question of the day: Was Stephen Colbert’s in-character testimony before Congress last week inappropriate?
Did Colbert’s right-wing gasbag routine have a greater impact than it otherwise would have if Colbert had testified as himself?
Month: September 2010
labor troubles on ‘The Hobbit’; Twitter effect doesn’t exist; terror nerds and outspoken bombshells; more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post…
Saturday cute: dinosaur pancake
Yummy with Jurassic syrup.
question of the weekend: Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Will you be living in the same house/apartment, city, country? Will you be doing the same job? Spending time with the same friends and family? Do you think your life will be better a decade from now?
Friday night fortune cookie: Han Solo says…
“Traveling through hyperspace ain’t like dusting crops.”
watch it: “Cute Cat investigates an iPhone”
I half hope a real cat destroys this guy’s iPhone after deciding it’s had enough teasing…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: it’s bigger on the inside
Reader Erik reminded me of this old British ad for the Volkswagen Gulf car, featuring Peter Davison, Jon Pertwee, and Tom Baker looking surprisingly surprised…
Heartbreaker (L’arnacoeur) (review)
This breezy but slight French rom-com so perfectly apes Hollywood’s output in the genre that I have no doubt that at this very moment, an English-language studio remake is being plotted… one that will remove even the small charms that make it worth a look.
screencap Friday: what the flick? #142 — now with prizes!
Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from a TV show on DVD. Guess the TV show — you don’t need to guess the episode, just the show. And if you assume it’s something I’ve said I’m watching or said I like, you’re not necessarily on the right track.
trailer break: ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ (yet another trailer)
It’s so fluffy I’m gonna die!
