circa 1949
More fodder for Anner...I despise advertising generally, yet enjoy old-timey promotional stuff like this.
12.07.2005
Catapult Kits
Gifts for the young, the young at heart, and anyone on your list who's planning to storm a castle in the New Year.
I think this one is my favorite.
The wife accused me of being a geek the other night during our screening of Return of the King because I mentioned the orcs were using Trebuchets. =/
I think this one is my favorite.
The wife accused me of being a geek the other night during our screening of Return of the King because I mentioned the orcs were using Trebuchets. =/
Mel Gibson Cashes in on his anti-Semitism
What's the big deal?
Atrios doesn't see much of a problem.
I do, for a couple of reasons.
First, Holocaust denial of the "well, it was a war, a lot of people got killed- what's so special about the Jews" variety is more pernicious than the pure strain that says nothing happened.
It's the same hatred, only dressed in a suit so it doesn't alarm the dinner guests. It's a way to hate Jews while giving people who want to believe they're reasonable an out.
"Oh, Mel, you know...he's not really anti-Semitic, he just has some eccentric beliefs, ha ha ha!"
Oh, bullshit.
Ignoring a massive edifice of evidence so you can keep your racist daydream soap bubble intact is contemptible, whether you're a multimillionaire movie star or a gutter punk.
And in this case Mel is leveraging his own Holocaust denial to generate buzz for a miniseries on the Holocaust.
If it wasn't so sickening, you'd have to admire his chutzpah.
For an instructive look at the development and mentality of a Holocaust denier, I recommend Mr. Death from Errol Morris. As much as I love all his stuff, this one is objectively his best, most powerful film.
Atrios doesn't see much of a problem.
I do, for a couple of reasons.
First, Holocaust denial of the "well, it was a war, a lot of people got killed- what's so special about the Jews" variety is more pernicious than the pure strain that says nothing happened.
It's the same hatred, only dressed in a suit so it doesn't alarm the dinner guests. It's a way to hate Jews while giving people who want to believe they're reasonable an out.
"Oh, Mel, you know...he's not really anti-Semitic, he just has some eccentric beliefs, ha ha ha!"
Oh, bullshit.
Ignoring a massive edifice of evidence so you can keep your racist daydream soap bubble intact is contemptible, whether you're a multimillionaire movie star or a gutter punk.
And in this case Mel is leveraging his own Holocaust denial to generate buzz for a miniseries on the Holocaust.
If it wasn't so sickening, you'd have to admire his chutzpah.
For an instructive look at the development and mentality of a Holocaust denier, I recommend Mr. Death from Errol Morris. As much as I love all his stuff, this one is objectively his best, most powerful film.
12.06.2005
Creationists beat professor in Kansas
via Orcinus.
The logical extention of the kind of hate speech spewed by right-wing talking heads.
I forsee a day when everyone who isn't a white fundie wingnut will have to abandone the deep midwest and it will need to be walled off in a reverse of the Escape from New York theme....
The logical extention of the kind of hate speech spewed by right-wing talking heads.
I forsee a day when everyone who isn't a white fundie wingnut will have to abandone the deep midwest and it will need to be walled off in a reverse of the Escape from New York theme....
NSFW band of the year
HAH!
Bobo watched the video and provided this running commentary:
Bobo watched the video and provided this running commentary:
good so far
dude that was genius!
NERD ROCK
they sound like that band that did pretty fly for a white guy
they go to a comic store in the vid
motorcycle vs car at 155 mph
Yow!:
No gore or anything, the sculpture created by the wreck was put on display as a caution to other drivers. Crazy stuff.
No gore or anything, the sculpture created by the wreck was put on display as a caution to other drivers. Crazy stuff.
gawt-damn power outages!
Feh.:
The one night I schedule a full slate of on-line shenanigans with my pals, the power goes out the minute I get home and stays off until 9:15.
Grrrr.
I blame Condoleeza Rice.
The one night I schedule a full slate of on-line shenanigans with my pals, the power goes out the minute I get home and stays off until 9:15.
Grrrr.
I blame Condoleeza Rice.
12.05.2005
GEEK ALERT
giant plush dice!
I could totally play Runequest by mail with the lego rolling machine, my giant plush dice and my Cthulhu slippers...I'd be the hippest gamer in town!
I could totally play Runequest by mail with the lego rolling machine, my giant plush dice and my Cthulhu slippers...I'd be the hippest gamer in town!
advertising
Sony Draws Ire With PSP Graffiti
Sony corporately subsidising graffitti?
we're approaching some kind of advertising tipping point.
Sony corporately subsidising graffitti?
we're approaching some kind of advertising tipping point.
12.04.2005
one for Dango
HAH hah!:
"There was a scientific method to Daniel Zeiszler's madness when he tried to extract methamphetamine from his own urine, after smoking the illegal street drug last September in his South San Francisco hotel room."
"There was a scientific method to Daniel Zeiszler's madness when he tried to extract methamphetamine from his own urine, after smoking the illegal street drug last September in his South San Francisco hotel room."
12.03.2005
Film: Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire
short review:
Eh.
somewhat longer review:
Ehh.
The wife's review, repeated at intervals during the 3 hour run time:
"I have no idea what's going on."
I don't think Mike Newell was a good choice to helm this project. The best parts were the mundane bits (the winter ball, going to class, etc). He didn't seem to care about the magic, it had the workmanlike but uninspired feel of second unit work.
And I don't know if it was just the theater I saw it in, but a lot of the dialog was really hard to figure out. I'm a fan of Brit slang, so that wasn't it, and I can usually make sense of even the most hardened UK dialect given time (Mona Lisa, Trainspotting and Sexy Beast all fell to my adaptive ear). But a lot of the dialog in this one left me scratching my head.
Eh.
somewhat longer review:
Ehh.
The wife's review, repeated at intervals during the 3 hour run time:
"I have no idea what's going on."
I don't think Mike Newell was a good choice to helm this project. The best parts were the mundane bits (the winter ball, going to class, etc). He didn't seem to care about the magic, it had the workmanlike but uninspired feel of second unit work.
And I don't know if it was just the theater I saw it in, but a lot of the dialog was really hard to figure out. I'm a fan of Brit slang, so that wasn't it, and I can usually make sense of even the most hardened UK dialect given time (Mona Lisa, Trainspotting and Sexy Beast all fell to my adaptive ear). But a lot of the dialog in this one left me scratching my head.
PCWorld.com - The 100 Best Products of 2005
Firefox #1.
I like lists of crap like this, hope you do to.
And to the half of my loyal readers that still along in the slow lane and put their computers at risk by browsing with IE, get with the program!
Surfing the net with IE is like cavorting around a whorehouse sans condoms...
I like lists of crap like this, hope you do to.
And to the half of my loyal readers that still along in the slow lane and put their computers at risk by browsing with IE, get with the program!
Surfing the net with IE is like cavorting around a whorehouse sans condoms...
12.01.2005
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