Month: March 2005

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Invasion Iowa

William Shatner travels to James T Kirk’s future birthplace of Riverside, Iowa, to (not) film a science fiction movie there called Invasion Iowa.

“We’ve had an influx of students into the neighbourhood because the university has been going dry and now it’s completely dry … It’s been very detrimental – it’s caused a lot of traffic jams and property damage.” As she laid out her grievances, a car sped round the corner. “He’s one of our major problems,” she said.
A nearby resident explains the side effects when a university goes dry

“Plastinated” human cadavers exhibit to open at the Nob Hill Masonic Center in San Francisco today.

And now: waiters nauseated by food.

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Trailer Park Boys

All is right in the world: Tivo is saved by Comcast, Bernie Ebbers is going to jail, and most importantly, Trailer Park Boys Season 4 is released to DVD on April 12th.

Batman computer animation as Legos — well-done, too.

Did I say all is right in the world? Not so fast. Paul Wolfowitz is nominated for president of the World Bank, and the Senate gives authorization to open up ANWR for drilling.

Still, Trailer Park Boys Season 4 is released to DVD on April 12th.

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Is America going broke?

Canadian mag MacLeans asks: Is America going broke? And to cheer you up, this beautiful John Coltrane-inspired animation. And then a kinda neat Montage-a-Google.

One more thing: piling your dreads under that knit cap makes your head look like a Jiffy Pop about to explode. Yeah, I’m talking to you, environmentalists. It’s time to keep up appearances.
Queer Eye for the Green Guy: The left needs a makeover in order to be taken seriously, starting with their appearance.

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Roasty architecture

Yahoo! offers a top 100 Netrospective moments of the web. Number 16 is IMDb, one step below the dancing baby. Non-netrospectively, the BBC is ordered not to compete with commercial television and must instead focus on high-quality public service programming.

Beams of sunlight reflected from the hall have roasted the sidewalk to 140 degrees Fahrenheit, enough to melt plastic and cause serious sunburn to people standing on the street.
Symptoms prior to Walt Disney Concert Hall shimmering stainless steel panels receiving a good sanding

Ankle bracelets for law abiding immigrants — whaaaaa? Speaking of immigrants, Governor Schwarzenegger expresses support for adding 1 million solar power panels to California rooftops. Speaking of property, street gangs are now staking out turf on the Web., while Donald Rumsfeld is being sued by the ACLU and Human Rights First in his role with authorizing torture.

Let it die. Space flight industry officials donate $3 million to save Star Trek Enterprise.