Archive for June, 2006
Babies (again)
Dear Dr Dan, Where do babies come from? – Dazed And Confused Dear Dazed And Confused, The court order prevents me from revealing where they come from, but I can surely tell you where they’re going to: Angelina Jolie. She now has over 6,000 of them, in varying colours and denominations. She keeps the best [...]
Posted: June 29th, 2006 under ask dr dan.
Tags: angelina jolie, babies, confusion, denominations
Comments: 1
New X-Men Book 1: E is for Extinction

Table of Contents #114 – E is for Extinction, Book One of Three #115 – E is for Extinction, Book Two of Three #116 – E is for Extinction, Book Three of Three Annual 2001 – The Man From Room X #117 – Danger Rooms Issue One Hundred And Fourteen – E is for Extinction, [...]
Posted: June 24th, 2006 under x-men.
Tags: chris claremont, comic book history, debaters, gadgetry, grant morrison, importance of flossing, john denver, moping, neanderthals, redheads, snits, snot, some damn thing
Comments: 1
Astonishing African Animals: Leopards

Leopards… as far as big cats go, they’re certainly one of them. More spotted than lions, less stripey than tigers, fewer gills than trout, leopards occupy a unique niche in the African wildscape. And by ‘unique niche’ I refer, of course, to ‘trees’. Leopards are almost always found perched among the branches of trees, which [...]
Posted: June 21st, 2006 under african animals.
Tags: animal species, chlorophyll, ebay, marketing, naturalists, pressure cookers, sir charles darwin, thomas huxley
Comments: 1
Flightplan

So I saw Flightplan, starring Jodie Foster and Boromir, Steward-Prince of Gondor. And boy am I glad I did! It’s certainly opened my eyes as to how easy it is for hijackers to take control of a commercial flight, even in these post 9-11 days (ie 9-12+). The villain’s plan? Well, like all good plans, [...]
Posted: June 20th, 2006 under movies.
Tags: followers, gondor, hijackers, loopholes, morgue bribery, spoilers
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JLA Book 6: Justice For All

Table of Contents #24 – Executive Action #25 – Scorched Earth #26 – Our Army At War #27 – The Bigger They Come #28 – Crisis Times Five, Part One #29 – Crisis Times Five, Part Two, World Turned Upside Down #30 – Crisis Times Five, Part Three, Worlds Beyond #31 – Crisis Times Five, [...]
Posted: June 12th, 2006 under jla.
Tags: antics, beards, chippendale dancers, executive action, gods and monsters, morons, protective bubbles, robin williams, scuba training, shaggy man, snot
Comments: 2
King Kong

Finally got around to watching King Kong last night. I will say this: it’s certainly given me fresh respect for exactly how bad that Bad, Bad Leroy Brown (aka ‘the baddest man in the whole damn town’) must be.
Posted: June 6th, 2006 under movies.
Tags: bad bad leroy brown, fresh respect
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Lost: Secret Clues

In no particular order, here are some of the secret clues you may have missed in Lost: Note: all of these secret clues are sufficiently startling to warrant multiple exclamation marks!! The manager at the fast food restaurant in which Hurley used to work was eventually promoted to box manager of Locke. That manager’s CV [...]
Posted: June 5th, 2006 under lost.
Tags: commutative effect, dharma and greg, elmer fudd, fast food restaurant, lost cast
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