Fear The Claus!
Ahhh, Christmas, a time for fun, family, and old men clad in Santa suits scaring the crap out of little kids. Don’t you just love this time of year?
Tag Humor
“Back In My Day, I Walked 2 Miles To The Car Dealership. Uphill. Both Ways.”
From the Doing-stupid-stuff-then-blogging-about-it-so-you-don’t-have-to Dept. I left my VW at a local garage yesterday in order to get it inspected and was ready to pick it up this morning, with the help of my loving wife, of course. However, Will had…
Curse This Noble Tongue!
Did you know that, despite over a thousand years of development, in spite of the poetic contributions of Donne, Whitman, Byron and Tennyson, the farces of Twain and Chaucer, the novel coinings of Shakespeare and the tales of terror and…
Spike Jonze + The GAP + Total Anarchy = Comedic Commercial Gold
If you have no idea what I’m talking about, just go watch the commercial. Still no idea? Jonze is the video auteur that directed the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage” and Fatboy Slim’s Weapon of Choice (feat. Christopher Walken) videos.
“Serenity” DVD Drops 12/20/2005
(*cough**cough*ahintforpotentialgiftbuyers*cough**cough*) Those of you that can’t wait for the DVD of Serenity to hit the streets, as well as those of you that consider yourselves fans of Firefly should definitely check out Serenity: The Puppet Show. Brilliant!
Stupid “Top X…” Lists Always Come Out At Christmastime
…and Forbes’ list of the 15 wealthiest fictional characters is no execption to the “stupid list” clause. I’ll give them credit, though: they are trying to make business entertaining.
Link Ratings, An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Sean Gleeson has asked for commentary (or put out an RFC, in geek terms) on a potential system of icons that could be employed to indicate the actual content of NSFW links. So far he has “Offensicons” for nudity, sex,…
Awkward Moments In Identity Politics, Anime Geek Edition
From the Literal Barrage Conceptual Series. With apologies to Jeff Goldstein for ganking his schtick. “Whoa, wrong meeting, I guess! So it’s pronounced ‘May-cha’, not ‘Mek-kah’, huh? Guess me and my 3XL Gundam shirt should vaminos, eh, muchachos?”
“In Ancient Times, Hundreds Of Years Before The Dawn Of History…”
Ian Faith: I really think you’re just making much too big a thing out of it. Derek Smalls: Making a big thing out of it would have been a good idea. Hubris over at INDCJournal notes an odd visual connection…
Your Ponderable For The Day
What ever happened to “Ring-Around-the-Collar”? If the advertising of my youth served as any indicator, RAtC was not only the enemy of those wishing to be well-dressed, but also the very fabric of civilized society itself. Detergent after detergent vowed…
