It’s Wednesday, the middle of the week, and it’s pouring down rain where I am. I just watched Wanted and The X-Files: I Want To Believe, so my brain is an absolute mish mash of bad logic, amazingly uncharismatic acting, and poorly manipulated visuals. Oh, and I just read this quote from William Gibson: “The NET is a waste of time, and that’s exactly what’s right about it,” and right now, I could not agree more, y’know?
If you’re having a bad day: Lesbian Vampire Killers!
Speaking of lesbians, I guess The L Word is going to kill off one of their characters and the show will become a kind of murder mystery? That’s interesting, but what’s more interesting is that the show is still on.
Also speaking of lesbians, remember Topanga from Boy Meets World? Yeah, you do.
Mark Romanek and Alex Garland are going to adapt Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is working on a new book.
J. D. Salinger’s women.
How stem cells are finally starting to deliver.
Swedish scientists create “body swapping” illusion.
Flying penis interrupts Gary Kasparov’s speech. Suck on that, Deep Blue.
Amazon.com deliveries are way behind this year. Take that, holiday shopping.
Jay Leno is heading to prime time after he finally surrenders The Tonight Show, which makes a very sad kind of sense, and The Roots are going to be Jimmy (ugh) Fallon’s house band, if you didn’t know that already. “So, ?uestlove, how about that game last night?” Why would the Roots do this to themselves?
Somebody microwaved a cell phone? Yes, somebody did. I’m sad to say that I watched this because it’s… like watching an inanimate object coming to life and mutating into a hideous alien creature complete with creepy death squeal. It’s pretty cool.
Hawkeyes fan says bathroom sex scandal “ruined my life.”
On The Internet, Nobody Knows You’re A Dog by Peter Steiner from the July 5, 1993 issue of The New Yorker.
Is it possible that we’re actually getting smarter and not stupider? Or, is it just a little of both?
I was celibate for 15 years.
“I believe that religion is far more of a lifestyle choice than sexuality is.” -Jon Stewart having to welcome Mike Huckabee to the human race in the year 2008. And today is Call In Gay day, right?
How much do you think this kickass drawing of a spider is worth?
The Donkey Punch, as explained to you by your good friends at Fox News.
Adorable animals: Big fat bunny! And incest-bred tiger! Awww. And, of course, there’s always this:
“Twenty years ago no one could have imagined the effects the internet would have: entire relationships flourish, friendships prosper… There’s a vast new intimacy and accidental poetry, not to mention the weirdest porn. The entire human existence seems to unveil itself like the surface of a new planet.” -J. G. Ballard in an interview with The Guardian a few years ago.
Band Of Horses – Lamb On The Lam (In The City)(mp3)
Department Of Eagles – Romo-Goth (mp3)
Until next time, playas.
