Because I'm a sports and statistics nerd, I was browsing some choice baseball players on ESPN.  It's as exciting as you might expect, until I came upon this gem:

Pronounced POO-holes

Yes, I'm 5 years old.

Unlike the kids currently competing in the spelling bee, most Americans are pretty ignorant when it comes to proper letter placement.  So, I guess I shouldn't be surprised when I see embarrassingly obvious errors in print.

The Utawarerumono inserts from ADV feature interviews with the "Japenese staff" (sic) in every single volume.  And somehow, the ( Read more... )

I was at Ikkicon’s Friday night improv when Chris Ayres left early to take Greg to the hospital, and also at Chris’ table for the Sunday morning VIP brunch.  To the best of my knowledge, these are the events that led up to Greg being taken to the hospital for medical testing ( Read more... )

• Kevin Lillard (of A Fan's View) is not welcome at the Ayres household.  (He originated the erroneous report that Greg Ayres had a heart attack.  Greg had chest pains and was taken to the hospital for tests.)
• The Japanese did not give FUNimation the JP cast credits for Baccano!  Clarine Harp and Chris Bevins were not amused by Sakura Shinguji's ( Read more... )

GameSpot's review of Mirror's Edge: "It makes some impressive leaps; it just doesn't nail the landing."

IGN's review of Mirror's Edge: "A bold leap that doesn't nail the landing."

Big band jazz is amazingly good driving music. It doesn't matter whether it's traditional, modern (Big Phat Band), or Japanese (Najica). I can't feel any road rage when I'm jamming to some smokin' horn charts.

The Meet the Guests pre-con event at Animazement was fantastic, totally worth flying in a day early for. I was able to talk for a long time with Scott Houle and Kara Edwards (Celica in Solty Rei), and I also got to chat with Kari Wahlgren, Satsuki Yukino (Ai Tanabe and Kaname Chidori), and Caitlin Glass ( Read more... )

Often insufferable, Wrath of the Njr is tolerable mainly because most others are aware of his laughably ridiculous statements ( Read more... )

Meme courtesy of mordath.

Do this: Google your name and the word "needs," (as above) and then post the five or six funniest results:

Jack needs a girlfriend (don't tell my wife). All in due time.

Jack needs two forks? You're asking me?

Jack needs 1 foot GPS accuracy on his mobile phone for targetted (sic) killing. I shoot you in the leg!

Jack ( Read more... )

It's common knowledge that Princess Tutu was a poorly selling title. All 6 volumes were recently available from TRSI for $4 each, if you went the "25 for $100" route. Or, you could have purchased all 6 DVDs (4 of which were used) here on eBay for the mere sum of $104.11Sadly, not even BLOOD, GUNS, and WHORES have helped Samurai Gun rake in the ( Read more... )