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I just made an opera in Finland. Check it out here.
I was going to be an astronaut until I saw that frequent travel may be required. If you think that you have the right stuff, click here.
Teaching actually counts as experience.
E.T. Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Gladiator.
These are all stand-alone movies with no chance for a sequel, right?
Well, as fast as you can say Ariel’s Big Adventure (no offense, Tom), Hollywood will want to cash in. Check out these actual script treatments for some of our favorite movies. Roger Rabbit versus the Nazis?
you have to indulge in a random Google search:
It’s a GameBoy made with HTML 5 and JavaScript. I remember buying one of these so I could stay awake when working the front desk of the residence hall at 3am.
Thanks, Sara, for posting this updated Finding Nemo:
Has anyone seen the five floppy disks playing a cover of daft Punk’s “Derezzed” from Tron Legacy?
How precious – LEGO Lord of the Rings!!
Thanks, Mike, for the video. It’s like it’s Christmas every day (you like how I did that little comment tie-in just now?).
Also, check out some of the most moving images from the news in 2011.
The band put up their demo on Reverb Nation, so I decided to have a little fun:
If you like their sound, make sure to go all social media on them at Reverb Nation.
Check out Michael J. Fox rocking out Saturday:
For a great article about the history of All Souls’ Day/ All Saints’ Day/ All Hallow’s Eve/ All Samhain/ All Your Base and how it was cool and then not and then cool and then whatever, check out this article from The Resurgence.
Here’s how we do it in our neighborhood. Years ago, we had a neighbor who, legend has it, allowed Halloween to throw up in her yard – inflatable pumpkins reaching towards the heavens. She would always sit out in her driveway and hang out with friends. We joined her in this tradition and continue it, even though she has since moved. (She did come back and visit tonight, which was really cool.)
Some strange guests did appear, like a Plant who looked more “in love with” a Zombie and not so much the “versus” aspect.
Yes, they have a pet cow. Because, frankly, why not?
Also filed under Why Not: a ghost on stilts.
Naturally, a sword fight ensued (not the first time at my house, by any stretch of the imagination) and we lost track of who was the ghost.
He’s actually a lot more dexterous than the photo gives him credit for, but it still makes me laugh.
We also maintained the tradition of having teens sing. One group said that they didn’t speak English, so naturally my wife called ‘em out in Spanish. How did it end? With them singing in Spanish, of course.
Side note: we have a garage mariachi band that practices each night in our neighborhood. You know how grunge bands whine and shred incomprehensibly when they first start out? Now picture that with a sad trumpet and an oom-pah tuba.
In yesterday’s post, I showed off our Phineas and Ferb pumpkin. What you didn’t see is the Extreme Effort (I took a Feat in it the last time I leveled up) it took to carve it since I hate getting my hands dirty:
Thanks to all who showed up and shared pizza with us. We should do it again.
Joss Whedon has me excited about Much Ado and The Avengers.
Orson Scott Card has me excited about the 2013 release date for Ender’s Game.
Simon Pegg has me excited about A Fantastic Fear of Everything. Here’s a blurb about it:
[Simon Pegg is] a children’s author turned crime novelist, whose research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck and perpetually in fear of being murdered. When a Hollywood exec shows interest in his script, his big break rapidly turns into a big breakdown.
Most people that I’ve run into in the past few days have wanted to talk to me about the Avengers official trailer.
Yes, I have now seen it.
Hulk? Wow, that’s actually pretty cool. I hadn’t been following the movie. I had totally spaced that Lou Ferrigno is going to voice the green monster and that the boyfriend from 13 Going on 30 is Bruce Banner.
Loki as the first villain, though? I trust Joss Whedon. Here’s hoping for some Skrull. I also can already tell Whedon’s positive influence on the dialogue. I also know that he will make sure that Black Widow is a strong enough character to compete with the other heroes.
Also, a correction from an earlier comment. My wife never watched Jem, even though the intro is awesome:
(Well, Jem will never forget her name, that’s for darn sure.)
I had spaced that her absolute favorite show was Square One, which also ranks high on my list.
I never noticed the similarity to the Saturday Night Live opening.
But, faithful readers, the big question is WHY DID MATHMAN ALWAYS LOSE?
Mike, even though this is non-Robotech, you can still weigh in.
I have a faint memory of Mathman not dying and Mathman being very confused.
I know that my friends that have joined me in LEGO movie madness will appreciate this:
Remember the Pez and Y2K?
but he did hang out with the Doc.
Dora must travel back to 1955 to the Encantamiento bajo del Mar dance to make sure her parents meet and kiss.
I hadn’t seen this until today. Thanks to Neil Gaiman for fixing that.
All of the Portal 2 soundtrack is now available for download…for free! I used to test my oldest’s math facts ability to the “Science is Fun” track until I got a patch to my morality core.
October 4 we should see the first downloadable content for Portal 2 available on the 360, PS3, and PC…for free! There’s a new challenge mode and new co-op missions. The inclusion of snarky robots is a given.
I don’t have a DSi/3DS, but I know some of my readers do. Nintendo is giving away The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords: Anniversary Edition: Colon Fun for free in the DS shop. Check it out.