January 2012
1 post
Alex Gansa walks us through Homeland’s first... →
Can someone watch Homeland so I can tell them my opinion of how disappointing one of these answers is?
I mean, Homeland is really good, too. You should watch it anyways.
November 2011
1 post
October 2011
1 post
1 tag
September 2011
5 posts
I play this game with myself sometimes where I imagine different events that must have happened in the course of human history.
Tonight I had fun imagining the first dude who ate a habanero pepper.
Oh tight
I’m excited to find out that Cassie from Skins will be joining Chris from Skins in season 2 of Game of Thrones.
Zach Jones
My friend Zach Jones died yesterday, September 3rd. He was my best friend. He was everyone’s best friend. Everyone knew they could count on Zach Jones to make them laugh and make them feel loved.
In my chronic cynicism, I’ve always thought that people were made out to be more than they were at their funerals. Everyone remembered the best, etc., etc. But goddamn, Zach Jones was...
August 2011
5 posts
While I'm Up
Just thought about Inception for some reason—are we ready to admit that it is pretty baby’s-first-mindfuck yet?
Like have we all seen some more movies or had some time to think and been like, “In retrospect, I am completely unfazed by this movie’s story”
Compulsive disclaimer:I haven’t seen it since it came out, and I am in no hurry to change that.
New Cocktail
Gin and Sweet Tea = Tea-gin and Sara
Youtube Video Description
“Baby lets one rip and then dog sniffs babys butt! Classic!”
The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: Greenberg.
Saw this on thedailywh.at today and felt real confused. Greenburg wasn’t really bad at all?
It’s an okay-to-good movie. By no stretch of the imagination is it the worst movie of all time. I’d hear an argument against it, but I would tell someone to shut the fuck up if they said it was the worst movie of all time, because...
July 2011
1 post
Hey Charmin,
“Enjoy the Go” is the most upsetting slogan I’ve ever heard.
May 2011
1 post
Damn, Hulu. I didn’t realize one of the benefits of HuluPlus was more advertisements.
April 2011
4 posts
Games of Thrones is pretty good so far.
3 tags
Taking a stance:
Hipsters only exist on the internet.
Nobody has ever met an actual hipster.
March 2011
2 posts
hey, fucking cool it with calling stuff ‘epic’, okay? i would have thought this was obvious by now. it’s been pretty played for like, 3 years. that’s forever in internet time. i can’t hold my tongue any longer.
ughggggggggghhhhhh
I thought the anuses were a powerful metaphor, I’m sorry your not able to see that. Maybe leave the discussion those with a more trained eye.
-Okay, this one has a lot of background: There was a show on Bravo last year called “Work of Art,” which was a Top Chef for artists.
That sounds like it would be a neat show, right? But it was the worst. There was this guy named...
February 2011
3 posts
Imaginary Discography
MC Honeydukes - Candy Shopper
MC Honeydukes - All This Candy
MC Honeydukes - The Duke of Honey
MC Honeydukes - MC Honeydukes in MC Honeydukes finds his Honeyduchess
MC Honeydukes - Americandy
MC Honeydukes - Back to the Shop
Three things about Arcade Fire
1. I think it’s cool they won Album of the Year. However, I’m confused/surprised/amused that there is a hubbub about it.
2. Arcade Fire has a bunch of good songs, and there’s only 1 on either of the two albums I have that I would skip, and that’s only if I’m already looking at my iTunes page, cause I don’t dislike it enough to minimize my internet windows...
OH MY GOD. Battlestar Galactica season 2.0 finale? Shit just got so intense and really dark.
(I’ve started watching BSG on Netflix.)
January 2011
1 post
Ranked: Every Character on 30 Rock, from Funniest... →
Wow is this list wrong.
December 2010
2 posts
YouTuBBCe
BBC seems to be pretty cool about letting people post their shows on Youtube. Complete catalogs, too, as far as I can tell. If you’ve got some free time, you should get on that.
Three I’ve been watching a lot of, and recommend:
-QI
-The Trip
-That Mitchell and Webb Look
November 2010
12 posts
Boss Fires Herself To Save Employees →
Stop right there. I’ve heard enough.
The answer is yes. We want Boss Fires Herself To Save Employees on our airwaves as soon as possible.
A Non-Reader's Guide to Sarah Palin's "America by... →
One of many actual excerpts:
“A European movie might have had Juno get her abortion in the opening scene and then spend the next hour and fifteen minutes smoking cigarettes and pondering the meaning of life. It would have been depressing and boring.”
“It’s completely unnecessary, like “Oh, you’d like my number? Sure,...”
– John Stewart, on 555 numbers, articulating my angst.
Just so we’re all on the same page:
d-(^.^)z thumps up
q-(-.-)z thumbs down
~(._.)z no opinion
I’m awake at 6:20 AM and I am outraged to learn that the term is “deep-seated” and not “deep-seeded.”
Come on, dictionaries. Deep-seated doesn’t even make sense.
Dear everyone complaining about other people’s ‘political correctness’,
When you phrase it that way, politically correct becomes the politically correct way to say sissy. So you’re just throwing out empty noises.
Stop being divissive and dumb,
Ben
The future tense of 'to trendspot'
Me 4 days ago: “Yeah, I’ll see a cowboys and ninjas movie.”
Me yesterday: “Yeah, I’ll see a cowboys and aliens movie.”
Me next year (projected): “Yeah, I’m fucking tired of cowboy movies.”
BOLD(?) PREDICTION: Cowboys are the new Zombies are the new Vampires are the new Nostalgia.
WatchWhile I’m at it, I like this Uffie song, too.
Found myself reading Wikipedia articles about lines of succession tonight, and I came across this article about designated survivors.
That’s a pretty crazy thing, right? Feel like I should have learned about this in any of the 3 or 4 government classes I’ve taken since middle school.
BLACK PEOPLE VS. WHITE PEOPLE: WHO’S FUNNIER?
Keep thinking of different scenarios, but I really can’t tell what this even is.
October 2010
5 posts
Today was weird.
I took a nap this afternoon. I dreamed I was at a We Are Scientists concert and they were playing Harry and the Potters songs. I woke myself up laughing.
I’ve been thinking about that Justin Bieber rap video that showed up this weekend. I realized I need to let someone know how I feel about it because I’m getting angry just talking to myself.
Here’s what’s making me angry: At the end of the video, Justin does this speak-over-the-beat thing and says some really annoying stuff. First, he does this ridiculous voice and...
Very Important Link
Check this out! This is a .pdf of David Simon’s pitch to HBO for The Wire.
http://kottke.org.s3.amazonaws.com/the-wire/The_Wire_-_Bible.pdf
Juicy Teaser: In this proposal, Stringer Bell is known as Stringy Bell.
I recommend putting aside some time to read the original outline for the first season. It starts out the same but quickly becomes a completely new experience. What could have...
September 2010
4 posts
More than 75 prior season episodes of Syfy’s mainstay “Battlestar Galactica,” as well as prior seasons of the network’s popular series’ “Destination Truth” and “Eureka” – all streaming from Netflix for the first time.
Destination Truth is a popular series?
The Devil Wears Taupe →
This is pretty cool.
100
Some things I’m in to, most things I’m not.
To save time, you can read this post instead of the 99 others, and still feel like you really get this blog.
Complainin'
I am reminded today of how annoying the weather in Athens is. For whatever reason, the temperature fluctuates wildly from morning to afternoon to night, especially during late Summer and early Fall.
Like today, it was in the mid 60’s when I woke up this morning, but by this afternoon it’s going to be in the upper 90’s. And it really won’t get there until mid-afternoon;...
August 2010
2 posts
oh
I’ve always pronounced wiccan with a K sound in the middle.
The word makes a lot more sense when someone pronounces it with Italian C’s.
Emcee
I’m considering changing my rap name to Floyd Banks.
Please update your lyrics to include references to this name.