tour kelly’s house from the comfort of your chair

Go on, check it out. It’s a fun video, less than seven minutes. This film is too old to see Kelly’s real live “leopard” kitty. Maybe that will be in the sequel.

azhdarchid

Maggie sent me this image. It’s a winged dino that seemingly liked to hunt on its feet. More info. The man included in the picture for size comparison was very foolish, even for a drawing. I suggest staying further away. Notice: your attempt to find an azhdarchid pterosaur may be inconvenienced by a 100,000,000 year [...]

digging mars

August 4, 2007. Watch the Phoenix take off for Mars in a lovely nighttime launch. The video link is along the right side navigation of the linked page.
May 25, 2008. Phoenix sets its feet down on the red planet.
Not bad for a mere nine-month trip.
A primary part of this mission’s agenda is to find out [...]

not going to burning man?

This link is mainly of interest to burners. Pretty funny. A little juvenile, but funny.

la ragazza del lago and the siff del seattle

Yeah, I just wanted to use some Italian in the title. “The Girl by the Lake” is one of the three–that’s right–three films I have tickets for at the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF). There are dozens that I’d attend if I were a man of leisure, hanging out all day in a 70s-style leisure [...]

giant tentacled monster has sex with everyone in our universe

The title summarizes the plot of the next Futurama DVD movie. Due in June.

subliminal mind control

Here’s a link to an article accusing Fox news of flashing subliminal images of John McCain. I happen to know that subliminal suggestions don’t have an effect on me. For example, I began worshiping Satan before I listened to heavy metal albums with hidden demonic messages. But to be doubly sure, these days I wear [...]