Archive for January, 2007
Nike
Dear Dr Dan,
My girlfriend is into all these charities and stuff I just don’t care about. She wants me to sign a petition against Nike⢠sweat shops. Should I just go along with it?
– Couldn’t Give A Rat’s
Dear Couldn’t Give A Rat’s,
Your girlfriend is crazy. Talk some sense into her before she wastes her life [...]
Posted: January 30th, 2007 under ask dr dan.
Tags: crazy talk, crusades, nike sweat shops, petitions
Comments: none
6.12 You Don’t Have To Be Crazy To Star In This Show, But It Helps

Starring Clark Kent (Tom Welling) as Superlad, Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) as Sinead, Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack) as TIAC, Jonathan Kent (John Schneider) as Bo, Martha Kent (Annette O’Toole) as Boring Old Ma, Lionel Luthor (John Glover) as Porthos, Kara Kent (Laura Vandervoort) as SBH and Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk) as herself. For more information on [...]
Posted: January 29th, 2007 under smallville.
Tags: bullshit, cut snakes, fencing, leglessness, plot strengths, psychiatrists, shirtless, smallville season six, some damn thing, vague emotional reactions
Comments: none
Breakdancing With Hollywood

Cost: $AU 19.95, from all mildly dubious bookstores
In 2004, acclaimed up-and-coming screenwriter Dan Liebke kept a detailed diary of his attempts to write and get produced a movie length screenplay in Hollywood. Breakdancing With Hollywood
tells the details of this epic quest.
Originally published online, this written account explores the original diary entries in much greater detail, [...]
Posted: January 25th, 2007 under library.
Tags: ashley judd, daiquiri recipes, excerpts, kristin davis, kylie minogue, trout, william goldman
Comments: 1
Which Butt-Kicker Are You?
If you’ve been following either the Top Ten Kickers of Butt You Want On Your Side When Things Go Pear-Shaped list or the Next Best Kickers of Butt You Want On Your Side When Things Go Pear-Shaped list, then a question you may have sensibly considered is which of those almighty butt-kickers you most resemble.
Fortunately, [...]
Posted: January 23rd, 2007 under butt-kickers, interactive.
Tags: butt kickin, firehoses, superiors
Comments: 2
Faux Pas
I hate when you’re at a party, deep in a conversation with somebody you’ve just met, and you drop in the phrase ‘there are more (somethings) here than you can poke a stick at’ (eg miniature porcelain Pol Pots), only to discover you’re talking to Four Time Freestyle Stick-Poking World Champion Bryce Buford. Because that [...]
Posted: January 23rd, 2007 under thoughts.
Tags: fools, miniature porcelain, pol pot
Comments: none
6.11 Five Go Facility-Explodin’

Starring Clark Kent (Tom Welling) as Superlad, Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) as Sinead, Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack) as TIAC, Jonathan Kent (John Schneider) as Bo, Martha Kent (Annette O’Toole) as Boring Old Ma, Lionel Luthor (John Glover) as Porthos, Kara Kent (Laura Vandervoort) as SBH and Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk) as herself. For more information on [...]
Posted: January 21st, 2007 under smallville.
Tags: basketball games, biceps, compliments, disruptive influences, justice league, rebel headquarters, smallville season six
Comments: none
Kitty Wittgenstein and the Sinister Society of Southpaws

Cost: $AU 24.95, available for pre-order
The sequel to the critically unclaimed Kitty Wittgenstein and the Academy Award-Winning Werewolves, Kitty Wittgenstein and the Sinister Society of Southpaws details the adventures of the world’s favourite supermodel philosopher as she attempts to unravel the mystery behind a menacing coven of left-handers determined to control the future of the [...]
Posted: January 20th, 2007 under library.
Tags: action adventure, Heidi Klum, jungles of africa, left handers, nature of the universe, project runway, sequel
Comments: none
Sheena Easton

“My baby takes the morning train, he works from nine to five and then he takes another home to find me waiting for him.”
So says Sheena Easton in her 1981 smash hit single, Morning Train (Nine To Five). She also goes on to claim that he “works all day to earn his pay so we [...]
Posted: January 15th, 2007 under music.
Tags: insomnia, morning trains, public transport, sheena easton, sleep disorders
Comments: 2
6.10 Spelling Errors

Starring Clark Kent (Tom Welling) as Superlad, Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) as Sinead, Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack) as TIAC, Jonathan Kent (John Schneider) as Bo, Martha Kent (Annette O’Toole) as Boring Old Ma, Lionel Luthor (John Glover) as Porthos, Kara Kent (Laura Vandervoort) as SBH and Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk) as herself. For more information on [...]
Posted: January 15th, 2007 under smallville.
Tags: biceps, farmboys, gossip columnists, kryptonian curry, sidekicks, smallville season six, some damn thing, steroids, tori spelling, worthy candidates, yoga sex games
Comments: 1
Astonishing African Animals

Cost: $AU 49.95, available in all good book stores
This glorious coffee table book offers beautiful pictures and uncommon information about 22 of Africa’s most astonishing animals. From the lion (‘invariably three-dimensional’) to the wildebeest (‘invented by Oscar Wilde’) and a score of others, Astonishing African Animals takes you on a journey through Africa that is [...]
Posted: January 14th, 2007 under african animals, library.
Tags: charlize theron, coffee table books, david attenborough, excerpts, ian thorpe, oscar wilde, toto
Comments: none