Month: May 2002

  • Did you know that twenty dollar bills can be made to depict the burning Pentagon and World Trade Center towers? Some people have way too much time on their hands. (And coming from me, that’s even more of an insult.)

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  • Which movie heroine are you?I think my answers were sorta 70% Trinity, 30% Torrance from Bring it On. I’m pretty happy with that. 🙂 (Link via the quiz whores.)

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  • Hey, Hoosiers, I need some help. My brain is imploding. What’s the name of that oh-so-yummy-yet-kinda-disgusting-too canned chocolate drink that you buy at gas stations? It’s made by one of the soda companies. It’s not Yoohoo. What the hell is it called? I’m going insane.

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  • Thousands of Sydneysiders freaked out today when they saw what appeared to be a passenger plane flanked by an fighter plane cruising over the city. Turns out it was just a photo opportunity. *whew*

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  • IT DIDN’T SUCK!As God is my witness, Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones didn’t suck. That doesn’t sound like a very positive review, but it is. In fact, I will go on the record as saying it rocked. I love me some Ebert, but he dropped the ball on this one. Maybe it’s…

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  • ONE HOUR TO GO! I’ve finally woken the Snook from his nap and we’re ready to leave. Destination: a galaxy far, far away!

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  • Snopes tackles one of mankind’s biggest mysteries: “Was Kristen from Days of Our Lives a transexual?” The truth is out there.

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  • Greetings to Snookums’s work buddies, who (I’m told) are giggling at the fact that I’m now the #1 Google search result for “Katrina Big Brother nude”. What a lovely first impression… 🙂

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  • “I’m sick to death of being held responsible for the cultural and aesthetic life of a city. I’m tired of having to pioneer things such as the three-quarter-leg pant; of having to go the hard yards in Birkenstock clogs so that Despina and friends at Rockdale shopping centre can wear them without embarrassment. I’m tired…

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  • Ebert’s written a longer essay about Attack of the Clones and George Lucas’s vision of an all-digital movie experience. It sounds like those of you lucky enough to see it in a digitally-equipped theater will have a very different experience from the rest of us. And speaking of Episode 2… only seven hours to go!…

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