Best of the Blogs, Feb. 2008

posted by stokes on Monday, February 18th, 2008 at 4:18pm

Welcome back to “Best of the Blogs,” a feature dedicated to decreasing the amount of original content on Overthinking It.

Today’s honoree is “Resurgence of the Soul Sample.” The story of how I came across this website is worth relating. The other day, The Onion Avclub had an interview with Dolph “Ivan Drago” Lundgren, in which he mentioned that he used to date Grace Jones. I was all like, “WHAT?!” And then I googled their names, and came across this post, and I was hooked instantly. God bless the internet.

The Two Faces of Sly

posted by fenzel on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 at 8:12pm

RockboThis week, I’ve delved into the True Meaning of Rambo in preparation for his (brief) return from irrelevance. Today, I’ll close the series out with a quick look at two great characters Mr. Stallone originated — one has his own statue, and the other languished in condemnation for 20 years. We celebrate the one who feeds us dreams, and we condemn the one who shows us ourselves.