how far we've come.

LiveLeak.com - Head on collision test between 1959 Chevy and 2009 Chevy.

hah!

Dumbass Picture of the Day : Dispatches from the Culture Wars:

This was emailed to me with the caption "I sure wish someone would invent something to keep the sun out of my eyes."

[update] looking at it more closely (with 2 cups of coffee in me) i now see it was previously an lol'ed photo.  the original is on failblog.

from the "just doesn't get it department..."

O'Reilly's Latest Buffoonery : Dispatches from the Culture Wars:

At the Values Voters Summit this weekend [Bill O'Reilly] was given the "Media Courage Award." And the ceremony was....closed to the media.

wow. how...brave...of him.

why did so many people like Star Trek (the new movie)

'cause, well, maybe it's all been done before?

the more i think about it...

the less i actually find i like about the new star trek film.( cut 'cause some of you just hate people who find anything to hate about star trek :) )

on the other hand, they got McCoy right. I can live with that. :)

but really, it is highly unlikely i'll be driven to actually see the next one in a theater. cute characters, but it hasn't really proven itself to be "star trek" to me (who has been watching the original since I was 5). i'll probably buy the DVDs when they come out, of course, but probably never again in a theater.

another onion too close to reality...

When studios go too far in "controlling the message"...

Man Not Belonging To Movie's Target Demographic Escorted From Theater By Hollywood Officials | The Onion - America's Finest News Source:

Hollywood officials removed David Sinclair, 24, from the AMC Esquire 7's 9 p.m. showing of The Time Traveler's Wife Monday for failing to meet the minimum gender, age, and socioeconomic status requirements set forth in new guidelines to ensure marketing is reflected in movie audiences.

"Looks like this punk is a little too young and a little too male to be here," said Toby Emmerich, president of New Line Cinema, who spotted Sinclair trying to discretely watch the film from the back of the theater.

"Didn't your mother ever teach you that a romantic thriller starring Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana is for professional women aged 26 to 40 who make between $45,000 and $60,000 a year?"

Despite Sinclair's promises that he would buy a Coke and popcorn, officials escorted the single, college-educated city-dweller out of the theater complex and issued him a $1,500 fine.