ao scott on john hughes

Remarkably poignant NY Times article, if you're the right age, on John Hughes' passing and legacy.

Thanks to my friend Dennis, the Wyatt to my Gary (and in this strange version, directed by John Woo, Lisa is played by Michelle Yeoh), for the link.

trust me, I'm a doctor

Hey, is anyone else now ignoring the fact that Dr Pepper tastes like something that was recently expelled from the kidneys of an 80 year old woman who ate a jar of maraschino cherries yesterday, and drinking it because of Dr Dre? Or is it just me. Hm.



Seriously, the man is convincing.

haven't had enough aneurysms today?

Link borrowed from a friend, who undoubtedly borrowed it from another source on the internet. Check this out, it will literally blow your mind.

The Blue and The Green

Incredibly minorly tangentially related, but I've often wondered, in times of great relaxation, if it would ever make any difference if we perceived colours any differently from each other. Like what if what I call blue and what you call blue are two different things?

Yeah, not nearly as mind-blowing I know. Click the above link again to restore mental overload.

rock band hero

Jimmy Page, this is why you still kick ass.

"You think of the drum part that John Bonham did on Led Zeppelin's first track on the first album, Good Times Bad Times," he said. "How many drummers in the world can play that part, let alone on Christmas morning?"

Thanks for letting me share your birthday!

occasionally, tv is horrible

Shit that was on TV recently that you've already forgotten about:

1. Growing Up Gotti
2. That thing about David Foster's kids being rich assholes wrecking their dad's house
3. Survivor

hey Batman, how did you do that?

Okay, this has been bugging me for weeks. And I know, geeks who point out techological plot holes are in danger of inching away from the "cool" side of Mom's basement, but.

So in Terminator: Salvation, John Connor uses his radio jammer device to corrupt the minds of the motorcycle terminators, and as a byproduct of this, steals one to ride to Skynet.com Stadium. Now, these "mototerminators" are basically killer robots with two wheels. They're not motorbikes, in the pre-apocolyptic sense, because they're not designed for say another robot much less a human to ride them. It's not like Skynet built supercharged Segways and a bunch of killer GOB lookalikes to hunt down humanity. (Which actually may have been more effective, because hey, pretty scary image, right?)

So the question is, if it's just a robot with two wheels that is not designed to actually be ridden much less controlled by some outside driver robot, much less a human... then John Connor, how did you ride that robot? How did you change gears, how did you throttle and brake? The world needs to know!

PS: spoilers above. But who cares, 'cause y'all have already seen this movie anyway.

more awesomeness (reposted)

I know, regurgitation blogging, it's all I got time for these days. Yet these nuggets are too beautiful, too delicious not to go unshared*. With you. Yes, you in the back.

Fran Tarkenton on Brett Favre.

So awesome, thanks coolest dude named Fran ever.

*And what is up with the metaphor that went too far? I honestly can't say.

no words can explain

The amount of pain
That must be felt
That must be dealt with
By the girl with the golden mane

Ha ha.

But seriously, is this completely bizarre or what?

I just hope Betty doesn't end up eating too many turnips in an attempt to reprogram herself to associate Archie with dislike.

(You know which story I'm talking about, right? Yeah, you do.)

beautiful, delicate genius

Cross-blogging may be lazy, but there are some things that must be read, and there are many many things that I am lazy about. So, what better combination of these two elements than this, a list of all of Tracy Jordan's lines from Season 3 of 30 Rock, aka the funniest show on TV.

You don't even have to have seen the episodes (I shamefully missed two myself this year, though in my defense, we were in the UK at the time), just click, read, and collapse into hysterical laughter.

And, by the by, a sincere, heartfelt, and tragically belated happy birthday wish to the wonderful Ms Tina Chan - I mean Fey! Where did that come from?

zombies walk the earth!

Yes. It's true.

Also, apologies for the extended absence. Updates to come, I promise!