[Beginning today, we will be saving our most thoughtfully overthought articles for Sunday publication. Though we haven't the audacity to hope that we will replace your ritual of lugging the phone-book sized Sunday Times down to your favorite obscure Park…
This has been around teh inturwebz for a while, but it’s worth looking at again. Dude has done an animated version of Star Wars: Episode IV using only the characters on a computer keyboard. If this is the kind of…
All Episodes Subscribe in iTunes Amid a large number of semi-relevant digressions, Matthew Belinkie, Ryan Sheely, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather discuss the trainwreck phenomenon of Britney Spears, the alarming link between corn and horror, and the terrible things that…
Many of the people reading this — and surely all of those likely to care — are already aware the wildly popular fantasist/satirist Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease last year. (Announcing the diagnosis to his fans, Pratchett…
There’s a new McDonalds ad that kind of weirds me out. Sadly I haven’t located the video online – post a link in the comments if you can find it. Anyway, this is the latest in their campaign based on…
Were you aware that the logging industry put out an elaborately illustrated rebuttal to Dr. Seuss’ beloved anti-onceler screed “The Lorax,” called “The Truax”? Guardbark, the book’s environmentalist strawman is given to statements like “I WON’T take a seat, or…
Last night, I sat down and watched Enchanted, the 2007 Disney movie in which a cartoon princess played by Amy Adams falls through a portal into real-world Manhattan. Eventually, she comes to accept being “real,” while love interest Patrick Dempsey…
The oldest profession* has been getting a lot of press lately. Perhaps as a way to cleanse some of the recent negativity, I’d like to turn to one of the more sincere expressions of love for the women of the…
A portable version of Guitar Hero (aptly named “Guitar Hero: On Tour”) will be released this summer. It might seem a little counterintuitive at first. After all, the whole point of Guitar Hero strapping on that fake plastic axe, right?…
Bach, St. Matthew Passion, opening: continued…
