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Micro Plugs!
Noted for posterity, a handful of teensy tiny movie reactions.
Halloween Party: I can barely remember now what thedeadlyhook and I played for our annual Halloween video fest. I think we started with Phantasm, and then it turned out that nobody had seen Jason X so we had to fix that right away, and I was pleased and surprised that everyone seemed to enjoy ( Read more... ) -
Knight Rankings
Taking a minute out of my post-Alternative Press Expo catchup to post something that, as usual, is strictly for my own amusement.
I think I've gotten everything I need out of Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, but having read the beginning and end of the book, I'm still slogging my way through the very tedious middle section. (Nominally this revolves ( Read more... ) -
Jot!
So very tired... Lots more page pencils to finish up... groan. In the meantime, I'll take a moment to jot down a couple of very very random observations.
Atlantic blogger Ross Douthat, the nice young conservative you could take home and introduce to your parents, may just have identified a grand unified theory of John McCain's policy stands:
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The Cuteness! And/or Weirdness!
For thedeadlyhook, conclusive video evidence that baby boars are the cutest critters imaginable:
And while I'm at it, a few embeddables from the Adult Swim Video library:
Robot Chicken: Sir Mix-A-Lot provides King Arthur with some ergonomics advice.
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WTF Next?
You know, I try not to talk politics on this journal (although obviously I'm not always successful). But now that John McCain's not only effectively stopped talking to the press, but is actually trying to cancel this week's scheduled debate, I'm starting to wonder if we might be about to see the biggest meltdown in U.S. presidential politics since ( Read more... ) -
Micro Post!
Two little artsy things:
Google Comics: It seems that Google has commissioned professional Explainer-of-Comics Scott McCloud to do an online comic book explaining the whys and wherefores of their new Web browser development project. It's an interesting example of comics-as-infomercial, not unlike the project I was working on last month, and ( Read more... ) -
Elevenses!
Astonishing but true: Today's the eleventh wedding anniversary for me and thedeadlyhook. As I never get tired of mentioning, we unwittingly tied the knot on the scheduled date of Judgment Day according to Terminator 2. Kisses to my sweetie ( Read more... ) -
Startling True Science Facts!
I learned two things today! Guess that means I've used up Wednesday's quota already.
Via Unqualified Offerings, summarizing a subscription-only New Scientist article: We all know that giving people drugs that do nothing can often make them feel better, thanks to the "placebo effect." (And thanks to the British sketch comedy show Smack The Pony, we ( Read more... ) -
It's Okay To Kill Skrulls, Cause They Don't Have Any Feelings
Well, I'm glad somebody's saying it. Over at the metabunker, Matthias Wivel remarks on a really weird aspect of Marvel's Secret Invasion summer crossover: That according to writer Brian Bendis's interpretation of superhero ethics, it's totally okay for the heroes to slaughter intelligent aliens, because the traditional "code against killing" only ( Read more... )
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