Info Meme

I saw this article and I was instantly an 8-year-old child with a stuffed animal again. The reclusive Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin & Hobbes, gave his first interview since 1989. Mom always called me Calvin and said I was Calvin before there was a Calvin. If we’re lucky, we all are.

I missed this Chicago Free Press interview with Michael Cudlitz about Southland.  That’s a shame, because he made a point to bring out the significance of the character to GLBT folks as he was talking. It’s a shame this bearish guy is straight in real life, because I want to cuddle with him.

You can’t make up fun stuff like this folks because if you did, nobody would believe you. Sarah Palin’s Political Action Committee spent more money buying Sarah Palin’s own book in the last six months than it did in giving money to help politicians get elected.

I’ve been enjoying Caprica, and it’s actually groundbreaking in a stunningly mundane way. But I’m concerned about the ratings. Only 1.6 million tuned in for Friday night's episode. For a comparison, Warehouse 13 pulled 3 million+ an episode. Tell your friends to watch.

A show that’s just growing week over week is Spartacus: Blood and Sand. I was concerned last week about the low raw count of viewers, but it spiked 17% for the second episode. If all the male nudity didn’t scare people off, this could be a certified hit.

President Obama made radical changes to NASA’s mission on Monday, effectively killing a return to the moon in 2020. The moves break my heart because I still want to be an astronaut when I grow up. Sadly, the move makes a lot of sense, and emphasizes building technologies that will help us grow out into the solar system rather than a desperate leap to the moon. But it’s lacking that aspirational quality provided by the idea of space travel. 

We finally have a study explaining why Nicole Kidman keeps picking such awful movies. Botox not only limits the user’s ability to express emotion, there appears to be a link to how quickly they process disapproval in others. So in about five years, she’ll realize what we’ve all been saying and be horribly sorry about it.

When did it become acceptable to wear pajamas out of the house? I wear them to work, (well, in winter when it’s too cold for just my undies), but I work from home.  Every time I go to the mall or to a restaurant, men and women are out and about in their pajamas. Grocer Tesco has had enough, and has implemented a dress code forbidding the wearing of pajamas in one of their stores. What have we come to as a society?

The Golden Raspberry Awards nominations have been announced, and everyone’s darling, Sandra Bullock is up for a big prize because however good she was in The Blind Side, she was that bad in All About Steve. They’ll never be able to have the ceremony though – nominating Robert Pattinson for Supporting Actor for Twilight: New Moon all but guarantees assassination attempts on the nominating committee.

Let me kill two Jersey Shore stories with one stone: Only Vinny is full blooded Italian, so there’s all sorts of people that can be offended by the actions of these kids, not just Italian-Americans. And while the government can’t pass health care, they’re being asked to certify a patent on the name “The Situation” for that guy’s abs. Seriously.

It appears the Chief Executive of Goldman-Sachs, whom we bailed out last year, is going to pocket a bonus this year. Since they’ve paid back the money we loaned them, there’s nothing we can do to stop it. But let’s just be honest: if they pay this guy $100 million for his work this past year, we need to pass a law taxing just this one guy at 99.999%. We can call it the Asshat Tax.

Speaking of Asshats, Pope Benedict XVI took time in advance of his trip to the UK to tell them their proposed Equality Bill violates “natural law.” He claims “fidelity to the gospel in no way restricts the freedom of others.” I really don’t want to hate on Catholics all the time, but he makes it really hard when he talks like this from his golden throne. Look at the picture - he has an actual golden throne!

Photo Meme

Jesse James is the tattooed biker dude with a soft chewy center. His dog is missing, and he's tweeting for help in finding it. If you live in the Long Beach area, please be on the lookout for Cinnabun.

I'm in love with this face.

This next one is presented without comment because it left me speechless.

Was Los Angeles cold Monday? Because these Gleeks look positively miserable. But Chris' hair is totes cute!

Chris Colfer and Amber Riley

As we await new episodes of Futurama, we present Lego Bender. Please hide your Lego valuables.

Kiss my shiny plastic a**

Does the pose on this diaper ad from South Korea look familiar? 

Who rocked it better? 

A new still of Hasty Pudding winner Anne Hathaway as the White Queen in Alice in Wonderland.

The promotional tour for I Love You Phillip Morris has kicked off, first stop France. Ewan MacGregor and Jim Carrey both received the equivalent of an OBE while they were there.

Jim Carrey

Ewan MacGregor - w00f!

Civil rights activist David Badash of The New Civil Rights Movement attended the NOH8 photoshoot in New York City and has a great blog about it, complete with a slideshow backstage photos. 

Did I mention a lot of the backstage photos were Nick Adams wearing very little?