Okay, where were you 10 years ago?

Can I get a college do-over? How much frustration would this have saved me in school?

Disneyfication

I didn't know how I originally felt about this, but I've now decided that it's incredibly brilliant.

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I've watched these movies for years, as a child and with my own children. And, well, the reuse subtracted nothing from my experience. Which is a relief, really. You don't have to reinvent the wheel every time to make art. It's okay to rip the wheels off your old jalopy and slap them on the new one.

Okay.

I've got a to-do list a mile long, and two weeks to knock everything out before I fly to Virginia.

I think I can do this. I just need to grow an extra pair of arms, replace my legs with tank treads, and carry an unloaded gun to threaten anyone who gets in my way.

Yeah. Yeah, I can do this.

Aaaaaaand Added to My Amazon Wishlist...

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

I hate me some Jane Austen, but I love me some zombies.

Sheep Pong

I hate sheep with a passion, they're the dumbest creatures I've ever encountered, but this is pretty darn cool.

Google's Message to the Phone Monarchs

Run.

Seriously, if you've been running a sleazy over-billing telecom, now's the time to get moving. Folks are going to start building guillotines once they get a taste of how their phones should work.

And how they should have been working all along.

Run, you maggots. Run.

Satori

Today's Abominable Charles Christopher is too good not to share.

Charts and Graphs

If you're not reading Gary North's essays, then heaven help you.

Oh. Hell. Yes.

There are just too many things that are right about this music video from Zombie Zombie.

Research to Improve Your Life...

In honor of Ricardo Montalban's passing:

I am Number One.

Patrick McGoohan passed away.

Never met the guy, but he's one of the people on a very short list that fundamentally changed the way I think.

"Once Upon A Time" was an hour of drama that only McGoohan could have written and performed. I don't anyone else who could have done it, or anyone who would want to. I have a hard time coming up with any other writers in television who have challenged me so directly. Rod Serling, maybe. Maybe Aaron Sorkin. But they had years, multiple seasons of working at their arguments. The Prisoner took only 17 episodes to shake me to the core.

The Prisoner asked the questions that we ask ourselves when no one else is looking. That's really what the show's about: who's watching us, and why?

Well, we are, and for no good reason.

It's the gutsiest show I've ever watched. Behind all the espionage, the paranoia, the double-crossing, the show was about having the guts to define yourself on your own terms. Who you are is nobody's business but your own.

Too many people know too much.

That's about all I can say about it.

Again, be seeing you.

The Music.

We broked it.

Songsmith channeling David Lee Roth .

You Have To.

You Have to Burn the Rope.

(Oh, and don't skip the end credits.)

Dear Internet:

Do I really need to have a Facebook account?

Really?

Princess Bride 20th Anniversary DVD Cover

Via BoingBoing:



That's some lovely cover design.

The Prisoner

AMC has the entire run of Patrick McGoohan's The Prisoner streaming online.



If you are a person, I recommend that you watch them.

Be seeing you.

Where Is Everybody?

London, Christmas Morning, in the Twilight Zone.

Wind Waker

Okay, I know. It's a video of a kid on Youtube making music. There's only, what 9 trillion of those? But this guy's version of the theme from the Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker is gonna knock your socks off.



By the way, we played through Wind Waker as a family about a year ago (Thanks, Don!), and it was a real treat. Until we started punching each other in the stomachs to see if coins would come out. Then it got painful and upsetting.

Happy Holidays!

Press ALT-F9 to enter Holiday Recovery Mode.

Back to work today. Had a good Christmas.

The kids have hit the post-Christmas wall, where they realize they've played with all of their new toys and games, and they're going to have to go back to inventing their own ways of entertaining themselves.

Kate enjoyed having Dad home, but particularly because Dad's a big help when playing Lego Star Wars.

Conner was much more affectionate, and would spend time just sitting on Dad's lap, giving hugs, and saying "Love you, Dad." He couldn't care less about what presents he got, he was just glad the old man was around.

Sariah was bursting into gleeful squealing whenever I was around, she was so happy to see me. But she was too busy walking all over the place to spend time snuggling. Young and mobile professional walker.

Wife got new books for Christmas, so I didn't see her that much. I think her Christmas was Merry.

Santa brought me a new sleeping bag. Finally watched the Dark Knight and liked it. Got some writing done. I may have a self-published comic in print in a few months.

Really didn't want to come in to work this morning, but woke up and got showered and dressed anyway. I'm on office-drone autopilot today, but I'm looking forward to more comics writing tonight.

The Most Comfortable Cultist Robe You've Ever Worn.

Or your money back.

The Snuggie.

There's no reason to be cold while you're performing human sacrifice. Those dungeons can get a bit chilly.

(Thanks to the Wife-Lady.)