Category: Not-politics

“H.R. 1107: Nation’s Economic Cohabitation Act.”

“In a recession, it just doesn’t make any sense for two people who say that they love each other to pay separate rents.”

The Onion, of course.


Nation’s Girlfriends Unveil New Economic Plan: ‘Let’s Move In Together’

Now, I’m not saying that everybody laughing at this in a relaxed fashion are married, mind you. I’m merely saying that very few if any married people are nervously laughing at this; we may be also laughing in a somewhat cruel fashion, but that’s to be expected. It’s sort of like how most ex-smokers act, only with more malice aforethought and smugness.

Moe Lane

The Three Wolf Moon Shirt Meme hits mainstream.

From the ABC report:
Interviewer: “And what does it say to you, when you see this design now?”
T-Shirt maker: [pauses, looks at t-shirt machine, looks back] “Money.”

According to ABC News (Via Hot Air Headlines), I* apparently helped participate in an Internet meme by bringing up the Three Wolf Moon shirt earlier. Which is not all that important, except for this bit:

The Three Wolf Moon shirt isn’t new –- it’s been on sale for a couple of years. But since the viral thread took off this month, sales went through the roof. It’s currently selling more than a hundred an hour, and it’s the #1 seller in Amazon’s apparel line.

Really. 100/hour?

Feel free to let me have a piece of that action, then. I’m not proud.

Moe Lane

PS: Tell all your friends.

*No, of course ABC News didn’t mention me or the site.

Lovecraft is Missing is back. Oh, and the Tori Spelling Cthulhu movie is out.

Although if you already read that webcomic, you probably know that already; and if you don’t read that webcomic, you probably don’t care.

Moving on, the Tori Spelling Cthulhu finally made it to DVD. I still have yet to see it; I get the general impression that the word ‘umm’ is used a lot, for a variety of reasons.

The Wisdom of Mr. T.

This is several years old, but it speaks to me. For real: there’s some genuine philosophy there.

QUESTION: Mr. T, why do you pity the fool?

MR. T: That is a good question. That is a good question and a legitimate question. And I’m the man to answer it. You pity the fool because you don’t want to beat up a fool. You know, pity is between sorry and mercy. See, if you pity him, you know, you won’t have to beat him up. So that’s why I say fools, you gotta give another chance because they don’t know no better. That’s why I pity them.

Continue reading The Wisdom of Mr. T.

The search parameter records of Amazon.com must be strange and terrible.

Approaching, in fact, the level of SAN loss. First, take a look at Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt – then take a look at what else people who looked at this looked at. Particularly this, and this.

Somebody’s mucking about with their search parameters; I’m sure of it.

Moe Lane

PS: What? Please. I have more couth than that. Besides, everybody knows that it’s not size that matters; it’s rotary speed.

Today’s vicious time-suck should have been brought to you by the The New Ledger.

[UPDATE] Finally.

…except that I’ve yet to see a link to “The Cryptic Canvas: 50 Movies Hidden In a Painting” pop up on their site. Given that I was sent the link by their Editor-in-Chief, I’m disappointed: it’s good blog-fodder, and the Maw of Content is never filled.

I got to 15/50 pretty quickly, but I’ve probably gotten all of the low-hanging fruit at this point.  Or else I’m not as checked out on either modern movies, or pattern recognition, as I flatter myself being.  Probably the latter: I may be the only person in North America who would have gone to see Lost in Translation if Bill Murray had only had a proton pack*.

Moe Lane

*Yes, I’m sure that it’s a perfectly lovely genre film.  But if it isn’t going to have explosions, Hellmouths, extensive CGI, starships, and/or gun fu**… well, I’m afraid that my taste for something that outre is somewhat limited.

**God. Imagine all of that at once.

With a name like “Musica Cthuliana,” it has to be squamous.

Hey, Firefox’s spellchecker recognizes ‘squamous.’ They clearly know their target audience.

Anyway, I noticed Musica Cthuliana mostly because they follow me on Twitter – I can’t imagine why – and I finally got around to listening to their stuff. They’re marketing it for people needing horror roleplaying game background music, and they’ve hit it; I might not pick it for Delta Green – at least, not all the time – but it’ll do nicely for your regular Call of Cthulhu, and maybe even some of your darker* White Wolf World of Darkness games.

Anyway, I like what I’m hearing so far.  Check out the free stuff; they’re planning to have a new CD out soon. Presumably they’re also working out how to separate American buyers from their cash at the same time.

*Yes, it can always get darker.