Do you remember these cartoons?

Ultimate Alliance 2!

The next installment of Marvel Ultimate Alliance is based on the Civil War storyline. It looks pretty cool!

Less than 2 days to go.

I love that our President-elect is a big nerd. Not only has he read every Harry Potter book, but he also collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics.

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

Obama Spider-Man Comic Bribe

Colbert at Christmas
Colbert Christmas DVD

Green Screen
Bill O'Reilly Interview

Nope, my calendar reads 2008.

Here's a video of some Ohio voters discussing why they won't be voting for Obama. They make some intelligent and well-reasoned arguments.




Did I just bum a ride from a guy in a DeLorean and end up in the 1950's?

Invest in Soup.

Colbert invests in soup. Behold:

Ask for your own bribes.

Fun and Not-So Fun.

First the fun. Check out this video from San Francisco of the Imperial invasion. It may be time to get your midichlorian count checked:



Now, the not-so fun. I'm guessing that a lot of people don't know where money really comes from (I really didn't either). The common assumption is that for every dollar put in a bank, a dollar can be lent out (for mortgages for example). That is not the case. In fact, for every dollar put in a bank, about $100 can be lent out! The money is created by debt. This video does a really good job of explaining how the financial system works and one can see why the US government wants to give $700 billion to the banks for the bad mortgages rather than the people with the mortgages. If the people get the money, the debt goes away.

The video makes some conspiracy theory accusations toward the end, but the beginning is really informative.

Oh Sh*t!

In case you haven't heard, Travis Barker of Blink 182 fame was critically injured in a plane crash. He was the drummer that took over for Scott Raynor, for what ever reason, and helped create the bands first album that was a mainstream success (Dude Ranch had some success but not as much as Enema of the State).

< aside >
...yes, I love this band as much as your 14 year old sister does, but I also had the Cheshire Cat album when they were still called Blink rather than Blink 182.
< /aside >

Travis is a very talented drummer but he's no Neil Pert. Check out his skillz:

Better Know a District: Florida's 7th

My Mom lives in this district!

Fett's Vette

Wow, that's ridiculous.

Watch as Megan Callahan tries to keep controversy alive.

Comedy Extravaganza!

For the rest of this week, I will be giving you a taste of some of the comedians I enjoy. "Why," you ask? "Eh, why not," I reply. It gives me something non-work related to do and everyone likes comedy, right? So stay tuned!

Today's comedian is Daniel Tosh. I saw him once on Comedy Central and he left a big impression on me. Here is his Completely Serious special.

This Looks Sweet.

Here's a new trailer for the upcoming game Spider-man: Web of Shadows.

Drunk History.

Thanks to Brooke for sending me a link to Drunk History. Here's Vol. 2, my favorite.

This Looks Awesome!

Holy Crap!

Joss Whedon

I'm starting to become a fan of Joss Whedon. After Becky started watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she became a fan. I remember watching a couple of Buffy episodes when it was on tv, I even tried a couple of Angel episodes, but I never got hooked.

Years later I saw the movie Serenity. It was a continuation of the canceled show Firefly, which I hadn't seen at that point. Even without knowing anything about the preceding show, I ended up really liking that movie. Becky and I watched Firefly within the last year, and I ended up really enjoying it. The last episode definitely left me wanting to see what was going to happen next.

Also within the last year, I borrowed Whedon's The Astonishing X-Men (Vol. 1) from the library. It was a good read. I think I liked it because I already knew the characters and their back story so I didn't have to invest so much time into finding out who they were and what they were about. Instead, I was just able to just follow the current story arc. Whedon's writing was definitely good and unique. His campy humor was evident even in the X-men. A couple of weeks ago I read volume 2 and it was incredible. It was one of the best stories I've read in a long time.

Anyway, the point of this blog is that I'm actually excited about how Whedon's next project is going to play out. It's a tv show called Dollhouse. The premise of the show sounds good, but I'm more interested in watching how the show's characters develop. I think Whedon does a good job in making his characters three dimensional and letting them evolve, which is a far cry from the character development I've seen in Smallville for example.

I just hope Dollhouse has the same kind of success as Buffy did and doesn't get cut short like Firefly.

Here's the trailer:

I REALLY want to see this.

The Red Bull Air Race will be happening at the Detroit waterfront on May 31 and June 1. I wish I could see it.

Check it out:

Incredible Hulk Trailer.

This looks like it's going to be waaaaay better than the first one!

Dolphins.

I just saw this on Good Morning America. These dolphins taught themselves how to blow air rings for their own amusement. Cool!

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