A Reinterpretation of Star Wars

Were R2-D2 and Chewbacca the central characters of the Star Wars story? Link courtesy of Out of Ambit.

January 22, 2007 · 1 min · shanethacker

I am Rex, Destroyer of Worlds

When last we looked in on Rex the Wonder Dog, he was aiding in the destruction of the woolly mammoth. However, what I didn’t realize at the time is that Rex has a long history of causing extinction-level events. In issue #11, Rex kills a dinosaur with an atomic bomb. Enjoy the adventures of the most dangerous dog on Earth.

January 19, 2007 · 1 min · shanethacker

Always interested in barbecue

Luke McIntyre, in Go Triad, recommends Country Barbecue as the best in North Carolina. I’ve never been there, but I’ll have to try it out now. However, “the best barbecue” is highly subjective, so I have a feeling it still won’t hold a candle to Fuzzy’s in Madison. Link courtesy of Automatic Writing

January 16, 2007 · 1 min · shanethacker

There are Klingons in the White House

Congressman David Wu (D-Oregon) warns: “Don’t let faux Klingons send real Americans to war!” Sage words, indeed. [youtube &w=425&h=350] Link courtesy of TV Squad Update: Yes, by including the video in the page, the XHTML 1.1 validation is completely screwed up.

January 16, 2007 · 1 min · shanethacker

I'll get to it later...

I’d like to write something about this formula for predicting procrastination, but I’m just not really motivated right now.

January 16, 2007 · 1 min · shanethacker

Reversed E equals powerlessness?

According to a recent study, when asked to draw an “E” on their foreheads, people with a sense of power draw the letter as if they were reading it, while others draw it so others can read it. Great, I just tried to draw an E where I could read it, and I ended up reversing it anyway. :| Link courtesy of Collision Detection

January 16, 2007 · 1 min · shanethacker

The Phantom Stranger vs. James Bond

Or, Why We Love the Phantom Stranger VI, from the Absorbascon. Personally, while I think “Bond…James Bond” is one of the greatest lines in movie history, I have to pull for the person who unleashes this quote while pouncing on someone: You have touched a life and left a blistering sore on the flesh of Humanity – And you must not be allowed to do so again! (A key difference between hero and villain is the ability to monologue while actually doing something.) ...

January 15, 2007 · 1 min · shanethacker

From The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

The waters of the salt sea are fresh at the greatest depths. - Page 948 “So dive real deep, take a big gulp of water, and let us know what it tastes like, okay?” :)

January 13, 2007 · 1 min · shanethacker

Saturday Spam 3

Time to check in with Spam and see if it knows me any better since Thanksgiving. Some recent spam subject lines: Save big in 2007 with Top quality replica Watches Well, I have been thinking about a new watch. Probably not a Rolex, though. Free Smokes!!!! Free!!!! Cool!!!! I’ll take…wait a minute…I don’t smoke. You should see what we’re doing on our cams Playing bridge? Well, that was a surprise. Was Britney better before Paris? ...

January 13, 2007 · 2 min · shanethacker

Steam rising off a car

Just to start out, I should point out that I leave my car outside at home because we have what appears to be a 1.95-car garage. Since the sun comes up on that side of the house, I haven’t had to scrape my car in the morning after light frosts, because the ice has already melted. Now, to get sappy. :) When I went out to the car this morning, as usual the ice had melted and the water was rapidly steaming off the roof of the car. It’s always interesting to note, but I hadn’t really seen it until this morning. As I started to get into the car, I turned my head and saw sunlight filtering through wisps of steam rising off the car, diffuse threads intertwining and dancing to the increasingly chaotic motion of the molecules, only to disappear from my vision a few inches from the pool of mist and reflective water that created them. ...

January 11, 2007 · 2 min · shanethacker