Presumably most of you have heard by now about the awful homophobic retelling of "Hamlet" written by Orson Scott Card. I don't know whether to be happier that I stopped giving money to OSC years ago, or sorrier that I can't yank every penny away now.

On the bright side, it did inspire scott_lynch to write this brilliant parody of how OSC might re-imagine ( Read more... )

Via luciab, seen on metaquotes. I can only hope this is how it goes down.

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I know that this is making the rounds, and that this may be the fifteenth time you've all seen this linked to in one place or another.

If even one person sees it who might not have seen it otherwise, it's worth taking that risk.

I give you: The Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody.

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There's a reason for that.

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This is rather brilliant. Thanks to 3_2_1 for the pointer.

Back when I first acquired the FFXII soundtrack, I noticed that one of the songs was called "Clash on the Big Bridge". The title was somewhat familiar, the song itself even more so, but it took some cross-checking with my Black Mages albums to discover that it was based on a battle of the same name in FFV. I hadn't remembered hearing it anywhere in ( Read more... )

You would think that some things go without saying. For example, that it's a bad idea to try and bring a hand grenade onto an airplane.

You would be wrong.

Presenting the 2009 winners. I haven't read them all yet, but the grand prize winner actually made me laugh out loud.

binsybaby suggests some names for kick-ass movies about girls, such as "Sisterhood of the Traveling MONSTER TRUCK ON FIRE" and "Bridget Jones's Diary OF COMPLEX TIME MACHINE BLUEPRINTS". I know I'd see that last one! There are many more, in the post and in the comments, so make sure to read the threads. Some of the commenters make suggestions in the other ( Read more... )

Even if you aren't normally a fan of LOLcats, you have to see this one.

( The world must be warned... )

I've had a few occasions to pass this along lately, so I figured I might as well share it with all of you, as well: The Postmodernism Generator

http://www.elsewhere.org/pomo/

Related, the story of a famous parody paper that deconstructed quantum physics, which then got taken seriously. ( Read more... )