December 7th, 2006
To be honest, I’m pretty jacked up to see Rocky Balboa. There, I said it. It looks all kinds of awesome. Particularly since Mason “The Line” Dixon looks uncannily like Terrell Owens. Seeing TO getting beaten to pulp by Rocky on the bigscreen is the closest thing Philly fans are going to get to catharsis this year.
But even if you haven’t bought in for this latest installment, you’ll want to read AICN’s Q & A session with Stallone. Sly is so funny, honest, and interesting that you’ll think the whole thing was made up. (It’s not.)
0 commentsScreech Porn Is Here
December 6th, 2006
Just in time for the holidays. This link is a safe-for-work summary written by someone who’s been exposed to the stuff. There follows a not-safe-for-work link to the film itself.
Click if you dare.
0 commentsTrailer City
December 6th, 2006
Is this trailer for In the name of the King an elaborate joke?
The Transporter, Henry Hill, Leelee Sobieski, orcs, ninjas, Matthew Lillard, and . . . wait for it . . .
Burt Reynolds!
0 commentsMassive Atari Archive
December 6th, 2006
The geniuses at Intellectual Delinquent have posted a set of classic games you can play right in your web browser, including Frogger, Moon Patrol, Space Invaders, Asteroids, Donkey Kong, and Star Castle.
Enjoy.
0 comments‘A Christmas Story’: The Museum
December 6th, 2006
Somehow I managed to get to age 27 without ever having seen The Christmas Story–despite the fact that my best friend was nicknamed “Ralphie.” Now the NYT reports on Recreating ‘A Christmas Story’ Museuem in Cleveland.
0 commentsThe Pig Is Back!
December 6th, 2006
The Wershovenist Pig is back with posts on what the Taco Bell outbreak means for your portfolio and a babe-a-licious, barely-safe-for-work story from the NYT about . . . the Salvation Army. Seriously. Go check out what the enterprising NYT photo editor was up to.
0 commentsDecember 5th, 2006
There’s no question what the Big Story of the Day is: NASA’s announcement that we will be returning to the Moon to set up a base on its polar cap. Now even for science buffs like myself, there are many unanswered questions. For instance, why the polar cap? Won’t it be freezing up there?
Secondly, is NASA really ready to return to the Moon? After all, its last venture there ended in tragedy. You’ve blocked it from your memory, haven’t you? It was 1980 and the Americans and the Soviets launched a joint lunar mission to collect rocks and soil samples when suddenly two men and a woman were seen flying around in black plastic outfits (it may have been vinyl). One by one, the astronauts were killed and the three suspects continued on to Houston, Texas.
I really hope that doesn’t happen again.
0 commentsDeath, Taxes, Sword of Beerzlewag
December 4th, 2006
The government, eager to get its mits on every cent that changes hands, everywhere, no matter what, wants to start taxing the purchase of virtual goods in MMOGs. What does that mean? It means that if you’re playing World of Warcraft or EverQuest and you buy virtual power-ups, the taxman will treat them as property.
It’s like we’re living in Soviet Russia. Get the CATO people on line one…
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