Archive for December, 2009
Sturgeon Be Damned 2005
The countdown of the least bad stuff on this site has reached the trembling year of 2005. Tremble along with the Top Ten.
Lions have limits, dammit!
Smallville Season Three, Episode Twenty: “So, y’see, we’re all human. Unless we are Kryptonians or Daxamites.”
Well, well, well…
Before Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith
After Star Wars Episode 3: [...]
Posted: December 22nd, 2009 under meta.
Tags: accountants, hieronymus, justice league, numb3rs, revenge of the sith, star wars episode 3 revenge of the sith, sturgeon be damned
Comments: 1
Sturgeon Be Damned 2004
What didn’t suck on this site in 2004? Huh, what didn’t didn’t suck?
Sorry, that doesn’t make sense.
Regardless, here’s the top stuff from 2004:
Dawson File, Season Six, Episode Twenty-Three (the series finale of Dawson’s Creek): “Boo-yah!! Victory to the Paceman. Thank you and good night.”
Smallville File, Season Two, Episode Twelve: “I — no — speak — English”
The [...]
Posted: December 19th, 2009 under meta.
Tags: axl rose, basic arithmetic, jagger, jon bon jovi, sturgeon be damned, twelve months, venereal diseases
Comments: 1
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Huh. So, just a quick update on that list of The Best Movies of 2009 Featuring A Giant Blue Man Being Totally Kickass And Awesome While Dealing With The Threat Of Total Planetary Devastation. Um, yeah. Watchmen is now number two (2).
Posted: December 18th, 2009 under movies.
Tags: blue men, kickassedness, list of best movies
Comments: 1
The Testimony
“Your honour, I concede that I did, indeed, attempt to ‘make out’ with the woman in question well after she’d lost consciousness. But she wanted me to do it. I know she did. Don’t you know who I am?”
“Hmmm?? What’s that? The dwarves? Oh, they were just there to watch.”
“No, ‘Charming’ is not meant ironically.”
Posted: December 17th, 2009 under thoughts.
Tags: consciousness, testimony, your honour
Comments: 4
Sturgeon Be Damned 2003
And the least awful posts on this site in 2003 were…
Toying with chef’s apprentices
Fun, Fun, Fun
Ha ha ha! Remember back when we had troops in Iraq?
My other Kenny Rogers review – like The Godfather, Part Two, it somehow surpasses the sublime original. Just ask Krissy.
Smallville File, Season Two, Episode Five: “And just like Winona Ryder, [...]
Posted: December 16th, 2009 under meta.
Tags: flim flam, frog facts, fun fun fun, kenny rogers, scientific method, sex and the city, sturgeon be damned, troops in iraq, winona ryder
Comments: 1
The Post About ‘The Post About This Post’s Comments’
Just to let y’all know, The Post About This Post’s Comments has taken a stunning turn, with a subtext and secret mystery arising organically from the comments. Can you unravel what’s going on? Please?
Posted: December 14th, 2009 under meta.
Tags: self-referential madness
Comments: 1
A Tip For Tiger
Tiger Woods has taken an indefinite break from golf in an attempt to save his marriage. Um, Tiger? I don’t think golf’s the problem. How about taking an indefinite break from shagging hordes of women who aren’t your wife?
Posted: December 12th, 2009 under thoughts.
Tags: hordes, marriage, tiger woods
Comments: 3
Sturgeon Be Damned 2002
The least crappy posts on this blog for the year 2002 include…
The deathriding tendencies of Elton John
Fast food – the oxymoron
Death beds… why they seem wrong
Shhhhhhh!!!
Turn that pout inside out
Stupid, stupid, stupid!!
Smallville File, Season One, Episode Six: “You will wear glasses that make you unrecognisable to even your closest friends”
Smallville File, Season One, Episode Twelve: [...]
Posted: December 11th, 2009 under meta.
Tags: death beds, elton john, fast food, smallville, sturgeon be damned, windmills
Comments: 1
What Have We Got Ear?
Tip for editors of biographies about Post-Impressionist painters: Vincent Van Gogh: End of an Era? That’s a title extremely prone to typos.
Posted: December 10th, 2009 under thoughts.
Tags: biographies, editors, post impressionist painters, typos, vincent van gogh
Comments: 1
Sturgeon Be Damned 2001
An ongoing look at the 5-10% of stuff on this web site that, in more or less accordance with Sturgeon’s Law, isn’t crap.
This time around, the glorious year of 2001. Sure, nothing of historical importance whatsoever happened in the ‘real’ world. What happened on this site? Again, in no particular order other than chronological…
Tributes to [...]
Posted: December 6th, 2009 under meta.
Tags: bjork, book adaptations, kudos, sir donald bradman, sturgeon be damned, tal bachman
Comments: none