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…
WARNING: GEEKY CONTENT AHEAD If you have no desire to read about login shells, Linux, source code management or other similarly geeky content, you’d best be skipping this one. -ed. Have you ever allowed a nuisance to go on for…
And you thought Jessica Rabbit’s underthings were something to get agitated about. Oops: TV favourite Mr Tumble is greeting toddlers by saying “I’m f****** you” in sign language. The CBeebies character says the gestures mean “I’m happy to see you”.…
If your fiance suggests walking down the aisle in a Disney Princess wedding gown, run, do not walk, away from her as fast as humanly possible. Just a hint.
Growing up as the son of a Presbyterian minister had its more interesting moments, I can assure you, but one thing that much of my upbringing lacked was an experience in racially diverse congregations. Presbyterians, not known to be a…
We (mistakenly) received this envelope in the mail yesterday. Who can spot the problem? Hint: The text reads “Your FREE address labels are enclosed. Please honor America’s paralyzed vets by using them.” (Extra hint: I thought we already did this…
To wit: Exhibit A: Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki, possibly one of the geekiest Wikis out there. Exhibit B: Wikipedia Brown and the Case of the Captured Koala, a piece which should make old-school readers’ hearts jump for referential joy.…
Question for Brad: does that seem about accurate? The horror stories you tell would seem to indicate “yes”…
Upon entering a Wawa store this afternoon to purchase some frothy caffeinated beverages I noted a tear-off calendar placed prominently next to the cash register declaring in bold letters “If you were born after this date: February 25th, 1989, you…
First off, a love song, sung by geeks, gone horribly, horribly awry: Next up, one of the absolute high points in Western action cinema, the car chase sequence from Bullitt: From Web 0 to Web 2.0 in five minutes’ time:…
