London's The Sun seems to have been the first to coin this moniker, and I've seen it quite a few other places already..."Papa Ratz...
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Forcery update: How to make a grown man (almost) cry
The good news is, everything is backed up. At least twice over.The bad news is, there's not enough time to reconstruct it all in time.For the past several days I've been finalizing the work on Forcery, hoping to have it ready in time to bring it to Star Wars Celebration III in Indianapolis this weekend. And it was looking mondo AWESOME!!And then the hard-drive containing ALL the work that had accummulated over the past week or so crashed and burned.I...
Well, Pope Smoke Cam was fun while it lasted...
Four ballots was all it took for the white smoke to flow. Bells ringing in St. Peter's Square now. No one's come out to say who got elected yet.EDIT 12:53 PM EST - Well, I was WAY off. Joseph Ratzinger is now Pope Benedict the 16...
The "bronze" did bad? San Antonio PD may have violated rights of "Mad Max" fans
Looks like the story about the "Mad Max" fans arrested in Texas posted here yesterday was really something that the media blew way out of proportion. Photos of the event are now getting posted and some of the participants have been sharing the experience online. The initial news reports would have you believe that freaks on motorcycles were weaving in and out of traffic around the tanker, waving machine guns at everyone. But Dholcrist at Ain't...
POPE SMOKE CAM: Day #2, first puff
April 19, 2005: first ballot of second day of papal conclave. Nobody's been elected yet...Am not Catholic, but I'm sorta rooting for Cardinal Francis Arinze to be voted for the post. He seems to be a pretty interesting fel...
POPE SMOKE CAM: Day #1, first puff
I'm going to try and keep a running chronicle of the smoke from the Vatican as the faithful in St. Peter's Square wait for the puff of white smoke that will signal that a new pope has been elected. Here's what we know of the results of yesterday's ballot, the first during the papal conclave (and this is ALL we know so far)...I'm seeing lots of "betting pools" and odds being...
Thank the Lord blogging wasn't big during the Clinton years...
"President's Intern" is one of the more clever blogs I've found lately. Yes, I know it's gotta be fake, but no matter which public figure this might be a sly broadside on, it's VERY hard to pull off this kind of parody: it takes a committment that I certainly couldn't apply on this normal a basis (last year's "Andy Kaufman Returns" being another rare example). The funny thing is reading some of the comments left on "President's Intern", I don't...
Monday, April 18, 2005
"But the Lord Humongous promised us safe passage through the wasteland!"
Geez I know gas prices are pretty high but we don't literally have to wage war for a tank of juice do we?! From the Associated Press via ABC News:'Mad Max' Fans Arrested for Re-creation'Mad Max' Fans, Armed With Fake Guns, Arrested for Surrounding Tanker Truck in Scene Re-creationThe Associated PressSAN ANTONIO Apr 18, 2005 — Eleven "Mad Max" fans armed with fake machine guns were arrested after they surrounded a tanker truck while making their...
Sunday, April 17, 2005
Why did the U.S. government let 1 million illegal aliens go free?
I defy any Bush supporter to tell me that this shouldn't be an impeachable offense against the domestic well-being of the American people.Here's your "illegal immigrants amnesty" at work, folks.And... he wants MORE.Thank God that some REAL Americans with backbone are taking up the responsibilities that our "elected leaders" are too coward to ...
Saturday, April 16, 2005
Kyle Williams. Read it. 'Nuff said.
This week's subject: the GOP's blind loyalty.It's precisely the reason why WorldNetDaily.com - despite every attempt to appear the contrary - has become such a dreary bore to read: because nearly ALL the columnists they have use their time and talent to shill for the Republicans... at cost of real ideas and original thought.All I gotta say is: WND had better pray that nothing happens to Vox Day or Kyle Williams. If either one of them were to pull...
BREAKING TONIGHT - WORLD EXCLUSIVE: The best news posted to this blog EVER!!
At approximately 10:15 PM EST tonight the phone rang. Since waking up about 6 this morning I've been working non-stop all day on finalizing Forcery and only allowed myself an hour's break to eat and goof off some. Still got a LONG night ahead of me... but my juices are really stoked now after getting the good news.The call was from "Weird" Ed, my longtime partner in crime...
Harry Knowles recreates biblical plague, film at 11...
I'm afraid to ask, but: How do you intentionally breed over 25,000 houseflies?Leave it to Harry Knowles - the mad maestro of the Ain't It Cool News website - to come up with a stunt that combines inspired homage with insane horror. Knowles and his buddies at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas did a huge premiere for the remake of The Amityville Horror. Harry got star Ryan Reynolds and the film's producers to attend. The theater's staff made...
Friday, April 15, 2005
This blog had its 10,000th visitor yesterday!!!
And I didn't get anything in the way of a nice price for whoever was the lucky guest! :-(Whoever you were, go out and buy a candy bar and pretend you got it from me.Thanks to everyone who has seen this lil' blog get this f...
Thursday, April 14, 2005
The idolatry of modern America
Found a VERY good article by Clyde Wilson, a professor of history at University of South Carolina. In "The Cerebral Emperor" Wilson raises a warning against the American people partaking in what could only be described as "worship of government". Here's the part that resonated particularly strongly with me on some things I've been pondering lately...How did we get to this state of emperor worship—the need to identify with "our" president, as if...
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Does this mean Commander Ashtar is returning to Earth?!
Dear Lord... I never thought that this day would come again.Chad, if you're reading this, I heard something about this a few weeks ago but didn't think they were SERIOUS. Apparently they were.It's Ken and Mark.They're ba-aaaack.The mother of all call-in shows (well WE thought so back in the day anyway) has returned bigger badder and bolder than ever. Check out the official website for "Monday Night Live" for the 411 on the return of a local le...
Monday, April 11, 2005
Why the Bush-bots will loathe the new Star Wars movie
So... you a George W. Bush supporter?'Cuz if you are, you aren't going to like Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith one bit. At all.It comes on very good authority to this blog that the final chapter of the Star Wars saga is a MASSIVE slam against Bush.It won't be PERSONAL, mind you. In the character and machinations of Emperor Palpatine, George Lucas is merely using a metaphor for EVERY would-be tyrant throughout human history. And knowing...
The Matrix Online has me
Been meaning to write about this game for a few weeks now. It retails for $50 but through a bizarre congruence of luck and multiple gift certificates I wound up picking it up for about ten dollars the day it came out! Figured it was worth at least a looksee. And if it wasn't up to snuff well I wouldn't be out of the full wad of cash, just like I scored Star Wars: Knights...
