February 2012
Yep. Starting to re-write Phantom Menace.
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There's a 72% chance I will be re-writing The...
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Why doesn't the cantina on Coruscant sell vodka?
nerdyanddirty:
Because only Siths deal in Absolut.
PREPARE FOR THE DEVASTATING COLLISION OF GRAMMATICAL AND STAR WARS ANALYTICAL THOUGHT! It should be: “Only Sith deal in Absolut” (or “only a Sith deals in Absolut”, if you were gunning to replicate the exact movie quote as closely as possible) because ”Siths” isn’t a word. The plural form for...
star wars viewer's guide for episode I - the...
In 2003, I wrote “Viewer’s Guides” for all the Star Wars films (well, five of them — I actually still haven’t gotten around to doing it for Episode III but will, at some point). They are basically commentaries in written form. I don’t know what compelled me to do them. But I did them. And some of the thoughts are actually funny, still. All of them were written...
I don't care that it's the worst Star Wars movie...
old timey slang i aim to reintegrate into popular...
dish — noun; an attractive woman
daffy — adjective; moderately crazy
More as this develops.
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"Mr. Winter didn’t have anything to say about... →
loganmsachon:
not often that a man writes about misogyny. thanks, SFJ for speaking out re: MIA’s bird versus sexist commercials (thanks alex for bringing to my attention xx)
It’s an excellent article but hey: they presented men as a couch in that one ad, too (which really made any perceived sexism seem silly). That’s in addition to men being portrayed as stupid and simple-minded in...
a nipple, a middle finger, and a half-dozen...
My question for the Super Bowl halftime show has always been: what’s wrong with just giving us drumline/marching bands? Maybe the two best high school and/or college bands in the country doing some huge medley? The only reason to get a super popular performer for the halftime show is to attract viewers. But there are no commercials in the middle of the halftime show… so why does the...
If you can watch UFC and no part of you says "this...
update on that ebay sauce.
Eleven items gone, plenty more still raging on. Go! Buy! Now!
Furby Limited Graduation Edition
Looney Tunes hand-painted 3D picture frames (set of 3)
Sheridan Silver-on-Copper serving tray (worn, pre-1960)
Leaders of the World — US Presidents 12-inch figures (set of 2)
American Girl Dogsled (1997)
Charlotte Hornets vintage memorabilia lot (1993)
Star Wars: Episode I Monopoly (1999)
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the age of the backpedal.
Gap introduces a new logo. The Internet complains. They revert to the old logo.
Netflix peels its DVD service off into Qwikster. The Internet complains. They abandon the idea.
SOPA neared approval. The Internet complains. The bill loses a lot of support.
Susan G. Komen pulls its funding of Planned Parenthood. The Internet complains. Komen changes its mind.
It’s nice that Internet-fueled...
“The secret of success is concentrating interest in life, interest in sports and...”
– Some excerpts from a letter sent to a 16-year-old Jackson Pollack, from his father LeRoy (dated 1928 — found on Lapham’s Quarterly). “Why not be jubilant?” is a fantastic mantra.