Kill Bill 1 & 2 In One Minute, In One Take

I don't think this really embodies Tarantino's original vision but come on, that thing is almost four hours long! This will give you the gist:

My Sister's Birthday: Atonement, Day 2

On day 2 of my atonement for missing my sister's birthday, Shannon finds herself in sunny and mysterious Egypt, home of ancient ruins, ruinous ancients and several bad Brendan Fraser movies. On the other hand, it also gave us some great scenes from Raiders of the Lost Ark, the Funky Tut and camels. Be careful though: they spit.

Cross On Why They Hate Us

I've posted comedian David Cross' stuff before (you can hear his bit on mindless patriotism here) and while this bit about a gourmet dining experience he had in New York City was recorded well before the current economic crises I still think that it's a perfect example of why, while most of the world does love America, there's always going to be a significant and diverse minority who think that we're all just a bunch of assholes:

Picture Of The Day

While I am an avowed atheist I have to say that this picture of Jesus riding a velociraptor from an evangelical coloring book for children is pretty kick ass. In fact, the only thing I can think of that's cooler would be a picture of Robocop on a unicorn. Oh, wait...

(via: The Daily Dish)

My Sister's Birthday: Atonement, Day 1

I'm not proud of what I'm about to confess but here goes: I forgot to call one of my little sisters on her birthday a few days ago. There, I said it. Yeah, I'm a forgetful bastard of a big brother. When I made the realization I was informed that a big make-up present would be in order, to which I replied, "Anything within my power; you name it." The answer was almost instantaneous: "Worship me for a week on Brain Rage!" As was it requested, so shall it be done.

So today marks the first of a seven day whirlwind virtual vacation around the world (and perhaps to worlds as yet only dreamed of) for my favorite middle sister, Shannon (some of you may remember Shannon from this post about her record setting performance in the Dallas White Rock Marathon last year). First stop: the pristine and picturesque Swiss Alps, home of cheese, steak, army knives and Misses who like to make hot chocolate. Man, breathe in that mountain air, huh? Invigorating.

So the atonement commenceth. Shannon, if you have any favorite photos you want me to use or requested vacation destinations send them by email posthaste because once the week is over, it's over. And happy belated birthday, sis.

Picture Of The Day

A game of hi-resolution Tetris left running for two weeks. With some hard work and a little luck, I'm sure I could flatten this thing in a month, easy.

(via: Boing Boing)

Quote For The Day

"The fact is, the marijuana law in the U.S. is a big lie. It's racist and classist. White rich people can smoke marijuana with impunity and poor black people get a record, can't get education, can't get a loan, and all of sudden go into a life of desperation and become hardened criminals. Why? Because we've got a racist law based on lies about marijuana.

There's 80,000 people in jail today for marijuana. We arrested 800,000 people in the last 12 months on marijuana. Even in my rich little white suburban community of Edmonds, Wash., 25 percent of police action is marijuana-related. Everybody knows it's silly. I'm not saying I'm pro-drug. I'm just saying it's parallel to alcohol prohibition. When they rescinded the laws against alcohol, nobody said booze is good, they just said it was stupid to make it a crime, that you're creating organized crime and people are dying," - Rick Steves, broadcaster and travel guru.

In my time doing p.r. for a company that owns and operates medical cannabis dispensaries I attended the NORML conference in San Francisco several times. On one occasion I was surprised to see Steves sitting next to me during a lecture. I had no idea that he was such a vehement supporter of medical cannabis. I spoke with him a bit and told him how much I liked his travel shows on PBS; he was a really nice guy. And no, we didn't smoke together.

Picture Of The Day

Alien vs. Predator. This is gonna get messy...

Pope Visits Cameroon, Still Denies Science

Proof that adherence to religious dogma does not increase intelligence:

Since stepping off the papal plane Tuesday, attention to Benedict's pilgrimage has been largely focused on the Vatican's refusal to advocate condoms as a way to help stop the spread of AIDS, which is ravaging Africa in a pandemic that affects millions.

Benedict's declaration on the plane that distributing condoms "increases" the AIDS problem has drawn international criticism from governments and organizations that fight the disease.

Increases AIDS? Really, Pope? Really?! Stupid bastard. Yeah, I said it. Stop being part of the problem and start being part of the solution. We're talking human lives here. Jesus...

I'm Afraid Suzanna Logan Might Not Like Me

Again. From earlier today:

Because I expect to be super busy lazy today, I’m going to let y’all do the talking for me … via the best google searches that led to my page this week. Plus, you guys are much more entertaining than I’ll ever be...

...Top three searches:

1) "Fox News Megan Kelly legs"

2) "Woman hate me because I’m beautiful"

3) "I love Logan"...


...3) Finally, for “I love Logan,” I have two guesses:..

[Guess which one I don't care about?]

- Last and certainly not least, the "idiot liberal guy":


If the photoshopped picture isn’t bad enough. Trust me, it gets worse.

Ouch Sweetits, very ouch. I responded thusly:

Oh Suzanna, you wound me, girl (your use of the vernacular "ya'll" aside).

I know you quit checking out my site when I mentioned your daily tresspasses but I never suspected such a frontal assault (oh, that sounds hot, doesn't it?).

Is it because I don't have a clever sounding net-handle? Or because I upset your wrinkled "mentor"? Or because I pwned one of his elderly, sycophantic fanboys? It had nothing to do with you Sweetits, they both came after me unprovoked.

And while I do enjoy your little posts, I take it personnally that you have such animosity towards me. Do you not enjoy the attentions of the unfairer sex? You're not really that way, are you? It's cool if you are; I can work with that (I most definitely have in the past).

Take my affections as a compliment darlin, as they're sincerely intended. Don't sully your pretty visage with bitterness. It most certainly does not become you.

And you don't have anything to prove by ignoring my comments as you have in the past. I know that it diminishes your neocon cred with the circles you run in but isn't that what makes being bad fun? Take care, sweets.

Now some might take this rebuke as a subtle hint, but I don't do subtle when I see something I like. It only says one thing to me: this girl's still thinking about yours truly. And it's true, someone in Birmingham was visiting my site daily until I gave her a little shout out in an update. But full disclosure, darlin: it wasn't me Googling you (that sounds hot too, huh?) with "love". It's OK, you're not the first girl to mistake my attentions in that manner. I just hope that your heart is stronger than the others'...