Monthly Archives: September 2007
Brilliant Onion swipe at the anti-consumerist mentality
New Fig Newtons Ad Preys On Inherent Human Weakness NEW YORK—"Flattery, pride, self-aggrandizement, fear of rejection: This latest Fig Newtons ad campaign hits on all cylinders," a delighted advertising executive said. .onion_embed {background: rgb(256, 256, 256) !important;border: 4px solid rgb(65, … Continue reading
Filed under Onion, Politically Correct
Morning Caffeinated Idealistic Nonsense
"We will end poverty and stop HIV/AIDS within our generation when guided by African principles such as 'ubuntu' that underscore our interconnectedness. With greater compassion for others, we would no longer accept hunger and disease as facts of life."- Cedza … Continue reading
Southland Tales Trailer
I still think Southland Tales is going to be an incredible movie and this trailer seems to confirm this. I think there is considerable doubt whether it will be a box office success – it seems like it might become … Continue reading
Filed under Microtonal, Patrick Swayze, Richard Kelly, Southland Tales
San Diego mayor accepts Gay Marriage
Oof! Try watching this without getting a little choked up: It is so rare to see a politician go directly against what he is supposed to do. It is remarkable that Republican (!) Jerry Sanders had the balls to do … Continue reading
Filed under Jerry Sanders, Republicans, San Diego
Robert Jordan dies.
Sad news today. I am a big fan of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series, having read all of the books (12!). I was really looking forward to the final one which was set to come out next year I … Continue reading
Filed under Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time, WoT
Fox Censors Sally Field?
Ever the controversial figure (um… not really), Sally Field was apparently censored by Fox just a few minutes ago for speaking out against the war. She was pretty tongue-tied in her acceptance speech and was babbling somewhat incoherently about “war” … Continue reading
Filed under Sally Field
Distort that tart in my nub.
I literally laughed until I cried while watching this: Via Boing Boing
Filed under Uncategorized
The Crash of the Teen Titans
You like my triple-entendre don’t you? Admit it. (Of course getting it is predicated on having an interest in both comically bad 80s movies about Greek Mythology as well as historically bad comic book teams) Anyway [notice how I no … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
