Friday, December 23, 2011

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Random Place That Just Popped Into My Head

Nunavut

Another Strange Analogy

Those flippy outy stop signs on school busses are like hiccups. One starts doing it and everyone else nearby follows suit in short order. And annoys the hell out of everyone.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Monday, December 19, 2011

Monday, December 12, 2011

Bonus Word of the Day

Argyle

Today's Word(s) of the Day

Ice Scraper

Clearing frost from car windows is far easier with one

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Wipeout

They have a new female co-presenter person.

I'm not entirely certain what her name is. But, Jill Wagner had nicer boobs.

Also, she was on Stargate Atlantis.

Vanessa, apparently.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Today's Word of the Day

Redundancy

Just saw a van labeled Fed Ex Express...

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Eureka

Today's episode is really freaking strange.

Really damn strange.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Harry Potter and and the Goblet of Fire

I'd forgotten that The Doctor (AKA David Tennant) was Barty Crouch Jr.

Although, I shouldn't be surprised, since their tent at the Quidditch World Cup obviously demonstrates that they have mastered Time Lord science (Its bigger on the inside).

If only they'd gotten Christopher Eccleston to play the role of Voldemort, instead of that Fiennes character. I'm not yet sold on that Matt Smith guy. Although, I should get around to watching the second half of that season.

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Terra Nova

Needs far more dinosaurs.

Not nearly enough

Friday, December 2, 2011

Today's Word of the Day

Brick.

Well, not actually. Because I managed to update my phone without bricking it. Came close once, but managed to save it. Quite serendipitously...

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Today's Word of the Day

Herck.

As in a noise of annoyance.

Apparently iTunes doesn't automatically default to copying the music you add to the iTunes folder. So, consequently, it was trying to look for my music on the external hard drive. Which I don't keep connected.

So, now, when I am trying to sync my iPod, I am discovering that its not working so well. That, and since I've transferred computers, apparently I have to erase everything off, and then put on the exact same stuff. Only this time, its the copy of the stuff that comes from this computer...

Also, there was/is a GP2 driver named Michael Herck. Which was fun to say. Unfortunately, he isn't very good.

Saturday, November 19, 2011

The Post Where I Make A Comparison Between Underpants and Pokemon

So, I was at the store the other day buying myself some new underpants. And in the interest of being the most fiscally responsible consumer I could be, I discovered that there were multi-packs of underpants for cheaper than buying them individually. So that seemed to definitely be the way to go.

Once I had decided on a multi-pack, it was time to choose the appropriate colors. And it was at this point I discovered something that I found interesting.

The packs had names. In the end I ended up with the "Modern Prints" and the "Blue Plaids". Not only did they have names, but all the packs of the same name seemed to have the exact same color/style/pattern of underpants.

And this is where the Pokemon comes in. It would appear that your standard American Underpants Consumer (or at least those who frequent the same underpants establishments that I do) is not interested in collecting the entire set of colors. (Gotta catch 'em all) Because, if they were, I think the underpants companies would do there packaging quite differently.

If I were an underpants manufacturer/packager, and the average underpants consumer was attempting to collect the entire set of colors and patterns, I would not have standard packs of underpants that always are in the same package. That way it would be more complicated, and I would likely sell more underpants, as people would have to purchase underpants patterns that they already had in order to get particular patterns.

Also, I'd probably add in a rarity type scheme similar to what is found in collectible/trading cards. Particular underpants patterns would be quite rare, while others would be very common (so they'd be in most of the packs). I would also ensure that the rarest ones were only available in the most expensive packs, and were only paired with extremely common other ones.

So, aside from this sentence (foreshadowing!), and a brief quote, I haven't actually mentioned Pokemon at all in this post. I guess a more accurate title would have been "Underpants Economics". Anyways,I guess it was more of an implicit comparison, rather than an explicit one. So, for my clever readers, you'll have already made the connection before getting to this paragraph. For my denser readers, I think you should be able to figure it out at this point. But that's as explicit as I'm gonna get. Not gonna spell it out for you any more than that. If you still don't have it, you should probably stop eating the paste.

Inspirational Sports Story

Just saw the tail end of a sports report thing. Where they told an inspirational story.

About Clemson's football kicker.

Who apparently isn't that good. Because the inspirational part of the story was that he kicked a field goal.

After missing a whole bunch. The run up to the story was that he "struggled" last year. Basically, that means he was terrible. And then he apparently missed a bunch this year, including one earlier in the final game.

So, final seconds of the game. It is tied. If he misses, it goes to overtime (oh no!). If he hits it, they win.

And, against all the odds, he made it!

Uh...

So, we're celebrating this guy because he actually lucked into being passable for a game? Or more accurately, one play. Man, there must be nothing to talk about these days...

Absolute Zero

'05. A man learns about a deadly drop in temperature within days. Starring: Jeff Fahey, Erika Eleniak, Jessica Amlee, Brittney Irvin, Fred Ewanuick, Michael Ryan. Director: Robert Lee. From Canada.

In a shocking change of pace, it would appear that Bill Dow (Better known as the bumbling Dr. Lee from the Stargate franchise) isn't playing the role of slightly bumbling heroic scientist. Instead, it would appear that he is the administrator type guy who is keeping our plucky heroic scientist (in this case Jeff Fahey) down. No word on the scientist's bumblingness at this point.

Also, I'm cleaning up my apartment while watching this, so this is likely gonna be one of those sparse reviews. For example, we're already a quarter of the way through, and that's still all I have to say.

Also, this movie's been over for about an hour...

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Word Conglomerations

Well, since my earlier attempt didn't go over so well, I figure I'll try again.

You may remember my attempt to coin a new phrase by combining two other ones. In that case it was "A barrel of laughs" and "A whale of a time". Which I attempted to combine into "A barrel of whales".

Well, like I said approximately 4 sentences ago, that one didn't go over all that well.

My latest attempt has actually come up multiple times independently. All of which have been involved with driving around the Tysons Corner area.

This time I shall attempt to combine "trainwreck" with "clusterfuck", which ends up with the combo of "trainfuck".

How It's Made

Looking at the scheduled recordings on my DVR, I see that I have an episode of How It's Made on tap for tomorrow.

And one of the subjects will apparently be "Fish Replicas".

I'm not sure if you can fully comprehend how excited I am by this prospect.

Rage of the Yeti

'11. A legendary creature wreaks havoc. Starring: David Chokachi.

I'm slightly impressed that the description doesn't include the true star of this movie. Dr. Meredith Rodney McKay. Or, he is more commonly known (by people who aren't nearly as obsessed with the Stargate Franchise as I am) as David Hewlett.

Also, it has Robin Hood from that new(ish) British Robin Hood show.

And I actually have no idea who David Chokachi is. After looking him up on Wikipedia, he seems to have been in a whole bunch of stuff I've never heard of. And Baywatch. So, I guess that's why he gets mentioned, while our intrepid SciFi hero doesn't.

Although, aside from McKay as the ridiculous gazillionaire bankrolling this ridiculous expedition, David Chokachi and his partner are the best part of this movie. A pair of sort of happy-go-lucky, carefree, wisecracking sort of people with ridiculous guns. Also, in other news, I am unsure if they originally used actual curse words or not, but the edit of the movie I'm currently watching has swapped in "Frak" and "Frell". Which amuses the Farscape and Battlestar Galactica fan in me. Sadly no "Felgercarb". But that was more of the orignianl BSG than the later, more recent one.

Also, in other news, this was directed by McKay. I think.

And Robin Hood just pulled the ring off his dead wife's finger. And then put it on himself. And it was supremely loose in a closeup shot. I wonder how often that occurs. The wife having thicker fingers than the husband... I suppose that's the sort of thing no one actually cares about, and thus we will never figure out.

Oh, and there's Yetis. Or Yerrun. Or something. Some sort of backstory. A ship, and some Chinese gave these ship guys a pile of Yetis for some apparent reason. And then the ship got stuck in the arctic. And now McKay wants some sort of book that was on the ship along with the Yeti.

There. Now you're caught up to speed.

Oh, wait. There's a guy named Enzo, who is apparently trying to get the book thing for himself. Who is causing random defections on McKay's team. I wonder if Enzo is or has a Ferrari.

That could really make this movie quite memorable. Some sort of wacky Bad Sci Fi crossover with Cars. Currently lacking any signs of Larry the Cable Guy, though. And you can't have the Cars franchise without him.

Also, tip for life, if a Yeti gets anywhere near any sort of aircraft that you are on or nearby, run for your life. Yetis have incomprehensibly taken out a Blackhawk helicopter and a C130 cargo plane.

Also, this movie's definition of "ice axe" seems to coincide squarely with my definition of "hatchet". Regular hatchet.

But they haven't really discussed the whole "baby yeti" issue that they covered earlier. My guess is, it'll be the final shot of the movie.

Also, why does McKay's submarine have windows?

Dancing With The Stars

Unless you get Jewel Staite as a contestant.

Then, we talk...

Proof of the Downfall of Western Society

So, I don't think I've blogged about it yet, but I have been watching this season of Dancing With The Stars. Or, more accurately, I have been watching selected portions of the current season of Dancing With The Stars.

But now that's over. Because my real reason for watching is no longer there.

If you've been keeping up with the results, and sundry blog posts from my archives, you can probably figure out the timing of this post.

For those of you keeping track at home, the reason was Hope Solo. Because she's hot.

Anyways, Hope Solo was on this season. As were a whole bunch of other people. But no one cares about them. I did enjoy selections of Incessantly Drunk Guy (David Arquette) and Incredibly Gay Guy, With All Particular Meanings Of That Word, Except For The Pejorative (Carson Kressley (or something like that)). But the true reason I was watching, was for Hope Solo. In other news, I'm relatively certain that the comma doesn't really belong in that last sentence. But that is neither here nor there.

Anyways, apparently, in the latest episode, Hope Solo was eliminated. Again with the mangling of comma usage. Granted, she wasn't the best dancer, but I still think that her elimination is evidence of the title of this post.

Granted, 2 of the contestants that outlasted Hope Solo were actually pretty darn good at dancing (although, what the hell do I really know about dancing?). The other, though, was Rob Kardashian. Who is pretty darn terrible. And randomly gets absurdly high scores. Mainly from that chick judge.

So, basically, what I'm saying is that if that Kardashian clown wins this season, I am done with Dancing With The Stars Forever.

Hypothetical Situations

I was about to ask: "Hypothetically speaking, if you were my iPod Shuffle, where would you be?"

Technically, I can still ask, and you can feel special if you answer it correctly.

Because it was formerly hiding under the couch. And I'm glad it was there. Because my other suspected hiding place was the trash can.

The one nice thing about the iPod Shuffle is that it is so dang small and light. The problem with it is that it is so dang small.

So, if you wish to play, where is my iPod Shuffle?

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Zombie Apocalypse

'11. Survivors seek refuge on an island when zombies take over the world. Starring: Ving Rhames, Taryn Manning.

A film by the Asylum. You know how much we generally loves those sorts of things.

There's a black guy in the first scene with an impressive afro. Unfortunately, as he is a black guy, and in the first scene, he is quite unlikely to survive. Although, his chances are slightly better than they might be, since there is another black guy.

And true enough, it is the other black guy who ends up biting the proverbial dust. I am happy, because that means we get to experience that guy's afro for more of the movie. And they've even added another black guy to the mix. And this one is likely to survive. Or at least survive a pretty significant amount of the movie. Because this one is significantly Ving Rhames-ier than the other.

Guess he had so much fun making the remake of Dawn of the Dead a few years ago that he just couldn't pass this one up. And the remake of Day of the Dead. Which was apparently in the same universe. But he played a completely different character...

Also, it seems that our intrepid survivors have implemented a Pee Buddy system. Or that might just be the females. So we were treated to a random scene of peeing and shy bladder discussing. So, there's that, I guess. Yay.

Also Ving Rhames' weapon of choice is a sledge hammer. Which is amusing. Why is that amusing, you may ask? The answer is, I have no idea. It just is. So, take that.

In other news, you can mess with Ving Rhames. But you can't mess with his horse. Or perhaps "shouldn't" is more accurate than "can't". Apparently zombies killed his horse. He was none too pleased.

Dangit. Now this movie is significantly less worth watching. Because Mr. Afro Guy seems to have been eated. Which just supports my earlier assessments of Ving Rhames' survivability due to his Ving Rhames-ness. Because Fro-do (ah hyuk) didn't even survive half the movie.

And now Ving Rhames is talking about his horse. Again.

Also, this pile of survivors are pretty dang terrible. They're pretty spectacular about attracting shit tons of attention. Although they do seem to be pretty dang amazing shots. Not sure if they've missed yet.

And although Ving Rhames just chainsawed the ever-loving crap out of a zombie, he is completely clean of any blood. In fact, none of them have any blood on them, even though they all have been using very close quarters weapons with lots of blood splatter. Guess it all goes the other directions, and not onto our intrepid adventurers.

And now there's a love sub-plot... Oh good. I guess it is a new one. Since we've already discussed the apparent love sub-plot between Ving Rhames and his now-deceased horse. Oh, dammit. Now it looks like there's a possibility of a third one. This one involves Ving Rhames. But no horse. Unless he has a human horse. Which just opens all sorts of possibilities. That I don't even want to think about it.

But in other news, we have been introduced to a new set of characters. And one of them has a hairstyle which seems very much inspired by Fro-Do's. Even though they never met. Perhaps she just admired Fro-Do from a far. Although, this is less of an afro, and more of of a real-life interpretation of the hair one would expect from your standard Dragonball Z character. Although I can't be certain, as I have never actually seen that show. But I think we all know what I'm talking about.

And back to the previous topic: Looks like the guy who was attempting to initiate love sub-plot #1 has been bit. But, true to every damn zombie movie in existence, he has chosen to hide that fact, and will likely convert to a zombie at the most inconvenient moment, and cause all manner of chaos. But no! He is revealing his bitiness. And offering to act as bait. That's what you get for randomly quoting poetry and literature and culture shit. That, and really wanting to poop. Because that is in fact how he died. Opened a porta-shitter to take a dump, and got ambushed by the zombie inside. But still. He is turning. And the "most inconvenient moment" mentioned earlier is inside a van, while there are a gob of zombies outside. So, close enough.

Also, I am pretty excited for an Asylum movie that I have discovered will be released in 2012. It is called... wait for it!

Drumroll please!

2 Headed Shark Attack.

That should be pretty dang cool.

Also, in The Asylum world, hand grenades are approximately the biggest explosives ever. Or more accurately, make explosions that can be seen from miles away, yet create no crater, and only blow the hood off of a nearby car, without causing any other damage, and also set minor fires. But luckily they're pretty good at zombie killin'.

And now the epic weapon choice of ".50 caliber machine gun mounted on a shopping cart". Which apparently doesn't need to feed any ammo, and also doesn't recoil at all. Even when mounted on a shopping cart. Which has wheels and is super light. Way to go... This would probably be a good time to bust out that picture of Jean-Luc Picard facepalming. Although, does one really require an excuse for such a thing?


Also, you know what every zombie movie needs? Zombie tiger. Giant zombie tiger.

And even though there are still 10 minutes to go, I'm pretty certain that's the best way I can end this post.

Although, for the record, Ving Rhames appears to have used up all his Ving Rhames-related invincibility in the fighting of the tiger. And thus, the horror movie maxim holds true once again:

Black guy(s) die(s).

Friday, November 11, 2011

Today's Word of the Day

New.

Got's me a new computer.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

I won at Beltway today

Driving from work to the gym, I took the Beltway. I made a grand total of 5 lane changes, and managed to time them all perfectly, so no one passed me (unless they were speeding).

I was pretty happy with myself.

Monday, November 7, 2011

Today's Word Of The Day

Cock-a-whoop.

Came up in the book I'm reading. Not really sure what it is. I'm thinking minstrel or bard or the like, based on context.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Friday, November 4, 2011

Chuck some more

Also, feel free to note that on a shelf on the back wall of the armory in Castle are large jars of candy.

Also, highly disappointed that Morgan seemingly doesn't know about Indiana Jones... In quite possibly his most famous scene.

Never mind. Scratch that. Looks like they handled that appropriately.

Chuck

Sarah Walker/Bartowski wears Evolv climbing shoes. Just thought you should know.

Also, the letter g is relatively hard to type without an actual g key.

Also, I'm amused that Casey using an over-under hunting shotgun as his weapon while attacking a house.

Also, I'm glad that they're giving Morgan a bigger role this season.

Also, also. Just because.

Gotta Poo

Quite a lot

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Today's Word Of The Day

Alpaca

Halloween

The new Rob Zombie one.

Again, like most horror/slasher flicks, when you find yourself in such a situation, it is probably best to wear as many pairs of pants as possible.

Potentially stealing pants from people you don't particularly like.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Today's Word Of The Day

Popsicle.

I wants one

Random Place that Just Popped Into My Head

Lake Okeechobee

Terra Nova

Really?

In your third episode you're already doing the "Person is immune to the disease of the week because they have a cold" thing?

Well played. And oh so original.

(I'm a few weeks behind)

Monday, October 31, 2011

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Monday, October 17, 2011

Post!

This is in fact a post.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Captain America: The First Avenger

Or as I like to think of it "Punching Nazis, The Musical".

Glad I didn't go see our in theaters. Because now I have seen it for free. Well not really free. But did come with a free plane ticket.

Next up on the double feature is apparently Cars 2. Another one I haven't seen yet.

But, that one is about 4 hours away at this point. In the meantime, Kindle.

LAX, woo!

Never been to Los Angeles before... Now I get too be here for a few hours!

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Vienna Smells Like Sausages

Kind of apt, actually.

Also, while writing this post, I forgot how to spell sausages. So I just kinda Swyped randomly for a bit. Swype thought thought for a while and then suggested the appropriate spelling. Smart program, apparently.

Random Place That Just Popped into My Head

Elk Wallow Wayside

Bonus Word of the Day

Riverine

Today's Word of the Day

Two.

T minus...

A Change of Seasons

I have this Dream Theater doing stuck in my head. Strangely enough, I haven't heard it in a few months.

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Today's Word Of The Day

Popsicle.

Unfortunately, I have none.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Warehouse 13

Good show. Really good show.

Once Eureka's done with its run after next season, this'll be the only thing left on Syfy worth watching.

Because, lord knows, the rest of the channel's programming definitely isn't.

Except for maybe Haven. But that isn't near on par with Eureka and Warehouse 13.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Australian V8 Supercars

Apparently these guys have "pit bunkers".

Don't know much about the racing series, but that seems pretty cool. Significantly more badass than a pit box or pit stall or whatever...

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Today's Word of the Day

Crappy.

Guess who is crappy at climbing.

Hint: it is me.
Hint 2: that wasn't actually a hint.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Well Played, Kindle

Apparently there are some issues in translating books into the electronic files used by the Kindle.

For example, I just came across a sentence that should have read "Her arms around his neck..."

But, instead read "Her anus around his neck..."

Changes the meaning, a good bit, I believe...

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Monday, September 19, 2011

Bonus Word of The Day!

Aardvark.

Came up with abacus first. Then thought of aardvark. Just couldn't leave aardvark hangin'.

Today's Word Of The Day

Abacus

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Killer Mountain

'11. A mysterious creature terrorizes mountain climbers as they embark on a rescue mission. Starring: Aaron Douglas, Paul Campbell, Torrance Coombs.

Worst belayer ever.

And as much as I would desire that to be the extent of my review I must question the actions of one of the characters. He is looking at a map laying on a table. And blood starts dripping on it from above. And instead of looking up and wondering what the fuck it was, he does the whole "dab 2 fingers into the puddle, and smear it around with the thumb, while looking at it contemplatively".

Also, all these fools gon' die. There are 5 of them roped together. Climbing a sheer rock face. With seemingly no gear. So, I guess if one of them slips, the lot of them are gonna peel off the wall and make a nice cylon splat. In case you weren't aware, Aaron Douglas was a Cylon on Battlestar Galactica.

Apparently when you fly a helicopter so high that the air is too thin, it randomly causes sparks in the cockpit. And thus disappears he who my brother has nicknamed the "Mexican Mustache". Although, reports of his demise were premature. By about 15 seconds.

I hope everyone in this movie dies. They just suck at climbing. In fact, this movie would be pretty darn hilarious if everyone were to die due to various climbing chicaneries. Before they even encounter the monster.

Also, mystery leeches.

Also, it would appear that the Mexican Mustache has survived. But it looks like another one of those things where I say something, only for it to be revealed as untrue 15 seconds later.

Apparently their cams can't hold a person falling (although that was a very poorly place cam), but they can certainly hold an entire helicopter for quite some time.

And now, for something completely different. I'll get back to this at some point.

Today's Word Of The Day

Bleeding.

My wallet.

But, luckily awesome things will come of it.

Jabberwock

'11. A peaceful man uses a powerful sword to save the woman he loves from a winged monster. Starring: Tahmoh Penikett, Kacey Barnfield, Richard Riddell, Ian Virgo, Michael Worth. Director Steven R. Monroe.

If one is to be fighting a computer generated monster with a sword, one should ensure that at least some portion of said sword goes off screen when one is meant to be striking said beast.

Also, this current scene has our intrepid heroes rock climbing and sword fighting. That would be fun. And tiring. And relatively monstericious.

Also, whenever I see this monster, I can't help but think of the phrase "Wingaling dragon".

Also, Helo and his apparently more swordtastic brother do a lot of fighting with real swords. And manage not to kill each other. Which is probably why they suck so bad at killing the jabberwock.

Friday, September 16, 2011

Sunday, September 11, 2011

2011 Rugby World Cup: USA vs. Ireland

The more I watch this, the more I realize I have little to no idea what's going on.

So, when a guy falls down while holding the ball, what happens?

It appears that he can hand it off backwards towards his friends. And the other team isn't allowed to touch it until the guy picks it up and throws it?

Someone enlighten me.

Luckily, I'm pretty sure that both of my regular readers have significantly more idea what the hell is going on here.

Friday, September 9, 2011

Thursday, September 8, 2011

John Casey?

Apparently he's the kicker for the Saints. Or perhaps the Packers.

So, I guess some NFL team has Jayne Cobb kicking for them?

I guess he's got to do something in the Chuck off-season...

Dunkin' K-Cup

Sounds like Dunkin' Cake Up.

Which sounds significantly awesomer than a little coffee packet.

Spammers love Winter Sports

And Vodka. And Posting Records.

If the posts that get spam comments on this blog can be trusted.

All the posts are ridiculously old, yet continue to get Spam comments for little to no apparent reason.

Today's Word Of The Day

Yelling.

Why is Mr. Obama yelling at me?

Important News!

Drunken moose ends up stuck in Swedish apple tree

Dan's Daily Drivel: Keeping the world abreast of all the important news.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Highlights

No, not the magazine that you always end up reading at the dentist's office. The hair color thing.

What is the purpose?

Is that supposed to look natural? Because random blond streaks on an otherwise brown head of hair doesn't look like any sort of natural.

So, what the heck's the point?

Today's Word Of The Day

Wet.

It was wet. Very wet.

But, on the plus side, a security guard complimented Fitzgerald.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Random Place that Just Popped Into My Head

Pouhon

The name of a corner of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.

Today's Word Of The Day

Wingnut

IndyCar Racing: Baltimore Grand Prix

Why is it that someone can stall on track, and then have their car restarted by the marshals, and then still be in the race?

Thursday, September 1, 2011

The Final Countdown

Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross
What if a 1980s American aircraft carrier (with its modern firepower) time-warped back to the Pacific waters near Pearl Harbor on December 7. 1941?
1980
Director: Don Taylor

So, what would happen?

Turns out, if this movie is to be believed, not a whole heck of a lot. A lot of debating about time travel ethics and paradoxes. Then some time-warping back to modern times on the verge of the attack.

And yes, I will admit that the only reason I watched this movie was the Europe song of the same name.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time

Sir Ben Kingsley has a gigantic schnoz.

That is all.

Today's Word Of The Day

Heffalump.

Watched The Last Airbender today.

And here is my review:

Needs more Heffalump.

The flying heffalump creature was really the only thing worth watching in the original cartoon thing (not that I watched all to much of it). And Mr. M. Night Shamamamamamamamalalalalalamalamalamalamalamamamamamlalalamamalmamlamalmalmaman decided, in his significantly less than infinite wisdom, to not use very much of the best character he had to deal with.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Mathematical Calculations!

I have spent today collecting empirical evidence to support my mathematical calculation that the quality of a weekend can be measured by the inverse of the percent of time spent not wearing pants.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Bonus Word of The Day!

Boat.

I have finished the Boats category in my Tangram app thing. I've already finished animals and people. Next is letters and shapes. Then buildings. And potentially some other stuff. But I'm not sure what.

Today's Word Of The Day

Phenomenon.

Star Trek: The Next Generation seems to use this world a lot.

A lot.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Hillbilly Handfishin'

How is this a TV show?

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Doomsday Prophecy

(V, L) '11. Officials race against time to counteract geological disturbances that threaten the planet. Starring: A.J. Buckley, Jewel Staite. Director: Jason Bourque. From Canada.

Syfy Saturday movie from this past Saturday.

You know what every bad sci fi movie that the Syfy channel shows needs? That this one has.

Yeah. If you know me well enough, and you've read the description, you'll probably know the answer to that question.

And that answer, of course, if Jewel Staite. Who is, frankly, the only reason that I'm actually reviewing this movie. Especially after the whole Eureka cancellation travesty. And those two things are likely the only things I'll be talking about during this review.

Actually, you know what this movie needs? In addition to Jewel Staite, of course. A crotchety old guy. Sadly Don S. Davis is no longer with us. As I remember that he made a pretty awesome crotchety old guy in that Wyvern movie. That other guy in the movie who played the role of alternate COG. I hope he's in this movie. E was also pretty fantastic. But significantly less General Hammondish.

So, you figure out what COG meant? Its an acronym. Or abbreviation. Or whatever. It stands for Crotchety Old Guy. I do hope you figured it out. Because I used the acronym and its meaning in adjoining sentences.

And Beardy McMainCharacterGuy just touched some thing, and seemingly hallucinated the end of the world. And Jewel Staite. That's the sort of hallucination I can get behind. Because I'm not sure I've mentioned it recently. But, Jewel Staite is hot.

And there is an old guy. Sadly, not very crotchety. Unless one can be crotchety after death. (I'm calling him "not very crotchety" because he's dead). Seems less crotchety, and more insane. Even though he's dead, with the wonders of modern video camera technology, people can speak from beyond the grave! Spooky!

Also, in other news: STOP CANCELLING EUREKA, JERKASSES!

Ahem... sorry. Had to get that out of my system. But seriously, if you decide to cancel Warehouse 13 as well, there'll be really nothing worth watching on Syfy. Because that new show they came out with, Alphas, is crap. I managed a whole season of Flash Gordon and about a season of Sanctuary. So, my tolerance for bad TV shows is relatively high. But, I lasted about 10 minutes into the 2nd episode of Alphas before I came to the conclusion I had no idea what was going on, and hadn't paid attention to the TV for the entire episode thus far. So, that one got deleted, and removed from the DVR series recording thingy.

And now, a half hour later (with a half hour to go), I should probably update you all on the most pressing issue:

Jewel Staite: Still hot.

Also for referencing having a fight earlier in the movie, you certainly do suck at fighting, there, Beardy...

Poor Jupiter. Just got eated by the dark star thing that is the cause of all this jibba jabba.

Also, this movie has a couple of cliches that I haven't seen in a while. The crazy military general who does everything he does claiming to be a patriot. The old Native American shaman guy who has visions and randomly assists the main character in solving whatever stupid and ridiculous quest he might be on at the given moment in time. And if there were more than 5 minutes of the movie left, I'd probably make that into a ridiculous and awesome acronym, and use it incessantly. But, its far too late for that now.

Also, apparently the big, funny lookin' heads on Easter Island are some sort of planetary defense mechanism. Also, they have friends somewhere in Canada.

Also, Jewel Staite: still hot.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Uhhh...

How, exactly, am I watching Monday Night Football?

On Thursday.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

There Are No Words...

Expletive you Syfy.

Why did you cancel Eureka?

You have no idea how hard I am having to try to not string together a whole mess of expletives directed at you...

And now, you really only have Warehouse 13 that is worth watching.

So, as an attempt to punish you for your indiscretions, I am no longer going to provide you the publicity of reviewing your Syfy original movies.

Assuming that, of course, it is actually a punishment. I'm going with the assumption that any publicity is good publicity.

Random Place That Just Popped Into My Head

Guadalajara

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Milk

Did you know that when they're processing milk, it first get separated into butter cream and skim milk?

And then they add some of the butter cream into the skim milk if they're making 2%?

I always sorta figured that skim milk was more processed than 2%...

Thanks, How It's Made!

Today's Word Of The Day

Fries

Am I the only one who prefers the regular Five Guys fries over the Cajun style ones?

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Friday, August 5, 2011

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Encounter at Farpoint

And the next thought:

No one likes you, Wesley Crusher.

Encounter at Farpoint

The first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

My only thought for the first half of this episode is the fact that Riker needs a beard.

Beardless Riker is strange.

GROW A BEARD!

Monday, August 1, 2011

Unfortunate Naming

So, apparently in a factory that creates blown glass, there is a smaller furnace named the "Glory Hole".

Uh...

"Then its a quick blast in the Glory Hole"...

...


...

Random Place that Just Popped Into My Head

Grenoble

Wow. This one is pretty dang random. In that I'm not 100% certain where it is. I'm thinking France, but not sure.

Today's Word Of The Day

Computer Controlled Punching Machine

While an awesome name, it becomes less spectacular when you realize that all it does is punch holes in sheet metal to create filing cabinets. Thanks for getting my hopes up, How It's Made...

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Taken

'08. A former spy uses his old skills to save his kidnapped daughter. Starring Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Leland Orser, Gon Gries, David Warshovsky. Director: Pierre Morel. From France.

Number of actors who Liam Neeson doesn't punch or otherwise harm in some way during the course of this movie: Zero.

Bonus Word of The Day!

Fondant

Today's Word Of The Day

Grate

Monday, July 25, 2011

Today's Word of the Day

Galoot.

Mainly because I randomly discovered that my phone knew this word

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Friday, July 22, 2011

Random Place that Just Popped Into My Head

Caracas

Bonus Bonus Word of the Day!

Worchestershire Sauce

Bonus Word of the Day

Spoon

Today's Word of the Day

Wiffleball

I am dads that my phone did not know this word

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Random Place that Just Popped Into My Head

Flanders.

Also, the riders in the Tour de France are taking it full on in the face.

The wind, that is.

Today's Words of the Day

Tongue suppressors.

Came up in a meeting today. Probably not what he meant to say, but humorous nonetheless

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Today's Word Of The Day

Haiku

2011 Tour de France

Yeah, Thor Hushovd.

A sprinter who has won 2 mountain stages this Tour. That's pretty awesome.

What an awesome name!

Torstein Horgmo.

Apparently he's a snowboarder.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Super Eruption

'11. A volcanic eruption devastates Yellowstone National Park. Starring: Richard Burgi, Juliet Aubrey.

Syfy Saturday movie from this past Saturday.

So, uh, yeah. That happened. This is one of those reviews that would be significantly more comprehensive if I'd actually paid attention.

You know what makes a crappy volcano movie even more incomprehensible? Add some variety of time travel type sub-plot. Something about the lead character sending messages to herself in the past to tell her how to avoid something or another. Potentially the eruption. But if that's it, then both Past Scientist Lady and Future Scientist Lady are getting it pretty wrong. Because there's a bunch of lava all about.

And any discussion of lava or magma always reminds me of that Eureka episode where Stark and Carter argue about the difference between magma and lava. Which follows up with a reminder that they really need to bring Stark back. Because he's an awesome character.

So much so, that I think that when I finish "re-watching" Doctor Who while doing other things, I'll start in on Eureka. Wonder if it is on Netflix on-demand or whatever. Because then I won't have to deal with swapping DVDs. Which would be cool.

Oh, and in case I didn't mention it earlier (which I am sure that I didn't), Eureka's back. As is Warehouse 13.

Unfortunately, based on the first episode, the new Syfy series, Alphas, isn't that great. I'll give it another episode or two before I pass final judgement. But I'm relatively sure that I already know what that judgement is gonna be.

This movie has slightly redeemed itself in the last few minutes.

First off, the female character (Past Scientist Lady) attempts to get help by calling Mayday over the radio. At which point the male character chides her on the fact that they're not on a ship. At which point she starts calling SOS.

And the last lines of the movie see Past Scientist Lady covering the whole magma/lava debate. Not as good as the interchange between Carter and Stark, but among the best parts of the movie.

Random Place that Just Popped Into My Head

Oronoco

Today's Word Of The Day

Feldspar

Monday, July 18, 2011

How It's Made

Is "Pantyhose" singular or plural?

Because the guy keeps saying "pantyhose is...". And its bothering the hell out of me.

Today's Word Of The Day

Ouroboros.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Friday, July 15, 2011

Random Place that Just Popped Into My Head

Col du Tourmalet.

Not particularly random. But slightly.

Bonus Word of The Day!

Excelsior.

As in USS Excelsior. Captained by Hikaru Sulu.

Today's Word Of The Day

Tacos

Thursday, July 14, 2011

What have you done?

Seriously. Why would you do such a thing?

Bonus Word of The Day!

Rotunda

Today's Word Of The Day

Ribald

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Doctor Who: Doomsday

The writers of Doctor Who certainly know how to write season finales. I can't think of one that hasn't been amazing.

Also, nice of all the daleks to fly through the broken window, rather than flying into the breach from all directions. I guess since they created so much destruction during their brief reign of terror, that once they were being sucked back into the void they'd take it easy...

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Random Place that Just Popped Into My Head

Nice.

Its a place. I swear. Not just a word.

Bonus Word of The Day!

Snooze.

Tis a fun word to say.

I have just sneezed

Thought you might want to know

2011 Tour de France

There are some pretty impressive castles dotting the countryside in France.

Also, Johnny Hoogerland is pretty much insane. Gets obliterated into a barbed wire fence due to a car-caused pileup, finishes the stage, gets 33 stitches, continues the tour...

Monday, July 11, 2011

Today's Word Of The Day

Goatbox.

A box for holding or shipping goats, I guess...

Random Place that Just Popped Into My Head

Schkenechtady.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Today's Word Of The Day

Gestalt

In the case of Strawberry Yogurt and Honey Nut Cheerios, the whole is distinctly not greater than the sum of its parts.

I'd recommend eating these two delicacies separately. They don't work particularly well together.

Swamp Shark

'11. A monstrous, mutated shark wreaks havoc on the Mississippi River. Starring: Kristy Swanson, D.B. Sweeney, Robert Davi.

Syfy Saturday movie from 6/25.

Starring everyone's favorite Stargate Atlantis villain Acastus Kolya as the seemingly evil sheriff type guy.

"...a defensive line. man. from the New York Giants." I believe "lineman" is one word, not two separate sentences.

In other news Kolya seems to be the seemingly evil sheriff type guy who apparently has time to change shirts multiple times between sheriffin'. And I was gonna say something else, but completely forgot. Because that's how I roll.

Also, if a giant shark, that has an entire movie that you are starring in named after it, is approaching you at night while you've just fallen on a pier while wearing your night-clothes, and you're armed with a hunting rifle, where would you aim? Because if you are the person in this movie, apparently the popular choice is to aim for the dorsal fin. Because, as we all learned from Jaws, the true power of a shark is the dorsal fin when it breaks the surface of the water. How else would it build suspense. Also, that's probably what holds the speaker that plays the ominous music. Although this shark didn't play said ominous music. Probably because it is a swamp shark, rather than a great white.

Yeah, tubby, smart, asian guy. Looks to be he'll be the star of movie. Him and mysterious stranger dude. And tubby, smart, asian guy will probably win the love of Ms. Decides It Is A Good Idea To Shoot At Shark Fins Rather Than Shooting At The Body Of The Shark's sister/daughter/some sort of random relation. Wow. I am pretty damn awesome at making spectacularly convoluted and complex sentences. I think I'll start referring to Ms. Restaurant Owner Lady as Ms. DIIAGITSASFRTSATBOTS. Anyways, her sister/daughter is the one who will likely be the object of Tubby's affections. It's probably sister, but sister/daughter seems to be significantly younger than DIIAGITSASFRTSATBOTS.

And likely Ms. DIIAGITSASFRTSATBOTS and MSD (mysterious stranger dude) are also gonna probably end up bonin' later. Because apparently the way to get in Ms. DIIAGITSASTRTSATBOTS' good graces is to shoot a harpoon into a tree some distance away.

OK. Apparently everyone is related and should share that long-ass acronym as their name. But that would be just awkward. Because you'd never know who I was talking about if everyone was named DIIAGITSASFRTSATBOTS. And would make the whole DIIAGITSASFRTSATBOTS/MSD bonin' issue pretty awkward. What with the incest and all that. In case you completely didn't catch my drift.

And now there are a bunch of scantily clad teenagers. All makin' out and gettin' drunk and horseplayin' in the swamp (because nothing says romantic like "swamp"). They are so getting et. Also, there's a single solitary black guy. Or more accurately, there was another one, but he's already been eaten. Currently, its a crap shoot between token black guy and slutty chick in the Douchebag Who's Gonna Get Eaten By A Shark competition. And a narrow victory (if winning a getting eaten competition could be called being victorious) to token black guy. And by narrow, I mean he got eaten scant moments before slutty chick did.

Relationship advice from DIIAGITSASFRTSATBOTS' boyfriend from when they were in a fight: Said to DIIAGITSASFRTSATBOTS "I could have any girl I want, you know that right?". Which led to her kissing MSD. And so the incest boning is one step closer... And then led MSD to give Tubby, Smart, Asian Guy relationship advice on dealing with DIIAGITSASFRTSATBOTS' sister/daughter.

Hey, look! Another black guy. Although I kinda thought that this guy (who showed up in the opening scenes) was the same as original dead, drunk, black guy. But apparently not. I guess we have to commend this guy on his longevity.

Also, any bets on how many random Anonymous commenters are gonna complain about my apparent racism? I still remember that one Anonymous who basically called me unpatriotic because I had the nerve to criticize an actor who had supported our troops. Although, for the most part, I criticize characters on this blog, not actors. Unless it is Stephen Baldwin. Who just sucks. Something fierce.

Speaking of which, I haven't seen anything with him in it in quite some time. Probably because the world realized his utter craptacularity.

Anyways, no racism here, just the "Black guy dies first" stereotype to comment on.

And now we have black sheriff's deputies coming out of the woodwork. One who has a hat. And one who is very much a peeping tom. Who might be the same person. Anyways, peeping tom just got hisself eated by a shark.

Also, its apparently Agent MSD of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. So, I guess he's Slightly Less Mysterious Stranger Dude. Will it confuse everyone if I change MSD's name to SLMSD? Because

Also DIIAGITSASFRTSATBOTS apparently believes in the existence of Fish and Wildlife SWAT Teams. I am unsure if it might consist of Fish and Wildlife agents, or random fishes and wildlifes. Either way, its a pretty hilarious mental image.

Also, Deputy Wade Boggs, you're threat about shooting is pretty ineffectual. Because your gun is made of rubber.

And its officially sister. DIIAGITSASFRTSATBOTS confirmed it. Just thought you should know. Because she's essentially been kidnapped by the pile of douchebags from earlier. And instead of kicking everyone in the balls and trying to escape, she's just standing around sulking on the deck of the SS Douchebag drinking a margarita.

Also, the actress who plays DIIAGITSASFRTSATBOTS' sister is pretty attractive considering she is a product of Gary Sinise's loins.

Also, I can't believe it has taken me this long to use the phrase "Gary Sinise's loins" in a blog post.

Although the movie isn't over yet, I am thoroughly tempted to end this post with a discussion of Gary Sinise's loins. I may just have to bring it up again later.

If only I had discovered her identity sooner. Instead of incessantly defining her as based on her relationship to someone with an awkwardly long acronym for a name, I could have spend that time discussing a famous actor's groinular region.

Which is really what you want to read when you visit this blog.

Also, to turn this topic of conversation from a dude's junk to a woman's cans, this movie hasn't relied on the use of the patented Blurred Syfy Boobs method of nudity. Instead, they carefully framed the shots to heavily imply nudity without actually showing anything.

Also, in addition to having ridiculously easy to steal vehicles, Koly just seems to have an assault rifle laying around in his SUV. Which, too, is apparently stupendously easy for DIIAGITSASFRTSATBOTS to steal. And to add insult to injury, in addition to getting all of his worldly possessions stolen, he has now been eaten by a shark.

And now remaining black guy has been konked on the head by a flying propane canister. So, one can imagine that the age-old axiom of "Black guy dies" is holding true. Although, he seems to have survived.

And apparently if you are an agent of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, you can tell random deputies to arrest people, and they'll comply without asking questions.

Also: Gary Sinise's loins. Enjoy that mental image.

(And now be honest. How many of you were now accosted with a mental image of his man parts?

Inception, baby...)

2011 Womens World Cup Quarterfinal

The Brazilian Women's soccer team are amongst the worst people in the history of time.

The worst sportsmanship I've seen. As far as I can tell, ever.

2011 Womens World Cup Quarterfinal

Good to know the commentators are as confused by the refereeing as I am...

2011 Womens World Cup Quarterfinal

First off, U.S. Goalie Hope Solo has a fantastic name. Probably something to do with the fact that there is the possibility that she is somehow related to Harrison Ford, and my have some ownership stake in the Millenium Falcon.

Also, an own goal by Brazil? Way to go. I'm hoping for a replay (it happened before I started watching), so I can discern whether it is as mock-worthy as it seems.

Today's Word Of The Day

Map.

Looks like with the creation of South Sudan, everyone's maps are wrong again.

Is East Timor the last time a new country has showed up? I'm sorta curious.

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Testing the Strength of His Underwear

One of the multitudinous spectacular quotes from the David Hobbs, one of the Formula One commentators on SPEED.

Friday, July 8, 2011

Random Place that Just Popped Into My Head

Bay of Fundy.

Now we've opened the proverbial flood gates. Of bodies of water.

Get it?

Huh?

Because its super clever.

Today's Words of the Day

Fish tie.

Had a dream last night that one of my coworkers was complaining that I had showed up to work on a Friday not wearing my fish tie.

I apparently dream about the strangest things.  Don't usually remember what I dream, but when I do, it is usually wacky off the wall stuff such as this...

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Random Place that Just Popped Into My Head

Bay of Bengal.

Oooh. Interesting. The first time that we've had a body of water, rather than something on land (I think).

Today's Word Of The Day

Hoof

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Random Place that Just Popped Into My Head

Croydon

It is apparently a place in London. That I have never really thought about.

Must have heard it in a Doctor Who episode or something.

Today's Word of the Day

Tunafish

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

The level of my nerdiness

I see that one of my contacts on Google Talk has his status thing beginning with "ARG".

And the first thing that pops into my head every time I read it is the Anti-Replicator Guns from Stargate Atlantis.

Yup. I am that nerdy.

Random Place that Just Popped Into My Head

Tuscon

Today's Word Of The Day

Snort

Monday, July 4, 2011

Nathan Fillion's Ass

Apparently the Science Channel didn't want me to see it.

Firefly

Good to know that someone on Bellerophon flies an SR-71 around.

I guess that's somewhat similar to Serenity shown flying in the background during one of the scenes on Caprica in the Battlestar Galactica miniseries.

Random Place that Just Popped Into My Head

Hoover Dam

The Science Channel

Not only do you provide me my How It's Made fix, but you're currently running a Firefly marathon.

You are awesome, Science Channel.

2011 Tour de France

Also, why did Contador switch teams?

Now I have to figure out which color to look for. I think the Schleck brothers are in very similar team colors as last year, even though they, too, have switched teams.

It was super easy last year as the light blue jerseys of Contador's Astana team were quite noticeable.

2011 Tour de France

Why did they do away with the individual time trial as the prologue?

I liked that. Mainly because it allowed Fabian Cancellara to wear the yellow jersey for the first few stages (really, up until the mountains).

Oh, by the way, Cancellara is Swiss.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Today's Word Of The Day

Shai-hulud

How It's Made

Apparently the "old fashioned way" for creating ice sculptures involves a chainsaw

How It's Made

According to the narrator on How It's Made, they used to play pool with a mace before the cue was invented.

I think I know how I want to start playing pool...

Thursday, June 30, 2011

His voice came from the vicinity of the tent's sphincter.

Thank you, Frank Herbert, for bestowing the world with that amazing sentence.

How Its Made

The musical selections are ridiculous.

Ridiculously awesome.

Random Place that Just Popped Into My Head

London.

Not so random, actually. Was bouldering with a guy from London today.

Been a while since I bouldered. Got some V3s. Flailed on some V4s. Was good.

Bonus Bonus Word of the Day!

Schralp.

It had been a while since I last schralped my fingers. Now it has been about a half an hour...

Bonus Word of the Day

Elbow

Today's Words of the Day

Seven

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

A day over a month

Battery on the Kindle lasted just over a month.

And, for the record, I got through 37% of Dune before needing to recharge.

Today's Word of the Day

Rudolph

Monday, June 27, 2011

Gotta pee!

Yup. Really gotta pee. Gonna go do something about that.

Moby Dick

'98. Herman Melville's mad Captain Ahab spends years hunting the white whale that got his leg. Starring: Patrick Stewart, Henry Thomas, Ted Levine, Gregory Peck, Piripi Waretini, Hugh Keays-Byrne. 3 hr. 12 minutes.

Syfy Saturday movie from 6/18. The glorious return of my movie reviews. I watched a few, but they weren't worth of review. Or, more accurately (as none of these really are worthy), I wasn't really in the mood.

Oh, how I wish this were the movie described by that definition. The first thing that tipped me off was that the recording on the DVR was only 2 hours. In which they are somehow able to jam 3 and a quarter hours of movie. I suppose you may have anticipated that I'd have something to say about the length of this movie, as I have never, in the past, appended the length part of the description from the DVR to the intro to my review. Couple that with the fact that I am currently reading the book, with the fact that it stars Captain Picard and someone named Piripi Waretini. That should spell a pretty dang awesome movie.

Unfortunately this one is in fact a 2010 movie by The Asylum (ugh). Starring Barry Bostwick. And no one named Piripi Waretini. Which makes me sad. On multiple levels. But, instead of fretting about it, I'm going to pretend that the whale is not actually named Moby Dick, but in fact Piripi Waretini. I'm not really sure why they decided to name the movie Moby Dick, if the whale is actually named Piripi Waretini, but I'm not really gonna question that fact. They probably thought they could make more money if they named the movie after a famous novel. But, I would maintain that a movie named Piripi Waretini would have made them far more money. But then again, the fact that they didn't make a lot of money on this film is probably sparing us from having to watch a bunch of further movies of its terrible ilk.

The U.S. Navy has quite possibly the worst torpedoes in the history of time. Or more accurately, they are probably the worst weapons in the history of time. Can't hit an unmoving 600 foot long whale, and then decides to follow it (after abruptly veering off course to miss), and then decides to hit the submarine that fired it. From a completely different angle than the whale passed the sub. Which basically means that it wasn't even following the whale anymore.

Also, apparently everyone's definition of "white" is pretty significantly different. From what I can tell, Piripi Waretini is a dark gray whale, and not in fact a white whale. But what do I know, I'm not a whalologist. In fact, though I have a biology degree, none of my classes were in the field of whalology.

In other news, Barry Bostwick has gotten quite lumpy in his old age. Also, his hair is pretty significantly whiter than Piripi Waretini is. Maybe that'll be the twist at the end of the movie. The whale is actually Captain Ahab, and the captain is actually the whale. Now imagine that I had used proper nouns throughout that last sentence. That could have been the most delightfully convoluted sentence I've ever written. And that is some accomplishment...

Also, the Pequod is a submarine, and not a whaling ship. FYI.

Unfortunately, I am not far enough into reading Moby Dick to see if his dialogue is pulled from the book or not. If it isn't he certainly does have a rather contrived and ridiculous manner of speaking. Acceptable for a 19th century ship captain, but not so much for a 21st century submarine captain.

And now I'm wondering what the range of a V-22 Osprey is without refueling. Because some random ass character is flying from San Diego to a submarine close to Hawaii. Apparently the range is over 2200 miles with auxiliary fuel tanks. So, I guess it is somewhat feasible. In that I'm not 100% certain how far San Diego is from any suitable landing spot in Hawaii. Or how far off shore he's headed. Because, as we all know, once the main character gets off, no one gives a rip about the pilot who's gonna run out of fuel, crash, and die.

Although, I think I have now identified why the torpedoes are so craptacular. Because they seem to actually be air-to-air missiles. And the SUBROC, which in real life looks vaguely like an air-to-air missle, looks like a standard torpedo in this movie. Makes perfect sense, I guess.

In other news, apparently Captain Ahab doesn't require any sort of authorization to launch nuclear weapons at whales. But then again, he is kinda a nutbag, so I guess that all makes a bit of sense. Really, the only thing in this movie thus far that does.

Also, apparently where there are squid, there are whales. And where there are squid, crazy people are gonna nuke the everloving shit out of them. Because why not.

In other news: Holy crap. The Pequod is gigantic on the inside. This is the sort of submarine that I wouldn't mind serving on. Aside from the gigantic nutbag in charge.

Also, after some random ass Wikipedia research that went horribly misguided and awry, I have come to the conclusion that the British name their ships a lot more awesomely than we do. Case and point, the HMS Grampus. I would be proud to serve on anything named Grampus. The names of all the British subs since 1993: Vanguard, Victorious, Vigilant, Vengeance, Astute, Ambush, Artful, Audacious, Agamemnon, Anson, Ajax. That's a pretty good string of names.

Also, when did the Osprey gain a gun? Especially a gun of sufficient caliber to have any effect on a 600 foot long whale.

Also, tip for movie making: If you are using an airsoft gun as a prop, make sure that no one sees the top of the magazine. As it is pretty obvious that it isn't a real gun.

And keeping with the apparent U.S. Navy tradition of speaking in a completely stilted manner, Chief Stubbs has now started at it as well.

Also, something I may have learned if I actually took some whaleology classes: Apparently whales are quite capable of flying.

And Queequeg does seem to make a delightful squishing noise when a flying whale decides to use him as a runway.

And the Pequod just nuked an island. For little to no apparent reason.

Today's Word Of The Day

Sandals

Finally got some sandals to replace those that were ruined by a ditch at my parent's new place.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

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Bonus Word of The Day!

Raxacoricofallapatorius

Watching some Torchwood, and its relationship to Doctor Who reminded me of this planet.

I Like Elephants

The word is pretty ridiculously fun to say.

Today's Word Of The Day

Mirepoix.

Learned it on How It's Made.

Friday, June 17, 2011

Test

Supposedly they fixed the whole crashing thing. We shall see.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

I Kinda Have To Poo

FYI

Random Place that Just Popped Into My Head

Reykjavik

The Sleeper Has Awakened!

I've been talking about Dune a bit, and I can't believe it has taken me this long to bust out the phrase that is oh so very prevalent in the movie.

Almost ludicrously so.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Finished Rereading the Harry Potter Series

Just finished up the Deathly Hallows this evening.

I would like to revise my earlier assessment of the movie. Some of you may remember that I read and reviewed the book (sorta) when it first came out, and came to the conclusion that I was mislead when it came to the "someone you care about is gonna die" aspect that was heavily billed before release.

Anyways, when I first read the book, I borrowed a copy from everyone's favorite Dan's Daily Drivel reader, and had to finish it in a weekend. Also, it had been quite a while since I'd read the other ones.

This time, however, I read all the books in rapid succession, and was not as rushed to get through them.

I will admit that upon further review, I was wrong. The scene after the escape from the Malfoy Manor, and the scene where Harry walks into the Forbidden Forest to confront He Who Shall Not Be Named were both very powerful scenes, and really drove home the impact of those characters, which I had completely missed on my first reading.

All in all, I'm very glad I decided to reread the books, and especially glad I decided to read them all in succession.

Dune or Battery?

I've just started reading Dune. Which is a really long book.

I'm wondering whether I finish the book first, or the battery on the Kindle dies first.

Any bets?

Monday, June 13, 2011

Today's Word Of The Day

Zucchini.

Test

Trying to see if this app thing still force closes randomly

Saturday, June 11, 2011

24 Hours of Le Mans

Holy shit.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Nb0Ienv6k

24 Hours of Le Mans

I have a new favorite driver.

Augusto Farfus.

No idea what class he's driving in. No idea what car he's driving. No idea if he has any chance of winning anything.

But dang if his name isn't spectacularly fun to say.

24 Hours of Le Mans

You'd think that for a race as famous as this one, they'd hire someone who could actually pronounce the names of the corners.

The letter "L" only shows up once in the word "Mulsanne".

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Bonus Word of The Day!

Sonuva...

I was gonna get milk for cereal on my way home today. But completely forgot.

Looks like its gonna be another day without breakfast tomorrow...

Today's Word of the Day

Weird

Lots of the apps on my phone are force closing unexpectedly recently.

Tis annoying.

Today's Smell of the Day

The beltway on ramp smelled like hot dogs.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Today's Word Of The Day

Herring.

Or maybe haddock.

Monday, June 6, 2011

Today's Word Of The Day

Why?

Why do people feel compelled to run on the road, when there is a sidewalk, literally 3 feet to their left?

Random Place that Just Popped Into My Head

Mozambique

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Why, Gene Roddenberry? Why?

Why are the 2 auxiliary shuttle bays on the Enterprise-D different sizes?

It ruins the symmetric look of the ship. And bothers me.

A lot.

Sorry, Su

I've looked, and can't tell why it won't let you comment without creating your own blog.

Nothing appears to have changed recently.

Bonus Word of The Day!

Ten.

Today was the first clean 10 since my injury/surgery.

And for some reason, I wanted to spell "surgery" with a "j" instead of a "g".

Today's Word Of The Day

Technobabble

Commander Riker can blather with the best of them.

From the episode Rascals, where Picard, Guinan, Keiko and Ro Laren are turned into kids. Ferengi take over the ship. Riker technobabbles the ever loving crap out of a Ferengi. Quite obviously making shit up as he goes. Its pretty awesome.

Saturday, May 28, 2011

I Charged My Kindle Today

This is more of a reference post, so when I charge it next time, I have some conception of how long the battery actually lasts me.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Rereading the Harry Potter Series

Currently at the beginning of Order of the Phoenix, when Harry is accompanied by Mr. Weasley on the way to his disciplinary hearing. And the elevator announces that they have arrived on Level Seven, which is home to a number of different offices, including the "Ludicrous Patents Office".

If I lived in the Harry Potter universe, I know where I'd want to work.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Read the book, and now have seen the movie. Or at least the Swedish version. Not the Hollywood version that comes out later this year with Daniel Craig and Stellan Skarsgard.

I am curious to know what someone who has not read the book thought of this movie.

Indy 500

Well... Looks like there's no more reason to watch next weekend.

Scott Speed and his team have apparently pulled out due to excessive crashitude.

Holy Crap, Sebastian Vettel/Red Bull

Of the last 10 Grands Prix (including the last 5 of last season), Sebastian Vettel has 7 wins and 2 second place finishes. And one retirement, where his engine blew at the end, when he was comfortably in the lead. And 7 poles.

In addition to his come-from-behind victory in the World Championship season, Vettel has a comfortable lead in the championship this year. Of 125 total points available this year, Vettel has 118. 2008 World Championship (and owner of a rather ridiculous looking chin-strap beard) is in 2nd place with 77 points. With 25 points for a win, Vettel is over a win and a half worth of points in the lead.

Good race today. A lot of strategy, and a really good drive by Vettel and Hamilton. Some tense moments as Alonso took the lead into the first corner from 4th on the grid, and pole sitter and Red Bull driver, Mark Webber, ended up 3rd through the first corner, and 4th in the race. By the way, Alonso ended up in 5th.

Today's Word Of The Day

Wimbledon

Saturday, May 21, 2011

And Ice Cream

Yup, I want Ice Cream now too

Dammit, How It's Made!

Why are you showing how they make apple pies? Now I want pie.

More than usual.

Friday, May 20, 2011

Camping World Nashville Something Or Other 200

Kimi in 15th.
Nelson Piquet Jr. in 21st.

Take that, fiend!

Well done to Kimi in his first NASCAR start.

And now the burning question: Has anyone actually ever heard of Perky Jerky before seeing it on the side of Kimi's truck?

Random Place that Just Popped Into My Head

Bora Bora

Goodbye?

Apparently the world ends tomorrow, if certain parties are to be believed.

Or maybe its the Rapture... I'm not really certain.

So, just in case: Goodbye.

Today's Word Of The Day

Unthinkable.

Am currently doing something I never thought I would.

Watching NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Qualifying.

I guess it takes a former F1 driver to get me to watch.

Go Kimi!

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Today's Word Of The Day

Matching!

Today, as I was changing into my climbing pants, I discovered that I, completely by accident, managed to coordinate the color of my underwear with the color of my work shirt.

I was a disturbed. And a little proud. But mostly disturbed.

Just thought you should know.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

The Messengers

'07. A sinister darkness descends on a rundown farm and its new tenants. Starring: Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott, Penelope Ann Miller, John Corbett, William B. Davis, Dustin Milligan. Director: Danny Pang.

Syfy Saturday movie from this past Saturday.

Dear Syfy Channel,

Please keep your gorram formulaic horror movies to October when you have your 31 days of Halloween thing. Make up your dang minds, and pick one, or the other. Not both. Also, while you're at it, get rid of the damn rasslin'. You are, after all, the damned Syfy Channel. Which is a homonym for Sci Fi Channel. As in Science Fiction. Which you should probably show some of. Rather than horror and rasslin'.

I think Kristen Stewart is from that Twilight series thing. But I don't actually know. Even though I have heard so much against those books and movies, I am a little bit tempted to try reading them. Just to see how they are.

Also, William B. Davis. Also known as the Cigarette Smoking Man or one of the Priors of the Ori.

I have previously reviewed a movie named Messengers 2, with some sort of subtitle, that I can't immediately remember. They both involved farmhouses. And were both terrible. And horror movies. I kinda wonder if they are related. I'm guessing they are, but I can't be certain. Especially because I don't actually care. Although, this one does involve significantly less Sean Patrick Flanery. Although, upon further review, they are related, and they both contain the same amount of Sean Patrick Flanery. But this one has significantly less Boondock Saints, as the other movie starred Norman Reedus.

Anyways, back to my letter to Syfy: Also, if you cancel Eureka or Warehouse 13 for more rasslin' or reality TV shit, I will end you. Also, please make that Alphas show thing not suck. Don't know nothin' about it, but I'm certainly willing to give it a go. So, like I said, make that show not suck. I need another good sci-fi show in my life now that I've got no more Stargate to hold me over. Add to it the fact that V got cancelled, things are looking pretty grim.

In completely other, and significantly more distressing news, it looks that despite the fact that Chuck was renewed for another season, the next season will be the last one. Although, I guess its a good thing that they're deciding to end the show on their terms, rather than just letting the show go on endlessly until they run out of original material and the show takes a definite down-turn.

Bonus Bonus Word of the Day!

Rigatoni.

Not as fun to say as farfalarfale, but not too bad in and of itself.

Bonus Word of The Day!

Resident

There is a crumb or something underneath my question mark key

Tis annoying.

FYI.

Yesterday's Word of the Day

Thanks Internet!

I managed to accidentally pull a part of my dashboard out. So, in an attempt to figure out how to return it, I went to the Internet. Which easily provided me a quick pictorial of how to replace it.

Today's Word Of The Day

Spammers.

I randomly decided to go through the comments on all my posts this morning, after a rash of spam posts recently.

I managed to catch over 150 blatant spam comments. Apparently someone has an impressive amount of free time...

Because, in my mind, all of the anonymous posts are the same person. Who has little to do with his time, other than post on my blog, and try to sell me things in Russian. Or more accurately, free movies and viagra in russian.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Today's Word Of The Day

Electricity.

Turns out cars need it.

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Bangkok Dangerous

Why is Nic Cage's hair so very dumb?

Also, alternate title: Nic Cage Wanted to Ride Motorcycles.

In other news, he rides a yellow BMW. Which is pretty awesome...

Alternate title 2: Nic Cage Can't Find Love Due to Excessive Shooting People In The Face

Alternate title 3 (With spoilers): Nic Cage Can't Find Love Due to Excessive Shooting Self In The Face

Random Place that Just Popped Into My Head

Winnipeg

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Chuck

Damn good show.


Shame there's only the season finale left this season. Shaping up to be a really good one, though.

Stargate Universe

I will admit that when I heard that the ending of the series would be a cliffhanger, I was certain that my final impressions of the series would be anger and disappointment. Especially because they were supposed to make a Stargate: Atlantis movie following the finale, but that hasn't materialized, and likely won't. So, the chances of resolving the cliffhanger are pretty damned low.

SG1 ended the only way it could have in Unending, with the team on one very long mission aboard the Odyssey, and then stepping through the gate on a mission.

Atlantis ended well in Enemy at the Gate, with the ending shot of the main cast on the balcony, overlooking the San Francisco Bay. Although, that episode did feel rather rushed. Would have been better as a 2-hour finale, but it worked.

And, as much as I was expecting to hate it, I have to say, that it was a very good finale. Rather powerful. Ended up with good closure for characters that I had developed some emotional attachment to. Which actually surprised me.

When the last few episodes started airing, I was fully prepared to just watch the remaining episodes out of a sense of loyalty to the Stargate franchise, as it had provided 15 seasons and 3 movies of quality entertainment in the past. But, even though, in my opinion, the first half of the second season was relatively weak, they stepped it back up in the second half of the season, and finished strongly.

Good on them. Hopefully there is a future for the Stargate franchise, but if there isn't, I am prepared to say that the franchise ended well.

Each series had its weak points. The Lucius Lavin storyline on Atlantis, for example. However, all in all, they were all good series.

So, thank you Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner, Robert C. Cooper, Joseph Mallozzi, and Paul Mullie for running these 3 series.

Today's Word Of The Day

Zippedeedoodah.

Monday, May 9, 2011

Almighty Thor

'11. The young hero, Thor, protects the Earth from Armageddon after Loki destroys Valhalla. Starring: Cody Deal, Richard Grieco, Kevin Nash, Patricia Velasquez, Jess Allen, Chris Ivan Cevic. Director: Christopher Ray.

Syfy Saturday movie from this past Saturday.

In case you were wondering, this is in fact made by The Asylum. If you didn't figure that out by yourself, you really should have. A movie that has a similar title, and nominally a similar plot to a famous movie that just came out. Who else could it be.

Also, the Thor in this movie is a gigantic wiener. Super Gigantic!

In fact, I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna talk about this movie any more. Because it is shit.

On the other hand, the movie named "Thor", without all this "Almighty" B.S. is a pretty dang fantastic movie. Tis a shame that I am watching this movie, instead of watching that one again.

The thing with Thor that made it really good was that the guy playing Thor (Chris Hemsworth, or whatever) really seemed to enjoy playing and being Thor. Whereas Cody Deal, from this crappy version, is just a whiny little jerk.

So, in case you haven't seen Thor, you really should. I really enjoyed that movie. Its up there with Iron Man as an enjoyable movie, with a believable lead character, and the appropriate amount of comedy.

Also, it has Natalie Portman in it. And she's hot. Also, she's significantly more attractive in Thor, as compared to Black Swan, even though she remains fully clothed throughout the movie. Mainly because she's not bat-shit insane in Thor.

OK, I lied. Thor just pulled an Uzi out of nowhere and just started shooting Loki. Not entirely sure where he got it from... This movie is weird. And sooper dum.

Also, Loki somehow managed to kill Odin while Odin was wielding the "Hammer of Invincibility". Not Mjolnir, but the Hammer of Invincibility... And the Hammer of Invincibility doesn't seem to bestow any sort of invincibility on the bearer. Making it seemingly rather mis-named.

In addition, its a wonder that there is any scenery left for them to have on-screen, due to the large amount of scenery chewing that the actors are doing. And by "the actors", I mean "all of the actors in this entire damn movie. Every freaking one". Although, they are kinda bipolar. In that they seem to enjoy randomly switching between overacting in a ridiculous fashion, to just reading their lines without any sort of expression, in a very monotone voice. Except for Thor. Who just overacts. And whines. And in between whining, he just whines even more.

And you know what this movie is lacking? Awesome Loki hats. Because Loki from the movie Thor, and I imagine from the comics, had all sorts of a wonderful hat. With gigantic horns and all that.

Also, in other news, I find it hard to think of these Norse gods without thinking of little gray aliens. That don't wear pants.

Another thing: I was thinking that the Thor movie would be a fantastic movie to have Peter Stormare play a large role. Alas, he did not. But they did get Stellan Skarsgård to play a pretty big role, so there was appropriate awesome-Swedish-person representation. He isn't as awesome as Peter Stormare, but pretty dang awesome himself.

And perhaps this hammer that Thor has just forged with his bare hands is Mjolnir. Whatever it was, even though Loki was wielding the Hammer of Invincibility, he just got his ass beat pretty handily. More like Hammer of Intense Wieneritude. And I do mean intense. Hardly a higher concentration of wieneritude has been seen...

Also, I think I recognize some of these stock footage shots of destruction from other The Asylum productions. Can't remember the name of the movie exactly, but it was the one with the annoying preacher guy who ended up getting struck by lightning...

Also, I have just learned that Stellan Skarsgård is going to play Martin Vanger in the upcoming The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie. Which will be amazing, because he should play that role perfectly. Oh, damn. And James Bond is gonna play Mikael Blomkvist. That is gonna be a pretty fantastic cast.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Roadkill

'11. A gigantic predatory bird stalks two siblings and a group of friends in the wilderness. Starring: Diarmuid Noyes, Kacey Barnfield, Colin Maher, Oliver James, Eliza Bennet, Stepehn Rea.

Syfy Saturday movie from 4/23.

Bunch of annoying people vs a big ugly bird thing. In Ireland.

Plus, there are apparently 2 siblings. I haven't quite figured out which of the two annoying folks are the siblings...

In other news, I'm rooting for the bird. And the bird seems to be winning for now. But I'm gonna guess that'll change by the end of the movie.

Also, for being set in Ireland, it certainly lacks a sufficient amount of accents.

And apparently I can add locations to blog posts now. So, consequently, I shall add the most appropriate place to this post. Because Bolivia is always appropriate.

And given the number of times they've cocked that shotgun, they've got to have ejected all of the shells they started with, unfired... Actually, now the main character seems to have gone batshit insane, and is just wildly shooting at the sky. But I think all that cocking earlier did her good. As she was able to get two shots between pumps a few times.

Also, its a wonder that they haven't hit with their car yet. Aside from the couple of folks that they did. Because they keep driving on the proper side of the road. Which might normally be a good thing, but I'm pretty sure that they drive on the wrong side of road in Ireland...

Also: Yay, bird!

Friday, May 6, 2011

How Its Made

Did you know that frogs like to lay eggs in pineapple crowns?

Test

Man, this is so much easier than posting from the browser on my phone.

Yay blogger app!

Thanks Trevor!

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More specifically, my fearless reader(s) who are not actively involved with what I am about to say:

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This blog post has been brought to you by the letter ":". Strangely enough, even though I've used more colons in this post than I have in the rest of my life combined, I'm not talking about poop. For once...

Today's Word Of The Day

Insurmountable

Hilarity

So, there was a car in the garage at work with a Washington Capitals bumper sticker attached to the trunk lid.

Until yesterday. In its place was a discolored spot of dirt and fadingness and all that, which was unmistakably in the shape of the Washington Capitals logo.

I laughed. A lot.

Which caused some other guy in the garage to look at me strangely.

Which just amused me even more.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Washington Capitals

Well. That was... special...

Today's Word Of The Day

Flaunt

Washington Capitals

Dear all:

Have you considered not being terrible? Seems like it might be a decent idea...

Stargate Universe

While Col Young may have similar glasses to me, he certainly seems far too cool to aim.

Although, I do wish that I could hit my targets as easily without aiming. Would simplify certain matters...

Friday, April 29, 2011

Royal Wedding

I think the most important part of today's wedding thing, that most people seem to be glossing over is the fact that Prince William is now the Baron Carrickfergus.

Which is an incredibly awesome name...

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Bonus Word of The Day!

Pontifications

Elephant Pontifications was the second.

Today's Word Of The Day

Prognostications.

Was trying to help Trevor come up with a suitable name for his blog. Elephant Prognostications was the first one that popped into my head.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

The Lost Room

Scifi Channel Original miniseries from quite some time ago.

I watched it a while ago, and remember it being really damn good. So, when it came on again, I wanted to re-watch it to see if it was in fact as good as I thought it was.

It was/is.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Ferocious Planet

'11. An experimental machine transports a group of people to a new dimension. Starring: Joe Flanigan, John Rhys-Davies, Dagmar Doering, Catherine Walker, Rob Soohan.

Syfy Saturday movie from 4/9.

I should hope you recognize the name Joe Flanigan. As in, father of Fergus.

Seems Lt. Col. Sheppard got a promotion to full-bird, and changed services from the Air Force to the Marines. And he's back to using a Beretta, like the first season of Atlantis, rather than the Para Ordnance he used in later seasons.

Also, don't expect Senator Gimli, son of Congressman Gloin, to be of any use when you travel to an alternate universe. He's just gonna panic, and get et by random critters. Because, chances are, Sallah did this solely for the paycheck, and to allow the producers of this movie to use his name on the advertisements.

Although, Colonel Fergus Father seems to think that in order to combat that problem, they will need a larger watercraft. To which Private No Personality, replies with a very monotonous "Boat?".

And apparently y squared over 1 = a hat times x, which also = the square root of (A+U)/2pi. And somehow that explains how one shifts between alternate dimensions. Seems to be the writer's laziness, by just having the characters write random equations, rather than having to write any sort of dialogue to explain what happened.

Also, apparently one shouldn't poke the alien corpse. Unless you want to get acideded in the face.

Also, a gigantic monster thing apparently took offense at Private No Personality's lack of personality and lack of a sense of humor. And mauled him. A well deserved mauling.

And now for some Caps game.

Stargate Universe

Colonel Young has similar glasses to me!

Frame and lense shape is very close. Can't tell about the temples.

Also, aren't the gates made of naquadah? Which is extremely explosive? So, when it got hit by the drone weapon, shouldn't it have exploded?

Unless the gates in this end of the universe are made of something different.

Also, how the hell do scientists not recognize Morse Code when they see it. I figure that any halfway intelligent person could at least recognize something as Morse Code, not necessarily read it, but recognize it as such.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

I had peas

for dinner.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Thursday, April 14, 2011

How It's Made: Fire Hoses

That's pretty cool...

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Fergus!

Joe Flanigan, AKA Lt Col Sheppard, has a son named Fergus.

Just thought you should know.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Vegetables?

Why is it acceptable to indoctrinate our children with the idea that vegetables taste bad?

With products like V8 Fusion and Mott's Medleys both running advertising campaigns that are basically focused on telling parents to convince their kids that hiding vegetables behind fruit is the only acceptable way of eating them.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Gotta pee!

I have pee. Pretty dang bad...

Just thought you might want to know.

Today's Word Of The Day

Translucent

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Stargate Universe

Always nice to see David Hewlett on a Stargate show. Good old Dr. McKay.

But I am disappointed that they went all the way to Langara, but didn't look in on Jonas Quinn.

Also, since the Destiny dropped out of hyperspace due to Ginn's interference, shouldn't that have disrupted the communication stones? Which would kinda screw up their "Swindle the Langarans" plan.

Today's Word Of The Day

Atlantic

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Friday, April 1, 2011

Remember That Night - David Gilmour Live At The Royal Albert Hall

So, David Bowie sings a few songs at the end of the concert. After his first one, he decides that he needs to introduce David Gilmour.

Even though we're over 2 and a quarter hours into the concert. The David Gilmour concert...

Way to go there, guest singer man...

Today's Word Of The Day

GAH!

Have you ever tried to change headlights on a Mazda 3? In fading light?

I wouldn't recommend it. Unless you're tiny.

Its damned annoying.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Today's Word Of The Day

Alliteration.

Back in college, I would put a Dream Theater concert DVD into the stereo and do the dishes.

But, I've been on a Pink Floyd kick for quite some time now, and really needed to do the dishes. I thought my alliterative activity was at an end, but then I realized that Dishes and David Gilmour had almost the same ring to it as Dishes and Dream Theater.

Success!

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

There, You Happy, Trevor?

I've moved the picture a little bit.

Stargate Universe

Also Sprach Zarathustra.

The one character says that people don't recognize the piece of music by its name, but only by its relatively famous use.

So, I'm asking my faithful readers: Given those three words, would you know what piece of music we're talking about?

Today's Word Of The Day

Harmonica.

They're fun to play.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Pastor Maldonado

The first random Formula 1 related picture of the season. How old do you think Williams F1 driver Pastor Maldonado is:

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Vegetarian Haggis?

What the shit is that?

How Its Made assures me that it does indeed exist.

How Its Made

Candycane making is pretty damn mesmerizing.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Stargate Universe

Well, Telford did return. FYI.

Also, French Stewart has really grown up. Almost didn't recognize him

Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern

"And as somebody who's had just about every single animal's balls cross his lips at some point, rooster is some of my absolute favorite."

"Don't lose the penis on the fork".

"Because when it comes to placenta, you don't want to miss a drop."

Thanks for those, Mr. Zimmern. That man is a quote machine...

Today's Word Of The Day

High Hopes.

A good Pink Floyd song, and a good climbing route...

Monday, March 21, 2011

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

'06. Four friends meet up with young Leatherface and his deadly clan. Starring: Jordana Brewster, Andrew Bryniarski, R. Lee Ermey, Lee Tergesen, Matthew Bomer, Taylor Handley. Director: Jonathan Liebesman

Syfy Saturday movie from a few days ago.

This review would have been definitely improved if I'd actually paid attention.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Hockey?

Why do the Devils have green pants?

They look super dumb.

Today's Word Of The Day

Weekend.

Thank goodness.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Telford Lives!

He has already showed up in the previews for next episode. So, looks like I was correct.

And looks like the writers are pretty damn predictable.

Stargate Universe

They killed off Telford. Again.

Something tells me he's not actually dead. Because he's been as good as dead a whole mess of times already, and its only about halfway through the second season.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Chuck

This show, along with Burn Notice do product placement in the most awesomely obvious way ever.

Today's Word Of The Day

Pi.

Happy Pi Day.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Battle of Los Angeles

'11. Humans band together to fight an extraterrestrial invasion. Starring: Kel Mitchell, Nia Peeples. Director: Mark Atkins

Syfy Saturday movie from this past Saturday. Also made by The Asylum! Yay!

Oh, and in case you were wondering, this isn't the movie that just came out with Aaron Eckhart. That one's Battle: Los Angeles. I can understand the confusion.

I think I've seen this one before. Fighter pilot goes up against 2 mile wide alien spacecraft with central beam weapon hovering over a city.

If this fighter pilot survives the initial scene, becomes black, and uses the phrase "Aw, Hell NAW", then I'll be certain.

And for some reason, it takes the aliens launching smaller fighter things for people to panic, rather than when the ship initially fired its beam weapon at the city.

Also, apparently the Air National Guard has the crappiest air base in the history of time.

Also, this guy looks suspiciously like Zach Braff. Although he distinctly isn't. And we have been subjected to a 5 minute scene that is approximately 5 minutes, discussing one of the characters' apparent cowardice, with someone who's trying far too hard to be R. Lee Ermey. And for some reason he has a "service revolver", which is a Single Action Army. Which you might recognize as the Colt "Peacemaker" cowboy pistol. But, on the plus side, Faux Lee Ermey has been blowed up.And I was hoping that Fighter Pilot Braff had, too, but he seemed to survive. Based on the fact that he is on screen right now, flying his plane. Aw. dammit. Faux Lee Ermey survived, too...

And now a Chance Vought F4U Corsair just landed. That's a WWII fighter. So, it looks like we're gonna have some time traveling wackiness to contend with. Although, I'm not complaining, as The F4U is a quite attractive airplane. And rather unique looking one one, with the inverted gull wings...

Also, why is the Air National Guard wearing helmets with Desert MARPAT covers, to go with their woodland BDUs.

Braff may have been possessed by aliens, and may or may not be dead. I'm not 100% sure. I was busy making dinner. But I do know that Colonel Moustache is dead.

Also, apparently time travelers from the 1940s over-act like fiends.

And apparently the Air National Guard makes some really sturdy F16s. One can eject out of them, and have them crash land into a ruined building, and they'll still look mostly intact. Or maybe The Asylum just couldn't afford a different CG model. Also, in addition to ridiculously sturdy fighters, the ANG seems to issue their pilots Desert Eagles as sidearms. Because they're probably the best suited... Yeah totally...

And now there's a ninja woman. Totally did not see that one coming...

And Faux Lee Ermey managed to shoot down 2 alien fighters. One with his Single Action Army, and one with the first fighter's gun. And then the second one crashed into him. So I guess we're done with him.

Turns out the fighter pilot and the black guy are different characters in this movie. Thus far, neither has uttered the required phrase.

Also, had i not been making dinner, I would have made my prediction of the time traveler (who actually was just a prisoner on the alien ship) was actually in league with the aliens. And had I actually gotten around to writing that, I would have seemed awfully prescient.

Today's Word Of The Day

Farfalarfale.

I realize that its is actually Farfale. But its more fun my way.

Predator

I turned on the TV, and this was on.

And within 10 seconds, I (along with the female character in the movie) was implored to "GET TO THE CHOPPA!"

I feel that's the only part of this movie that I actually need to watch.

Perfect timing!

Area 51

'11. Terror strikes when reporters visit a secret base that houses extraterrestrials. Starring: Bruce Boxleitner, John Shea, Jason London. Director: Jason Connery.

Syfy Saturday movie from 2/26.

This movie has a completely ridiculous premise. Letting reporters have access to stupidly secret information, while they're apparently running on a "skeleton crew".

Also, that is the fakest looking Ma Deuce in the background... Pretty sure that .50 caliber machine guns need triggers in order to be effective.

Apparently all of the aliens in Area 51 agree with me. Because they're all revolting and stuff. As in the act of revolting. Not the property of being fuck ugly.

Also, if you're ever infiltrating Area 51, don't hide in the ceiling. Because it would appear that the stock response of the security forces to any sort of danger is to shoot blindly at the ceiling.

And it would now appear that Col. Bruce Boxleitner has decided to embrace his inner Bradley Manning.

And then, somehow, reporter dude got aliened. Which apparently is not a made-up word.

And then stuff blowed up. And then I stopped caring.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

'08. . Starring: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer. Director: Eric Darnell.

So, when Alex is leaving the reservation to got free up the water, or whatever he's suppose to do, the main concern of one of the Zebras is that "they might get your hat".

Also, Alec Baldwin Lion refers to Alex as the prodigal lion/son returning. But he had no particular reason to believe that Alex has been wasteful in any way. I guess he just subscribes to the common thought that "prodigal" means "lost", and not its actual definition of "wasteful".

Friday, March 11, 2011

Today's Word Of The Day

End.

Aside from about a month total, I've worked for one guy at work, the entire time I've been there.

Until today. As he has decided it was time to move on to different things...

Concerts!

May 22: Symphony X.

Last time these guys came around, I was moving, and thus had to miss it. Russell Allen has, in my opinion, one of the best voices in metal music. And the rest of the band is pretty damn good, too.

May 24: An Evening with Neal Morse and Testimony 2 featuring Mike Portnoy

If Testimony 2 is anywhere near as powerful an album as Testimony, should be a good show. However, I'm still not sure what Testimony 2 is going to be about, as Testimony was basically an autobiographical piece about Neal Morse and his faith. But, should be a good concert. Not as high on my priority list as Symphony X, but still should be a good show.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

The Thomas Crown Affair

'99. A billionaire becomes a suspect in an art theft. Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis leary, Ben Gazzara, Frankie Faison, Fritz Weaver. Director: John McTiernan.

This movie involves actually paying attention. Which I'm not prepared to do right now.

But, in other news, I wanna be a billionaire.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Stargate Universe is Back...

... For the last 10 episodes.

Now only if I could remember what happened in the last episode.

Something about aliens, and a battle. But that's only what I was able to pick up from the "Previously On".

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Carlos Santana at Woodstock...

Looks horribly constipated when he's playing the guitar.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Today's Word Of The Day

Failure.

Failed my Lead Test.

Again.

For the 3rd time.

For someone who has been lead climbing for 7-8 years, I really suck...

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

The Rocketeer

'91. Goons chase a rocket-backpack hero in 1938 Hollywood. Starring: Bill Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Timothy Dalton, Alan Arkin, Paul Sorvino, Terry O'Quinn. Director Joe Johnston.

Timothy Dalton in another villainous role. I really need to watch those James Bond movies to see him as the hero...

Also, how is that guy's butt not on fire?

Also, the Gee Bee is a hilarious airplane...

Monday, February 28, 2011

Commercial choices?

Watching a food-related show on the Travel Channel. And a stool softener commercial came on. Sorta ruined the mood...

Today's Word Of The Day

Fuck Tennessee.

Well, more of yesterday's word of the day, but I didn't feel like blogging yesterday.

Basically the entirety of my ride through Tennessee yesterday was rainy. 4 separate rain storms (or 3 if you count the one I rode through twice).

What good has ever come out of that state?

And its a pretender to Mississippi's crown as state with a ridiculous number of repeated letters.

Friday, February 25, 2011

Today's Word Of The Day

Dated?

So, the Science Channel is gonna start showing Firefly. Not really sure that it fits, but since most of the programming on the Syfy Channel is wrestling, I guess anything goes.

Anyways, at no point in their commercial for Firefly did the Science Channel decide to inform the casual viewer that the show is going on 10 years old.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Holy Crap

Just looked back on my archives, and it appears that I kept up doing a Word of the Day almost every day for almost a year.

That doesn't seem like me. Keeping something up for an entire year...

Today's Word Of The Day

Yay.

Cold-ish and rainy. But I was on the bike, so it was all good...

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Jean-Claude Van Damme's Ass

Did not need to see that.

Also, the reason I'm no longer watching Universal Soldier, and have decided to change to some Pink Floyd.

2011 Daytona 500

Well, it would appear that they have managed to avoid red-flagging the race this time.

Also, I think the whole green-white-checker thing is stupid. The race should end after the appropriate number of laps, with no changes due to cautions. Finishing under artificial green flag racing is dumb.

Also, I think that I prefer F1 because the technological innovations are more obvious, especially with the aero package, whereas in NASCAR, all the cars look the same. And I prefer the aesthetics of modern F1 cars. I can't say that I prefer open-wheeled cars. Because I'm not particularly fond of Indy Cars. I think its the high nose of the F1 car, rather than the very low entire chassis of the Indy Cars.

Also, the fact that teammates have different colors confuses me. To many dang things to keep track of in my simple mind.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Iron Invader

'11. Infected by alien bacteria, a gigantic iron statue springs to life and goes on a rampage. Starring: Kavan Smith, Chris Gauthier, Nicole DeBoer, Paul McGillion, Donnelly Rhodes.

Kavan Smith, Paul McGillion, Donnelly Rhodes. Man, this movie's gonna be awesome. (Major Lorne, Doctor Becket, Doc Cottle)

But, sadly, Doc Cottle is far too happy. But he is wearing a pretty fancy hat... Still can't really get over Doc Cottle not being crotchety. But he did just use the word "yonder".

And Vincent from Eureka.

And the moral of this story is, when you get attacked by statues animated by bacteria from outer space, pour alcohol on it. "It don't like booze." Or maybe its just an intergalactic acoholic. They thought it was absorbing the metals out of its victims' blood, but my theory is that it was absorbing any remnants of alcohol. Poor bacteria just wanted to get its drank on.

And I'm gonna go ahead an pretend that I never said that.

And it would appear that both Vincent and Sheriff Beckett got deadified. But Lorne got the girl, and Cottle didn't get to drink his expensive booze.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Pink Floyd: The Wall

If you want to hear Roger Waters and Gerald Scarfe talk about being forced to wear "short trousers", as well as pedophiles, you should totally listen to the commentary. And I'm only about 15 minutes in.

And a brief mention of voyeurism.

Also, apparently Pink Floyd does not attract attractive groupies.

And now a discussion of the apparent death of Roy Rogers' horse in British cinema.

Keith Moon eloquently blowing up toilets with explosives.

Man, this commentary is a gold mine.

Mega Python vs. Gatoroid - Some More!

And now I care even less than before. Because Awesome Beard Guy potentially just got et. And then exploded.

If I was paying attention, I might actually know if this was the case, or why the snake exploded...

But, hey...

And the best part of the movie: both the annoying pop stars get eaten.

Actually, scratch that. The best part of this movie is that its now over.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Mega Python vs. Gatoroid

'11. Gigantic snakes and alligators battle in the Florida Everglades. Starring Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, Kathryn Joosten.

Syfy Saturday movie from 1/29.

Also, this Mega Something vs. Something Else thing has to stop. Apparently there's a third one that I haven't yet seen... Starring Urkel.

And random fisherman dude just happens to have an AR-15 in his fishing boat for snake shootin'.

Also, some of the characters are breaking into rich people's houses, stealing random snakes, and then setting them free. Even though they're probably not from whatever area this. And then they somehow made a cop that was chasing them flip. I kinda hope they all get et.

Actually, now I'm rotting for the pile of rednecks. Because they apparently spend all day shooting random stuff. Doesn't hurt that one of them has a pretty awesome beard.

Also, I think that pop starts past their prime are terrible actors. Based on this sample size of 2.

And even though I had a really nice ride, and am in a pretty good mood, this is terrible. Its Kindle time!

Oh, and this is one of those The Asylum things. So, yeah... you know...

There are absolutely no sympathetic characters in this movie. I hate them all.

This is mesmerizingly terrible. With a capital SHIT.

Screw this. I need to take a shower... Back to this later...