Avatar

There's been a lot of discussion about how Avatar is just a CGI remake of Fern Gully (or Pocahontas, or Dances With Wolves, etc.), but I think everyone missed it.

It's just a CGI remake of the Smurfs.

Heh.

Quote of the Day - Tam Strikes Again

I love Tam. Her mastery of the ancient arts of snark and verbal vizualization seems to be unparalleled in the blogosphere. Even in a short, simple post about a bike ride, she manages to bring her artistry to bear yet again:

So we pressed north on the Monon, some eleven or twelve miles from Roseholme Cottage to the workface of the trail mine, where jets of high-pressure tax dollars are used to hew bike path out of raw native railbed.

Like I said, an artist at work.

Terrorists take care of themselves

I found this video while wandering teh interwebz today. Premature detonation, a la "Achmed the Dead Terrorist" at about 2:43 into the video.




The best part? As the pilots seem to be preparing to attack after the child has wandered away and the device goes off, you hear one say "Nevermind!"

That video gives me the warm fuzzies.

Edit 9-15-09: Fixed the embedded video.

Quote of the Day - 10 Aug 2009

from DMFA webcomic.

"Friends don't let friends become zombies."

Quote of the Day

...courtesy of Tam (of course - she's always good for that).

"If you have a T. Rex running loose in the Jurassic, damned skippy you've got some peril; somebody's lobbing theropods across millions of years to where they don't belong."

"Lobbing theropods across millions of years." Now there's an image I'll take with me 'till my dying day.

A Seducers Foiling

Post title courtesy of the Internet Anagram Server.

Other anagrams of my blog title:

A Disclose Gunfire
A Discoursing Feel
A Fluoresced Gin Is (good to drink?)
A Diligences For Us
A Regicide Fun Loss
A Recognised Flu Is
A Coifed Sirens Lug
A Fecund Glossier I
A Focused Rile Sign
A Secluding Foe Sir

(h/t to Robb Allen)

Quote of the Day 3-5-09

" I am not even sure where Sunday went. Last thing I remember was Nyquil and then it was Tuesday."

From the webcomic DMFA (scroll down to the "Rant O' Update").

Happy Birthday Tam!

And thanks for this quote of the day:

Look, when I'm ordering a rare filet, I don't want to taste the special herbs in which you've coated it, I don't want to taste your chef's magic marinade or spices, I don't want to taste that it's been nearly pickled in butter... I want to taste still-twitching dead cow.

I'll have to see about the Charles Schumer thing for next year.

Words to Give You Chills

Are you suggesting that we might have a religious nut referring to antimatter using a code-word that also means "purification"?

From the webcomic Schlock Mercenary, a funny read.

Meep!

Seasonable humor

I found this at www.wayfarersmoon.com (scroll past the comic).

A Friendly Reminder
Tuesday, April 15, 2008

From: Admiral Janicki
To: All Death Star Personnel
Re: Imperial Taxes

I have been asked to remind all Imperial personnel aboard the Death Star that today is April 15th and all personal taxes are due. In light of last year’s ‘Wookie Deduction’ debacle, the 3rd Imperial Tax Division (the Fighting 1040s) has asked me to pass on the following tax hints:

Cloned Stormtroopers may not claim each other as dependents, even though they are technically related.

Maintenance crews may only deduct one (1) Compacter Monster attack.

If strangled by Lord Vader and are:
Alive
Add two (2) to Row F: Near Death Experiences
Dead
Add one (1) to Row G: Actual Death Experiences

When computing dependents, droids do not count unless you are legally married to one.

If you are Lord Vader, please mark Box A ‘Sith Do Not Pay Taxes.’ Or not. Really, we’re cool either way.

You will check Box 7F ‘I want one dollar to go to the Emperor’s Party Fund.’ Failure to check this box will result in immediate execution.

When computing dependents, alien parasites only count if they are larger than a standard Stormtrooper helmet.

‘Helmet Hair,’ though a consistent problem for all Imperial troops, is not a valid deduction. ‘Armor Crotch’ is a valid deduction for Stormtroopers only.

Cheers,
-Jason