Low blogging advisory: movin’ edition
Hey folks; No blogging today (except for this post…whoa, meta) due to my impending move. If you’re miffed there’s no new content, just imagine me hefting boxes around and dismantling things. Happy Friday!
Hey folks; No blogging today (except for this post…whoa, meta) due to my impending move. If you’re miffed there’s no new content, just imagine me hefting boxes around and dismantling things. Happy Friday!
So, I was interested to see that David Slade has been tapped to direct the third Twilight movie. Interested, because Slade perviously directed 30 Days of Night, which is an actual Vampire movie. You know, where the Vampires are actually scary, devour people messily, and never make puppydog eyes at anyone for any reason. I [...]
Just a heads up for you Specialized riders out there. The company has recalled 3,000 2004 Roubaix Comp and Roubaix Pro road bikes, and 14,000 2009 MTBs (including the Cross Trail Comp, Myka HT Comp, Myka HT Elite, Rockhopper, Rockhopper Comp and Rockhopper Comp 29). Apparently, the roadies have faulty cable stops, and the handle [...]
Oh, Catholic Church. Sometimes you can be so confusing. News broke this week that the Vatican is building Europe’s largest solar power plant. The new facility will generate 100 Megwatts, enough to power 40,000 homes. This bold foray into green energy accompanies last year’s pronouncement that harming the environment is a cardinal sin. Taken together, [...]
Ocean’s 11 was an entertaining flick, and anything with the Muppets in it is immediately awesome. Not surprisingly, this mashup delivers the goodness: Brad Pitt as Fozzy Bear? That works on like 17 levels. Speaking of Muppets, I’m doing a new show at the Bad Dog Theatre called “Recession-ame Street“. It’s basically a look at [...]
Some people use their bikes to get around. Other people use their bikes to savagely violate the laws of physics. Like this guy, for example: Mind = blown. Via Kottke.
“Coming of Age” is a somewhat amorphous proposition for males in modern Western societies. It has something to do with recreational activities conducted with females in the back seats of cars and perhaps buying a flat-screen television. But there are no clear moments when the world turns to you and says, “today, you are a [...]