The Importance Of Being Earnest
Sometimes pursuing something earnestly is so earnest that it wraps the whole way around through self-parody and back into earnestness. For instance, Sonseed’s “Jesus Is My Friend”:
I first saw this video when it was passed along by my pastors, each of whom was taking friendly wagers as to whether it’s merely really, really [...]
Risky Bidness
So I don’t know if y’all have seen the depths of insanity to which Tom Cruise has been driven by the neo-Gnostic Cult O’ Hubbard, but Gawker has a long video of 1/2 of Tomkat blathering on about just what a spectacular human being Scientology has turned him into, as well as videos from the [...]
Meagre Offerings
Busy, busy, busy am I. Thus, amuse yourself with the following parody of Nintendo’s forthcoming “Wii Fit” product:
Also take note of the Toribash v. 3 trailer:
Making Lord Of The Rings Accessible To All Literary Palates
I recently stumbled across a wonderful thread on the Straight Dope message board posing the following question: What if Lord of the Rings Had Been Written By Someone Else?
Some quick examples, starting with an adaptation that would make Theodor Geisel proud:
“Gandalf, Gandalf! Take the ring!
I am too small to carry this thing!”
“I can not, will [...]
Bad Dates
It appears that Indiana Jones’ application for tenure at Marshall College has been denied, to the shock of few. McSweeney’s has the straight dirt:
The committee concurred that Dr. Jones does seem to possess a nearly superhuman breadth of linguistic knowledge and an uncanny familiarity with the history and material culture of the occult. However, his [...]
Mainstream Media – Easy Targets For The Onion
Heh. The Onion takes the media’s “disgruntled soldier” meme and does it one better – Call Of Duty 2 Gamer Wonders If War Is Worth Dying 79 Times For:
“After weeks of fighting for every pixel of ground and seeing 180 degrees of carnage in every direction, you start to wonder if it’s really worth it,” [...]
