At Last....

The song had two different meanings on Tuesday January 20^th. The President (or as some I know have started to call him, The Obamassiah) and his lovely wife danced to Etta James 1961 hit song 10 times at all the different inaugural balls. However, the title meant so much more when you thought of ol' Dubya. At last, the very worst President in modern history is gone. At Last. At Last.

"We reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our founding fathers...our founding fathers faced with perils that we can scarcely imagine drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man. A charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience sake."

Yet again, I go back to my favourite Benjamin Franklin quote in regards to the previous administration.

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."

Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Mr. Torture President!

Below, the 3^rd item on Olbermann's "Still Bushed." Please listen to what Mr Manfred Nowak, the UN investigator in charge of torture crimes had to say and what it may mean for the future.


Lastly, because I thought it was the best Inauguration Speech since JFK and FDR's second, here's now President Obama's speech.

Apology/Interesting Bits VIII

Dear Blog,

I'm writing to tell you how sorry I am for ignoring you since the 24^th of December. Things have been rather hectic on all fronts and it came down to what could I stop doing and keep my sanity. Unfortunately my darlin', that was you. I am back now though, and I'm glad you made it through New Year's without me. I'll try to do better.

Interesting Bits VIII

I hope that everyone had a great New Year's and still hasn't broken their resolutions. Would you believe the real reason I haven't written anything is because nothing interesting has happened since 12/24? No, didn't think so. Anyways, here we go....

Watchman Front

Several interesting developments on the status of Watchman. Apparently it will be released on March 6^th as planned. Here's what Blog@Newsarama had to say. That's all fine and dandy and I'm glad I'm going to be able to see Watchman on the planned release date. However, I still agree with this guy over at Cracked.com who posted this before the settlement was released: Watchman Fan Cordially Invites Fox to Eat Several Dicks. Also, on Watchman front was this nice behind the scenes that Empire mag put out with the Minutemen, the precursor group to the Watchman in the comics, and Carla Gugino continues to look stunning in.


Ricardo Montalban

Yes, it was sad that he died on the 14^th of January, but I did find this interesting at Boing Boing: How Many AAAAA's in Khaaaaaaaan? These are Google results depending on how many A's you wish to place in your search of Ricardo Montalban's most famous role.








Comics

Two comics of note were released on Wednesday, Final Crisis #6 and Amazing Spider-Man #583. Stop reading now if you don't want any SPOILERS! We all good now....good.

Final Crisis #6 came out in DC Comics latest attempt to alienate all fans. I don't even know where to start with the bad things about this book. First off, this book made little to no sense without Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #3, Superman Beyond #2 and Final Crisis: Revelations #5. Have those books shipped yet? Nope. Plus, we all know how we got royally screwed in Batman: RIP when Dan (Wife? I Don't See Anybody's Wife Here) DiDio told us that RIP didn't actually end in Batman #681 like we were told, but in FC #6. Somewhere between Batman being blown to lil Bat-Chunks at the end of 681 Batman had the time to sneak off, find a new costume, get his God Killin' Gun with it's own God Killin' Bullett and smoke Darkseid. Check out what Topless Robot had to say about this. To make things a perfect clusterfuck, there were 3 pencillers on the issue. JG Jones, Carlos Pacheco and Doug Mahnke. 3 great tastes that do not taste great together, but we did get a great version of "Superman's Dead Body Pose" from Mahnke.
If you want to make sense of this series, I'd suggest going here: Rokk's Comic Book Revolution from Rokk Krinn (one of my favourite funny book reviewers on the interwebs) and here from Douglas Wolk (who sent me a terribly nice email offering to explain the parts that didn't make sense to me) Final Crisis Annotations Special thanks to Laura for the Final Crisis Annotations blog.

And then there was Amazing Spider-Man #583. Spider-Man at the Obama swearing in ceremony. This is only an add on to the book that's just 5 pages long. Has that stopped people from going nuts trying to get a copy? Nope. Marvel has already announced a 3^rd print going to press. On my last check of Ebay bids for a 1^st print there was one for $125 with 4 bids on it (Update! This book went for $210.55). At least this one is signed by Zeb Wells and Todd Nauck. $125 for a comic that came out on Wednesday for $3.99...Americans are so cool about what they spend their money on. We wonder why the rest of the world hates our guts...Oh yeah, and Erik Larsen is accusing Marvel of plagiarizing him with this story. Over at IO9


How To

Two very cool how to's caught my eye. Over at Boing Boing gadgets there was: How To a Tailfin Retro Media Centre and Make: TV website has a step by step to Make Your Old VCR Into a Cat Feeder:


Politics

Here's a montage of David Letterman's Great Moments in Presidential Speeches:

I will of course continue my countdown clock on the right until Tuesday (or whenever I remember to take it down), but I just keep repeating to myself, "January 20^th the end of an error." Thank you, Dubya and please don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Because

I can't leave you with his face as the last thing you see when reading this, something lovely and something funny. First up I give you Kitty Lea from Nuts Magazine doing Topless Wii video:


and something funny from Durex Condems with the funniest ad I've seen so far this year:

you can also check out "out takes" on the designers website.

On a personal note I wanted to thank everyone who reads this. The comments mean a lot to me.

Cheers!

Interesting Bits VII

Yes, I have been slack lately. Just posting bits at random in daily posts, but hell, it's the bloody holidays. Besides, most of my web enablers have taken off early for the end of the year. Unless of course what you wanted were just Top 20 End of the Year bullshit. Can't swing a dead cat on the interwebs without hitting one of those right now. Anyways, here it is. I know, hurry up and get to the Interesting Bits....

Can He Be Stopped?

Along with another entertainment related bitch this week about Frank Miller directing, news is confirming that Keanu Reeves is still attached to the Cowboy Bebop (aka Kauboi bibappu) movie. Thereby making it so if I wish to see my favourite anime series brought to live action I'll have to hate myself to do it. Just like with The Matrix, I'll wind up hating myself for paying money to watch Keanu Reeves.

Keanu Reeves Eager To ‘Do Something Good’ With ‘Cowboy Bebop’

If he truly wished to do something good can he please not ruin this and take 20 years of acting lessons before he attempts it? Pretty please?

Why the Hell Wasn't My School Like This?

The University of Chicago announced that it will be offering Co-Ed dorm rooms. They say it's not exclusively for romantically involved couples (read college kids sleeping together), but will be offered openly. How would you like that? Like playing the lotto. You sign up, maybe get a room mate to drool over for a school year or one who makes you want to claw your eyes out and scrub your memories with a brillo pad after you see your roomie naked the first time. Actually 50/50 odds ain't too shabby. Check out the full story at Huffington Post.

Battlestar Webisodes

If you haven't been keeping track, the 3^rd Battlestar Galactica webisode The Face of the Enemy was released on Friday. Apparently they're releasing them on Fridays and Mondays now. These are heaps better then the You Will Know the Truth site on Sci-Fi releasing crappy little tidbits up until the January the 16^th start date. Plus, they have enhanced versions with Jane Espenson of Buffy the Vampire Slayer writing fame doing commentary.




Want to See How Big of a Film Addict You Are?

The IMDb’s Top 250 movies of all time is up and over at Flim Addict they're made an easy way for you to check and see how big of a film geek you are. Apparently I've had way too much time on my hands this lifetime. I've seen 91.6% of them.

"Where's My Fucking Jet Pack?"

I'm quoting my favourite comic at the moment Doktor Sleepless by the master Warren Ellis. People ask questions like that in the comic not realising they're already living in the future. On that front, UCLA scientists have discovered a way to hack "a cellphone into a portable blood tester capable of detecting HIV, malaria and other illnesses" I mean truly, how cool is this? Check out the whole story over at Wired.com.

Dan Brown Fans Rejoice

Three almost invisible drawings have been discovered on the back of DaVinci's The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne. Probably like most artists he didn't care for what he drew there or simply wished to sketch something out before he forgot about it, but the Illuminati may have been involved...cue suspenseful music. Check out the full story at The Times.

Two Articles Every 16 Year Old Should Memorize

Vice Magazine is reprinting some popular articles whilst everyone is screwing about at the end of the year. The Vice Guide to Eating Pussy and The Vice Guide to Giving Head.

"Extra tip: To keep the rhythm going, try repeating a chant in your head that goes with the movement of your tongue like a Micmac Indian (hi-yi-yi-ya, hi-yi-yi-ya, hi-yi-yi-ya). Any inconsistent action may throw her off, killing the mood or at least setting you back a few minutes, which is bad for morale."

How much would an article like this have helped me earlier in life? I mean I had to go to the library at 12 and look up what a clitoris was and what the big deal was, and there sure as hell wasn't a how to guide. If you can get past the free use of rather salty language...you might learn something.

Let me leave you with a few quotes that keep going through my head in response to the Iraqi Prime Minister wanting to put that poor bastard reporter in jail for 7-8 years for chucking 2 shoes at Dubya. The first from Benjamin Franklin:

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."

Apparently they've beaten this poor man to where he's apologised to President Bush expressing his "remorse." Now, no, I don't wish for journalist to throw shoes at our commander in chief. It disrespects the office and the country, but no more then Dubya himself has done over the past 8 years. Perhaps it's better to quote Ice-T in this instance:

Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Fucking Say."