When I was little, I was more afraid of vampires than practically any other type of scary creature. It's interesting that they've become more nuanced, transitioning from evil monster to antihero in recent years. We've seen this in the vampires of Anne Rice, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Twilight. When I was visiting jaderabbit and her family, we began ( Read more... )

In case anyone missed it, Twilight, based on the book by Stephanie Meyers, opened in theaters today. Since the worst part about the book was the writing, I was curious about whether the movie could be better and checked out some of the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. Interestingly, the top critics seemed to have liked it better, generally speaking, ( Read more... )

Prior to the passage of Michigan's Proposal 1 to legalize medical marijuana, I told those who asked me what I thought that I was against it. But, unfortunately it passed and now I'm going to have to deal with it ( Read more... )

Last night, I was over at my parents' house to watch Doctor Who with my Dad, since they were showing last year's Christmas special, "Voyage of the Damned", on BBC America. He'd missed that episode on the Sci Fi Channel. Unfortunately, BBC America cut it down to 1 hour with commercials, so it wasn't very good. It seemed very disjointed and half ( Read more... )

cjmr and cynodd posted this meme, so I thought I'd try it:

clair de la lune's Dewey Decimal Section:

045 [Unassigned]

clair de la lune = 3219845212145 = 321+984+521+214+5 = 2045

Class:
000 Computer Science, Information & General Works

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If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer ( Read more... )

cynodd showed me this yesterday and I thought it was hilarious. If you love Les Miz and favor Barack Obama, this video is for you:

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Starring Obama campaign office workers as Jean Valjean, Marius, Cosette, Eponine, Enjolras & Company. Starring "John McCain" as Javert and "Sarah Palin" as Mme Thénardier.

After the book, The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, was mentioned here in relation to the Doctor Who episodes, "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead", I knew I had to read it. So, now I have ( Read more... )

Someone sent this to me via e-mail today, so I thought I'd post it here:


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I found this amusing, but I thought that rattlesnakeroot, especially, would get a kick out of it:


See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die