Comic for Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Posted: 8:00 am, Thursday, May 29th

Brief news n' notes today, since I spent yesterday with a book instead of the 'puter, which is always nice. I heard a teaser about a new Harry Potter book on the CW11 Morning News, and while the news is exciting, it's not nearly all that - JK Rowling wrote an 800-word prequel for a charity. Frankly, I like all this charity stuff Rowling's doing, and she can basically do it forever. There's so many mini-episodes she can write about the Potterverse (or whatever the fan community calls it) that she can be raising money for landmines and Darfur forever. It also reminds me that I need to learn how to develop video games and write a pitch letter to some company or other, because Grand Theft Hogwarts would be the awesomest game ever.

Sweet! So far, so good for the Blind Governor.

Lost tonight! This article is right, this has been the best season by far. Which is bizarre, because this is the season that has lost the attention and devotion of 2.0. I think the wildest thing about this season is that it's taken place over about three days. I was thinking about how little we've seen, like, Desmond this year, but we actually have, and he's been pretty constantly busy. It's just that so much is going on that you can't dedicate much time to the characters right now. It's just packed, packed, packed with stuff. I'm super-jazzed for tonight's episode, and I barely even care if they ever talk about the four-toed statue again (a damn dirty lie, what the fuck is up with that statue?).

How did you spend your tax rebate? Mine's in savings, hopefully for quite a while, but at least until we figure out where we're relocating World HQ.

I get worked up like this, too. Also, a lot of people liked Devil Pete yesterday - he's based (visually) on the devil from Sinfest, which is an awesome strip. He's dapper, but not as smoothly manipulative as Sinfest's Devil, because we're still dealing with Pete, here.

Ten years? Phil Hartman's been dead ten years? If you trace the arc of the Simpsons backwards, his death is what did the show in. It just couldn't recover from the absence of so many awesome bit players. I can't believe over half the show has been done without Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure. (Also, Seinfeld's been off the air for ten years, but I missed the anniversary.)

Alright, well, everybody go home and watch Lost, and as soon as it's over, run out and get your tickets to the midnight showing of Sex and the City! And then shoot me! In the gut! Twice!

bullfrog

Bullfrog -- Thursday, May 29 2008, 07:53 am

Quick excerpt from another Slate article, on that asswipe McClellan's memoir:

"In one bizarre episode, during the period of Bush's presidential campaign when the press was constantly chasing rumors about his possible cocaine use, McClellan hears a conversation in which Bush tells a friend that he can't remember if he tried cocaine when he was younger. At the time, McClellan wonders how the then-governor could not remember such a thing but portrays it now as the first inkling of Bush's penchant for self-deception.

In general, McClellan describes the president as someone who lacks inquisitiveness and is also deceitfully self-delusional. Long money quote: 'As I worked closely with President Bush, I would come to believe that sometimes he convinces himself to believe what suits his needs at the moment.'"

Great. Shitwit's using the Costanza defense. Just great.

http://www.slate.com/id/2192266/

Best headline ever.

"Monkeys Control a Robot Arm With Their Thoughts"

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/science/29brain.html

That's weird about Lost, you and 2.0 - Mrs. Z has gotten a little disconnected this season as well (she's in the 'they're making it up as they go' camp) while I think it's been fantastic. Guy/girl thing?

Zero

how do you drop 2 of 3 to the Ms? This season is going to be ulcer-inducing (although at least we're above .500)

Last night, I had ESPN on in the background. And I kept looking up at the ticker right when they were showing the stats from the Royals game, but I kept missing the actual score. But from the stats, I'm thinking "Awesome, there is no way the Royals lost."

Oh, man, just saw the box score. That is brutal, Tree.

I have no fucking idea, Zero. This team's maddening.

And afterward, the Royals skipper had a meltdown where he called his team "Royal Babies." I'm just surprised this didn't happen earlier.

http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/the_new_cult_canon_battle

Anyone else seen this? A friend of mine has the DVD, and it's real bananas.