Does Joss Whedon have the solution to the West’s demographic issues? I have some evidence that indicates a connection.
Tom posted this at 2:47 PM EDT on Monday, October 27th, 2008 as Nerdom, I bid you stand: Men of the West
October 27th, 2008
Buffy & Fecundity
October 18th, 2008
After Hours of Deep Thought, I Just Realized…
…that Sarah Palin sounds exactly like a Buffy Summers from Lake Wobegone!
Tom posted this at 8:56 PM EDT on Saturday, October 18th, 2008 as Nerdom, Audacity of Hype
October 7th, 2008
The Dune Theory of Democratic Politics, Continued
Religion is the emulation of the adult by the child.
– Bene Gesserit saying
H/T: Lee
Tom posted this at 4:32 PM EDT on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 as Nerdom, Audacity of Hype
September 25th, 2008
Life Immitates Art Immitating Life
In 1984, Rob Riener, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer introduced us to Spinal Tap — a fictional British rock band that is at varying times a satire on the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and probably half a dozen other British Invasion bands — with their fake documentary This Is Spinal Tap.
For anyone who hasn’t seen This is Spinal Tap, I cannot possibly recommend it too much. Besides having a hilarious script and some of the best chemistry between actors I’ve ever seen, the songs in the film manage to be just good enough for you to believe ‘Tap had once been to popular, while being just bad enough enough for you to be certain that you wouldn’t have been one of the people who would have liked them.
In one of the deleted scenes, the band endorses a meat pastry with the painfully awful brand name of ‘Rock ‘n Rolls’:
While shopping at the supermarket the other day, my girlfriend called my attention to this new product endorsed by Hannah Montana:
Tom posted this at 12:03 PM EDT on Thursday, September 25th, 2008 as Nerdom, Film Rants
August 12th, 2008
The Wesbite Is Down
This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in ages. NSFW.
Tom posted this at 4:09 PM EDT on Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 as Nerdom, Random Bloggish Things
July 28th, 2008
Make it so!
Jamie posted this at 10:41 PM EDT on Monday, July 28th, 2008 as Science & Evolution, Nerdom