December 2010
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Head Explosions
id3az:
A blog that catalogue’s things that will blow your mind. First entry: Val Kilmer’s website.
Regarding Val’s website, surprisingly it’s neither www.huckleberry.com or www.moreausucked.net.
“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the...”
– Louis L’Amour
Stuff That 2010 Has Roughly 14 Hours To Pull Off
Film
2010 (1984)
Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space (2002)
Absolon (2003)
Zebraman (2004)
District 13 (2004)
District 9 (2009)
Literature
Stand on Zanzibar (1968) by John Brunner
2010: Odyssey Two (1982) by Arthur C. Clarke.
Tracy Hickman, The Immortals (1996)
“Manifold: Time” (1999) by Stephen Baxter - party of the storyline starts in September 2010
The Mayflower Project...
“The coming decades—the 21st-century’s ’20s, ’30s, and ’40s—have the potential to...”
– From Patton Oswalt’s Wired essay Wake Up Geek Culture. Time To Die.
Getting ready to enjoy my favorite non-Christmas Christmas movie: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
I got a Kindle! Now I can burn all my old books!
“A boy falls in a well and bats save him. Then whenever he gets in trouble the...”
– Papa describing Batman Begins.
Guard at La Guardia informed me that security line for today’s flights formed LAST year. Oops.
Christmas is not a vacation. It's a press tour.
Thursday December 23rd 10:05am: Arrive at Nashville Airport Coffee, Target, Borders, Panera visits with Mom 3:00pm: Mom drops at Betty’s shop/visit with her client 3:30pm: Lunch with Bob, Erin, KT, Randy at Ruby Tuesdays Ask friend for ride home Shower/Laundry Dinner with Dad for his Birthday Friday December 24th Avoid the mall, help mom with housework Hook up Mom’s new computer if...
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WatchPigeon: Impossible began life as a sketch about a man struggling with a box – a simple exercise to teach Lucas Martell, a 23-year-old aspiring director from Illinois, how to animate in 3D. The exercise achieved its aim and then some, expanding into a five-year enterprise. On its completion, it was still essentially about a man and a box, only now the man is a Washington spy, the box is his...
Another Spider-Man Musical Injury →
Old and busted: The Scottish Play. New Hotness: The Spider-Man Play.
“Compelled to drink White Russians and wear sweatpants. Winter is like an endless...”
– Me, abiding
“I gotta find real nice paper for this year’s batch of slips that read...”
– Santa Justin
IT Question
Can I hack my account so it says “pals” instead of “followers” - I’m not running a cult.
And 5 Afterlife Lessons From 2010
After the “accident” I learned these things:
- The Grim Reaper smells like Citronella
- Old & Busted - The Book of Life, New Hotness - Sin Kindle
- Judgment Chamber Waiting Room is not a place for Missed Connections
- God doesn’t like to be called Sandalbeard. Or Gandalf. Or Sandalfgandalf.
- Get sent back to earth if you win the rap battle.
12 Life Lessons From 2010
January: Don’t pay more than $1 for coffee.
February: If you date someone from Long Island, live on Long Island.
March: Start running again. No matter how cold it is out.
April: OkCupid is a bad idea.
May: Have a margarita on Friday. You earned it.
June: Stay in at least one night a week.
July: OkCupid is still a bad idea.
August: I said A margarita.
September: You can make good...
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My Review of Dillingers in Astoria on Yelp →
Dillinger’s is on the corner of my block. It’s affordable and always extremely accommodating. Just like your mom. (High fives Donny…)
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“Look at this, a package from Amazon came. I wonder if this is someone’s...”
– Dammit mom! Her Christmas surprise ruining has reached WikiLeakian levels.
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“In 1998, Alec Baldwin wrote an episode of Law & Order entitled Tabloid.”
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