Cynical-C Blog dug up the original trailers for Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back. Considering how crappy the trailer was for Star Wars, it’s amazing that anyone bothered to go see it…
Original Star Wars Trailer
What Really Happened After “Star Wars”
Robot Chicken explains what really happened after the Death Star blew up in this video (YouTube).
H-Wing Carfighter
Check out this web page dedicated to the conversion of a Honda Del Sol to a H-Wing Carfighter. Awesome…
The State of the Union Address Drinking Game 2007
You had to know it was coming. I present to you: The State of the Union Address Drinking Game 2007. Enjoy (but not too much)! 😉
State of the Union
As a prelude to tomorrow’s State of the Union Address, you might find this site interesting:
State of the Union (SOTU) provides access to the corpus of all the State of the Union addresses from 1790 to 2006. SOTU allows you to explore how specific words gain and lose prominence over time, and to link to information on the historical context for their use. SOTU focuses on the relationship between individual addresses as compared to the entire collection of addresses, highlighting what is different about the selected document. You are invited to try and understand from this information the connection between politics and language–between the state we are in, and the language which names it and calls it into being.
God-Zillah
Neatorama found this interesting religious icon located in Zillah, Washington.
Jeep Farewell
This video at Fazed depicts a noble quest:
If it’s going to cost more to repair (inspection) your Jeep than it’s worth, why not give it a chance to fulfill its birth right before dying?
I’ll admit that I probably wouldn’t have posted this if it hadn’t been for Machine Head’s surprisingly good cover of The Police’s Message in a Bottle, which the video was set to… 😉
Celine Covers AC/DC?!
This YouTube video of Celine Dion covering AC/DC could quite possibly be the most horrific thing I’ve ever seen. You’ve been warned…
The 50 Most Loathsome People Of 2006
The Beast’s list of The 50 Most Loathsome People Of 2006 is a hilariously biting read. I marked it NSFW for some off-color language…
“There are Klingons in the White House!”
In this C-SPAN video, Congressman David Wu makes an, um, unusual characterization of the White House administration… 😉
