Chapel Perilous

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
See Johnny Depp as the scrumpdeliciously mysterious Willy Wonka in the teaser trailer for 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Yep. looks good. It won't replace Gene Wilder's genius performance in the original. 
posted by Bsti @ 7:02 PM ¶ comments (1)

Just A Cute Pic I Found

(this is not my wife, whose stems are much cuter!)
 
posted by Bsti @ 4:56 PM ¶ comments (3)

Kanji Abuse

Hanzi Smatter: Dedicated to the misuse of Chinese characters (Hanzi or Kanji) in Western culture.

(via Capital of Nasty) 
posted by JohnFen @ 3:47 PM ¶ comments (4)

It's so nice when someone runs across an article and thinks of me~
this time it's Ben H.
Talking a Language Back From the Brink
"Hawaiian professors band together to revive the islands' dying native tongue"

Silly typo in the header.

"The University of Hawaii-M?noa, which he attended, treated Hawaiian as a foreign language, and a relatively unpopular one at that."

I lived mere blocks from this beautiful school.
It's nestled deep in a woodsy area. 
posted by Bsti @ 3:27 PM ¶ comments

a sad day...

I can't believe noone else said anything about this, but it was a sad news story that I aired at work Thursday morning.



"Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, formerly of our very own deep-south Pantera, was brutally murdered onstage during a show with his band, Damageplan.

And if I here ONE MORE DAMN THING about this being because he was in a METAL band, I'm gonna scream. I mean, really. Everyone could get a psycho fan. He didn't get shot because he's in a metal band and got a psycho fan. He got shot because he got a psycho fan and he didn't have a friggin' Berlin Wall of security around him like more popular stars (which is in no way a slight against those who do). 
posted by shelleopard @ 7:30 AM ¶ comments (4)

It's Friday Nite!

and that can only mean one thing...

TEQUILA!

 
posted by JohnFen @ 10:04 PM ¶ comments (6)

People are talking.....

I was going to give you a screen shot of my inbox so you could see how busy we are, but.....I'm too busy to bother!

I remember a time a few years ago when I hand-wrote the addresses and took the orders to the post office in a bag.
Now we average about 8 mail buckets a day.
The clerks do not always look too happy to see me......
 
posted by Bsti @ 1:31 PM ¶ comments (14)

via George 
posted by Bsti @ 2:32 PM ¶ comments (2)

1-2-3-4, I declare a PHOTOWAR!!

You Decide 
posted by weirdpixie @ 9:49 PM ¶ comments (1)

Giant squid to be 'plastinated' for posterity

New Scientist: "Out of its natural habitat, the giant squid Architeuthis dux is something of a flop. “They’re so heavy, they collapse under their own weight. You lose the lovely cylindrical mantle and arms,” says Steve O’Shea, squid expert at the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand.

But now for the first time, two huge giant squid specimens are being prepared to go on display. And the preparation is being done by controversial German anatomist Gunther von Hagens, who will use the “plastination” technique that he uses to display human bodies." 
posted by olivia @ 5:40 AM ¶ comments

The Descent of Dissent

Front page of today's New York Times Op-Ed section has an absolutely brilliant diagram depicting the ridiculousness surrounding the teaching of evolution vs. creationism (or as it's being commonly referred to, "alternative theories of science").

You all might remember seeing and/or reading about the disclaimer stickers that have been placed in science texts containing evolution when the school boards have voted to allow them (see below for example):

Personally, I am soooo ready to let'm rip at any time given the opportunity to sit in at a local school board meeting in my town. Even though I live out here in the Bay area where this particular phenomena of "intelligent design" (an oxymoron if I ever heard one) hasn't quite caught on or affected our local school boards (yet!), but when it does, oh you can just bet I'll be there thumping on my Book of Subgenius and quoting from the Principia Discordia as much as possible.

Equal time, you bet. They want alternative theories taught?
I got their "alternative theories" right here... 
posted by weirdpixie @ 11:27 AM ¶ comments

 
posted by olivia @ 2:11 AM ¶ comments (2)

Sipped some of that last night, watched Spiderman 2.
Everybody is right; it is much better than the first, especially after viewing it on TV the other night and noticing how really cheesy it was.

I had a few problems with 2. I didn't get how Spidey's genetically enhanced powers would be affected by simply feeling less confident about himself.

I didn't get why Dr. Octopus tried to kill the one man who could find Spidey by first throwing a car at him, then throwing him into a brick wall.

There were a bunch of other little incontinuities, but overall it was quite entertaining.

I finished Halo 2 the other day and am on to Fable.
"Age and evolve a hero or villain through the actions you choose and the path you follow—be it for good, evil, or in-between."

It's gotten mixed reviews from gamers, but I am easy to please, and this game is fully immersive. There is too much to do and find in this game. I spent an hour last night trying to sneak past some bandits, only to find that I wasn't wearing the right sneaky-boots.
You aren't told things like that; you have to find out yourself.
I also accidently gave a pricey gem to a complete stranger and hired a soldier of fortune to wander around a friendly town with me.

Bought Ghost Recon the other day too, haven't opened the package on that yet.

Sockland is doing swimmingly and we are fortunate to find things running rather smoothly, better than the Halloween Rush. Xilia is a tremendous help, of course.

Oh and we got our massage chaor the other day--finally.
Sweet piece of furniture, that.

Have a wonderful day, all! 
posted by Bsti @ 2:04 PM ¶ comments (5)

Bumwad History

Congratulations! You have found the Whole World Toilet Paper Museum, for the simple reason that you were looking for it. It's true you probably didn't even know you were looking for it until you found it, but find it you did.

And it's about time. There's lots of wonderful things here, but for maximal absurdity (or redundancy?), it's hard to beat toilet paper in tax law.
 
posted by JohnFen @ 1:47 AM ¶ comments (1)