You know how when you were a little kid and you're playing with your toys in your room, having a blast all lost in your own little world, but then suddenly you hear your parents arguing out in the living room, and that destroys every happy thought you had. You start crying, not so much because you're sad or angry, but more that you're frustrated ( Read more... )

Revealed! The secret notes of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee's selection process for 2009!!


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'Cause giant spiders clearly make everything better.

So ABC is doing a remake of the "V" miniseries from the 80s. The original was quite good, minus some shaky special effects and one too-dumb-to-live character, but it had creepy atmosphere and some definite parallels to WW2 (specifically Nazi Germany). Good stuff, I reccommend a rental. (Plus I think Independance Day totally ripped off its ( Read more... )

You know the only thing better than Ben 'n' Jerry's ice cream?

Ben 'n' Jerry's Brownie Batter Ice Cream after forty days of no chocolate.


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I couldn't make this up. For the sake of humanity, I hope it's all a joke.

http://www.theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1500187

Also, the LA Time must really be cutting back these days...

Any good advice for someone looking for a good Mac laptop at a decent price? I've been out of the computer-buying loop for a long time now.

Help...?

...via Dostoevsky and courtesy of some Auntie Beeb magic.

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John Simm as Raskolnikov and Ian McDiarmid as Porfiry in "Crime and Punishment" (2002).

Someday, I hope this will land a Region 1 DVD (along with "The Yellow House"). ....anything to feed the Simm addiction.....

Shot on Super8 film in 2005. For all the wonders of digital technology, it will never capture the beauty and charm of film.

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I feel a sudden urge to illustrate a children's book based on this little film.

Well, remember a few months back that huge five by four foot painting a friend of mine wanted me to do? Well I finally managed to hassle my sister into emailing me the picture she took of it last Christmas.

( Copy of Magnolia grandiflora by Martin Johnson Heade )