God knows I love Halloween. I do. I love it. Here at The League, it's up there with Christmas and Arbor Day.
And I am comforted to know it is soon a-coming. How do I know? I just ate a delicious bowl of "Haunted Apple Jacks Manor" with marshmallow bones, skulls, and other little bits. It was frightfully delicious.
Anybody have any ideas for a Halloween contest this year? In order to help out Jim D., I'm a-thinking of a single entry list of "really bad horror movies."
Either that, or something to do with "What shall I carve upon a pumpkin?"
I have to run the contest beginning in about two or three weeks, so I'm taking submissions for ideas.
And it's not too early for you to start planning your costume. This year, I am going to be a chubby white guy. I started working on this costume in 1995. I'm almost done.
Sunday, August 29, 2004
So I may or may not have broken Jamie's hand. Ker-whack.
Nothing like injuring the wife to make yourself feel like a total heel.
We were at the gym and I tossed her a medicine ball. According to some reports, I tossed it too quickly or something. I'm not sure. I thought the speed was okay. Maybe she lacks hand-eye coordination. I cannot say. I do know it was I who threw the ball, and she has the injured hand.
I also know that we spent three or four hours at the ER today listening to the lady in the next room get manually cleared of her terrible constipation.
Look, if I had to listen to the whole ordeal, you have to think about it for a few seconds.
Jamie is doing okay. She needs to go for an additional X-Ray later this week, and then she'll know for certain. In the meantime, she's in a sort of cast/ splint and a sling.
And I feel like a jerk.
Luckily, there was my mom on the other end of the phone, lending her undying love and support.
"What did you do that to her for?"
"Mom, I just tossed her the ball."
"Well, you threw it too hard."
"I didn't throw it too hard, Ma. It was a freak accident."
"Why weren't you being more careful?"
"I was being careful. It was an accident."
"It doesn't sound to me like you were being careful."
"I was."
"Well, Jamie can't catch a ball like that. What kind of ball was this?"
"It was a medicine ball."
"I never heard of such a thing. Why were you throwing it at her?"
"Because my trainer told me to. We were like five feet apart."
"It sounds like you weren't being careful."
Sigh.
Nothing like injuring the wife to make yourself feel like a total heel.
We were at the gym and I tossed her a medicine ball. According to some reports, I tossed it too quickly or something. I'm not sure. I thought the speed was okay. Maybe she lacks hand-eye coordination. I cannot say. I do know it was I who threw the ball, and she has the injured hand.
I also know that we spent three or four hours at the ER today listening to the lady in the next room get manually cleared of her terrible constipation.
Look, if I had to listen to the whole ordeal, you have to think about it for a few seconds.
Jamie is doing okay. She needs to go for an additional X-Ray later this week, and then she'll know for certain. In the meantime, she's in a sort of cast/ splint and a sling.
And I feel like a jerk.
Luckily, there was my mom on the other end of the phone, lending her undying love and support.
"What did you do that to her for?"
"Mom, I just tossed her the ball."
"Well, you threw it too hard."
"I didn't throw it too hard, Ma. It was a freak accident."
"Why weren't you being more careful?"
"I was being careful. It was an accident."
"It doesn't sound to me like you were being careful."
"I was."
"Well, Jamie can't catch a ball like that. What kind of ball was this?"
"It was a medicine ball."
"I never heard of such a thing. Why were you throwing it at her?"
"Because my trainer told me to. We were like five feet apart."
"It sounds like you weren't being careful."
Sigh.
Friday, August 27, 2004
Anyone remember my self-congratulatory story on my time at The Disney Store?
Well, apparently I'm not the only one who sees the face of evil in the robotic friendliness and efficiency of the Disney Corp.
Heidi reports here from The Beat.
Reading this makes me want to watch Westworld again.
Well, apparently I'm not the only one who sees the face of evil in the robotic friendliness and efficiency of the Disney Corp.
Heidi reports here from The Beat.
Reading this makes me want to watch Westworld again.
THANKS, SCIENCE!!!!
You know what's amazing but absolutely f**king gross?
Growing a jaw in your back.
You know what's amazing but absolutely f**king gross?
Growing a jaw in your back.
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Hi all.
Still busy.
But, here we go anyway...
Comics legend Neil Gaiman has ventured continually into film and television, and is not set to see one of the projects he's worked on actually get wide theatrical release. He's most famous for his Sandman series, and the Death spin-offs.
The new flick appears to be a fantasy movie in the vein of Dark Crystal, Labrynth, Legend or something like that. I honestly have no idea, because all of the pictures look like images done by comic illustrator Dave McKean, a constant Gaiman collaborator. (McKean also worked on Arkham Asylum, I believe).
I don't know if McKean worked on this film, but it sure looks like he did.
The movie is called "MirrorMask". I don't know anything about it, including expected release dates.
Here's a pic
Here's another
another pic
Yet another
I already know my old pal, The My, will be a big fan of this movie. I doubt he knows if it yet, but he will.
Still busy.
But, here we go anyway...
Comics legend Neil Gaiman has ventured continually into film and television, and is not set to see one of the projects he's worked on actually get wide theatrical release. He's most famous for his Sandman series, and the Death spin-offs.
The new flick appears to be a fantasy movie in the vein of Dark Crystal, Labrynth, Legend or something like that. I honestly have no idea, because all of the pictures look like images done by comic illustrator Dave McKean, a constant Gaiman collaborator. (McKean also worked on Arkham Asylum, I believe).
I don't know if McKean worked on this film, but it sure looks like he did.
The movie is called "MirrorMask". I don't know anything about it, including expected release dates.
Here's a pic
Here's another
another pic
Yet another
I already know my old pal, The My, will be a big fan of this movie. I doubt he knows if it yet, but he will.
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
There's a new Batman cartoon debuting this Fall.
Looks pretty much like Batman, all right. It doesn't appear to be any improvement over the Batman series from the 90's, but it does look okay. I have no doubt I'll DVR it (it's on Saturday mornings... The League is so very sleepy on Saturday mornings).
My guess is, WB is re-launching the entire Batman franchise with the release of Batman Begins, and they didn't want to pay Bruce Timm and Paul Dini a decent salary, so they started fresh.
Anyway, for a peek at the show, click here. There's a Flash intro and a stream of a sort of trailer for the show and skin for your media player.
Looks pretty much like Batman, all right. It doesn't appear to be any improvement over the Batman series from the 90's, but it does look okay. I have no doubt I'll DVR it (it's on Saturday mornings... The League is so very sleepy on Saturday mornings).
My guess is, WB is re-launching the entire Batman franchise with the release of Batman Begins, and they didn't want to pay Bruce Timm and Paul Dini a decent salary, so they started fresh.
Anyway, for a peek at the show, click here. There's a Flash intro and a stream of a sort of trailer for the show and skin for your media player.
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