Absent any loathing I have for his actual policies, I seriously have to question the mental processes of any man who murders grammar to the point that he says "childrens do learn".That said man is the President of the United States would make it all the more laughable if it didn't have such tragic implications for the rest of us.Here's the story from Reuters..."Childrens do learn," Bush tells school kidsWed Sep 26, 2007 1:46pm EDTNEW YORK (Reuters)...
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
THE DEADLY ART OF DEEP-FRIED TURKEY
While going through some older videotapes I found this, made during the first Christmas that Lisa and I were married. This was at her parents' place in Calhoun, Georgia and is a chronicle of the third turkey that I'd ever fried. Since then I've done many more (and have become much better at it, I think). Lisa was running the camera and the guy you see sitting in the chair with the University of Georgia cap is her dad:I might make another video...
A Star Wars action figure I never thought we'd see
I guess they really will make an action figure out of everyone in the Star Wars movies. This is one that I never imagined (or even thought to have wanted) would be made: "Han Solo in the torture chamber from The Empire Strikes Back"!I found this on WizardUniverse.com's list of 20 things that Star Wars fans have to look forward ...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Harry Potter stuff: New blog examines books from Christian perspective, plus AWESOME Potter artwork!
Our dear friend Jenna Olwin out in Washington state has just started a new blog called A Church in Godric's Hollow. It promises to be quite an enlightening read because Jenna is delving into the Christian aspects of the Harry Potter books.And it was because of Jenna's new blog that I discovered artdungeon.net. This is quite simply the most beautiful art based on the Harry Potter books that I've seen. It's absolutely breathtaking how Marta, the...
THE PRINCESS BRIDE is 20 years old today
It was on September 25th, 1987 that Rob Reiner's movie The Princess Bride was released.It was more than 14 years later before I saw it for the first time! I drove out to my sister's place in Sylva (about an hour west of Asheville) on New Years Eve in 2001 to hook up with her and Lisa so we could ring in 2002 together. Well that night while waiting for midnight Anita popped...
Monday, September 24, 2007
TRANSFORMERS 2 has a release date!
Superhero Hype! is reporting that Paramount has set a release date for Transformers 2: June 29, 2009.Which is rather fast for a follow-up to a successful blockbuster movie. No doubt the threat of a writers strike this coming spring had something to do with it. I hope they're not rushing things. But then I think of Spider-Man 2 and how that is widely held to have been better than the original, and how it came out 2 years following Spider-Man. ...
My Show Planet: A site for Christian filmmakers and musicians
Rory McIlvain, a filmmaker in California, sent me word tonight about My Show Planet, a YouTube-ish site for Christian independent filmmakers and musicians to showcase their work. The site is still in its very early stages, but I think it shows quite a lot of promise. Here's wishing Rory all the best in this new endeavor and I'll definitely be visiting on a regular basis (and will try to contribute something too :...
Halo 3 comes out at midnight tonight
Unfortunately I don't have an Xbox 360 to play it on even if I bought it. Might be getting one come Christmas though (now that it's been out for about 2 years I guess I can trust the technology :-) and then I'll play Halo 3. And the Xbox 360 version of Marvel Ultimate Alliance. And maybe Gears of War which a lot of people tell me is a very good game.In the meantime I'm gonna replay the original Halo and Halo 2. Especially Halo 2. I'm still confused...
What's brewing at KWerky Productions?
It's been awhile since anything's been reported here regarding KWerky Productions, the filmmaking outfit started by "Weird" Ed and me. Unfortunately events during most of the past year really took away from a lot of productive time and energy. Now that all of that is over with, it's time to turn our attention to more creative efforts.It's funny: for over a year now I've been involved in fighting one battle after another. The thing with Viacom/YouTube...
Music from Doom on a piano
Another awesome YouTube find (actually Doomworld gets credit for the discovery). It's a video of a guy playing a lot of the theme music from Doom on his piano! This was worth posting just for his rendition of E1M1 (to this day the most pounding/driven theme from a video game I've ever hear...
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Marcel Marceau has passed away
World-famous mime Marcel Marceau has died at the age of 84.What an amazing life he lived! I'm just now discovering that he fought in the French resistance during World War II and that he helped many Jewish children flee to safety in Switzerland. Then Marceau became a translator for General Patton liberation army. After the war he studied drama and that's how he wound up...
TRANSFORMERS 2 coming the summer of 2009! Plus: My wish-list for the sequel
According to Michael Bay's blog, he and Steven Spielberg have scheduled the summer of 2009 for the release of Transformers 2.Sweet!'Course we knew this was going to happen anyway, but it looks like we'll be seeing them giant battlin' robots a year earlier than previously expected.And since every other fan of Transformers has already said what they want in the sequel, here's...
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Dude follows EVERY rule in the Bible for one year
A man named A.J. Jacobs has spent a full year following all of the rules and commandments of the Bible. What was that like?After A. J. Jacobs spent a year reading the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica for his book "The Know-It-All," he figured he had the yearlong experiment thing down. How much harder could it be to follow every rule in the Bible? Much, much harder, he soon discovered, as he found himself growing his beard, struggling not to curse...
We saw TRANSFORMERS in glorious IMAX at the Exploris!
Yesterday was the premiere of Transformers in the IMAX format. The allure of watching the Autobots and Decepticons hash it out on what I call "the big-a$$ screen" was too much to pass up, so on Tuesday Lisa and I ordered our tickets for last night's 7 p.m. show at the IMAX Theater at Exploris in downtown Raleigh.But this really is the kind of thing best shared with friends...
Friday, September 21, 2007
VIDEO: Citizens arrested in D.C. for reading the Constitution
I was going to preface this with some commentary. Then I decided that this is something that would be better for you to watch and decide for yourself whether this is right or wro...
Thursday, September 20, 2007
MONDAY NIGHT LIVE has a Myspace page
Yes the rumors are true: Monday Night Live now has its own page on Myspace! And it does a really good job of conveying the off-beat personality of Reidsville, North Carolina's premiere television call-in show, too. On the page you'll find a history of the long-running show, hilarious "in-jokes" like references to Commander Ashtar and Tom Wopat and Richard from Danville,...
Judge OKs "Hitler Youth" buttons to protest school uniforms
A federal judge has ruled that two New Jersey students can continue wearing buttons depicting the Hitler Youth as part of a protest against school uniforms, Fox News is reporting...U.S. District Judge Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. sided with the parents of the students, who had been threatened with suspension by the Bayonne school district last fall for wearing the buttons. However, the judge added in his ruling that the boys will not be allowed to distribute...
