When life gives you lemons, just say, “fuck the lemons” and bail
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Paul Rudd - “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”
CNN Anchor's Central Park Arrest ★
Wow. This guy went all out. Maybe he should hook up with Pat O’Brien.
Why Superman Will Always Suck ★
Batman exhibits more moral maturity than Superman: Superman always upholds the status quo, but in Year One Batman goes on a crusade against Gotham’s corrupt elite. Batman is a detective, a scientist, a master of disguise, and a martial arts expert; Superman is a burly asshole in a red cape with big muscles.
Great article about how disappointing Superman is as a character. Batman is a much deeper, more interesting character. Of course, it’s human nature to look for flawed, interesting characters.
Oh, and Batman so totally kicked Superman’s ass in The Dark Knight Returns.
She is a living fire she is a reason to live
She is killing me burning only for him
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Rhett Miller - “Our Love”
101.9 RXP - New York Rock Experience ★
A couple weeks ago I saw an ad for a new radio station on the side of a bus. As I’m often stuck listening to either K-Rock or Q104.3 (“modern” rock and “classic” rock, respectively), I thought I’d give the new station a shot.
I was quite impressed. They actually play a pretty wide variety of rock. Over the last couple of days I’ve heard Foxboro Hot Tubs, Mott the Hoople, The Pretenders, Rogue Wave, Death Cab for Cutie, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Clash, and Mike Doughty.
Imagine that, not having to change the station to listen to songs from a different decade. Awesome.
Bioshock Audio Clips ★
The folks at 2K Games have released some high-quality audio clips from Bioshock. There’s some neat stuff included. Useful for all your Bioshock ringtone needs, anyway.
How Things Even Out ★
Things are evening out all the time, if you take time to notice, like I do. Let’s say you want a big cupcake, with lots of icing, so you go buy one and eat it. But then you realize, I don’t have the cupcake anymore. Or maybe you take a bite of salsa that’s labelled “HOT,” and it doesn’t seem that hot, but then about a second later it seems really hot.
Jack Handy is awesome. I’m glad he’s still writing stuff like this, for the New Yorker, no less.
Google intros offline access to Google Docs ★
Now if they would just get with the program and finish up Gears for Safari…
The Darjeeling Limited
I finally got around to watching The Darjeeling Limited the other night. I actually missed it in theatres because it was released right around the time Danielle and I were opening our bakery. Unfortunately, we watched it on Comcast OnDemand, which, oddly enough, started out at full widescreen aspect ratio before switching to a horrifyingly distracting pan-and-scan about 5 minutes into the film. That sort of ruined things for a bit until I could get adjusted to it.
Even still, I’d say I liked it a lot. I’d put it in my lower third of Wes Anderson movies, along with Bottle Rocket (which I think the movie had a lot of similarities to, actually), but that still ranks it pretty high on my overall scale. Easily worth the 5 bucks, and highly recommended if you enjoy your Wes Anderson movies.
March 31st, 2008 / 0 Comments