"By experience we find out a short way by a long wandering."
--Roger Ascham

11.19.2004

If you didn't catch last night's Apprentice, but want a play by play of how ridiculous Maria was, this recap at tvgasm is hilarious. The highlight is the last picture with Maria looking like she might finally kill Wes in the cab.

(link courtesy of too much free time)

11.17.2004

Why is it that any face that appears mysteriously must be the Virgin Mary? I saw CNN's picture of the infamous ebay cheese sandwich and thought, "that looks like some classic Hollywood star, like Marlene Dietrich." What's freaky is I can't say I've ever seen Marlene Dietrich before, but her name just came to mind. Then I found this picture of her, and the grilled cheese image is remarkably similar. Now that's mysterious.
There might be a better match in this Silverscreen Sirens gallery, if you care to look. All I'm saying is Our Lady of the Grilled Cheese may be a classic movie star, and the folks bidding on a half-eaten cheese sandwich may be crazy.

11.15.2004

Personally, I can suspend disbelief and really enjoy a movie like The Day After Tomorrow, but if you're one of those poor souls who is tormented by the implausible-- the Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics rating system is for you. In their system, The Day After Tomorrow was rated RP for "retch". Apparently it was saved from an XP rating ("Obviously physics from an unknown universe") for being guilty more of exaggeration than total nonsense.