Thursday, December 17, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
...But maybe it's not. A religious Wii game that uses a crucifix controller and kneeling pad, and you can earn 'grace' points.
Oy!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Discovered this on Boing Boing. There's an unreleased alternative pilot of Star Trek: The Original Series that some German collector has made available. It's being offered with the complete Third Season DVDs. It was emtitled "Where No One Has Gone Before," and included a different opening monlogue, among other things.
Check out this footage...
Monday, November 16, 2009
...This amazing video shows... well, you read the title, right? What's incredible to me (aside from the photos) is that the seal showed genuine concern for the photographer. It not only wanted to feed him, it wanted to teach him how to survive on his own.
Give a man a penguin, and he'll eat for a day. But teach a man to hunt penguin...
Friday, November 13, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Monday, November 09, 2009
Friday, November 06, 2009
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Not as much as this guy...
I wish I lived in L.A. ... just so I could shop at the Galco’s Soda Pop Stop. I really want to try the Rose and Cuke sodas.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
So, here begins my posts about cool stuff you can buy. Now, I don't want everything on this on-going list of rampant consumer hipness... but I'm sure someone on your Xmas/ Chanukah/Kwaanza list would.
1. Rosie The Riveter Bookends. Very cool. Just $35.
2. Geeky T-Shirts. For that special person who doesn't care if no one 'gets it'.
3. Eyeball nesting dolls. Amazing and already SOLD.
4. Vampire Killing Kits. Oooh, I want one. Anyone got a spare $14K?
5. Zero-G Spice Racks. Cool looking and space-saving too!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Teabaggers. Aside from their embarrasing name (do they know what a teabagger is?), they also exhibit an astounding level of ignorance and hatred. It really depresses me that we're in the year 2009 and people like this are influencing American political policy.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
The film is called Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. and it's amazing.
Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. from Chris Cairns on Vimeo.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Anywho, I like this video and I like the cover tune. Check it out... please.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
I always wondered what the "H" was for.
Anywho...
In the sprawling suburb of Livonia, MI, there's a city council race and apparently bat-shit crazy Glenn Moon is running for office. Now, I've never met Glenn but after watching his campaign video I feel fairly confident in my assessment that he's part of insane party.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
The star of Sixteen Candles (and the girl I had a serious crush on when I was 18) writes a poignant and moving editorial about John Hughes. Damn, I have a crush all over again.
Read it here.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Freaky and incredible. Watch the video then go to this site to learn how it works.
I really really want to see one of these up close. I also imagine a cool music video using the wooden images is in the works.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Van Halen the way it was meant to be heard... as Ozark-ified goodness. Man, I can't wait for the album... Strummin With The Devil.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
And when they disagree they go all Tron on each other's ass.
...which I would love to embed but it won't allow me. So, go here and watch it.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Thursday, July 09, 2009
The video choreography in this is just wonderful... and it actually gets better as it goes along. What I particularly love is how it illustrates the landscape of creativity that the Internet is offering, creating a cultural language and expression that is unique, collaborative and adaptable.
Enjoy!
I love listening Anderson Cooper puzzle over Meg Stapleton's basketball analogy... which makes no sense.
God, the sooner we are done with this woman the better off we'll all be. I blame you, John McCain. Not only did you throw away what little respect people had for you but you unleashed this hillbilly power-hungry mental midget on our nation. I mean, she actually seems to believe that getting elected to political office is akin to winning American Idol.
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
The genius of Flight Of The Conchords. I needed something like these to break up the tedium of my work day. Luckily, I work from home so I don't have to worry about whether it was safe for work.
It's not. But that shouldn't stop you from enjoying the hell out of these hilarious tunes.
Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros (There ain't no party like my nana's tea party)
"Does the space cold make your nipples go pointy? "
LADIES OF THE WORLD
Probably the best way to ask for, well, you know... anal sex...
LEGGY BLONDE (the office equipment solo is awesome)
Best for last: It's Business Time
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Monday, June 01, 2009
Prague's Franz Kafka International Named World's Most Alienating Airport. Brilliant!
Prague's Franz Kafka International Named World's Most Alienating Airport
Sunday, May 31, 2009
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
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.
Monday, May 25, 2009
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.
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
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.
Friday, May 22, 2009
I'm no toker but our country's laws against cannibis and, particularly hemp, seem moronic and irrational in the extreme. The idea that anyone is in prison at all for smoking or selling pot just seems like the biggest waste of public resources and abuse of justice. Pot is clearly no more dangerous than alcohol. I'd even argue it's less so.
I mean, I know my argument is anecdotal but I have never seen a pothead get belligerent and beat his wife and kids or indulge in a bit of gay bashing. Sure, 7-Elevens will probably see an uptick in munchies being shoplifted, but I hardly think we should be enforcing draconian laws to protect us from Pringles robbers
Anyway, time to get off my soapbox. Enjoy!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
And if he still has a job with ABC by the end of the week I'll be incredibly surprised. Still, a moment of honesty is a glorious thing, ain't it?
Bouncing onto the stage at just after 4 p.m., Mr. Kimmel self-deprecatingly declared, “All of ABC’s late night comedy talent is assembled here on one stage.” After rattling off a few statistics about the affluence of his viewers, he then admitted that he’d made all the numbers up. (He said so in a more obscene way.)
Then, in a “Jerry Maguire”-like moment of clarity, Mr. Kimmel said, “Everything you’re going to hear this week is” nonsense. “Let’s get real here. Let’s get Dr. Phil-real here. These new fall shows? We’re going to cancel about 90 percent of them. Maybe more.” If ABC is so confident in its new fall shows, he asked, why is it announcing them at the same time it announces the midseason shows that will replace those fall shows? “This show ‘Shark Tank’ has the word tank right in the title,” he said
To the ABC advertisers, Mr. Kimmel said, “Every year we lie to you and every year you come back for more. You don’t need an upfront. You need therapy. We completely lie to you, and then you pass those lies onto your clients.”Read the rest
here.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
As a film critic I can tell you my job would be so much easier if all I had to review were films like Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus. Heck, the review practically writes itself.
And with stars like Lorenzo Lamas and Debbie Gibson, you know Oscar nominations are going to come calling early!
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Sunday, May 03, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
...like the Chinese. Their police training manual just got leaked on the Internet and reveals that cops are taught how to abuse prisoners and get away with it,
Yup, pretty much what you'd expect from a country with serious human rights issues. But, heck, what would WalMat be without their products? Nothing to see here. Move on.
In case you're off the Internet outrage circuit, here's another example of law enforcement using tasers to subdue essentially harmless people. This guy's great crime? Being naked at Coachella and refusing to put his clothes back on. What's really disturbing is how they start administering shocks to his face and head for no apparent reason. I hope these assholes seriously pay. But I'm too cynical to believe that anything will happen to them at all.
Once the rubber gloves go on it gets ugly.
Warning, pot belly and penis on full display!
Not a person but a rental management company. The mother of a popular special education teacher is harassed by his former landlord to pay late rental fees and, get this, an early termination fee after he's murdered.
The complete blackhearted asshole-ishness of some people can be astounding. But, hey, according to libertarians the unseen hand of the marketplace will cure all society's ills.
Read about the ghoulish scumbags at CCRT Properties in Brookfield, Wisconsin right here.
Friday, April 24, 2009
God, I love these commercials. Which is a pretty odd thing to say, I know. But these cross over the line between craven marketing and artistic inspiration. If half the ads on TV were this creative people would hit the fast forward on their DVR a whole lot less.
Eat 'em up, yum!
And, actually, here's another nifty one...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
A storm is coming...
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