THE PALM VS. THE PDA PHONE

so at the beginning of this year i was toting around a clunky Blackberry 7290
and i swore just this side of new years that i was going to work less which meant breaking free from my email ergo me being sans Blackberry - well that and the fact that it was huge and wouldn't fit into my teeny Guess purse.

i've been using the very sleek and mod krazr phone which i'm still very much in love with.

but here i am at the end of the year working more than ever and with no way of keeping track of the up from the down. i was up all night last night trying to make notes in the calendar app. on my phone but you can imagine how very not effective that was.

you know you need a new way of organizing your life when you're double booking your commitments constantly (sorry again to everyone i had to reschedule with and/or bail on) so tonight - i'm up all night again - and in the market but i'm torn. do i go back to the pda phone or go just plain old pda?

i have it narrowed it down to 2 products - both with raving reviews i might add!
the pda phone: HTC TyTN English - for $299.99 at Rogers on a 3 year contract.
friggin adorable, no?

this would save me from having to carry around yet another device. like my face plate, ipod, camera and phone weren't enough - do i really want to throw a pda into the mix? truth be told - i've wanted something like this ever since i saw Veronica Mars use one. i thought it was genius! if this bad boy were available earlier when i was shopping to replace my blackberry i would have gone this route - no contest.

option b - also known as the Palm T/X ML Handheld - going for $399.99 at Future Shop sexy, yes?

why on earth would i add another device to that huge bundle i lug around (also known as my not quite as cute but way more practical purse). well - it does what most stand alone devices do; it does more and it does it better. this is designed with organization in mind and it isn't encumbered by having to be a phone and a camera to boot, although it is bluetooth AND wifi enabled and it does come with this darling wireless keyboard that brilliantly folds up for easy web surfing and emailing:

oh how far we've come in only a year?

so i don't really want to go back to always being so accessible by email and paying for a monthly email/data plan on top of my voice plan but do i really need to be lugging around a whole other device? do i even really need everything the Palm has to offer?

even if i didn't really need it tho, we all know how much i love new shiny pretty things. on the bright side the designer purses come in large too!

oy! the choices!

feel free to opine...my Libra-ian indecision is kicking in.

TRAILER

behold! the Iron Man trailer

can you say saaa-weeeet!

RIGHT BRAIN VS. LEFT BRAIN TEST

do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise? full story here



thanx for the link janet!

THE GLASS MENAGERIE

playing at the Stanley Theater until Nov. 25.

see Trailer here

SAVE THE SCHMUCK!

from The Onion:

Saying he could no longer stand idly by while a vital part of American culture is lost forever, activist and Broadway producer Mel Brooks has founded a private nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the word "schmuck."

here are some of the cold hard facts Schmucks for Schmuck has compiled on "schmuck" usage in the last 80 years:

• Utterances of the word "schmuck" have declined every year since its peak in 1951
• in 2006, the word was spoken a mere 28 times—17 of these times by Brooks himself
• people are 50 times more likely to use the word "jerk" than "schmuck, 100 times more likely to use "dick," and 15,000 times more likely to use "fucking asshole."

So like the article says "Tonight, when you get home, please, call up your family, your friends, your loved ones, and tell them they're a bunch of schmucks."

FYI: THE FACEBOOK VS. BLOGGER CONUNDRUM

dear blog followers (all 3 of you that still come here),

i assure you that my lack of updates has absolutely nothing to do with Facebook. Facebook did not eat my blog as it has so many others.

there are 2 reasons for my absence. i do the majority of my blogging from work (this is where i procrastinate best) and:

1) work has been crazy busy - it's that time of year for us and i am quietly dying.

2) the powers that be sporadically blocks my blog - why? i dunno - something about sex and inappropriate content (neither of which actually ever make it onto my blog...i save that for my letters to Penthouse and Playboy)

so rest assured that tunabelly is alive and well but is temporarily preoccupied.

IT'S INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY!

here be some pointers to git you thru the day, arrr!

THE HOUR RETURNS!

just in case you missed it my boyfriend George Stromboulopoulos is back for season 4 of The Hour. see last night's show here

i love you George!

FILM NOIR

Pacific Cinematheque is hosting the newly revived Film Noir Festival and i'd like to go! unfortunately i've already missed the first half :(

i'd like to catch Kiss Me Deadly but am open to other suggestions as well.

any takers?

Kiss Me Deadly synopsis:

Film noir so nasty and nihilistic it's positively radioactive, Robert Aldrich's Kiss Me Deadly — “one of the most extraordinary films of the Fifties” (Georges Sadoul) — is the work in which the chaotic noir universe hits critical mass. Or reaches apocalyptic apotheosis! The movie is adapted from one of Mickey Spillane's sex-and-violence-filled Mike Hammer novels; Aldrich, professing disgust for Spillane's right-wing politics, transforms the author's private-eye vigilante hero (played here by Ralph Meeker) into Neanderthal sadist, bungling his vicious way from brutality to brutality as he tries to understand why the half-naked hitchhiker he picked up in the film's nocturnal opening was tortured to death — in front of Hammer's semiconscious eyes. Hammer stumbles his way into a sinister Cold War conspiracy — and, memorably, the desperate search for, well, “The Great Whatsit.” Extreme close-ups, crazy camera angles, and disorienting point-of-view shots keep the kinetic action deliriously off-kilter. The opening credits roll in reverse to the sound of a woman's heavy panting. Wow! “The most original American film since Orson Welles's The Lady from Shanghai ...You must see Kiss Me Deadly ” (François Truffaut). “Brilliantly characterized down to the smallest roles, directed with baroque ferocity, superbly shot by Ernest Laszlo ...it's a masterpiece of sorts” (Time Out). B&W, 35mm. 106 mins.

FROOGLE

yes, it's that time of the year again!

my wishlist hasn't really changed much from last year - it's just a bit shorter now.

TRACKS ON REPEAT

ANGELA AKI - KISSED FROM A ROSE (JAPANESE COVER)



mp3 here (this link will only be live for 7 days)
video here

INVEST IN MY BREAST, PLEASE

a website that funnels donations for breast augmentation - yay or nay?

so i think it's obvious who might post on a site like this. i know tons of females that are secretly - or not so secretly - planning on getting work done but the question is: who the heck is donating?

i feel as if i should be offended and yet i can't fully commit. i get it. all the way from discontent to self loathing - i think we all get it.

here's some other info i found at the Museum of Hoaxes

strange...

FLASHMOB: VANCOUVER ZOMBIE WALK

truely awesome! i <3 flashmobs the most!

the Zombie Walk - 25 August 2007


see video here

SOMEECARDS.COM

YOUTUBE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES

from Cracked.com VLog

THE iPHONE HAS BEEN UNLOCKED!

Using abundant quantities of the liquid fuel source shown above, a very dedicated group of Apple fans have documented steps they took to unlock the Apple iPhone's chains to AT&T. Full instructions here

NEWS: BLOGGERS BEWARE

CBC story on bloggers being sued for libel

see video here

I'M CHILLIN' LIKE A VILLIAN

i don't know how reliable this source is but this is favorite reference: urban dicitonary

Seems that no one knows how this originated so let me break it down. It first appeared on the saturday morning cartoon Batman, where Batman approaches Freeze and Mr. Freeze says im chillin like a villan, hence why he was chillin (literal definition).

Batman: Freeze what are you doing?
Mr. Freeze: chillin like a villan

COUNTING DOWN TO IMAGINARY SCI-FI FUTURES

In a linear conception of time, the future is the portion of the timeline that has yet to occur. We want to provide practical countdowns for special moments in space-time that still have not occurred... even if some of those moments already happened.

see: Remoting Future

URINE STREAM VIDEO GAME

this is brilliant!

The Piss-Screen is a pressure-sensitive inlay for urinals, to play a game with your pee. The game is displayed on a screen above the urinal. We teamed up with bars across Frankfurt, and installed the Piss-Screen in the men's restrooms. We designed a driving game in the style of Need for Speed with the clue that people would have a terrible crash into the oncoming-traffic if their reaction was too slow. After the crash we placed the message: "Too pissed to drive? Take a Taxi instead! Call: 069-733030"

for more info visit piss scrreen

RUSSIAN CHILDREN CONFUSED BY BOY/GIRL DOLL MADE IN CHINA

Lately some Russian newspapers post photos of these strange Chinese dolls. You can see the scanned piece of article from one Russian regional newspaper. The reason for the panic is that in Russian children toy stores have appeared strange Chinese dolls looking like a girl-doll but if fully undressed there can be something found that better would suit for a boy-doll.People demand to band those dolls from being sold on the territory of Russia and claim that it maybe done on purpose by some evil forces from outside of Russia in order to form a bad perception of female/male orientation from the early age.

MY PRECIOUS! MY PRECIOUS, BUILDING?

proposed towers vying to be the tallest skyscraper built on the west coast

HTTP ERRORS CAN BE FUN SO TURN THAT FROWN UPSIDE DOWN!

417 expectation failed:

415 unsupported media type:
408 request timeout:

400 bad request:
see more here

FROM WHENCE THE SHIT CAME TO HIT THE FAN

reference: The Phrase Finder

Meaning: Messy and exciting consequences brought about by a previously secret situation becoming public.

Origin: This expression alludes to the unmissable effects of shit being thrown into an electric fan. It appears to have originated in the 1930s. I can't say better than 'appears' as the earliest citation of it that I can find is in the 1967 edition of Eric Partridge's A dictionary of slang and unconventional English:

"Wait till the major hears that! Then the shit'll hit the fan!"

Partridge lists the phrase as Canadian, circa 1930, but as he gives no supporting evidence we have to go by the 1967 date, although it is undoubtedly earlier.

Other, more polite, forms of the phrase, involving eggs, pie, soup and 'stuff', can certainly be dated from the USA the 1940s. For example, Max Chennault's Up Sun, 1945:

"Sounds like the stuff was about to hit the fan."

The Fresno Bee Republican, May 1948, reported on a psychiatrists' convention, under the heading See How Brain Boys Also Run Wild:

"However, once that opening point was settled, the psychiatrists entered wholly in the business of the convention, which culminated, of course, in the selection of officers for the coming year. And that, as the saying goes, was when the soup hit the fan."

The other versions followed soon afterwards.

LEGO ME

make yer own at: Reasonbly Clever

HEADLINES

INTRODUCING BABY SUPERMAN (A.K.A. 4REAL)

A New Zealand couple is looking to call their newborn son Superman -- but only because their chosen name of 4Real has been rejected by the government registry.

Pat and Sheena Wheaton say they will get around the decision by the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages by officially naming their son Superman but referring to him as 4Real, the New Zealand Herald newspaper has reported.

The Wheatons decided on the name after seeing the baby for the first time in an ultrasound scan and realizing their baby was "for real."

They decided 4Real was the best way to write it, but the name was rejected because the registrar said a name had to be a sequence of characters.

Pat Wheaton said he was considering appealing against the decision through the courts, but whatever happens he won't be budged on his choice.

"No matter what its going to stay 4Real," Wheaton told the Herald, "I'm certainly not a quitter."
A spokesman for the Department of Internal Affairs, which operates the registry told the Herald discussions with the Wheatons about their son's name were continuing.

The baby is now two months old, after the Wheatons first applied to register his name in later June.

***

"have you met Mr. and Mrs. Awesome, their son Totally and their daughter Friggin? They're awesome!"

-Marshall from How I Met Your Mother

NETWORKING WITH NUTS

sorry, i'm fresh out of business cards but how about some cashews?

Taberu Me: Peanuts as business cards

BOOKS ON DEMAND

The patented automatic book making machine will revolutionize publishing by printing and delivering physical books within minutes.

Library users will have the opportunity to print free copies of such public domain classics as “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain, “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville, “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens and “Songs of Innocence” by William Blake, as well as appropriately themed in-copyright titles as Chris Anderson’s “The Long Tail” and Jason Epstein’s own “Book Business.” The public domain titles were provided by the Open Content Alliance (“OCA”), a non-profit organization with a database of over 200,000 titles. The OCA and ODB are working closely to offer this digital content free of charge to libraries across the country.

full article here

THE INCORRUPTIBLE WARRIOR

On July 25, an online game went live for testing. On the first day, more than 300 people registered. But due to the media coverage, the game quickly drew broad interest. At Sina.com alone, more than 100,000 downloads were made. By July 28, the server was so congested that people could not enter the game, which was originally designed for 500 or so people online at the same time. The server has been shut down for upgrade.

What is so interesting about this game? After all, the executable file is only 78M, the pictures are crude, the scenes are spare, the copyright is suspect (because it borrows a great deal of material from other games), the lone server is unstable and the financial sponsor is the Communist Party Disciplinary Committee of the Haishu district in Ningbo city.

The reason for the public interest is that the hero of the game is a "honest and upright official" whose assignment is to weed out corrupt officials, along with their children and mistresses. Here 'weed out' does not 'putting in jail' -- it means using weapons, wizardry and torture to kill them. There are 165 characters taken from history. On your side are the famous clean officials such as Hai Rui and Lord Bao. On the opposite side are the famous corrupt officials such as Zhao Gao, Huo Shen and others who exhibit different degrees of power (=corruption) as indicated by the gauge levels over their heads. When you kill a corrupt official, you gain experience points. For example, killing the eunuch official Wei Zhongxian gains you 100 experience points. As you accumulate points, you increase your powers for "Combatting corruption," "Moral character" and "Degree of being corruption free" instead of "life," "magic" and "strength" in other kinds of games. Your ultimate goal is to reach , where "the birds sing, the flowers give out fragrance, the people are full of love and harmony, the nation is prospering and the world is calm and peaceful."

Here are some netizen reviews:
- The characters and scenes are crude, perhaps even cruder than games such as Celestial Sword ten years ago.
- When the monsters show up, their names are always either "son of corrupt official" or "daughter of corrupt official"
- Even if an official is corrupt, is it necessary to kill their children?
- Why do the "mistresses of corrupt officials" walk around in bikinis? Why do they have to fight without clothes?
- There are options for adding values and purchasing equipment. Is this one of the 'free' games that make money off the value-added services?
- A lot of the materials is taken from games such as ,

and others. Does the fact that the government made this game mean that they don't have to respect copyrights?

article from: EastSouthWestNorth

WILL U BE MY MOMMY TOO?

this woman is amazing! check out her blog Lunch In a Box and her flickr page with all of her wonderful lunchbox creations!

WONDERFUL THINGS!

a ginormous Optimus Prime birthday cake:

how ginormous, you ask? here he is again to scale...

lucky guy! ya know september's just around the corner...

HEADLINES

MEET OMAR SHAMSHOON, HIS WIFE, MONA, AND THEIR SON, BADR. AND WELCOME TO SPRINGFIELD.

whole article here - Homer’s odyssey: Why The Simpsons flopped in the Middle East

1-18-08

i trust that we've all seen Transformers by now (a.k.a. the best movie ever!) and we've all seen the mysterious J.J. Abrams trailer.



here's a site that covers everything i've dug up so far

anybody have anything to add?

HEADLINES

FINALLY, A SPORT THAT LETS YOU WEAR A TIE!



Friends, I urge you not to watch this video clip.

When I saw a story about the popularity of jousting, I asked for some video of it, picturing in my mind Men of iron charging one another with lances on snorting steeds, the losers crumpled in shiny piles of metal on the ground.

Fat chance. No, what we get here is a form of jousting where competitors charge this contraption and stick their itty-bitty lances through a small ring. And you can just forget about bloodied helmets and chainmail; these folks play in white outfits with neckties!

All in all, if you want to see bold knights in combat, you’ll catch lots more drama and action at a chess match. You’ve been warned.

HARRY POTTER MANIA

and the countdown begins. happy reading weekend everyone!


I'll be celebrating at the Ministry of Magic at Vandusen Garden!

HEADLINES

This makes me unspeakably sad.

For seven days, Mark Kelley works as a teacher in the lowest ranked school in British Columbia.

watch Part 1 here

watch Part 2 here

HEADLINES

PAGANS HAVE A COW OVER HOMER

PAGANS have pledged to perform “rain magic” to wash away cartoon character Homer Simpson who was painted next to their famous fertility symbol - the Cerne Abbas giant.

The 17th century chalk outline of the naked, sexually aroused, club-wielding giant is believed by many to be a symbol of ancient spirituality.

Many couples also believe the 180ft giant, which is carved in the hillside above Cerne Abbas, Dorset, is an aid to fertility.

A giant 180ft Homer Simpson brandishing a doughnut was painted next to the well-endowed figure today in a publicity stunt to promote The Simpsons Movie released later this month.

It has been painted with water-based biodegradable paint which will wash away as soon as it rains.

Ann Bryn-Evans, joint Wessex district manager for The Pagan Federation, said: “It’s very disrespectful and not at all aesthetically pleasing.

“We were hoping for some dry weather but I think I have changed my mind. We’ll be doing some rain magic to bring the rain and wash it away.”

She added: “I’m amazed they got permission to do something so ridiculous. It’s an area of scientific interest.”

She also expressed fears that the painting of Homer, from the animated television series The Simpsons, would cause a mess as it washed away.

During the Second World War, he was disguised to prevent the Germans from using him as an aerial landmark.

Since then he has always been visible, receiving regular grass trimming and a full re-chalking every 25 years.

***

"...not at all aesthetically pleasing." Pul-leeease! I'd take Homer with a giant pastry over dude with a giant hard-on any day!

AND THE SAGA CONTINUES

TOMB RAIDER

watch EPISODE 4: REVENGE OF THE AZTEC MUMMY

QUOTE OF THE DAY

jy: the power source on my computer died. do u think u could get me another?

later...

me (email): pc power source aquired

jy (email): Excellent work, Operative. Ve haff deposited ze unmarked funds in your Swizz account.Beware the spotted fox. Ze diamond crows at dawn.

I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER

QUOTE OF THE DAY

random extra: this is a hundred times cooler than Armagedon!
Transformers Movie

(i fell out of my chair i was laughing so hard! what's worse? i was the only one in the theatre laughing. check the credits people!)

QUOTE OF THE DAY

optimus prime: Bumblebee, stop lubricating!
Transformers Movie

AND THE SAGA CONTINUES

HI, I'M A MARVEL...AND I'M A DC: AFTER HOURS #4

"well he wasn't ashamed to tell me he had syphilis"
-the Joker

HEADLINES

VANCOUVER LOOKING OUT FOR "THE WATCHMAN"

Set in 1985, premise takes place in an 'alternative' US where costumed 'adventurers' are real and the country is edging closer to a nuclear war.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

dan: i've gone insane! i've lost it the big tomatoe

me: u lost a big tomatoe?

dan: no, i've lost it the big tomatoe

me: u've lost a big tomatoe?

dan: it - the big tomatoe

me: what big tomatoe?

dan: i've lost it

me: u lost ur big tomatoe?

dan: i've lost it the big tomatoe

me: u've lost IT (the big tomatoe)?

dan: no, the tomatoe isn't important. focus!

me: but the tomatoe is important to me!

dan: the tomatoe is not important. it has nothing to do with anything

me: but there is a big tomatoe?

dan: no

me: cuz u lost it?

dan: i've lost it the big tomotoe - i've just lost it the big tomatoe, there's no punctuation or anything

me: u've lost it the big potatoe?

dan: no!

me: oh dear! it's like ESL all over again. i'm saying what i'm hearing and just not quite right.

I NO WANT SPACEBOOK OR MYFACE!

"it is like almost i have become hooked on the crack cocaine"

VANCOUVER: A PARANORMAL MAP

a little early for Halloween but nonetheless...

a List of locations and spooky incidents

c/o Che Mcnabb

TRAILER - SANCTUARY

three cheers for the creative minds of Vancouver! the webisodes can be purchased from the website but this very helpful chap has posted them on Youtube. let's all send him happy thoughts.

here's a blurb from the Santuary website:

Stem cells, gene therapy, transplants, cloning… The very meaning of the word “humanity” changes daily in the modern world. But there is a darker side to the evolution of mankind, a truth only a few brave souls are willing to face : There are monsters loose in the world. And they are the key to the future of our race.

Each webisode of Sanctuary follows the exploits of Dr. Helen Magnus (AMANDA TAPPING, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis) as she seeks out all manner of terrifying and monstrous creatures. She is aided in her quest by her reluctant protégé Will Zimmerman (ROBIN DUNNE, Dawson’s Creek, The Big Hit, Species 3) and her intrepid, if somewhat reckless daughter Ashley (EMILIE ULLERUP, Battlestar Galactica). Together they will be drawn into a frightening and mysterious world populated by beings that defy explanation.

Fusing stunning visual effects, Sanctuary takes the viewer into a thrilling world where science meets the supernatural. This fictional online universe fills the void left by traditional network television by providing multiple High Definition resolutions, immersive interaction, and direct communication between the viewer and the Sanctuary creative team.

What is Sanctuary?
Sanctuary is the first broadcast quality, High Definition dramatic series designed specifically for the internet.

What is unique about Sanctuary?
Many things:Sanctuary is the first tapeless HD digital production - using only digital media on hard drives from shooting through to post. As well, the majority of Sanctuary's first eight webisodes (approx. two hours) were shot entirely on green screen sets -- meaning the backgrounds are completely computer generated.

Additionally, we use an innovative 3D computer-model tracking system live on set, allowing actors and crew to "see" renderings of the CG worlds they are "filming" in real time.
Sanctuary recently was awarded a Guinness World Record for "Highest Budget Television Production Direct to the Web".

Who created Sanctuary?
Sanctuary was created by Sci-fi writer/producer Damian Kindler (Stargate SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis).

AND THE SAGA CONTINUES

from the man who penned Aeon Flux and the Animatrix, Peter Chung presents TOMB RAIDER: KEYS TO THE KINGDOM.

watch EPISODE 1

web-episode 2 coming 11 July 2007

CAPTAIN OBVIOUS STRIKES AGAIN

WOMEN DRAWN TO MEN WITH MUSCLES

"Muscular young men are likely to have more sex partners than their less-chiseled peers, researchers at the University of California Los Angeles said on Monday."

fascintating! who woulda thunk it? (where's the sarcastic button on this thing?)

BUSH BASH

from our friends at Backwards Bush


see also: The Genius of Bush video:

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Talking in statment form is the way old friends speak to each other. Statements are the mode of the intimate, the confident, and the giving. They invite others to share and make perfect metaphysical sense.

-Juggler (From The Game:Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists)

TRACKS ON REPEAT

TIMBALAND - BOMBAY


- Timbaland Lyrics

QUOTE OF THE DAY

at an East Indian wedding

me: so, what's happening now

groom: her brother is supposed to carry her out from the house and pass her into my arms

me (looking around the corner): when?

groom (also looking around the corner): any minute now

(the bride's brother comes around the corner a few seconds after with a garbage bag heading to the dumpster)

groom: hey, that's not your sister!

me: or is it?

QUOTE OF THE DAY

salsa practice - we're nearing the end of an hour long practice and realizing that P. has been wearing his jacket throughout.

n: P., aren't you hot?

P (looks in the mirrior): why, yes i am. thank you for noticing.

HEADLINES

BLINDED BY LOVE, MAN STABBED IN EYE BY GIRLFRIEND

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong woman who blinded her boyfriend in one eye in a fight six years ago has been jailed for jabbing a chopstick into his other eye, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Last November, Po Shiu-fong, 58, accused long-time boyfriend Kwok Wai-ming, 49, of having an affair, the South China Morning Post reported.

During the row, Po stabbed a plastic chopstick into his left eye, which she had already blinded six years ago when she poked it with her finger.

"Po became hysterical when she saw the wound and mopped it with a towel. The pair then went to bed," the paper said.

"The next morning they had another argument in which she grabbed a chopstick and stabbed Kwok's right eye," it said.

Two days later, he sought medical treatment and filed a police report against Po, whom he had dated since 1993.

The paper said he didn't report the attack six years ago, telling the court his silence was "a love sacrifice."

Kwok lost 10 to 20 percent vision in his right eye, the paper said.
Po was jailed for six months on Tuesday.

"If I forgive her, God would not forgive me," the paper quoted Kwok as saying. "No matter what, nothing could compensate for the loss of my eye."

AND THE SAGA CONTINUES

HI, I'M A MARVEL...AND I'M A DC: AFTER HOURS #3
"hey Lex, Venom just puked over the balcony"
-the Green Goblin

AND THE SAGA CONTINUES

WE NEED GIRLFRIENDS: EPISODE 9, THE MORNING AFTER

"...that's 20 hours of realistic superhero action..."
-Henry

DORKUS GEEKITIS MAXIUMUS

TEKKEN

DORKUS GEEKITIS MAXIMUS

SPACE INVADERS

TOP 7

MOST USELESS TRANSFORMERS EVER

HEADLINES

OPTIMUS PRIME IS REFUSED SERVICE AT MACDONALDS, SHOWS MERCY TO FEEBLE HUMANS

i can't figure out how to embed the video and i couldn't find it on youtube so y'all just have to use the link.

TRACKS ON REPEAT

Lifehouse - Everything


- Lifehouse Lyrics



here's to standing still

i READ

Three cheers for Lewis Shiner who has posted his fiction along with a manifesto about the collapse of short fiction markets and the importance of short fiction as a way for writers to experiment and for readers to discover new writers.

He calls the project the "Fiction Liberation Front."

I'm told that the following is possibly Shiner's greatest work. It'll haunt you every time you hear a Beatles, Beach Boys, Doors, or Jimi Hendrix song. The book is now out of print but I just ordered mine from Amazon. I can't wait!


From Library Journal:

Shiner ( Slam , LJ 8/1/90, among others) has written what may be the first rock n roll time-travel novel. Ray Chackleford is a self-employed electronics repairman whose marriage is foundering and whose father has recently died. These unresolved relationships are complicated when Ray travels to the Mexican site of his father's death and promptly falls in love with a woman even more unstable than he. In the midst of this emotional turmoil, Ray--a rock drummer during his youth in the late Sixties--begins to hear in his head and manages to transfer to tape legendary unfinished recordings by Jim Morrison, Brian Wilson, and Jimi Hendrix. This music is accompanied by "journeys" into the troubled lives of these rock musicians. Shiner's appealing main character and his gripping style overcome the less believable aspects of his story. With the current comeback of the Sixties, this novel should be widely popular.

TOP 10

well, 25 actually but the title was there.

Here they are, The 25 Most Ridiculous Band Names in Rock History, from whence they came and why they are so wonderfully ridiculous.

TOP 10

Science Pop Songs! does it get any cooler?

and the nominees are...

TEENY BURGERS!

what will they think of next?

ODD NEWS

facebook ends marriage - story here

CEREAL STRAWS

how unnessessary is this? full story here

GIZMO GAL

how much do i love this solar powered beach tote?!

you're at the beach, your ipod dies. no problem, just plug it into the high-tech flexible solar panel. all your gizmos and gadgets will be at full charge all the time! love love love it!

I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER

i are in ur sighburr-wrld, mayxn a LOLspoof!
LOLtrek

LOLbots

LOLcode

HAI

CAN HAS STDIO?

VISIBLE "HAI WORLD!"

KTHXBYE

weez in yer culcher, changin' yer werds!

yez, i noes i R big g33k

MOVIE ANNOUNCEMENTS

oh yes my friends, it is happening. let us all put our hands together and pray that they don't screw this one up. oh Diablo - happy memories.

full story at Sneek Peek

MOVIE ANNOUNCEMENTS

yes, the image is posted correctly. i don't get how it might work either but both Scarlette Johannson and Kirsten Dunst are being considered for roles. any guesses who they might play? is the old rich guy with the moustache like Hugh Hefner or something?

full story at Sneek Peek

TRACKS ON REPEAT

do you any stories about crazy people? do share, i love crazy people.

i'm currently obsessing over the story of Alexander Scriabin and his work Mysterium (also known as Preparation for the Final Mystery). Sciabin believed that this piece of music when played would bring about the end of the world. he would die of ecstasy when he finished playing it and the human race would be replaced by "nobler beings." he began planning the piece in 1903 and worked on it until his death in 1915. the work was never completed, for better or for worse, the world will never know.

Russian composer Alexander Nemtin spent almost three decades on completing Scriabin's work. Nemtin completed the masterpiece in 1996 and obviously, we are no nobler but this is merely Nemtin's realisation of the pieces left behind. Here are clips of the cd that was released in 1996. personally, i think it's quite pretty.

Scriabin's notoriety had little to do with his music. his music is actually little known outside of Russia as it was simply too bizarre for the time. he is best known for his eccentricity which seems a shame. According to Harold Schoenberg, it is possible that Scriabin had a rare genetic disorder called synesthesia, in which sound is translated into color.

TRAILER - TRANSFORMERS

a fan-made trailer. it's sweet!

and this is obviously recorded at the world premier last week

I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER

FLASHMOB VANCOUVER

Vancouver Water Fight Flashmob
* Date: Saturday, July 14, 2007
* Time: 1:00pm
* Location: Stanley Park
* City/Town: Vancouver, BC

Code of Conduct:
1. This is a water fight - don't bring any other weapons apart from water pistols, WATER BOMBS ARE MESSY SO CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF - littering is a crime and we love out planet.

2. We are not going to be your parents, nor are we going to be the police, if you see some one doing something stupid tell them to stop - if your doing something stupid - don't, your going to ruin it and this has the potential to be a massive laugh

3. Dress to impress but not like a terrorist (your going to get wet just remember - hence why its happening close to summer - its going to be the hottest ever recorded)

4. Don't terrorise the public - if they want to get involved let them . THIS IS AN OPEN INVITATION

5. Don't bring camera's. They're going to get wet and DON'T come complaining when they don't work. There will be plenty of othere people involved devoted to taking pictures.

6. This is a LAUGH, don't take it too seriously, and don't beat each other up over it (close up shooting and all that).

7. Don't leave any mess behind!!! We come and then go (the place looks the same as it does when we came, that inlcudes plastic bottles e.t.c)

8. DON'T GET THE ARMED POLICE DEPLOYED BY BRINGING WATER PISTOLS THAT LOOK LIKE REAL GUNS!!!!!!!!!

9. Please try not to use more water than you have to - preserve your supplies...... REMEMBER there could be a water ban this summer.

10. If anyone asks whos organised it - we all happened to be in the same place at the same time. amazing isn't it ?

11. No one get naked in the fountain - you could be arrested

12. No dyed water - it stains cloths AND it could stain the pavements..... Not good its vandalism SPREAD THE WORD !!!!

13. OK, get naked, but I can't promise there will be a fountian promise there will be a fountian......

LOVE IT/HATE IT?

the Dark Knight gets new digs:

SQUIRREL GOES ON RAMPAGE, INJURES 3

it doesn't get any better than this!

An aggressive squirrel attacked and injured three people in a German town before a 72-year-old pensioner dispatched the rampaging animal with his crutch.

The squirrel first ran into a house in the southern town of Passau, leapt from behind on a 70-year-old woman, and sank its teeth into her hand, a local police spokesman said Thursday.
With the squirrel still hanging from her hand, the woman ran onto the street in panic, where she managed to shake it off.

The animal then entered a building site and jumped on a construction worker, injuring him on the hand and arm, before he managed to fight it off with a measuring pole.

"After that, the squirrel went into the 72-year-old man's garden and massively attacked him on the arms, hand and thigh," the spokesman said. "Then he killed it with his crutch."

The spokesman said experts thought the attack may have been linked to the mating season or because the squirrel was ill.

story c/o Reuters

I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER

so cute i could die! icanhascheezburger.com

FLASHMOB VANCOUVER

I should have posted this ages ago.

05 May 2007 - Metro Town Food Court

HOLLYWOOD ZOMBIES

TRAILER - PARADISE REDRAWN

Congratulations Zach on your upcoming feature film directorial debut. We're all rooting for you and you do us proud!

TRAILER - I AM LEGEND

TRAILER - WEBCOMS

watch all the episodes of We Need Girlfriends

here's a trailer:

IT'S UGLY AND IT CAUSES SEIZURES!

the reaction to this hideous logo began almost immediately after its unveiling, but just to rub salt in the wounds of the great minds that thought spending over $800K on this was a bright idea, animated footage has been pulled off the airwaves and cyberspace because it was causing triggering epileptic fits

story here

THE 7 WONDERS OF CANADA, EH?

CBC narrows the list to 15, see video here

BOOZ2GO

it's a powder, just add water can be sold legally to minors. what will we think of next? powder alcohol story here

TRACKS ON REPEAT - LINKIN PARK

Leave Out All the Rest Lyrics

STIKFAS: MY NEW BEST FRIENDS

TRAILER - BATMAN RETURNS: THE DARK KNIGHT

and these clever kids are worth checking out too:

MARVEL VS. DC

check out the whole series here

YODA GETS DOWN WITH HIS BAD SELF