Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
George Lucas is still screwin’ around…picking at his lifetime masterpiece like a little boy picking at the crusty scab on his knee.
Screw it, I say. I have a story too, and I’ve been just itching to make that stupid duck into a pelican. Pelicans are just as surreal and exotic and giggle-inspiring as ducks, and they’ve got more business being around the ocean. Probably make better pets too. So if Lucas gets to stir his own pudding then I can do the same. A pelican it is.
Also, I would argue my story has done a much better job of mirroring real life. Still not clear after all these decades why exactly the rebel alliance got started. Slavery? Some fans are under the impression the rebellion represents the Confederate States of America and Emperor Palpatine represents Lincoln…so that doesn’t work. Clear win for my side. Hope the Pelican is dead…History and Logic are in complete agreement, Rhetoric is — well okay. In my story she runs up a huge mound of debt and hits the road, in reality the bitch is still around and we’ve gotta listen to her prattle on some more next week. But it mostly works. Pretty good for two and a half years, if I dare say so myself.
And Han shot first, George.
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Hear! Hear!
And your
duckpelican’s actions were not altered. Only the species.Besides, a waterfowl by any other name….
- philmon | 09/04/2011 @ 20:24Han: “Tell Jabba I’ve got his money.”
Greedo: “If you give it to me, I might forget I saw you.”
…and, then again, he might not. Notice that Greedo doesn’t even promise anything, much less give Han a reason to think he’s actually trustworthy.
Han shot first, because Greedo was trying to rob him. Who watched the original unedited film back in 1977 and didn’t figure this out?
In any case, why would Han want to give Greedo the money he’d finally managed to scrape together to pay off Jabba the Hutt? Jabba was the head of a large organized crime syndicate with (presumably) dozens of bounty hunters working for him. Greedo was one alien with a weapon out for himself.
- cylarz | 09/05/2011 @ 17:06