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The movie Scrooged is probably my favorite Christmas movie of all time. So whenever I hear this song, it's like pumping pure Christmas-love into my heart. Yes, I am a dork.

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Growing up, Michael actually thought that the Al Green part was sang by a woman.

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By "growing up," we actually mean until 10 minutes ago when he looked up ( Read more... )

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I once saw a Sesame Street Live! show where Cookie Monster was spewing fire from an over-sized fake dick too. I swear on Elmo's singing voice that I'm telling the truth ( Read more... )

This is too cool: it's a radio interview with Orson Welles and H.G. Wells! They mostly talk about War of the Worlds, but there's a discourse at the end where Welles is explaining how Wells just gave him a plug for his (upcoming film!) Citizen Kane. Again, very cool.

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As far as geek-points go, this one score mightily high for me as: 1) H.G. Wells ( Read more... )

Well, admittedly it's a complicated feeling, but I think there's that proverbial light at the end of the tunnel. Either that, or I am beginning to succumb to the pleasantry that the gift-giving season tends to promote ( Read more... )

Well, I just about disappeared last month, didn't I? It hardly matters though: you can't really prove that November actually happened. Sure, you could have memories of every one of those thirty days, but unless you've got micro-cellular evidence that your body actually weathered the days, then any proof is really just assumed and not empirically ( Read more... )

Okay, seriously, this kid must have been the model for the children from Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.

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So I had the following choices for breakfast: canned chili; and frozen chicken nuggets. I made a choice, and it was the wrong one. My only consolation is that they were probably both the "wrong choice."

I certainly haven't neglected this with any specific intent; busyness is just good business at times. Work had very realistically consumed me for quite awhile, and yet now after two landmarks having passed in the progress of my present project (teaser site being complete and trade show demo being assembled, programmed, tested and shipped), there is ( Read more... )

Okay, what I'm about to show you is a wee bit startling, so it'll go behind a cut. What proceeds this warning is a Youtube video of Amanda Palmer singing Radiohead's Creep-on her uke, naturally-but what you should take notice is that she's singing it to Neil Gaiman. What I have just learned is that they have officially announced their relationship ( Read more... )

It's funny how even the smallest of wounds can gore up your home, isn't it? I seriously can't remember the last time I encountered an entire puddle of my own blood. However, in future reference, I can say that it was last night.

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