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Four Years Of THIS

Four Years Of THIS By Matt Well, since it’s been over a week since the last update, and I could use a break from my latest freelance gig (I’m editing video for the National Enquirer, believe it or not), time for a quick update… Especially since May 31 is somewhat of a special day; it’s the four year anniversary of this website! Yay. Though truth be told, I did have something special planned for today to mark the occasion, that being the first real installment of the podcast, but unfortunately read

Movie recommendation: The King of Kong

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007) directed by Seth Gordon 79 minutes The King of Kong is so funny and heartbreaking, its characters so unwittingly self-revealing, that it's easy to mistake the film for a mockumentary. But it's for real, and it focuses on the rivalry between arcade-gamers Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe, as they engage in asynchronous combat to achieve the world-record score in Donkey Kong. In competitive arcade-gaming, as in professional wrestling, there are good g read

Tuesday Newspost for May 27, 2008

Koppa's Farwell Foods in Milwaukee contains a mini-retro gaming area with a playable Atari 2600, a selection of 50 games, and appropriately horrible wallpaper. Industry and multi-console news Lorne Lanning has confirmed earlier reports of a new Oddworld game, but he won't go into detail. The GamePlan retail event has been postponed due to a conflict with Ubisoft's Ubidays event. Bionic Commando Rearmed will miss its scheduled May release. They say the game is finished, but there are some last read

NASA To Broadcast Landing On Mars Live On The Internet

Not only is NASA,the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, going to attempt to put another lander on Mars, but this time their doing it live on the Internet for all to see. According to Michael Learmonth of Silicon Valley Insider, starting at 6 PM EST today, people can head to NASA’s website, or Second Life, to watch as NASA attempts to put the Phoenix Mars Lander down on solid ground. I only say “attempts” as missions to Mars have had a checkered past over the years, but the twin r read

Reflections on My Sixtieth Birthday

Reflections on My Sixtieth Birthday     Preamble ~ Decades ~ The physical side of things ~ On being impractical and worldly unwise ~ A diatribe against power and authority ~ Interests and passions ~ Peak experiences ~ The case of the shrinking vocabulary ~”One Equal Music”: the resolution of paradoxes ~ Comedy or tragedy? ~ Shedding of baggage ~ Epilogue              I turned sixty last week.  I didn’t mention it to the folks at work until afterwards. They are mostly lasses who haven’t read

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Sunday Talking Heads: June 1, 2008

Happy Morning everyone!  The birds are singing and the flowers are blooming.  Hope you enjoy Kaki King, it's  a beautiful song.  You know what, the airways are ours.  Use the links below to speak up and speak out.  And let The Federal Communications Commission hear your voice for a free and fair media. New this week, Fareed Zakaria starts his own world affairs talker, "Fareed Zakaria - GPS."   CNN's blurbery for the show is at the listing. Washington Journal: 7:30 am - Natan Sharansky, Au read

New comics 5/21/08

Yes, these are comics from ten days ago. Memorial Day Weekend was just too jam-packed, and I came out of it apparently itching to write a 2200-word dissertation on Crisis On Infinite Earths, the original JLA/JSA team-ups, and the problems with line-wide events. Therefore, might as well begin with the lead-in to the latest LWE, Justice League of America #21 (written by Dwayne McDuffie, pencilled by Carlos Pacheco, inked by Jesus Merino). I really, really hope that this is the last crossover-aff read

NBA Playoffs: Celtics-Pistons, Game 5 [NBA Playoffs]

Basketbawful has pulled out some 20-sided dice, a bag of chicken gizzards, and the Skull of Destiny to give you the inside skinny on tonight's NBA playoff game. (And there's one skinny thing that had better not be at the game...) Gisele Bundchen. Tom Brady's supermodel pet was in attendance at Game 2, when the Celtics' perfect home playoff record came to a sticky end. Bitter New Englanders will also note that Gi was at Super Bowl XLII, where the Patriots' perfect record got blown to smithereen read

May 28, 2008: The Cartoon Police of the Ministry of Justice

“Also it kinda bothers me that a professor at my school keeps trying to get people who draw in a manga style to submit to Tokyopop though to be fair he does also say ‘Don’t give them your best idea.’” - D. Morris First things first: Did you know that Dutch police have an actual division of the service devoted to policing cartoons for political correctness? Take a moment, and let that one sink in. Above the Fold [Top Story] In Denmark, the comics-monopoly issues brought about by read

Episode 4068 (5/27/2008)

We’re starting summer hours here. Thank you and good night. This is The Colbert Report!” Preacher Feature: “Tonight, John McCain rejects the support of two controversial pastors. Which gives me an excuse to show more Reverend Wright footage.” Controversy of the pastors endorsing McCain Guest: Tony Perkins - President, Family Research Council Trailer of Tears: “Then, I preview more summer movies. Warning - this feature contains adult language and infantile behavior.” Trailers that are De read

lost tribe

Isolated tribe spotted in Brazil

Perhaps some lost members of the Q-Nation? read

LOST BOYS 2: THE TRIBE DVD Special Features!

THE LOST BOYS sequel LOST BOYS: THE TRIBE hits DVD July 29th, 2008 courtesy of Warner Premiere and with the reveal of the DVD's back cover, we now have a look at the disc's special features! They include the following: • Lost Boys: The Tribe - Action Junkies featurette: A look at the stunts in the film • Edgar Frog's Guide to Coming Back Alive featurette • Alternate endings • Cry Little Sister remix video by G Tom Mac • 3 Music videos by Yeah Whatever The new movies stars Tad Hilgenbrink read

First Contact: Amazing Pictures Show ‘Lost’ Tribe Deep in Amazon

First Contact: Amazing Pictures Show ‘Lost’ Tribe Deep in Amazon 05-31-2008 10:05 am - MSNBC Dateline: Rio de Janiero, Brazil AP: Brazilian officials say the pictures show "strong and healthy" warriors, six huts and a large planted area. 7 COMMENTS | | SHARE read

Lost Native Tribe of Brazil

It may be hard to believe, but there are actually still isolated, uncontacted tribes that exist in the world. And the recent news headline of a newly discovered native tribe in a remote jungle... ... read

Ex-slave visits Israel in plea for Sudan refugees

Ben Lynfield Jerusalem – While he was settling into his new life in the United States in 1991 Simon Deng saw a newspaper headline proclaiming that human beings are for sale in Sudan for ten dollars. “If not for that headline I wouldn’t be here today,” he said over coffee at a Jerusalem hotel this week.” It brought out everything I had been through as a child. I almost lost it. I did not sleep for three days My choice was to live in denial or come out of the closet. I realized I had to come o read