Because, Florida: Bullet Lodged in Florida Man’s Testicle After Wife Shoots Him for Cheating
Florida Man had a seriously bad day!…
News of the Day: April 4, 2016
Category: Culture
News of the Day: July 1, 2015
Because, Florida: Former FSU Mascot Killed Over Gumbo Spices
Now, if someone tried to put beans in my chili, I could understand the response……
Predator versus the Knights Templar?
This may be my favorite fan film of all time. It imagines that Predators have been visiting the earth for a thousand years, at least, and explores a group of Templar Knights going up against our favorite extraterrestrial huntsman.
The cinematic quality is extremely high, especially for a fan film. The writing is solid, although there are a couple two many call-backs to the original Schwarzenegger movie for my taste.
My only real complaint is that the film paused several …
News of the Day: May 20, 2015
Because, Florida: Couple Arrested For Selling “Golden Tickets To Heaven”.
Yes, I know it was from a couple of months ago, but I just saw it……
News of the Day: May 15, 2015
Chicken grows face of dinosaur
The lack of genre awareness by these scientists is stunning……
News of the Day: April 17, 2015
Because, Oklahoma: Tulsa Roommates Stab Each Other Over Debate Between iPhone & Android
I especially love the Pro Level trolling by the cameraman:
…Police did not respond when our photographer asked which phone is better.
Random Fact of the Day: April 13, 2015
The Velveteen Rabbit: Written in 1922
Velveeta: Invented in 1918
Velveeta is older than The Velveteen Rabbit. Who knew?…
First Thoughts on Netflix’s Daredevil
The thirteen episodes of Daredevil were released on Netflix last Friday. I'm not a binge TV watcher, but I did watch the first episode last night.
Review: Go Fork Yourself Podcast
As some already know, I’m a major consumer of podcasts. I get most of my audio news that way. I listen to as many history podcasts as I can, and a few on entrepreneurship and music.
The are surprisingly few good podcasts on food, especially with the potential demise of the Alton Browncast (it hasn’t released a new episode in a number of months).
One of the best food related podcasts is Go Fork Yourself, by Andrew Zimmern of …
Best 1980s Fantasy Movies
Leah Schnelbach has put out a Ranking of 1980s Fantasy That Would Please Crom Himself!.
I’ve seen most of the eighteen movies she profiles, although I somehow missed Cave Dwellers, both as itself and its MST3K episode. In any case, her rational for each pick is well reasoned.
Still, the top three fantasy movies from the ’80s are clearly:
3) Dragonslayer
2) Highlander
1) The Princess Bride
I will suffer no dispute!…