Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
The Dylan Harmonica
Bob Dylan is releasing his own line of Harmonica in a limited edtion set. The deluxe set (see
picture below) will go for 700 bucks; a smaller, but equally nice, one piece gift set will set you back 100 bucks. Dylan fans can get full details on both sets here.
picture below) will go for 700 bucks; a smaller, but equally nice, one piece gift set will set you back 100 bucks. Dylan fans can get full details on both sets here.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
In Stock Now
I have a few extra copies of "Quiet, Please" up for sale once again on my website; I dropped the price 5 bucks, so it's 20 dollars now (that includes shipping for the book). All copies come signed and can be personalized. Get while it last on my website! I use Google Checkout, but if you hate the idea of signing up for something new, I can send you a bill through PayPal too.
Kentucky Fry This
Spoof movies aren’t what they used to be. I had a chuckle or two during some of the Scream movies, but not as much as I did during Airplane or even Naked Gun.
For quite sometime, I just thought I had grown out of them—that spoof movies were the same as they have ever been, but you have to be in seventh grade to the enjoy the humor of them.
I recently watched the Zucker Brother’s first movie Kentucky Fried Movie, and was reassured that indeed my taste have not changed, rather spoof movies have just gone from bad to worse.
What makes this spoof movie so great and so many others like it so horrible? The same thing that made The Simpsons season 1-11 great, and seasons 11 and onward just okay…it all comes down to originality. FYI, The Simpsons used to be great, but now I think they just copy themselves and redo episodes and themes they explored long ago—maybe if they spent some time investing in real writing talent (also the creator of the show is a jerk; I saw him at a book festival a few years back, and asked for his autograph; he let out a sigh and said, “If I sign for you, I’ll have to sign for everyone”…I pointed out that there was no one near us and I was the only one who recognized him, but he ignored me and walked away.)
Spoof movies are making fun of something that’s been done—how do you make that original? It’s definitely not plot; these movies have plots so horrible it’s funny. What they do so great is they don’t make fun of the obvious.
Kentucky Fried Movie is basically a spoof on pop culture; more specifically, seventies pop culture. It really has absolutely no plot—it’s just a bunch of vignettes that are only sometimes connected. At the core of the movie is a movie within a movie that is quite possibly the worse kung-fu movie ever made.
So when you’re tired of watching spoofs about gladiator movies and end of the world movies, return to the classics and give this one a shot. And when you’re done, re-watch Airplane and reminisce about the good old days.
For quite sometime, I just thought I had grown out of them—that spoof movies were the same as they have ever been, but you have to be in seventh grade to the enjoy the humor of them.
I recently watched the Zucker Brother’s first movie Kentucky Fried Movie, and was reassured that indeed my taste have not changed, rather spoof movies have just gone from bad to worse.
What makes this spoof movie so great and so many others like it so horrible? The same thing that made The Simpsons season 1-11 great, and seasons 11 and onward just okay…it all comes down to originality. FYI, The Simpsons used to be great, but now I think they just copy themselves and redo episodes and themes they explored long ago—maybe if they spent some time investing in real writing talent (also the creator of the show is a jerk; I saw him at a book festival a few years back, and asked for his autograph; he let out a sigh and said, “If I sign for you, I’ll have to sign for everyone”…I pointed out that there was no one near us and I was the only one who recognized him, but he ignored me and walked away.)
Spoof movies are making fun of something that’s been done—how do you make that original? It’s definitely not plot; these movies have plots so horrible it’s funny. What they do so great is they don’t make fun of the obvious.
Kentucky Fried Movie is basically a spoof on pop culture; more specifically, seventies pop culture. It really has absolutely no plot—it’s just a bunch of vignettes that are only sometimes connected. At the core of the movie is a movie within a movie that is quite possibly the worse kung-fu movie ever made.
So when you’re tired of watching spoofs about gladiator movies and end of the world movies, return to the classics and give this one a shot. And when you’re done, re-watch Airplane and reminisce about the good old days.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tim, In Review
Meet Tim. Typical computer programmer by day, humor writer by night.
Tim is a fellow Wittenburg Door writer, and has even did something I have not--wrote one of their cover stories (he did the one with the Napoleon Dynamite cover).
Tim is also doing his best to start up a blog that highlights some of his humor writing. You can read it here: http://timaki.wordpress.com/
He's still trying to figure out what the blog is about, but he's doing a good job so far. His Genesis 1 for Atheist entry is excellent. Check him out and add him to your blog roll while you're at it.
Tim is a fellow Wittenburg Door writer, and has even did something I have not--wrote one of their cover stories (he did the one with the Napoleon Dynamite cover).
Tim is also doing his best to start up a blog that highlights some of his humor writing. You can read it here: http://timaki.wordpress.com/
He's still trying to figure out what the blog is about, but he's doing a good job so far. His Genesis 1 for Atheist entry is excellent. Check him out and add him to your blog roll while you're at it.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The Diaries Interview
Thanks to an anonymous tipster who passed along a link to a video interview with the author of The Library Diaries.
It’s 30 minutes long. For those who don’t want to sit through it, here’s some highlights:
Wrote the book of fiction as a public service announcement to tell the world that there are pedophiles in the library.
She also wanted to raise questions about whether or not a sex offender should be allowed to have children.
She believes that libraries should not let sex offenders in if the library is open to children.
She does not believe an adult sex offender can be cured.
She spent over ten minutes talking about the pedophiles and porn seekers of her library. The only time she mentioned someone who came into the library that was not a pedophile was mentally challenged.
Libraries were better when computers were not there
People shouldn't donate money to shelters that help the homeless. They are there for a reason. They should help themselves
Something is causing her community to have a low IQ. She has lived in other places, and says her community is the dumbest
Encourages someone to write a book about her
It's a good idea not to have kids if both parents have diabetes. That way we want have flawed people in society
It’s 30 minutes long. For those who don’t want to sit through it, here’s some highlights:
Wrote the book of fiction as a public service announcement to tell the world that there are pedophiles in the library.
She also wanted to raise questions about whether or not a sex offender should be allowed to have children.
She believes that libraries should not let sex offenders in if the library is open to children.
She does not believe an adult sex offender can be cured.
She spent over ten minutes talking about the pedophiles and porn seekers of her library. The only time she mentioned someone who came into the library that was not a pedophile was mentally challenged.
Libraries were better when computers were not there
People shouldn't donate money to shelters that help the homeless. They are there for a reason. They should help themselves
Something is causing her community to have a low IQ. She has lived in other places, and says her community is the dumbest
Encourages someone to write a book about her
It's a good idea not to have kids if both parents have diabetes. That way we want have flawed people in society
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