screencap Friday: what the flick? #124

Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from a DVD… and just to make things harder for 2010, this one is from a TV show which may or may not be in my collection (it’s sooo much easier to do screengrabs now that Netflix is streaming to my computer). Guess the TV show — you don’t … more…

wtf: can’t sleep, London Olympics mascots will kill me

According to the Guardian, these candy-colored fiends are based on a short story by children’s author Michael Morpurgo that tells how they were fashioned from droplets of the steel used to build the Olympic stadium. They’re called Wenlock and Mandeville, though I suspect even their mother can’t remember which one is which. From the Guardian: … more…

marketing horrors: Shrek Twinkies

To Woody Harrelson in Zombieland, the Twinkie was a “spunky yellow delicious bastard.” But the totally objective, just-plain-fact of the matter is that Twinkies are nasty. And somehow, they are rendered even nastier when the creamy filling is green: Does it taste like wasabi? Or like mold? It’s an adventure in every bite! (Apparently, there … more…

screencap Friday: what the flick? #123

Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from a DVD… and just to make things harder for 2010, this one is from a TV show which may or may not be in my collection (it’s sooo much easier to do screengrabs now that Netflix is streaming to my computer). Guess the TV show — you don’t … more…

naughty ‘Doctor Who’ thought of the day: re celery

I knew there had to be a reason beyond the blond hair and the brawny shoulders and the English Gallifreyan accent that I like Peter Davison’s Doctor so much (via Asylum): Celery Makes You More Attractive to Women According to Judy Gaman, Dr. Walter Gaman and Dr. Mark Anderson, authors of the new book “Stay … more…