Like "Band of Brothers"? Have I Got Something For You…
Those of you that enjoyed HBO's miniseries Band of Brothers will likely be pleased by the following news: the crew behind BoB is currently working on a similar miniseries that encompasses the Pacific theater during World War II entitled The Pacific. Stephen Spielberg and Tom Hanks are both reportedly on board, so here's to hoping [...]
East Coast Vs. West Coast, Geek Rap Edition
Some enterprising Cali geeks have constructed an answer to the now-classic Lazy Sunday ("The Chronic of Narnia") SNL rap, entitling it Lazy Monday.
Heh.
UPDATE: Edited to reflect reality, as opposed to bizzaro alternative universe I apparently existed in where both original and response were titled "Lazy Monday".
Bah.
Instant Gratification And The GWoT
Dr. Sanity has a very interesting piece taking critics of the Bush Administration's foreign policy to task for short-term thinking. To wit:
The kind of major shift in US foreign policy that Bush has initiated may actually take decades to play out; and the repercussions of what has happened in the last 5 years may [...]
Monty Python + Battlefield 2 = Virtual Hilarity
Once again, denizens of the Intarweb prove to us all that they have far, far too much time on their hands: How Not To Be Seen: A Rendering of a Classic Python Sketch in Machinima.
Heh.
New Unreal Tournament 2007 Screenies
Hammina hammina hammina! GameSpot's got the goods. Yowsa.
Not Reading Victor Davis Hanson? You Should Be!
Hanson has to be one of my favorite historians of relatively recent vintage - his books and columns are interesting, insightful and almost always concerned with the long view of current events. He's just returned from a trip to Iraq, where he made the following observation:
It is an odd war, because the side that [...]
