invisible invaders

Invisible Invaders is a film so ridiculous that it was seemingly designed to get the improv comedy soundtrack treatment. For example, the invisible invaders announce their evil plan to take over the earth by making an announcement at a hockey game. It was another classic featuring the acting talents of John Agar , the king [...]

voting in the 21st century

Slashdot recently posted a little tidbit about voting machine problems in Florida during the 2004 presidential election.
Having ’successfully sued former Palm Beach County (FL) Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore to get the audit records for the 2004 presidential election,’ Black Box Voting reports that the ‘internal logs of at least 40 Sequoia touch-screen voting machines [...]

the bike whisperer

I’ve been dreaming about a new bicycle or new used one. My Bridgestone with the mustache handlebars is one fine bike and goes back at least 13 years. Handsome. Rugged. But now that I’m so very aged, I’d like something a little lighter weight, with skinnier tires–something that practically rides itself while I sit back [...]

i’m only doing my duty

My duty is to post this link to a SubGenius video version of something called the “Numa-Numa” song. Performed by Ivan Stang and Princess Wei. Ain’t they cute?

git along, little bloggy

Yippee ky-yi-yo. I seem to have taken a week off from blogification. I seem to be back. I don’t know where I’ve been. The exciting news to report is that I’ve added a couple podcasts to my podcast subscriptions and removed a few as I hone down to a fine cutting edge of the best [...]

islands in the surf stream

If you want to look up a general topic, as you would in an encyclopedia, Factbites is a fine search engine. It’s more satisfying than Google for some types of searches.
Every human should wear one of these: An earth location tag–in case you get separated from your planet.

eye yi-yi

Maggie has been catching me up on the some cinema classics via Netflix.

A Face in the Crowd. 1957. A young vagrant rises from obscurity to become a radio personality, then a nationwide TV phenomenon, and ultimately gains enough political clout to influence elections. Must have been one of the first films about TV and [...]

magic pinhole camera worlds

See tiny universes that will astound you. Try “Igloo.” Try “Shrimp ‘n Bees.”