So, swan_tower has relocated out to California, and we are presently ensconced at her brother-in-law's place, waiting for our stuff to arrive. As of Thursday, the truck was still in Chicago, which makes it unlikely that they will make their target of getting our stuff to us by Tuesday. Even more so than my first two months out here, it feels as if we're ( Read more... )

First off, via robin_d_laws, Ebert and Roeper have left At The Movies. I'm hoping that Ebert (and Roeper, for that matter) returns to some sort of audio and / or televised movie criticism, as I really like podcastable content, and NPR's Movies podcast is something of a mixed bag. Given that my commute has changed appreciably, however, my love for podcasts ( Read more... )

I've been sort of AWOL on this journal. Apologies. In partial reparation, I offer a choice few oddball tidbits. First off, those of you who still want to send out Christmas cards may want to take a look at some of the cards that Edward Gorey drew whilst he was still alive. A few years ago, I sent out one of his more understated cards, which was ( Read more... )

Progress with the car repairs is, apparently, going at least passing well. I received a check from my insurance agency in the mail today, so I suppose that I'm going to be required to write a rather grotesquely large check myself in the near future. That, I suppose, is good, as such things go ( Read more... )

Haven't posted in a bit, so here's the summary of life at present:

• Dallas was quite enjoyable, even if I didn't get to spend quite as much time "off" for Christmas as I'd otherwise like.
• Kingdom Hearts is a seriously addictive game that I really shouldn't have purchased, as it has eaten quite a bit of time.
• The flip side is that my primary email ( Read more... )

telepresence just indicated that voice actor Len Maxwell has passed away. While he's not done much recently apart from some guest appearances on Family Guy, some of you might know him as the voice of Timer, who "hanker[ed] for a hunka cheese" during Saturday morning cartoons ( Read more... )

I am still here. I'm just sort of lurking, for the most part.

Via jwz, I was made aware of a parody of the Sony Bravia advertisement. If you haven't seen the original, do so now. They dropped over 250,000 superballs down the streets of San Francisco.

Well, it appears that this advertisement made such an impact that it was parodied in Europe by ( Read more... )

I'm sort of in an odd mood, so here's an odd sort of question.

Everyone thinks of a particular muppet when they think of Jim Henson. Generally, it's someone like Kermit, Miss Piggy, Oscar the Grouch, or Bert (or Ernie). ...but most of us who grew up with them have a particular oddball favorite. Perhaps it's the Honkers from Sesame Street. ( Read more... )

A nostalgia-filled post over at telepresence's journal on the UHF canon. It really has me wondering why theswantower and I haven't bought more of these on DVD.

I mean, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins! Why don't I have that? Ditto Excaliber.

Damn. I need to spend money I don't really have.

Plus, I have to get moving on the IMDB Bottom 100. I just checked, and ( Read more... )

If you haven't seen this SNL skit, then you have missed something amazing. Simply amazing. [Thanks to Chase and Matt for the link.]