According to The Evening Standard, “A Russian law firm is reportedly drawing up legal action against the special effects people who dreamt up Dobby [from Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets], arguing that the ugly but caring elf has been modelled on Mr Putin.” I think that he’s just precious. And so is Dobby… 😉
Nucular
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I can’t stand it!
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Someone tell him to stop!
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OK, according to the transcript he only said “nuclear” “nucular” 12 times, but one awful, horrible mispronunciation is enough for me, so you can imagine my consternation. Good thing I didn’t play the drinking game…
The Stanley Cup is missing!
Don’t worry the REAL cup is just fine, but the Lego version has been stolen! Lego is offering NHL tickets in exchange for its safe return.
Superbowl Ads and Redskin Rants
We’ve all heard the annoying catchphrase that the ads are the best thing about the Superbowl. Well, if you’re a Raiders fan, I guess that would definitely be the case on Sunday. Ooh, low blow! I myself was sort of torn between the Raiders and the Bucs, although in the end I was hoping that the Raiders would win it, if only to see Warren Sapp go postal. The battle of two ex-Redskin quarterbacks was a pretty interesting coincidence, really only serving to show just how idiotic the ‘skins management is. Jack Kent Cooke is rolling around in his grave watching Dan Snyder the little Troll systematically destroy the franchise…
Speaking of the Redskins, I am just incensed that Art Monk was once again not inducted into the NFL Hall Of Fame. Not only was he not voted in, he didn’t even make the first cut. Hello?! The Hall Of Fame’s own list of accolades sums it up:
Nine times during his sterling 16-season career with the Redskins, New York Jets, and Philadelphia Eagles, former Syracuse star exceeded 50 catches in a season and five times he gained more than 1,000 receiving yards in a season. He also set NFL records for most catches in a season (106), and most consecutive games (183) with at least one reception. His consecutive games with a reception streak extended to 183 games. In 1992 he became the NFL’s then-all-time leader in receptions with his 820th career catch in a game against the Denver Broncos. He finished his career with 940 receptions.
How they can ignore these numbers and the less quantifiable aspects of his career – his leadership, charisma, and above all, his class – is just beyond me.
Anyway, back to my original point. Visit Fimoculous.com (one of my favorite blogs, by the way) and take a look at the cool Flash project the webmaster did that lets you view all of the commercials by quarter and vote for your favorite. Ifilm also has an archive of Superbowl ads.
Front Pages Around The World
For those of you who don’t know about it, the Newseum in Washington, D.C. is a great place to visit, especially now that it has moved from Arlington to its new site near the National Mall. Among other things its website features 169 front pages from newspapers around the world scanned into images and PDF documents. It’s a pretty cool way to see how stories are treated in different cities and countries.
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
Yesterday was Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day and I didn’t even celebrate. I guess there’s always next year…
Dave’s Blog
Dave Barry has a blog that is actually pretty funny, although like his column is a bit cheesy at times too.
The State Of The Union Address Drinking Game
I imagine that The State of the Union Address Drinking Game is the only thing that could make me enjoy watching W’s address tonight. That and making fun of him (and drinking 3 times!) when he stumbles on 5+ syllable words… 🙂
Kevin Mitnick Is Once Again Wired
Convicted “computer criminal” Kevin Mitnick’s parole ended Monday, finally allowing him to use a computer for the first time since 1995. Can you imagine? As the Wired article points out, when he last surfed the Web was mostly text, and Mosaic (the precursor to Netscape Navigator) was pretty much the only browser. I think it’s cool that his first surfing was done live on Tech TV’s program Screen Savers with “legendary hackers Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, and Emanuel Goldstein, publisher of the hacker quarterly 2600, a vocal supporter of the long-running ‘Free Kevin’ campaign” as guides.
In a cruelly ironic twist, on Tuesday, one day after his parole expired, “two federal appellate courts ruled Internet prohibition was too broad a punishment for computer criminals. The Internet is as essential as a phone, the courts said.” Now that just sucks…
100 Greatest Music Videos
Slant Magazine present its list of the 100 Greatest Music Videos. It’s way Madonna-heavy for my tastes, and I admittedly have an ‘80s bias so more recent entries are a little foreign to me, but overall I think they’ve compiled a pretty good list. I’ll have to go through it more thoroughly and bitch about some missing ’80s classics… 😉