Archive for January, 2009

Photo Phriday

Friday, January 30th, 2009 by Aabra

* Forget the Amero, I want Luneros already! * For my wine-loving sis and brudder-in-law: * Baffling foreign movie posters. Who yah gonna call? Krotitelé Duchů! * Check out Olly Moss’ Flickr. Olly likes to re-design movie posters and video game boxes for a simpler, 8-bit world. He good lookin’, too. * Someone posted this [...]

Linkies 4 U

Thursday, January 29th, 2009 by Aabra

* Last year, during a period of economic turmoil, Wall Street handed out as much in bonuses as it did during 2004′s boom times. Huh… * The press isn’t saying much about the 11 Democrats who voted against the economic stimulus package… * Another murder-suicide in SoCal? What is going on?? * Bart Simpson does [...]

Not my idea of fertilizer

Thursday, January 29th, 2009 by Aabra

Remodeling continues, with slight delays in convincing a plumber to get anywhere near 108 year old pipes. That tiny bathroom is nuts. Our contractor Steve says, “Well, the house didn’t have a bathroom originally, so they did what they could.” “But… where did they..?” “See that divot in your backyard? That was the outhouse.” Ah, [...]

I _am_ smiling

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 by Matt

And here I thought there were no new good movies! And for those of you who want a less filtered take on this most excellent looking film, try the red band trailer.

“Hidden in the Sand”

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 by Aabra

Ren & Stimpy’s Steve Loter directs Tally Hall’s video for Hidden in the Sand. Beautiful, tragic, hilarious, retro!

Sebben & Sebben Employment Orientation

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 by Aabra

Remember to bend your knees before watching the Sebben & Sebben Employee Orientation Video from Adult Swim‘s Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law. Heavy lawyering can strain your back. Now go buy the DVD, or you’re fired, ha ha!

Oregonians get some Oscar love

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 by Aabra

Congrats to our Oregon Oscar nominees: Best Director candidate Gus Van Sant (yay), and Best Short Documentary candidate Irene Taylor Brodsky for The Final Inch. America wiped out polio 50 years ago. It thrives in India to this day. How do doctors vaccinate a billion people, many of them wary of western medicine?

It’s Metallica. With harps.

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 by Aabra

Via Cracked’s worst tribute albums list, meet the gals of… Harptallica. It’s Metallica songs. Performed with harps. Who… who is their target demographic exactly?? “Master of Puppets”… “For Whom The Bell Tolls”.

The George W Bush Singers will be missed

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 by Aabra

Surely comedians huddle in smoky bars, consoling each other over the loss of one of the easiest targets for political comedy since Ford tumbled down that staircase. What will become of the impersonators, the satirists, the political cartoonists for whom G.W. Bush was a sort of malapropistic Mona Lisa? People like the George W Bush [...]

Mission accomplished

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 by Aabra

Joe Fournier presents America’s first (and, let’s hope, last) Outnauguration Party. Mission accomplished.


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