... and movie studios can't come up with original movie ideas!
Monday, January 31, 2011
Aaannd we are back!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Holy Crap!
Once upon a time there was a computer that failed to work properly, this is now that time.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Passing of a true hero
Dick Winters, the man whose heroics in the Army's 101st Airborne Division during World War II were chronicled in the HBO series Band of Brothers, has died. He was 92.
Up until the fall of 2001, Winters was a little-known retired major living in rural Pennsylvania. That's when the HBO series aired, and 10 million people watched the first night.
The series, based on a book by historian Stephen Ambrose, tells the story of Winters and the soldiers he led — the men of E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, or Easy Company.
"I'd go through hell with him, no question about it. We all had the same feeling about him, too, I'll tell you," said Clancy Lyall, who served as a private in Easy Company under Winters. "Everything we had to do, he was there right with us. He wouldn't run, you know."
Winters led from the front. Some of his soldiers were amazed he survived the war.
On D-Day, Winters led an attack on a German gun battery, destroying the weapons firing at the American troops on Normandy's Utah Beach. He and his company liberated a Nazi concentration camp and later captured Hitler's mountaintop retreat. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the second-highest award for valor.
But Winters always played down his heroism. In the HBO series, he recalled a question that a fellow veteran was asked by his grandson. Here's how Winters told it: " 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?' Grandpa said, 'No, but I served in a company of heroes.' "
It was Winters' favorite line. Just a few years ago, Winters wrote a memoir, assisted by retired Army Col. Cole Kingseed.
Kingseed recalls what Winters told him after the manuscript was completed: " 'Wars don't make men and women great. But it sometimes takes wars to bring out the greatness in men and women.' "
Winters wasn't sure he would live through the war. He told writer Stephen Ambrose that he knelt down and prayed after D-Day. That comment inspired a scene in Band of Brothers.
Portraying Winters, actor Damian Lewis says, "If somehow I manage to get home again, I promised God and myself that I would find a quiet piece of land someplace and spend the rest of my life in peace."
Winters found that quiet piece of land. He bought a farm outside Hershey, Pa., where he spent the rest of his life.
source: http://www.npr.org/2011/01/11/132826373/Dick-Winters-Band-Of-Brothers-Inspiration-Dies-At-92?ps=cprs
HAhahaHA!
Internet memes have become a never ending source of entertainment to me and the Nic Cage ones are especially hilarious because that man is, in fact, completely insane. I strongly encourage going to Kevin and Bean's podcast and listen to his interview with them. No it isn't Ralph doing an impression of the actor, it is actually him and honestly, that guy is whacked out of his gourd. He talks about his latest dump of a movie where he plays some sort of sorcerer (*magic wand sound!) blah blah blah. That discussion helps him segue into the topic of his fascination with castles from his earlier childhood all the way to present day. Oh Nicolas Cage, don't ever change, you ginormous forheaded freak machine!
4 days to go!
During our retreat in the desert we take the time to reflect on our lives. We look where we stand in the grand scheme of things and ponder the endless possibilities that lie before us as we enjoy the respite that isolation affords us; and we blow shit up!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Desert Sountrack Series
This week I'm featuring the music of the desert, these songs are a small taste of what will fill our ears as we descend total madness and etherial bliss. This is the sound of our war against normality!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Its sad
It's sad to think that this man's (?) entire existence on this planet came to its zenith this very moment. Mom's basement is going to be so cold and meaningless after this.
And the winner is...
If you thought your life was full of fail and despair, take comfort in the fact that you are not this colossal pile of excrement.
Monday, January 3, 2011
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