retro trailer: ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother’
Enjoy Gene Wilder as a consulting detective who is even smarter than Sherlock Holmes, but somewhat more emotional…
omg: somewhere in an alternate universe, Lisa Simpson is getting married today
Reader Martin reminds me that in a Simpsons-flavored parallel future-now, today — August 1, 2010 — was to have been the day that Lisa would have been marrying Hugh Parkfield…
save Paul Rudd; movie apathy; everybody loves ‘Mad Men’; 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: How to Become Super
This is only a section of the image — see the whole thing at 9Gag. (via Geeks Are Sexy) (Got a photo or image that’s adorable and at least vaguely pop-culture related? Found such a photo online? Send a link or an image, and I might post it!)
my reads: ‘The Passage’ by Justin Cronin
I admit I fell prey to the summer-blockbuster-read hype that got whipped up around *The Passage,* the first mainstream novel by literary writer Justin Cronin. Vampire novel! But sorta literary!
Barack Obama falls victim to bloggy housekeeping!
As part of my summer cleanup/revitalization around these parts, I’ve decided to stop posting President Obama’s weekly addresses to the nation. I started posting them because I thought this administration was going to be doing innovative stuff online and particularly with online video, but instead, it’s just been more of the same old shit shoveled … more…
question of the weekend: What does the word ‘schmuck’ mean to you?
The title of *Dinner for Schmucks* has prompted some debate among a few friends of mine, who are astonished that the studio is actually using that word in their title…
Friday night fortune cookie: Doc Brown says…
“Why are things so heavy in the future?”
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: box o’ Time Lords
They’re really detailed. Brainy specs for Ten… And every Doctor who ever used one has a sonic screwdriver in his hand…
