Ducks vs. Trojans
What’s all this about Ducks vs. Trojans? We know what you’re thinking. But Ducks clearly need Trojans, as seen here: Continue reading
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OH EM GEE: Short Film Brilliance Edition
Best. Movie. Ever. That? IS TOTALLY MY CAT. (By Simon Tofield, whose work you can see here.) PS. Heroes sucked way less this week! More on that later. Continue reading
Heroes 2.3: “Kindred”
To those, what, two? maybe? people who check for Heroes posts: Sorry! It is still Beast of Eugene time. Blogging falls by the wayside. It’s sad. I like blogging. But there it goes … Continue reading
Heroes 2.2: “Lizards”
Bad Molly: I couldn’t, for some reason, stop talking during this episode. What’s that? Who’s he talking about? Isn’t that related to X, Y and/or Z? What did Mr. Bennett mean by that? Etc., etc., etc. No wonder my boyfriend started doing laundry instead of watching with me. Sorry, yo. Continue reading
OH EM GEE: Garth Nix Edition
That sound you hear is me squealing with joy at this bit of news, from Publishers Weekly: Fantasy author Garth Nix has sold North American rights to three new YA books to Ruth Katcher at HarperCollins Children’s via agent Jill Grinberg, who made the seven-figure deal. The three books include a prequel and a sequel to Nix’s Abhorsen YA fantasy trilogy Continue reading
Dogs, Cops and Flags Collide at Fire Hydrant
With a straight face, the Oregonian wrote this story about Hillsboro removing a flag painted fire hydrant at a dog park after complaints. The star spangled urinal was set up by cops in memorial to a police dog. Maybe Congress needs to pass a Constitutional amendment. By illustration, here’s a video of urinoterrorism: Continue reading
Heroes 2.1: “Four Months Later”
Realistically, I’m not sure why I was so damn excited for the return of Heroes, even though it was last year’s best new show despite having (apparently unknowingly) borrowed rather heavily from X-Men mythos. You’ve got your Rogue, your Wolverine, your Shadowcat — and, amusingly, all the genders are reversed! Continue reading
Newport’s 125th Brithday
Newport turns 125 on Oct. 23 and is planning a bunch of festivities . Here’s some photos of how things used to look: Continue reading
China exports toxics, but U.S. does too
How dare China export toxic toys? Turns out the U.S. does the same. The Sacramento Bee reports that the U.S. goverenment has long okayed the export of toxic and other dangerous consumer products that it banned or recalled for sale in the U.S. “Though recalls coordinated by the CPSC of Chinese-made goods have made headlines recently, for decades the federal agency has allowed American-based companies to export products deemed unsafe here,” the Bee reports. Continue reading