March 2010
32 posts
Breaking: Clock stops on '24' | EW →
ausiellofiles.ew.com
Well, I at least now plan to watch the last few hours of this season. Season 6 was some of the worst TV I ever forced myself to watch and the first 4 hours of this season were awful, there’s only so much you can do with this concept and character. Hopefully there is a ridiculously awesome send off to one of television’s greatest action stars in May.
It’s official: 24’s time is up.
Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe) confirmed via Twitter that “we [just] got the word officially… this is 24’s last season.” Former exec producer/director Jon Cassar also tweeted that the crew “has been told that 24 has come to an end. There will be no season 9. It’s been a great run.”
Are there really so few good movies coming out this summer?
Based on a quick look through the release schedule on Box Office Mojo, there are just three movies that I will be out there on opening weekend to see:
Iron Man 2
Inception
The Expendables
(plus TwilightSagaEclipse according to Crystal, but there is zero excitement on my part for this one)
and then four others that I wouldn’t mind seeing, but also wouldn’t mind waiting for blu-ray:
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
The A-Team
Toy Story 3
Predators
Hopefully I missed a few, I can’t remember the last time I’ve been this unexcited for summer movie season.
/whitewhine
His Name Is Rob Paulsen →
imdb.com
He’s a voice actor.
Chinese Gambling Superstitions:
- Don’t count money during a gambling session.
- Stay away from sex and females (for men)
- Avoid seeing monks or nuns before going to a casino.
- Wear red underwear when gambling.
- Do not touch someone’s shoulder while he is gambling.
- Females are more likely to win during their period.
- Don’t check into hotels with bad numbers like 4 or 14.
- Don’t enter casinos through their main entrance for it is cursed.
- Switch on all the lights at home before going out to gamble.
Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day - TODAY →
benjerry.com
Today people get your ice cream on. Also Starbucks has free pastries until 10:30 but they’re only “free” with purchase of coffee which costs twice as much as it should anyway.
Octopuses Prefer HDTV →
highdefdigest.com
Octopuses seem to be fairly intelligent animals that respond directly to visual cues. An image of a shark, in theory, should set the octopus off. Past experiments on cephalopods though have revealed absolutely no reaction.
The most recent test uses high definition sets, showing 1080p video to the target cephalopods, and has been a great success. While the reaction of the octopuses hasn’t been consistent, the fact that they react has been.
The way the gay couple on the Modern Family commercial play charades is pretty much how Crystal and I play Celebrity
There are rules that will not allow us to be on the same team in some circles.
Pool update
Also note, had neckgear picked Sandra she would have won outright with no tiebreaker needed! For a pool where so many picks were the same it actually went pretty well, but didn’t rely too heavily on the tiebreaker. Lindsay picked 204 minutes, Crystal picked 205, both not knowing what the other had chosen. So Lindsay you can go ahead and be mad at just about anyone who did something for more than a couple minutes tonight.
I LOST by 1 minute - if only I had picked ARGENTINA!
If Avatar wins then Marie wins. If Hurt Locker wins then Crystal wins (she has the tiebreaker over Lindsay).
I had been rooting for Avatar because I love angry internet. But if Crystal wins I reckon I’ll get a dinner out of it.
