Archive for May, 2008

Speed Racer, It Is A Bomb But A Fun Bomb

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

It is a bomb, but I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed the Speed Racer movie. I wasn’t a huge fan as a kid, I watched the show, but I would watch darn near anything back then. What was interesting to me was how much I enjoyed the film in spite of itself. [...]

News You Can Use

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

I have been sometimes lectured that we in the United States don’t pay attention to the hard news and that is why we are so uninformed on the world sometimes. In interest of equal time with our UK brethren I present the most popular news story on the BBC this morning. We American’s can’t compete [...]

Man Irritates Shark

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Ok, perennial Summer of Fear contender the Shark is really making a run for it this year with constant appearances in the news. In today’s story man gets bit by shark and escapes by poking the shark in the eye. He is an Aussie so you know he is hard core. This year is actually [...]

News You Can Use

Friday, May 9th, 2008

The BBC points out something I thought was pretty obvious in this headline: Oh, they mean the birds! I knew that…. Via Cronaca

Nationals In Trouble

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

I missed this incident during the weekend series with the Pirates, sounds serious. We can only hope this convinces them to more careful in the future.

Road Runner Replaced By Nanny

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

A new contender in the Summer of Fear challenge for 2008, the Coyote. His plot foiled by a Nanny, that is a big come down from being foiled by the Road Runner in my opinion.