Best Scenes from “The Wicker Man”

Nic Cage+bearsuit+beehats+punchoutsandkicks=awesome youtube clip. Via SIC.

They don’t name tv movies like they use to

I’m doing research on Helen Mirren for some Oscar stuff I’m writing and noticed that her first apperance on television was on something called, "The Extravanganza of Golgotha Smuts" in 1967. Unfortunatly not available from Netflix. Photo found via. In a related search on imdb.com, I found a 1979 UK tv show or movie called "Electric Eskimo". I love the description:

A young Eskimo boy accidentally gets hit by a mysterious ray during a
secret British experiment and finds that he is now electrified.

 

Tampontification

Women’s shelters in the U.S. go through thousands of tampons and pads
monthly, and, while agencies generally assist with everyday necessities
such as toilet paper, diapers, and clothing, this most basic need is
often overlooked.  You and I may take our monthly trips down the
feminine care aisle for granted, but, for women in shelters, a box of
tampons is five dollars they can’t spare. Here’s some good news: you
can help us contribute to rectifying this situation by making a virtual
donation below!
For
each virtual donation, Seventh Generation will send a pack of organic
cotton tampons or chlorine-free pads to a shelter in your state.

So go make a virtual donation. It’s kind of fun dragging the heart into the house. Uh, it makes sense when you look at the site.

Winston!

FourFour’s Winston gets Apple Photoboothed!

Consumer Report: Fables

Speaking of comics, I’ve lent out volumes 1-6 of the collected "Fables" to Pam, Tish, and Jamie. And they all seem to really enjoy it as well. So maybe you might like it also? If you were, say, stuck in re-hab, or, if you broke your leg because that pop machine finally fell on you when you kept shaking it to get your Cherry Coke Zero, I’d bring them over for you to read to help pass the time.

A short list of supehero dudes who, judging by their names, think a lot of themselves

Mister Fantastic
Mister Miracle
He-Man
Invincible
Mister Majestic
Amazing Man
Mister Terrific

Timothy McSweeney’s LISTS

Even though McSweeney’s Lists rejected my list of “Meats That Are Okay For Vegetarians To Eat”, I still find the ones they do select funny.

The Mildly Disturbing Greeting-Card Messages list includes this gem,

Merry Christmas! Here’s hoping you don’t find coal in your stocking, as its dust contains several known carcinogens.

AND a bonus reference to “hobo blood”.

(I am a GUEST BLOGGER, also, my face has a GUEST BEARD, sometimes the GUEST BEARD might GUEST BLOG.)

Wha?

Millions worldwide use antioxidant supplements such as vitamins A and E, and beta-carotene.
Looking at dozens of previous research studies,
Copenhagen University researchers suggested these appeared to raise,
not lower, the risk of death…
While the risk of death was unchanged among selenium and
vitamin C users, a statistically significant increase in risk emerged
for the other three supplements.
Beta-carotene produced an approximate 7% increased risk, vitamin E a 4% increase and vitamin A a 16% increase. –bbc.com

And, of course, it wouldn’t be a general health/medical story without some other "expert" in the same story offering a direct contradicting opinion:

However, Dr Ann Walker, of the Health Supplements Information Service, said the findings of the study were "worthless".

 

 

the Boring Store

Methodsreporter.com, the Medill School of Journalism’s Chicago news site, has coverage (photo tour!) of the Boring Store, 826chi.org’s (You know, the Dave Egger’s joint) storefront:

According to Guenther, the secret camera-glasses, mustache disguise
kits and underwater voice amplifiers for sale in The Boring Store serve
a triple purpose: funding new programs for the 826CHI kids, jolting
them with a quick dose of imagination every time they drop by and
grabbing the attention of every adult (a.k.a. potential volunteer
tutor) who secretly thinks he would have made one heck of a spy in
another life.

Whole Wide World Clip On Youtube

Finally! Someone posted the best scene from the movie Stranger Than Fiction, where Will Ferrell sings "Whole Wide World". I think that’s the only part of the movie I really liked. I wish Maggie would of let him finish the song before making out with him. Sometimes I sing the song to someone while playing my harp. And she throws things at me to stop.