National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (retro trailer)
The general level of just barely contained family animosity and bad will is what makes this a classic…
church of awesome: the future of science (and entertainment) 2021
Many of these things will also apply to how we entertain ourselves, and how we talk about entertainment…
London photo of the day: the Daleks encourage you to use mass transit
The Jubilee tube line tunnels look like they’re part of some Dalek master plan to take over Earth’s mass transit.
Saturday cute: social networking propaganda posters
Tweet for victory!
another reminder to shop Amazon (and Chapters/Indigo) through FlickFilosopher.com
If you’re still doing Christmas shopping, it would help me out enormously if you’d use these links…
question of the weekend: Does it freak you out to hear that scientists have discovered a “second Earth”?
If you’re any kind of proper geek like me, you probably squee’d at the news. But apparently it bothers some people immensely…
London photo of the day: for the rich bastard at Christmas
While everyone else is finding a pair of plastic dice or a tiny rubber ducky in our Christmas crackers, the 1 percent get sterling silver egg cups and sterling silver sugar tongs…
Friday night fortune cookie: Jafar says…
“You’ve heard of the golden rule, haven’t you? Whoever has the gold makes the rules.”
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol movie review: mission finally accomplished
The most fun straight-up action movie in ages: while it touches on concerns about terrorism and rogue nukes, there’s nothing too heavy. But what makes it so special is how up-close and personal it is.
cute animal video: adorable baby sloths are adorable
There are literally buckets of cuteness to be had here…
