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A Handful Of… Seriously Bad Ideas

Posted on May 6, 2011 by sgottahurt

I’ve lived my life in a bubble, and I’ve enjoyed it for the most part. The fun part about being in a bubble is you can still see outside, except your outlook is swirled and soapy. Sometimes that bubble pops though, and I use the remaining suds to wash my eyes out. These are some vision scrubbers.

We’ll start out small, with a product I never knew existed (as it should have remained).

ITEM ONE: A product called NYDJ for short… and Not Your Daughter’s Jeans for long…

It reminds me of this classic, butt in real-life (moved it to after the jump because of auto-starting).

ITEM TWO: Frisbee Golf or Disc Golf is real…

I’ve heard of the game, and I know people who have played it, but I always thought it was something impromptu… like LARPing. But then I saw one of these in a park near work:

Oh. It's real. Real serious.

ITEM THREE: Kiss Transmission Device or specifically, Virtual French Kissing Machine…

In effect, this:

ITEM FOUR: “Maggie the Maggot” from Galaxy of Terror

This is definitely the worst of the bunch, and since it’s not safe for ~~work~~ life, I’ll let you follow-up on it here.

(SIDENOTE: To cleanse the mental palate, watch this dog being a dog with a bad idea.)

JusWondering… What Is Jumping The Broom?

Posted on May 5, 2011 by sgottahurt

Anybody hear about this movie called Jumping the Broom?

This Summer, Learn a New Term!

Anybody hear of the phrase jumping the broom?

Well, apparently it’s

a phrase and custom relating to wedding ceremonies practiced in Wales, by Romani people (better known as “Gypsies”), in some African-American communities, and by other groups.

That I could have garnered from the poster. What else ya got, Wikipedia?

In Wales, Romani (Gypsy) couples would get married by eloping together, when they would “jump the broom,” or over a branch of flowering broom or a besom made of broom…

…In some African-American communities, marrying couples will end their ceremony by jumping over a broomstick, either together or separately. This practice dates back at least to the 19th century and has enjoyed a 20th century revival largely due to the miniseries Roots.

Sooooo (how many o’s are enough?) it has ties to slave times. And the question of which culture the practice originated from is still up for debate. Ummmmm (how many m’s are enough?) that’s an interesting title… and I learned something today, sooooo there’s that…

Kthxbai!

Awesome Battle… Everything Is Better in Letter

Posted on April 27, 2011 by sgottahurt

So yeah, this one I could have made into a So, Duh! Pop Quiz, but I think I’m pretty much done with those for now (hence the brand spankin’ newish In Defense Of category). Instead, I’m presenting two works of pop culture nerdity (and one of sheer commercialism) that are neat on their own, or in this Awesome Battle.

Don’t worry – I’ll still put the characters and companies after the jump.

Here are two alphabet soups cooked up by Fabian Gonzalez:

I don’t know who made this one:(Answers – er, I mean the who’s who is after the jump) Read More

Coinkydink Or Coinkydonk? George Lucas, The Prophet?

Posted on April 25, 2011 by sgottahurt

It would be hard to deny that George Lucas has a vast imagination.

Sure, you could argue that his ideas funnel through other creative people, and courtesy of their hard work, everything we know about Star Wars exists.

But is possible that George Lucas is a visionary? That he’s a prophet, capable of seeing what’s to come?

In 1981, when Lucas was still married to Marcia Lou Griffin, they adopted their daughter, Amanda:

Amanda Lucas, MMA Fighter

Then in 1985, he produced the TV movie, Ewoks: The Battle for Endor:

VHS, oh how I miss ye...

Nowadays, Amanda fights in mixed-martial arts, and in the midst of fighting she looks like the fast-running character from The Battle for Endor named Teek:

Turn that frown upside-down and voila!

A Handful Of… Drawings Of Superheroes On Bikes

Posted on April 22, 2011 by sgottahurt

I liked these as soon as I saw them, and then I realized all these are getting adapted for movies or TV. So in order of release:

Thor (May 6)… on a bike!
Green Lantern (June 17)… on a bike!
Captain America: The First Avenger (July 22)… on a bike!
Wonder Woman (maybe this fall on TV?)… on a bike!
Amazing Spider-Man (July 3, 2012)… on a bike!
Aquaman (sadly never)… on a bike!

(source)

Hibbidy-Wah?! Can I Work For Lucasfilm Pretty Please?!

Posted on April 20, 2011 by sgottahurt

I don’t care that this building will be in Singapore, I still want to go to there:

*Jawas not included.

What’s weird is I wouldn’t care about anything Star Wars anymore if The Clone Wars cartoon wasn’t so good… and that’s exactly what will be produced in this state-of-the-art artists’ haven shaped like a Sandcrawler!

Son of a Sith! It’s not fair!

Happy Find… Chicks With Steve Buscemeyes

Posted on April 18, 2011 by sgottahurt

It’s been awhile since there’s been a good new Tumblr account. The latest Happy Find is

Chicks With Steve Buscemeyes!

Some samples:

"There is another Jedeye..."

Eye don't know what Brad Pitt ever saw in Angelina Joleye.

"No, I'm not pregnant with Jedeyes," said Nataleye Portman.

Eye’m done. Eye promise…

Musical Musings… This Song Is So 1982

Posted on April 15, 2011 by sgottahurt

Imagine the year is 1982…

You’re Neil Diamond, and you just walked out of the movie theater with (then) married friends, Carol Bayer Sager and Burt Bacharach.

Together you’ve witnessed what you consider is probably the greatest children’s movie of all time – Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

United, you are so moved beyond words that it screams to come out in song.

After all, between the three of you, you’ve written Sweet Caroline, Nobody Does It Better, and Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head. And the result is this:

How fucking corny and fucking lovely is that song? Ironically, it was Diamond’s eighth (and last) top 5 hit on the chart (according to his Wikipedia entry).

Now do you want to hear the exact opposite of that?

Awesome Battle… Movie Posters Featuring Dogs With Sunglasses

Posted on April 14, 2011 by sgottahurt

When I set out to compile this Awesome Battle, I honestly expected to encounter more fodder for the masses. So in addition to a slide show rolling through the history of movie posters featuring dogs in sunglasses (or any type of eye wear), I decided to seek out the source of this unfortunately underused fad.

To begin, here’s the slide show:

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Now some might be inclined to believe that Carl Reiner’s Summer School poster kicked off the trend, but that was released around the time of Bud Light’s Spuds MacKenzie ad campaign, and Spuds was quite the party animal. Check out his “wild” antics here: