Category: Not-politics

So, they remade V.

Yes, as in V – The Original TV Miniseries*. Both Ace of Spades and Allahpundit are busily cleaning their tasty, tasty beverage of choice off of their monitors right now: watch the trailer and you’ll see why.

Normally, I’d guess that this would be completely accidental – but what the heck, ABC hired Jake Tapper, so maybe there’s one of Sy Hersh’s stay-behind VRWC Resistance cells buried deep inside Programming. All I know is, this show will either never make it past episode 3, or be still playing four years from now as sort of like a reverse West Wing. Either way, I figure that some people are getting ready to go insane on the topic any moment now.

Moe Lane

PS: I don’t make Reptoid jokes, sorry. Reptoids stopped being fun when Ickes started babbling about the Jews.

*This seems to be the major fansite.

Crossposted to RedState.

Jeebus, Stacy. Couldn’t you find a *real* beer to endorse?

Yes, indeed, Budweiser loses something when it passes through the horse’s kidneys (thank you, S.M. Stirling) – but Corona? Corona is the beer-flavored beverage of choice for your giggly coworker who hasn’t gotten over the fact yet that the bartender always makes a big deal out of putting a lime wedge in her bottle.

(pause)

Yes, that sounds incredibly dirty, in a very vague sort of way.

Anyway.  If you’re going to drink a Mexican beer, go with Negra Modelo.  Unlike its cousin, it actually is one.

[UPDATE] Dan Collins nagged me into fixing this, the pedant.

Moe Lane

PS: Regarding corporate shilling: I’m not a corporate shill for anybody, but I’ll be more than happy to discuss the matter. For MoeLane.com, at least.

Schoolhouse Rock: ‘Elbow Room.’

Because it’s never too early to indoctrinate your kid.


“Elbow Room,” Schoolhouse Rock

Once you have them smiling and clapping at the phrase “Manifest Destiny,” you’ve got them inoculated until at least the eighth grade.

Moe Lane

PS: Yes, I have heard of Schoolhouse Rock: Earth. As far as I can tell, it has gone precisely nowhere in sales. Shame.

For all your further ‘Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octupus’ star needs.

If you’re like me, you have been waiting for this day – the day that Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus came out, direct-to-video – for two years*. You have, of course, pre-ordered it – but what happens once it’s arrived, and you’ve watched it six times? What will you do then?

Why, you’ll go pick up some of the other works that the stars and director have done, of course. Continue reading For all your further ‘Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octupus’ star needs.

Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey!

Ace tipped me off to the new Sherlock Holmes movie (coming out in December): he’s got some thoughts about this one that you should check out. And before you start worrying, apparently Guy Ritchie (director) and Jude Law (Watson) are both Holmesians, while Robert Downey (Holmes) is… Robert Downey. So, there’s already a couple of good signs that it won’t suck.

But to segue, while looking up the answer to a question that my lovely wife asked (“Was Sherlock Holmes was the physical confrontation type?”) I came across bartitsu.org, a site dedicated to the… well, there’s some controversy whether bartitsu is a ‘real’ Victorian martial art, and not helped by the fact that Doyle called it ‘baritsu.’ Still, people seemed determined to reproduce it now; they have books out (Bartitsu Compendium, Volume 1: History and the Canonical Syllabus) and the aforementioned website.

And this article on the umbrella as a combat weapon is quite good, although I shall politely not address its claim to be an authentic journal article from the Victorian era.

[UPDATE] I have been informed in comments that the article is quite real. I stand abashed.

You know, I’m not a vegetarian…

…but this doesn’t sound half bad:

Potato Burrito

To make this non-vegetarian, you could add sauteed ground beef or spicy sausage to this simple recipe.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 16 oz. pkg. frozen hash brown potatoes
  • 1 cup chunky salsa
  • 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
  • 1/4 cup chopped green onions
  • 6 flour tortillas

Preparation:

Cook hash brown potatoes as directed on package. Add salsa, cheese and green onion and saute for 3-4 minutes until hot. Fold mixture into warmed flour tortillas and serve. 6 servings

Although I’m thinking that sour cream wouldn’t be out of the question for this one.