May 2009
gameboy mobile
consider this. in a world where you can make a product like the fc mobile II down there, a brand-new handheld that plays game cartridges that have been out of production for over twenty years, why aren’t there multiple cellphones with gameboy advance cartridge slots? forget flash games and ‘n-gage’ downloadable crap. just plug a gameboy cart into the side of your phone and...
April 2009
the phantom menace
the best part of the arlen specter fiasco is all the republicans proclaiming against a democratic majority, declaring a faux-moderate concern against either party getting a filibuster-proof majority, having free reign over the government, and getting their way without checks and balances.
mainly because this is exactly as amusing as it would be if it were the democrats saying the same things...
“Specter’s switch leaves (the Democrats) with 59 Senate seats. Democrat Al...”
– arlen specter banks left
the movie will probably not help with my resistance, but despite kirk having a ridiculous pinhead and not looking like either the actor or the character, some of the other figures are pretty good. sulu and spock look like john cho and quinto. sulu and spock, not so much. uhura isn’t bad, and the red shirted scotty that comes with the transporter set is nice as well.
so i’ll...
“Phew! I was this close to buying a Star Trek toy from Playmates just so...”
– walky
brad neely's youtube channel is solid gold →
mental floss
hey. you live in the future. put things you love on your phone. when you have a song you hate stuck in your head? replace it with something awesome. when you’re having a bad day? switch things up.
paraphrasing off the radio
(taking audience questions because keifer sutherland and a friend from the record label he started are in the studio)
nrk's gustav: here's one; what's been the most surprising thing about running a record label?
keifer sutherland: when things go right, that always surprises me.
make mine tiny marvel
i want to like the ‘marvel universe’ 3 3/4” line from hasbro. it’s tiny marvel legends! it’s secret wars with modern articulation! it’s hasbro’s strongest skillset, even coming before things that turn into other things!
but they’re just not very good, is the thing. mostly. it’s complicated?
first off, i want the line to succeed,...
Happy birthday to me. If the new ‘three days a week is better than laid off’ plan goes for more than a month, it’ll be lunch and done.
Just bought five shirts, a mesh hamper, two new towels, an ipod-dock clock radio, and a new seat cushion for my dying desk chair.
the new dresden codak is quite good →
Also it’s a bon jovi friday again. So that’s awesome.
the ‘we’ll never pay off obama’s budget even if the economy rebounds’ bulltrue line is about as compelling as the nonsense argument a conservative friend of mine likes to spew about how france caused all the problems we’ve had for the last few years.
the argument seeming to be, a few french businessmen had ties to saddam, those businessmen had enough influence on all...
ein minuten bitte
i feel the need to articulate this thought i’ve been having, because i haven’t seen it elsewhere. it’s probably not unique or new, but i haven’t been online as much as i should have lately.
anywho. a lot of conservatives have been espousing the patently absurd viewpoint that obama’s ‘invest in our future’ plan is going to ruin america forever, by...
And that’s not even mentioning omadaka, jemapur, emilie simon, and other artists ffffound via youtube links. And I have no music budget.
5? Tosca albums, 2 remixed albums, 3 discs of single track remixes, kruder’s ‘peace orchestra’, and oh look, a nod to juno reactor…
Looking for little dragon begat koop and koop islands which begat bebel gilberto and ceu which all reminded me to look up more tosca
New music is a motherfucker. Ad for the new bat for lashes led to new jem which led to new dido, which I’ve been wanting for four years.
I’ve changed my mind; the next terrible dune movie needs to be directed by kazuaki kiriya. Can you imagine how insane it would be?
now i need to get caught up on kings, lost, heroes, and dollhouse. then start hulu-ing exosquad and arrested development. and go see a movie every week at least. and read more away from the monitor. and etc.
re: the sarah connor finale
i caught hints of the first clever twist several episodes ago, and they absolutely delivered on that, but still managed to suprise me with the second clever twist, a new caprica grade surprise ending. so hell yes. third season plz kthxbye.
actually going to disappointed now by terminator salvation because it’s not the show. it’s more a sequel to t3, which i liked more than most,...
switchstance
rundi: wait, amy acker is on dollhouse? is she playing fred?
sean: not unless joss is planning a big surprise for season two. the dollhouse is run by wolfram and hart!
leilani: ... what's a wolfman?
rundi: a guy who gets all hairy and bitey under the full moon.
sean: it's a classic monster, like a vampire.
rundi: do you know what a vampire is?
leilani: of course! a vampire is something that sucks your blood.
rundi: no, a vampire is the guy on sesame street who counts stuff!
sean: ... that's not a universal affirmative. the guy on sesame street who counts is a vampire, but not all vampires count things on sesame street. unless i've radically misjudged their culture.
your entire family is made of meat
leilani: (at the dinner table) please don't talk about killing, because that makes me think about killing animals, and that makes me sad.
rundi: yeah, no problem.
sean: (to myself) leilani, would you like some more of your sandwich, which is full of animals?
