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08.16.07 by Widge @ 4:30 am  For those of you who can't get take a ride on one today to celebrate, we offer up photo responses to the classic xkcd comic, which we've discussed previously. Also, you can check out these previous roller coaster posts:
If it helps you get the full experience you can, you know, hold your arms up over your head while reading them. I'd say you could shriek too, but our site has that effect on people normally anyway. Categorized as: Events
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08.14.07 by Widge @ 9:10 pm Ah, Steve. Even though these days you seem to alternate between serious indies and cheesy remakes, we still love you, deep down in the sub-cockle regions of our hearts. Thank you for being the wonderful whackjob you are. The biggest problem is deciding which clips to use to pay homage to you, sir. You've done so much funny shit in your time. There's one no brainer we've posted previously. But I think this next one is simply necessary: Categorized as: Events
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08.13.07 by Widge @ 9:50 am Alfred Hitchcock--the master craftsman of suspense. Not only could the man put together a mean movie (no pun intended, sometimes) but he had a wicked sense of humor. Emphasis on the wicked. Example: his solution below for something that afflicts the majority of this site's readers... Direct link for the feedreaders. More after the break... Categorized as: Events
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08.06.07 by Widge @ 11:18 pm Everybody loves Lucy. You know, or they can answer to me. The only trouble with trying to pick a clip from her I Love Lucy show is how to pick just one? So we go first with Lucy's famous attempt to become a spokesperson: Direct link for the feedreaders. Categorized as: Events
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08.04.07 by Widge @ 4:27 pm So when looking for stuff about the great Satchmo, I came across this bit: Armstrong's birthdate was originally supposed to be July 4, 1900. However, his birthday was actually August 4, 1901--somebody apparently found a baptismal certificate in the 80s, after Armstrong's death. Now, I'm not certain if that's what he was told and actually believed (Wikipedia) or if that's just something he came up with because he didn't know his own birthdate (Satchmo.net's forum--their FAQ is broken, apparently). But either way, that's fascinating. Speaking of fascinating: look what I found while searching for appropriate video clips: Louis Armstrong on The Johnny Cash Show, and the two of them playing a Jimmie Rodgers cover. This is so cool, I just had to share: Direct link for the feedreaders. And, of course, a perennial favorite after the break. Categorized as: Events
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