July 2007
40 posts
We made it!
Climbing Fuji was a truly amazing experience. I wish I had time to upload the photos and write up my thoughts but I’ve got to work!
I put some photos on flickr.
We're off to climb Mount Fuji
We’re heading out to climb Mount Fuji and enjoy the hot springs in Hakone.
I’ll be uploading pics from the cameraphone along the way. Check em out on this Flickr map*
*The map might not work in Internet Explorer. Sorry. There’s always Firefox.
Update: The Geotags didn’t seem to work very well.. Oh well.
Johnny Depp To Play Barnabas Collins in DARK... →
Depp, who will produce the project, has repeatedly expressed a desire to play the series’ vampirical lead
ESPN Page 2 - The Sports Guy: The Donaghy scandal →
Imagine being a Suns fan right now. You just spent the past two months believing that your team got screwed by the Stoudemire/Diaw suspensions, that you would have won Game 1 if Nash didn’t get hurt, that you would have taken Game 3 if you hadn’t been screwed by the officials, that you would have cruised in Game 5 if two of your best guys weren’t suspended for running toward...
In The Name of The King →
Possibly the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever seen. I used to like Burt Reynolds and Ray Liotta. Uwe Boll needs to commit Seppuku for his crimes against humanity.
Old-line Republican warns 'something's in the... →
Japan's weirdest condoms →
Steam buns with pork flavoured cardboard is a... →
Speaking of Harry Potter.. a Spoiler Alert would...
As we walked back from the theater, discussing plot points and speculating about what might happen in future films, who lives, who dies, etc. I realized something mildly inconvenient and irritating. That is, the 7th book is already out on the internet. Meaning some asshole, like CNN or Yahoo! or mugglefucker1974@aol.com will probably spoil the endings of the whole series for me any day now.
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) →
I don’t read the books, and I’m still totally embarrassed by the corny nomenclature, but I’d be lying if I didn’t admit to enjoying this movie a great deal more than I expected.
The first decent Potter film was the 3rd in the series, “The Prisoner of Azkaban.” It’s a beautifully shot time-travel story directed by Alfonso Cuaron (who went on to direct the...
Strong quake rocks Japan →
We didn’t feel anything down in Yokosuka, but it’s scary nonetheless.
Beating of Iraqis became routine →
the Marines and corpsman dragged another man from his house, fatally shot him, and then planted an AK-47 assault rifle near the body to make it appear he had been killed in a shootout
If Public Libraries Didn't Exist, Could You Start... →
given the insanity that is the copyright lobby, i seriously doubt it
“Suck it, baby, suck it!”
– Republican Rep. David Almond of North Carolina
Chinese food 'made from cardboard' →
WatchWilliam Shatner’s “Rocketman”
Man severs own head after driving off with neck... →
Robot Crime Wave Predicted →
A nation held hostage by a "gut feeling" →
The Best Health Care Is Reserved for Congress →
Jesus Camp (2006) →
Arwen says: i’m not sure that it will get you fired up politically, but it certainly scared the shit out of me.
I had heard some pretty amazing things about Jesus Camp, especially on the political blogs and boingboing and the like. It even got good reviews on sci-fi/genre movie news sites like aintitcool.com
So I had it downloaded pretty much the instant it was released. But like Why...
“The thing about your new MX-207 Digital Video Disc Player is, it doesn’t...”
– My DVD Player’s User’s Manual (as Written by Chuck Palahniuk).
“Between now and November, a lot of things are going to happen, and I believe...”
– Republican Senetor Rick Santorum reveals secret GOP terror plot?
Gold-farmers beat ad-ban by spelling URL in dead... →
Woman carrying two infant daughters fatally jumps... →
Why We Fight (2005) →
I’m getting addicted to the docs. I’d wanted to watch Why We Fight for a long time, but never got around to it. (too distracted by STV Nick Cage garbage like NEXT thanks mom!)
But thanks to Sicko putting me in a political frame of mind, and having been burned by Nick Cage once already this month, we opted against the freshly downloaded copy of GHOST RIDER, and finally clicked on the...
Sicko (2007) →
Just finished watching Sicko. You should really see it as soon as possible. Reminds me of Aunt Karen failing to pre-approve her emergency surgery. And my having a couple thousand in medical bills not covered due to a lapse in coverage. Fuckers.
Police set to arrest U.S. serviceman for attempted... →
Scientists find drug to banish bad memories →
The technique echoes scenes from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, where the characters played by Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet both undergo treatment to delete each other from their memories.
“Judging from the overreaction to this non-incident I think we can safely...”
– NO QUARTER: London Bomb—What a Crock of Crap!!