Here are a couple of pics from J.J. Abrams' version of the early years of Star Trek that doesn't come out till May 2009. I was wondering how Karl Urban would work as Dr. McCoy, but damn if he doesn't look kind of like Bones.
Well, I figure Wild Willie may be thinking about ways to make teaching his kid the ABC's in a fun way without having to watch endless hours of Sesame Street, so I found the perfect solution--STAR WARS ABC FLASHCARDS!
I don't mind people criticizing a candidate's experience, policies, or overall character, but it's so depressing (and a bit maddening) to see Americans who still have such a narrow-minded and racist view of their fellow citizens here in the United States. I'm actually almost worried about a second Civil War if Obama is elected in November based on the almost hatred these people have for the guy.
To think I was expecting this to be sort of a rebuilding year for the 'Horns. The legend of Colt McCoy will undoubtedly grow after yesterday's win over OU, but I was encouraged to see everyone on the UT squad step-up their game. That was a pretty impressive team effort. Who knows how the rest of the season will go--based on the upset win by Oklahoma State over Mizzou last night, it looks like the Big 12 may just beat each other up and right out of a place in the national championship game.
Random thought I had as I was reading about how every financial market around the world is tanking: If stocks are dropping so precipitously everywhere, where is all this money going? It seems that if there was all this "value" in the stock market, that somehow means that actual cash is somehow being redistributed. If the stock market is falling, shouldn't that financial worth be making someone rich?
Maybe it's because it's damn late or maybe it's because Andy Samberg sounds exactly like him, but I thought this was hilarious:
Here's the first episode of a new series of shorts called PG Porn:
Berkeley Breathed is putting his penguin on ice. The 51-year-old cartoonist said he will pull the plug on his comic-strip career and “Opus” after Nov. 2.
In an e-mail to the Los Angeles Times, the 51-year-old Breathed wrote, “30 years of cartooning to end. I’m destroying the village to save it. Opus would inevitably become a ranting mouthpiece in the coming wicked days, and I respect the other parts of him too much to see that happen. The Michael Moore part of me would kill the part of him that was important to his fans.”
Sad, but at least Opus stopped before I did. I have basically been taken to pacing around the house in my underwear, muttering to myself about the entire collapse of the United States. Some hard changes need to occur in this country and nobody is prepared to make them. Mutter, mutter, mutter...
According to Box Office Mojo, Speed Racer has pulled in a little over $93 million worldwide since its release back in May. Considering this was supposed to be a major summer blockbuster and the fact that it cost $120 million to make, that adds up to a definable flop. Critics seemed to hate it, too, which probably didn't help its abysmal numbers.
I saw this a few months ago on my favorite way to goof off at work, the Onion.
At first I laugh at it, then it makes me a little nervous. 2000 already demonstrated that who receives the most popular votes is moot.
Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early
Something tells me Wander doesn't think such a diabolical ploy is really all that preposterous:
I can't remember if I posted this before, but if you need some procrastination tools, here's a game that's highly addictive.
I was never much of a guy to wear hoodies all that often, nor was I ever much of a fan of Marc Ecko fashion, but damn is this get-up cool (well, in a geeky Star Wars kind of way). It's probably much more hip than the backpack that looked like Yoda I saw hanging off some girl's back in the grocery store the other day.
What's it like to turn 35 in the midst of all this political and financial turmoil? A lot like it feels any other year actually. The good news is I still love awesome music. What more can a guy like me want?
...or a host of other stories that point to what some financial experts are predicting to be the worst - and longest - financial downturn in the last quarter century, if not since the Great Depression.
I could post about how this is a prime example of the real outcome of laissez faire capitalism; about how without conscientious regulation, inevitably some assholes will figure out how to make a mint and then leave the taxpayers with the check.
I could post about these things, but instead this morning my mind has fixated on something else. Sometimes it's a blessing being half an idiot.
