Huge fireball filmed over the Midwest: Not a streetlight…
Addictive Timewaster: Boomshine
An oldie but a goodie: Set off a bomb to set off other bombs. And yes, it is possible to beat level 12; I’ve done it several times.
Texas Stadium Implosion
It blew up real good. Updated: An aerial view:
I’m Not Even a Gearhead, and This Makes Me Sad
A gallery of high performance cars just left outside to rot. (Hat tip: Bruce via Chris.)
Light Blogging This Week
It’s tax time, which means wading through several hundred receipts and filing massive amounts of papers that I’ve let collect in small drifts…
Could After Last Season Be Worse Than Exterminator City?
Perhaps you’ve heard or read me mention how Exterminator City is the worst film ever made. (The preceding sentence has an Amazon link to the DVD, but you should not buy or watch Exterminator City. Trust me.) But now that I’ve been hearing about it, could After Last Season actually be worse? Well, let’s take… Continue reading Could After Last Season Be Worse Than Exterminator City?
Fark’s Awesome April Fools Joke
A three step process for maximum enjoyment: Go to each Fark tab for April 1st in turn. Read the first letter of every headline. L0LZ! Well done, Drew. Well done.
Stross and Doctorow to Write Sequel to Atlas Shrugged
According to the big news up on Locus.
Book Proof Received:
Little Women and Werewolves
No, really. Louisa May Alcott and Porter Grand’s Little Women and Werewolves Del Rey, 2010, $14.00 I try to create a parody, and instead it comes out as prophecy.
Mocca’s “I Would Never”: No Ironic Hipster Value Whatsoever
Ever now and then you stumble across something that, given your general tastes and outlook, you shouldn’t like, but you do anyway. “What, you like that?” asks your friends. “That is so not you.” Take Mocca’s “I Would Never” as an example, a simple, charming pop song done in an easy-listening style that went out… Continue reading Mocca’s “I Would Never”: No Ironic Hipster Value Whatsoever