If you weren’t aware, Tim Burton is directing a remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (trailer available here) starring Johnny Depp in the role of Willy Wonka. Go now, see the trailer. I’ll wait here. You’re back? Good. A…
It’s 50 degrees out and raining today, so you’ll have to forgive me for forgetting (at least until I was reminded by NPR this morning) that today marks the 63rd anniversary of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s surprise assault on Pearl…
Least successful? I don’t know about you, but I’d take Christmas with the Nuge over the Nickandjessicathenewlywedswhodanceandsingandpranceohmy crap that’s been running as of late.
I generally pride myself on a good head for language and I consider myself rather adept at spelling. Why is it, then, that I did so atrociously on this seemingly simple BBC word quiz? Bloody Limeys. They think they’re sooooo…
Yet another great piece of poetry: The Walrus and The Carpenter The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might: He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright– And this was odd, because…
James Lileks weighed in yesterday on the relative merits of colored Christmas lights vs. white Christmas lights. Prior to coining (or at least, raising to my attention) the word “griswalded” (From the verb “to griswald”. To knot in an incredibly…
Dedicated to the man that taught me to enjoy nonsense poetry, to the unfortunate exclusion of all other forms. Jabberwocky `Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the…
There’s something I need to admit to: I’m an intellectual packrat. Let me explain. I have a very hard time “throwing away” information, be it useless Simpsons quotes embedded in my brain, random files and images saved in my home…
Had I not checked Fark yesterday, I would never (I repeat: never) have remembered Robo Force (Warning: I-Mockery is full of even more juvenile content and horrific language than X-Entertainment. Make sure you don’t click on the image at the…
Here’s my question: if “diversity” training is mandatory, then doesn’t that put us in a paradoxical situation? If we really, truly, and completely are comitted to being “diverse”, then shouldn’t some people be excluded from the training in order to…
