December 18th, 2004
Didn't Even Bother With The Redskins/49rs Game
Saturday NFL football. So bittersweet. Sweet because, well, it's an extra day of football. Bitter because when the NFL starts playing on Saturday, that means there's only a couplefew weeks left for one of my few reasons for living. At least two of the games were lots of fun today. Sloppy, sure, but fun.
Posted by fad at 11:07pm
Real Title Too Long For Title Space
A Brief Commentary On The Actor's Commentary From The Fancy-Lad DVD Version Of "Return Of The King"Mssrs Wood and Astin are Level 62 AC-TORS! very skilled and serious at AC-TING!and make sure you know that. They take their craft (pronounced "crawhphft") almost as importantly as themselves.
Monaghan and Boyd have taken their role as comic relief a bit too far. They're trying too hard. Not that they don't have some moments, but are definitely stretching at times.
Andy Serkis always brings something interesting about the moment. He discusses the acting in a way that is interesting, pointing out some things that I had missed that then made a scene better.
Orlando Bloom is far less a cheerleader ("Oh, wasn't that wonderful!" or "Oh, so beautiful/cute/great!") than previously.
Mr. Rhys-Davies apparently is just having a jolly ramble.
Most of the other actors who were slipped in added something, in particular Bernard Hill. Only a couple were absolutely superfluous.
Overall, not as cringe inducing as the previous one, with all such moments here usually found when Wood or Astin (especially) get going*.
Posted by fad at 4:24pm
December 17th, 2004
Most Likely A Lie
Ok, it's obvious I got nothing today. Just plain out of it. So I'll just bid you all a good weekend (he types knowing that having typed this, the posts will start falling out of the sky landing loudly next to him, instead of on him as he would wish to put himself and everyone else out of their collective miseries).
Posted by fad at 4:31pm
No Visions Yet
Damn caffeine addiction and resultant conditions from lack of said caffeine.
Posted by fad at 2:58pm
Drowning In The Rain
Statistically this is nothing.An Air National Guard pilot who fired on a New Jersey school during a training exercise was to blame for the incident, but poorly designed controls in the F-16 also played a role, the Air Force concluded Friday.Only four times in a year? A piffle, I say. A mere piffle.
The report, obtained by The Associated Press, also disclosed that there have been three other incidents this year in which an F-16 pilot unintentionally fired during nighttime strafing missions.
Posted by fad at 2:10pm
Wish It Were Fictional
CSI: Ukraine.
Posted by fad at 12:26pm
Eastside
Personally, I think Mr. Haass just has an odd fetish.
Posted by fad at 12:23pm
More Mojos
Any day with a new monkey can't be all bad.
Posted by fad at 6:31am
Too Lazy For Lazy Posting
Usually about mid month, just to have something cheap and easy to post, I do a rundown of those wacky, wacky search hits from the first couple weeks. However, this month just doesn't have it. It's all "farm fuck" or it's variants, or "childe porno" from IPs in Poland, Estonia or other countries around there. Then there's the usual Elijah Wood obsessives trying to check in on his penis size or what's wrong with his left eye. The Hardees fisting commerical has caused quite a search storm, though. And there's always fun when a BIKINI TRAIN comes through. All in all, though, it's been a pretty dull month as evidenced by all the people searching for "bland food". At least I'm up to #2 as of this typing.
Posted by fad at 6:02am
December 16th, 2004
I'll Grouse If I Want To
It's back.
Posted by fad at 6:01pm
One Of My Favorite Books As A Kid
Really, all terrorism boils down to the story of a boy and his horse (not to be confused with "The Horse And His Boy", one of the fine Chronicles that come to us from Narnia).In bin Laden's heyday here, as a wealthy Saudi exile in the mid-1990s, Swift ran in Sudan's most prestigious races.If only he'd been left alone to ride his horse, jumping over this, jumping over that, peace would rule the earth from a rainbow throne with a scepter of iron puppies.
But in May 1996, bin Laden was driven out of Sudan by pressure from the Clinton administration, and the horse was left behind, abandoned property of the fugitive now wanted for the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
[...]
"Osama liked to jump on his horses and take them riding," said Issam Turabi, a wiry man with a trim, dark beard.
[...]
If the United States had not pressed Sudan to expel bin Laden, where he spent five largely quiet years, he never would have gone to Afghanistan, where he became increasingly radical, Turabi said.
"He would have been left here to grow big and fat like many Sudanese rich men. How would history have been?" he asked.
Posted by fad at 3:43pm
Gifting Thwarted
Dammit! Outbid. And I so badly wanted to give this to you for Christmas.Impresario Robert F.X. Sillerman said on Thursday he agreed to buy 85 percent of Presley's estate, including rights to the singer's name and the management of his famed Graceland mansion, in a deal worth $100 million.Guess you'll have to do without.
Posted by fad at 3:15pm
A Headline As Written By An Alcoholic In The Grip Of Cravings
"AMA concerned about teens, sweet alcohol"
Posted by fad at 2:45pm
The Truthful Answer Not Given To A Question Asked 7 Years Ago
"Actually, I think this is stupid as all hell."
Posted by fad at 2:04pm
Find The Mistake
Before it changes, read the caption to the picture. I'll put it in the extended entry in case they fix it.UPDATE: Aww, damn. They took the picture down. For those who don't know, John Elway (known as horsetoothed shitbuck around here) did not play for the Miami Dolphins as the caption claimed.
Posted by fad at 12:49pm
I Can't Really Put Them In The Music Category
I can't read anything about Motley Crue without the "Behind the Music" guy's voice kicking in.
Posted by fad at 12:19pm
The Thursday Thive
- Have you considered Scientology?
Uh. No.
I have been known to on occasion....
That's not a question!
Who are you? What are you asking/telling me these things? Is this Xe...
Alright, alright. Calm down. The all caps make you look crazy.
Will you knock it off with the Thetans! Besides, I thought there were only supposed to be five of these things.
Ok, that's it. Get out of my fridge, now. I just wanted some juice.
Posted by fad at 12:05pm
A Recent Revelation
I never realized how clearly God spoke through His creation until I tried chipotles in adobo sauce.
Posted by fad at 11:35am
Regular Programming
Slow start today. I was busy with other things. My thanks to the folks at the US Department of Agriculture for picking up the slack for me this morning. They had asked me to group blog with them, but I decided it was best for me to stay as a solo artist for now.
Posted by fad at 11:31am
December 15th, 2004
Yikes
Oooo, better luck next time.New tests reveal the level of dioxin (search) in the blood of Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko (search) is more than 6,000 times higher than normal, according to the expert analyzing the samples.That damn Guinness Book of Records prompting these crazy kids to greater and greater risks.
The concentration, about 100,000 units per gram of blood fat, is the second highest ever recorded
Posted by fad at 5:15pm
Acting My Age
Yeah, I deleted two posts (fully deleted. you rss readers see a whole different site sometimes). I decided 30 years old wasn't old enough for crotchety posts about leafblower noise in the middle of the afternoon (noise which prevents sleeping in is a universal). Plus, a really pathetic post topic. Almost as pathetic as this one. I need to stop typing now.
Posted by fad at 4:31pm
A Christmas Season Lecture Wire Report
This just in: alcoholic drinks have lots of calories.When you have become de-stunned by this news, you may go about the rest of your day.
Posted by fad at 3:14pm
Surrounded By Internet Porn More Appropriate In My Case
I think a lot of smokers would like to be honored this way.
Posted by fad at 2:46pm
Life's Quest Over
Finally. Finally I know what Hello Kitty's skeleton looks like.
Posted by fad at 11:57am
The Future Is Now
Oh boy! Now I can bitch in real time on this site about all the crying babies, fat people and just plain annoying folk next time I fly.
Posted by fad at 11:43am
That's Mr. Tom Petty
This would be creepy if it wasn't a perfect description of most of my Friday nights. Though I usually go with a different wax figure . One I made myself from chewed up wax lips and bottles.
Posted by fad at 10:58am
This Headline...
" Hugh Grant joins Whitbread panel"...is funnier when read, as I initially did, with an extra 'e' in the panel's name.
Posted by fad at 10:55am
December 14th, 2004
Knowing His Time Will Be Wasted With Bad Jokes
It's book recommendation time. I've got a couple in the queue, but would like to start evaluating what to read next. Remember, I am quite stupid. Don't suggest anything requiring much in the way of thought or intelligence, nor any of a length that an idiot like me won't have the attention span for.UPDATE: Oh yeah. Don't feel limited just to fiction.
(This one'll stay up top today. Any new, though unlikely, posts will show up below.)
Posted by fad at 11:59pm
Happens All The Time
Ever have a sneeze that feels like it just ripped your shoulders out of their sockets and broke your collarbone all whilst someone else plunged a knife deep into you chest? No? Well, you're missing out. Soon all the cool kids will be doing it, too.
Posted by fad at 8:49pm
Cause Of And Solution To
Ok. I'm taping my ears shut when I sleep from now on.
Posted by fad at 4:01pm
Primary Sources II
In a follow-up to this post, here are excerpts from the recently revealed diary.(Found via It Comes In Pints?)
Posted by fad at 1:45pm
Credit Where Due
I'm sure everybody saw the story yesterday, but this man is my hero.
Posted by fad at 1:30pm
Still Not Sure For Whom I Am Writing
Time for what likely will be the last Furnace Challenge post. I had modified the challenge from lasting until it was 54 degrees in my apartment before turning on the furnace to just finishing out the year since it appeared that temperature would never be reached. However, we have hit a couple of cold (for here) days. It was 56 degrees in my apartment when I got up this morning. Today is supposed to top out at 28, maybe 29 degrees outside. I'm probably going to crack and finally turn the damn thing on. Ah, well. At least when you're me, you get really used to failing, so it isn't that big a deal. Hell, it's the norm.UPDATE: Woo-hoo! 54 degrees when I got home from work!
Posted by fad at 1:12pm
Sprained Eyelash
Bottom lip is better today, but still still a bit burned. Your patience in this matter is most appreciated.UPDATE: But now "Consider Yourself" from Oliver! is stuck in my head. Which can only be considered a major setback.
Posted by fad at 11:40am
Wonder How Bad He'd Butcher My Name
Ewards in '08!
Posted by fad at 9:04am
December 13th, 2004
An Actual Good Reason To Delete
There was a post here earlier, but I took it down once I realized it wasn't some idiot individual, but one of (if not *the*) the most annoying referral spammers. I didn't want to accidently give publicity.
Posted by fad at 5:24pm
Shoes Tied Too Tight Too
Slow to no more posting today. I burned my bottom lip over the weekend, and I can't post with a burned bottom lip (Hey, you try it!).
Posted by fad at 1:23pm
To Lessen The Dull
A nice feature for blogging software would allow readers of group blogs to filter away posts by one or more authors that, to the reader, just get in the way.
Posted by fad at 12:22pm