look so great in that setting?

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

WHEN THE MUPPETS WERE BAD

Check out these incredibly violent commercials created in the late 50s by Jim Henson. I always knew there was a dark side to Kermit and the gang.



Wednesday, June 03, 2009

OBAMA'S DOG VS THE PRESS

The dog wins!



Monday, June 01, 2009

EVERYBODY KEEPS CALLING ME S

Prague's Franz Kafka International Named World's Most Alienating Airport. Brilliant!




Prague's Franz Kafka International Named World's Most Alienating Airport
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS...

Stop action goodness. Watch and feel the filmmaking love...



MORE WEIRDNESS FROM JAPAN

Nice Muscle! All I gotta say is thong-wearing polar bears. Courtesy my pal, Jeff S.



Sunday, May 31, 2009

AND IN OTHER NEWS...

1. Openly gay teen
voted prom queen by his high school. Guess which anti-gay marriage state this occured in. Here come the pundits, Mormon cash infusions and that freaky web commercial about storms gathering. Watch the parody... (guest starring George Takei)



2. Wikipedia bans Church of Scientology. Yeah! Here come the lawyers. And Thetans.

3. Wonder what important issues Wasilla newspapers are covering? Will the Anti-Christ be Will from Will And Grace? Now we know which papers Sarah Palin was talking about when she said she reads "all of them."

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

THE COOLEST MURALS I'VE EVER SEEN...

I mean, the coolest.
Evah!
Seriously.


Wish I could get one painted on the side of my house....

See 'em here.
.
LADYBUG PICNIC

Love this classic from Sesame Street. I love that they sat around telling knock-knock jokes. I love even more that they complained about the high price of fire insurance.

Man, I miss enjoying this show the way I did when I was five. There are very few pure experiences that I remember. Sesame Street is one of them.

TONKA TORTOISE

What can I say? I'm a sucker for animal stories.
Check this one out and go "awwww!"



THEME FROM PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

I used to be obsessed with this tune as a kid. If I saw these women perform it, I can only imagine how deep that obsession would have gone.

Enjoy!


(and, yes, I know it's Tocata en Fugue)


Monday, May 25, 2009

NOT COMING TO A THEATER NEAR YOU

One the one hand, this fan created trailer for a Green Lantern movie starring Nathan Fillion is a comic geek's wet dream. It's incredibly well-executed, using footage from Firefly, Star Trek, etc. Plus I love that it boldly demonstrates how copy protections stifle creativity that harms no one.

On the other hand, the sheer level of geekry makes me uncomfortable. Not because the creator obviously spent incredible hours putting this thing together but because I really really enjoyed it.



EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT ORGASMS BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK

I love TED Talks. They can easily suck up my time, filling my mind with new and innovative ways of looking at the word. It's like intellectual popcorn.

Here Mary Roach fills you in (no pun intended) on the 10 THings You Didn't Know About Orgasms.

Watch and learn...


Saturday, May 23, 2009

ARE YOU REALLY SCHOOLED IN FACEBOOK ETIQUETTE?

Watch and learn, my padwans...


THE SITE MOVIE GOERS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR

You're watching a great movie and suddenly you have to pee. You put if off. After all, you don't want to miss any cool action scenes, hilariosu jokes or juicy plot revelations. But the pressure in your bladder just keeps growing and growing. Pain radiates throughout your nether regions. You've really really gotta go.

RunPee.com is the answer.

The website suggests the best moments to make a dash to the bathroom and even fill you in on what you've missed. It's the kind of web servies that almosts makes me wish I had an iPhone. But then I remember, I'm a critic. I see movies 2 weeks before everyone else. The site is useless to me.

But maybe for you, it will mean a happy movie-going experience and a happy bladder.