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  • Hard to do that in mid-Atlantic, actually.

    As a follow-up to yesterday’s mini-rant, a clever reader sent me to this Grand Avenue comic. The really amusing parts here are that the comic was published the day before my rant, and that not only did they get the “to prove the world isn’t flat” part wrong, but also Columbus’ intended destination. (He was aiming for Japan, actually. They knew that Japan was east of China, so that’d be what they bumped into first, if they were correct about which ocean Japan was on.)

    None of this should stop you from finding the comic strip amusing, mind you. I got a laugh out of it, after all.

  • And he’s off! (His rocker.)

    If you’ve been wondering when (if?) it would ever be a good time to add the anime site to your feed reader, I’m here to answer the question with a single word: Now.

    I’m going to be writing up recaps for the new series, Mai Otome, as it airs (and is fansubbed, of course). I will probably also pick one other show from the new season so I have some variety and a bit more of a challenge.

    Check it out, eh?

    Mai Otome #1

  • So, you didn’t like it, you say?

    Jenny McCarthy made a movie. This, I didn’t know. Okay, I also didn’t care. But when Roger Ebert is moved to write such as the following, one cannot help but be amused:

    I would like to say more, but-no, I wouldn’t. I would not like to say more. I would like to say less. On the basis of “Dirty Love,” I am not certain that anyone involved has ever seen a movie, or knows what one is.

    Just go read the whole thing. Seriously. You look like you need a good laugh.

    Roger Ebert: Dirty Love

  • Droolworthy Trinkets

    Oooooo. I want this. This would be a nice bonus, too.

    Not, mind you, that I need more keychains… but they’re so cool!

    Memento: Sengetsu no mono

  • The Fewwowship of the Wing!

    Do you love “The Princess Bride”? What about “The Lord of the Rings”?

    If you do, and the thought of seeing what happens when quotes from one are used in scenes from the other offends your delicate sensibilities… well, tough luck.

    The Inn of the Prancing Pony:
    HOBBITS: Who are you?
    STRIDER: No one of consequence.
    HOBBITS: We must know.
    STRIDER: Get used to disappointment.
    HOBBITS: Okay.

    Ithilien:
    GOLLUM: Good night, hobbitses. Good work. Sleep well. I’ll most likely kill you in the morning.

    Tomb in Minas Tirith:
    DENETHOR: I am the Dread Steward Denethor. There will be no survivors!
    GUARD 1: Now?
    GUARD 2: Not yet.
    DENETHOR: My men are here. I am here. But soon you will not be here!
    GUARD 1: Now?!
    GUARD 2: Light him!

    Outside Minas Tirith:
    WITCH KING: Good heavens. Are you still trying to win? You’ve got an overdeveloped sense of vengeance. It’s going to get you into trouble someday.
    EOWYN: Hello. My name is Eowyn. You killed my uncle. Prepare to die!
    […]
    EOWYN: I admit it, you are better than I am.
    WITCH KING: Then why are you smiling?
    EOWYN: Because I know something you don’t know.
    WITCH KING: And what is that?
    EOWYN: I am not a man!

    The Tower of Cirith Ungol:
    FRODO: Sam, I’ll tear your arms off.
    SAM: Oh, you mean this Ring.

    Oh, just go read the whole thing, won’t you?

    Is This A Kissing Book

  • The future is now. Then. Er, yeah.

    Gustav (yes, the Gustav) sent me the following bit of amusement. It’s an Engadget homage, of sorts, to the heady days of yore, back when we engaged in all sorts of wild speculation about what computing technology would be like in the years to come.

    You know, ‘cause we don’t do that sort of thing nowadays. Ahem.

    Anyway, read and enjoy, won’t you?

    Engadget 1985

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