The Spider House Rules
So last May (that’s May 2007), Matt “Call Me the Webmaster” Wrather and I were taking in The Coast of Utopia, a trilogy of plays by Tom Stoppard. It covers the part of Russian history most people don’t know a … Continued
Cthulhu’s Greatest Mystery
What is Cthulhu, really? Why are the Great Old Ones here on Earth, and what are their plans? These are some of the great mysteries that have been haunting us since H.P. Lovecraft first introduced his Cthulhu mythos in the … Continued
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Who’s the greatest female magician of all time?
Actually, I was hoping you guys could tell ME. I realized today that I can’t name a single woman magician. Which is a little odd, because women are well-represented in pretty much every other performing art. I’m sure there ARE … Continued
“Watch the YouTubes. Watch the f***ing blogs.” (Ice-T Responds to Soulja Boy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7FhIUuo6tE We at OTI were pretty much last on last summer’s Soulja Boy bandwagon, so to rectify the situation, we are taking a pro-active stance in reporting Soulja-boy related news. In case you haven’t heard, Ice-T be beefin wit Soulja … Continued
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“Was it sexual?” “Yes. Overwhelmingly so. And Horrible.”
You know, I said I was going to stop writing about horror so much. But that was before I found out about the Final Girl Film Club, which just seems like too much fun to pass up. Basically how it … Continued
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George Carlin Passes Away
Yes, George Carlin has died of heart failure. He was 71. Check out his Times write-up here. It does a better job of summing up his illustrious career than a chump like me ever could. I had the pleasure of … Continued
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Controversy Update: Disney Edition
According to IMDB’s June 5th edition of Studio Briefing, Angelina Jolie brought up in public what many of us were thinking privately: Where in the world are Disney’s black princesses? Disney has had Chinese, Native American, Middle Eastern, mermaid, and … Continued
American Catholics outsource prayer to India
This is pretty bizarre, right? (Yes, it’s four years old. It’s news to me.) It just reminds you that the Catholic Church has been around for a loooong time, and that institutional memory is way longer than even societal memory. … Continued
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Non! Nein!: Five Board Games That Would Make Better Movies Than Michael Bay’s “Ouija”
Graphic courtesy of the photoshop-savvy Mr. Lee Michael Bay has been contracted by Hasbro to create a movie version of the Ouija board. I don’t know quite what to expect… a PG-13 horror version of Jumanji only with %100 more … Continued
Poetics of Rap: Lil’ Wayne and, um, kenning
In a recent post on Lil’ Wayne, a fellow OTI blogger claimed that “Thus, Lil Wayne is not great because his metaphors and similies are tight, but because he mixes these metaphors with an avalanche of tropes and techniques including … Continued