Over on Mark Evanier's blog (which is such a great read, if only for his tales of the origin of Scrappy Doo) he reminds us that it's been 50 years since George Reeves died.

I remember that and I remember the great sense of shock my friends and I all felt. It wasn't the first time we'd heard a favorite TV person had died. Lou Costello had passed ( Read more... )

I really need to read one of Gordon Ramsay's non-cookbook books, if only to figure out why the heck he calls people "Donkey". Seriously, that's just... strange. On the other hand, maybe English douchebags just expect feelings to bruise when they feel like it, and don't need to make sense ( Read more... )

Man, you know what I just thought of that I hadn't in forever? The Superman 50th anniversary TV special. I can't remember 90% of it, but it seemed to hew between real and fantasy, talking over his career and his influence on pop culture ( Read more... )

You know, with the latest Superman movie coming out (no pun intended) today, a lot of big blue is flying through the mentosphere ( This one is less relevant, but has more swearing and is funnier). And a lot of people are spending a lot of words on it. "Oh, what is the MEANING of Superman? What does he represent? WHO is he ( Read more... )

Billions!

You know, I'm a deep down comics fanboy. I've got a feeling of fear in my gut after seeing the X3 clip.

But Superman Returns looks like it may be juuuust right.

Apparently, the fact that Superman is a Dick has earned its own site.

The best is the Seduction of the Innocent sub page. Starts with a classic, but goes on. Even gets some Archie stuff in there.

So cold. So very, very cold.

Actually, not THAT cold. It's the snow that pisses me off.

Last night was an adventure, to say the least. After a week and a half of not getting enough sleep, I had to decline Mr_Weasel's GI event (a D&D game, not some kind of strange high fibre meal ( Read more... )

(Intro: Paul Shaffer-esque jingle ( Read more... )