Witnessing History - January 20, 2009

What a crazy emotional day.  Mad props to the US Air ticket agent at the Wilmington airport who rerouted my flights and made sure I got home Monday night.

And to the guy at the Super Shuttle desk, let me reiterate

THE BRIDGES DIDN'T CLOSE UNTIL 3:00 AM!!  YOU COULD STILL DRIVE INTO THE CITY!

There were lots of reports of delays and drama on Metro Tuesday.  Seriously, falling onto the tracks is a personal nightmare. Luckily, I only had to hop the bus to Dupont to meet Tortie Girl and Julie, and then we walked down 18th Street to the Mall.

I don't know why I ever thought this was a super secret route.

We staked out a spot adjacent to the Washington Monument in sight of a Jumbotron by 10:30.  And then we waited.  And frequently had to reposition, trying to get a clear view.  The joke is that there are no tall men in D.C., but there must be, because they were all on the Mall, and they were ALL standing in front of us.  

Given the size of the crowd, people were super chill.  Although the guy flying the giant Freedom pony flag did get a "PUT IT DOWN" chant, because seriously.  Down in front.

Occasional chants of "O-BA-MA" and "Yes we did!" would break out ... as did BOOs every time Bush 43 and Evil Dickie were shown on the screen.  

We also got shots of all the VIPs are they arrived.  I wondered at Beyonce not wearing a hat - given that is was all of 20 degrees - but then I realized why.  Two words. 

Aretha.  Franklin.

That hat was FIERCE.  Love it!  Want it!  I enjoyed her performance, but I was really hoping they would wheel out Ray Charles' reanimated corpse to sing America the Beautiful.

There were some glitches with the sound, so we missed most of Dianne Feinstein's opening remarks.   But they got it sorted out in time for the Oaths of Office and President Obama's address.  Again, give the size of the crowd, it was virtually silent during his speech.  We were all just engrossed in what he had to say.

I really enjoyed his speech.  I think he found a good balance between addressing the very real challenges we're facing as a country, while still maintaining a sense of hope.  I have not felt this hopeful and excited for the future since voting in my very first election.

We made a break for it pretty much as soon as President Obama finished speaking, and headed back up 18th.  I was - not exactly disappointed - but I was hoping for more exuberance from the crowd.  I expected the Mall to be more like 14th Street on election night.  I wanted hugging.  But on reflection, here's what I think.  Everyone on the Mall was there to give witness to history.  And that is both a joyful and a solemn thing.  Euphoria was for election night.  Yesterday was about putting the seal on this new administration, so our President can get to work doing the business of the people.

Or, as my friend Taciturnal put it:

The joy of electing change is past.  Now is the day of what makes America pretty amazing.  The orderly transfer of command not just from one person to another, but from one ideology to another.  And that is what is impressive, important, and inspiring and deserves respect and reverence.

But hugging would have been nice.

Following the advice of Metro, we grabbed a bite at James Hoban's. Our cozy little dining room had a TV tuned to CNN, which was carrying the Congressional luncheon. It was just like they were eating with us!

They dined on pheasant and duck. Swanky! And what do you suppose Rahm Emanual and John McCain talked about? Did you know Rahm had part of a finger amputated after an Arby's kitchen accident?  Man, I've so been there.  Although I didn't go swimming in Lake Michigan after I took a chunk out of my thumb in the Ruby Tuesdays kitchen.  

And really, that story is way less sexy than Julie's theory that he's secretly Yakuza.

Here we see President Obama slowly making his way over to our table.

And did everyone in the dining room clap and cheer as the Bushes boarded Not!Air Force One to finally get the hell out of town? 

 Yes we did.

And then I went home and watched the parade on TV.  Although CNN's online coverage was much better, since they didn't talk over the bands.  For reals, Fox 5's Holly Morris may be the most annoying on-air talent to ever walk the earth.  

I wish I could have been there though, to get a chance to actually see the Obamas.  And you know what, screw the Secret Service, I would have knocked Michelle Obama down for that gold dress and jacket.  She looked fantastic!

And I totes want to be BFF's with Sasha and Malia so I can borrow Sasha's outfit and we can have sleepovers and braid each other's hair and talk about which Jonas brother is our favorite.

I like Simon best.

So that was my day.  I still can't believe it just happened yesterday and that I was there.  My hope now is that we can all be patient.  Today is Day One.  There's eight years of merde piled up in the barn - you can't expect it will all get shoveled out over night.

Good luck and God bless President Obama.

More photos from the Inauguration are at wax|wendy's flickr set.

LOSTLOSTLOSTLOSTLOSTLOSTLOST

That? That right there? Is the sound of me running around in circles, waving my hands in the air because

OHMYFRAKKINGODLOSTISBACK AND ITS BEEN EIGHT MONTHS AND THAT'S A REALLY LONG TIME NOT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AND WHERE DID THE ISLAND GO AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ONES THEY LEFT BEHIND AND HOW DID LOCKE DIE AND IS SAWYER STILL SHIRTLESS AND WHY DO THEY HAVE TO GO BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK?

If you need a refresher for what's been happening over the last 4 seasons, check in with Therese at Tubular. She, of course, has done the impossible and distilled it all down for your pleasure and convenience. She's a giver that way.

Tubular: LOST - What you need to know

And she understands that life is busy and you don't have the time to watch all 85 hours of Lost on hulu.com. She may understand, but I don't. Frankly, I'm a little disappointed. I expected more of you ...

Hey, I can see myself!

CNN has posted a satellite image of the crowds on the Mall.  The clumps of people correspond to the Jumbotron locations. It was the only way to see anything.

CNN.com - Special Reports - Satellite View of the Mall - Photo

We were at about 5 before the hour.  

Let's Go to Work

I'll have more to say about the inauguration tomorrow. Today I'm gathering my thoughts and am just so grateful to have had the opportunity to be a witness to history.

It's a new day, it's a new dawn ... change has come

T-minus 1 Day: A View from the City

I am, as we speak, sitting in the Wilmington (NC) airport trying to make my way home.  But fear not, Jezebel is on the job, documenting the goings on in my fair city.

(Washington) Mall Rats: Raquel Welch, Fringe Fashions & The Obama Economy

And because it cannot be said often enough ... Visitors,

STAND RIGHT / WALK LEFT

We All Rise

Jezebel originally posted this the day after the election, and I think it's still appropriate on this day before the inauguration.

Maya Angelou On Barack Obama: "We All Rise"

We are all the final Cylon

So wow. That was kind of a mind frak, huh?

************* THERE BE SPOILERS HERE *******************

I'm going to need to give last night's epi a rewatch about 3 or 4 times, but here's the sitrep:

Earth is definately a nuked out POS, and has been for about 2,000 years. Dualla finds a pocket watch and some jacks in the ash, and is very sad about it. Tyrol remembers shopping in a farmers market on the day the Earth died. Anders and Tory also have memories of their lives on Earth.

And how is this possible? Because besides than the fact that all this happened 2,000 years ago, it also turns out that everyone on Earth was a Cylon.

Just deal with that for a minute. You can now add "glowing red spine" to "flying car" in my list of things that Science Fiction has promised me that I don't have yet.

Everyone is understandably gutted at the news that Earth is a cinder, and deals with it in their own way. Dualla deals with it by going on a date with Lee and then BLOWING HER FRAKKING BRAINS OUT WITH HER SIDE ARM.

WHAT THE FRAK???

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Farewell, sweet Dee.

Meanwhile, Starbuck and Leoben are still on Earth, trying to find the source of the Colonial distress signal. Following a trail of debris they find it ... coming from KARA'S BURNED OUT VIPER WITH HER CHARRED REMAINS STILL SITTING IN THE COCKPIT!

BUT! Lest you think, "Oh that's a let down. Clearly, Starbuck is the final Cylon what with the whole coming back from the dead, and "Don't freak out", and what not.", she's not.

It's Ellen.

Ellen Tigh is the final Cylon. As we see when Saul walks into the sea, and has a vision of his last day on Earth, searching desperately for his wife. Ellen. Who tells him they will be together again.

All this has happened before, and all this will happen again.

It's British Friday! It's British Friday!

I'm so glad Miss B. reminded me what day it is.

And disabused me of the notion that a Scotch egg is a pickled bit of horribleness. It isn't. You had me at coated in sausage and bread crumbs and deep fried.

Much love to Holly, Pepper, Pippa, Sybil, and Rupert.

TTFN dearies!

Set Condition One Throughout the Ship. This is not a Drill.

Battlestar Galactica returns tonight for its final season!

The SciFi channel has compiled the top 10 things you need to know.  Clicky on the linky for Part 1:

The Top Ten Things You Need to Know, Part 1 | Specials | Video | Battlestar Galactica | SCIFI.COM

Do your part for humanity

Yours is the superior

Bad fan!  Bad, bad fan!  

How could I have forgotten that Ricardo Montalban was also Armando, the kindly circus owner who raises the orphaned Caesar in Escape from, and Battle for, the PLANET OF THE APES!!!

The embedding for it has been disabled, but I love this scene too.  Where there is fire, there is smoke.

The boys are back in town

WOOO!!!!  All new Supernatural tonight!  WOOOOOO!!!!

Family Remains: An evil she-ghost kidnaps a new family's young son, and holds him hostage in the walls of an old house. It's up to Sam and Dean to get him out. Naturally. 9:00 pm

Seriously, kid? Seriously? The appropriate response to an unknown entity in your closet that wants to play catch is NOT to throw the ball back. The appropriate response is to RUN SCREAMING OUT OF THE ROOM AND OUT THE FRONT DOOR! And then you burn the house down. Okay, there's a slim chance that it's just ET. But better safe than sorry.

Be Seeing You

Two of our own have been called home to that great Fantasy Island in the sky.


Patrick McGoohan, creator and star of The Prisoner has died at the age of 80. Never before, and never since, have weather balloons been so terrifying.

He was not a number.  HE WAS A FREE MAN!!

Ricardo Montalban also passed away this morning at the age of 88.  With a film career that began during's Hollywood's Golden Age, he is best remembered as the dapper and gracious Mr. Roarke, your host during your sure to be creepy and not at all what you expected stay on Fantasy Island.

And of course, he shall forever be

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Never before, and never since, has a Chrysler been so damn SEXY!

Yes We Can - NSFW, but not in that way

The evil geniuses at Paste magazine have unleashed the Obamacon. 

Now you too can create your very own posters in the now iconic style of Shepard "Obey Giant" Fairey.

Seriously, this thing is NOT SAFE FOR WORK!!  Its like crack.  You do one, just to see how it looks. Fine, no worries.  Then, suddenly, three hours have gone by, and you haven't checked email or voicemail or put the coversheets on your TPS reports, but you're the proud creator of 42 new posters.

via Jezebel

Eye of the Tiger, Baby

Supernatural is back with new episodes tomorrow night.  Whee!

And not a moment too soon.  Teddy was at the end of his rope.  

io9 has some tidbits about upcoming episodes from an interview with Sera Gamble:

There's an episode coming up that opens with the angel Castiel's point of view.  [Can.  Not.  Wait!!]  And we'll see more and more that it's hard for angels to walk amongst mortals and not feel kind of... involved. Also, she promises "We'll be laying out the specific reasons Dean was chosen. [Also, Can.  Not.  Wait.]   Stay tuned." Also coming up: some stuff that will help you understand the dynamic between Sam and Ruby.

Dean is also very pleased to be back.

The chord change on the leg guitar just kills me every time.

2009 io9 Movie Guide

2009 Movie Preview: 30 Fantastic Movies To Watch (Or Avoid) This Year

I'm most excited to see Watchmen and Coraline.  I want to dislike Monsters Versus Aliens on general principle because it's not a Pixar movie; however, my io9 overlords are endorsing it.  

I'll be checking out The Box when it opens, because my dislike for Cameron Diaz is outweighed by the fact that my friend Brett was an extra in the movie!  So I'll be going for him.

I'm disappointed that The Road still doesn't have an opening date.  The book is incredible, and it's beauty really is in Cormac McCarthy's words.  So I'm curious to see how its going to translate to film ... even though I'm pretty sure I'm going to need a bucket of puppies and a dozen pink cupcakes to recover afterwards. 

And Tortiegirl and I will be at Crank 2 opening night, because it's Jason Statham, and it's our thing.

Welcome my sweets!

If you've popped over from Candy Buffet, welcome!  Thanks for stopping by.

You'll notice as you peruse the aisles that recent offerings skew pretty heavily to sci-fi, especially BSG.   But don't worry, I'm also obsessed with Lost and Supernatural.  And the Whedonverse.  And fashion, and music, and animation, and Muppets.

So take a look around.  Our friendly staff are on hand to serve you.

One of us! One of us! One of us!

io9 has a nice little piece about genre actors who are also fans.  It's pretty cool to find out these guys are as geeked out over their shows (and sci-fi in general) as I am.

Actors: Actors Who Get Fandom

Aaron "Chief Tyrol" Douglas - geek at heart

I think Simon Pegg said it best:

We're everywhere people! And when the day comes, we will rise up from the schools and the dental practices, the police stations and the scrap yards, the hospitals and the law firms, the civil service and the erotic film industry and we will take control and we will make everyone watch the pilot episode of Battlestar Galactica and if they like it, we will provide them with all the seasons to date and if they don't like it will start them off with Lost S1. We will prevail my geeky comrades, as sure as mouse droids are scared of Wookies.

WE WILL PREVAIL!!!

When the Singularity occurs, these are the countries that will burn first

I, for one, would like to be the first to welcome our robot overlords.

Chart Porn: Where the Robot Revolution Will Start

Twiki and Dr. Theo will never betray us

If I'm not at work by Tuesday, somebody come and get me

Oh, crap. Either I'm never leaving the house again OR my work productivity is about to nose dive. Because in the last 24 hours I've discovered that both Patton Oswalt and Simon Pegg have personal blogs.

Can I please just have my neural implant now? Because pretty soon, there's not going to be enough hours in the day to keep up with my fandoms.

I've gone on at length before about my love for Patton's KFC Bowls bit. Here are two of my favorite tv moments from Simon Pegg.

Spaced Finger Gun Battle 

from Doctor Who, The Long Game

Grab your gun and bring in the cat

BSG has gotten the Facebook treatment:

Number Six created an event: The Second Cylon War

Kara Thrace joined the group Striking Down Superior Assholes (and promptly reported to the brig)

Billy Keikaya became a fan of Anastasia Dualla.

Awww.  Poor Billy.  Died trying to be a hero, and then downloaded to the new Knight Rider.  You deserve better Billy.

battlestarbook - miniseries

via The Watcher

I'm cheating on you with another blog

As of yesterday, I am officially recapping Superstars of Dance for the Houston Chronicle's Tubular Site.  

I watch it, so you don't have to.

I pulled up this bit of awesomeness for Episode Two.  Fred "Rerun" Berry in all his glory.

That man has got MOVES!  

So many dresses, so little time

The inauguration is only 10 days away. If you're still stuck on what to wear to the Ball, Jezebel has a few suggestions for you.

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Best Gowns Of 2008

This one didn't make the cut, but should have. Because YoSafBridge is making. It. Work.

We could all use more Cookie Monster in our lives

Time to bite the bullet instead of the brownie

A few weeks ago I wrote about my quest for a doctor.  I actually saw her on Monday, and it's a relief to be in the care of someone who seems competent and caring.

I'll be seeing her again on Friday to discuss the results of my blood work.  I already know she's going to tell me my cholesterol is sky high (like, heart explodingly high) and that my glucose levels are inching towards diabetes.  And then there's the knee x-rays that show the onset of minimal to mild arthritis.  Bloody hell I'm 37!

I need to come to Jesus and with a quickness.  Fortunately, my friend Nicki has just started a new group called Losing It for people who want to lose weight, get in shape and live a healthier lifestyle.  Sound good?  You in?  Then slide on over and join us.

Ironically, Nicki and I first bonded over food - namely our shared dislike of onions.  Neither one of us can stand the crunch.  *shudder*

And I guess I have to rescind my previous statements about parking it on the couch.  I'm still going to drink more champagne.

It's dark. It's cold. Just stay in and enjoy the warm blue glow.

We've turned the corner on the holidays and the long, dark teatime of midseason repeats is over.  There's new TV to be had, and Therese at Tubular has the day by day guide to what you'll be watching for the next few months.  

Including Kitchen Nightmares: The Early Years.

Archibaldo rules. That is all.

mental_floss Blog The Stories Behind 20 Muppet Favorites

Grover. Everyone’s favorite “cute, furry little monster” made his TV debut on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1967. At the time, he was known as “Gleep” and was a monster in Santa’s Workshop. He then appeared on the first season of Sesame Street, but sported green fur and a reddish-orange nose. He didn’t have a name then, but by the second season he transformed into the Grover we know today, more or less – electric blue fur and a pink nose. The original green Grover was reincarnated as Grover’s Mommy for a few episodes. In Latin America and Puerto Rico Grover is known as Archibaldo, in Spain he is Coco, in Portugal he is Gualter and in Norway he is Gunnar.

In my house, he is simply the awesome.





Presumably, this is from the same episode. That kid up on the fire escape is working. it. out.



via Jezebel

Volume! Clarity! Bass!

Sloshspot via Neatorama

I love it when Tyra brings the crazy

It's not new, but it never gets old.



YOU GET VASELINE!! AND YOU GET VASELINE!! AAAHHHH!!!!

I hope you weren't expecting a card or anything

It's Been A Whole Year: Happy First Birthday, io9

Happy birthday to my very most favorite blog, invaluable source of news and updates from the homeworld.

Who? No, just The Doctor

It's official. Your new Number Eleven is this guy, Edward Cullen, Robert Pattinson, Matt Smith:

Doctor Who: And The New Doctor Is...

Meh.  Team Nine!!

I'm just going to stay parked here on the couch thankyouverymuch

Hopefully your New Year's hangover has finally worn off, and  your thoughts may be turning to resolutions.  I have the same one every year - drink more champagne (tm Mr. T).

For many people, the new year brings with it a renewed focus on personal health and fitness.  With this in mind, io9 has provided these helpful solutions from science fiction:

Triviagasm: Fantastical Ways to Lose Weight in the New Year

Granted, they all pretty much result in death.

Treadmill's looking pretty appealing now, isn't it?

Kathy Griffin for the win!

The payoff comes at about the 33 second mark, just as they're cutting away. Do not heckle Kathy Griffin because she will OWN you.



I have this thing about Dick Clark. I fear for the day when he leaves this world, because I'm convinced that without him to count down the big ball's drop, time will grind to a halt. We'll just be stuck at 11:59:59 forever.

But as long as Kathy Griffin walks among us, I think it's all going to be okay.

Holy Cow! The Winter Classic at Wrigley Field

credit: Getty Images photo by Jamie Squire

Sadly, the Blackhawks lost to Detroit 6-4.  Damn goat.

The Chicago Tribune has complete coverage, for the hockey minded among you.

This is where we live

This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo.

via Neatorama

Mark your calendars

There's not really much of substance in this LA Times interview - about Tahmoh, BSG, or Dollhouse - but it does give me an excuse to post another picture of Helo.

Faces to watch: Tahmoh Penikett - Los Angeles Times

Dollhouse premieres Feb. 13 ... and will be cancelled by Fox 4 episodes later.  Fuckers.

12 Questions - A Flick Meme

Tip o' the hat to Ms Constantine

The rules:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

There’s a group you can add it to, called ‘The meme’.

The Questions:
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name.

1. I'm in Black and White and Whitney is My Name, 2. Wat Arun at Sunset, 3. PB130865_294928803013526215, 4. Golden Gate Bridge - The Passageway, 5. Jensen Ackles, 6. Starlite Drive-in Theatre, Wichita, Kansas, 7. Insieme al tramonto .., 8. Dad's brown derby bday cake 2007, 9. (0498) Library of Alexandria (Egypt), 10. Camping in Shimoda, 11. Blaze of Colour, 12. Uh, mmkay

Welcome 2009

Conversations with Mo: A Play in One Act

Welcome to the cool side of the pillow

via the made of awesome Glark

Viva La Pop - your Top 25 of 2008

DJ Earworm via Neatorama

A year passes by so quickly

One year in 40 seconds from Eirik Solheim on Vimeo.

via Neatorama

Happy New Year!

I don't know what your plans are, but I'm going to whatever party this guy is attending.

credit: Luis Robayo via AFP/Getty Images via io9

17 days ...

nerdgod via io9

That's not a moon. It's a space station.

This movie shows Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, as it ducks behind the giant planet. Astronomers combined a series of images taken with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to make the 18-second movie. The 540 movie frames were created from Hubble images taken over a two-hour period on April 9, 2007.

Credit: NASA, ESA, E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona), and G. Bacon (STScI)

A galaxy of other amazing images can be found at the Hubble site's gallery.

via io9

UPDATED - Can. Not. Wait!!! Part Eleventy

UPDATE - I have received intelligence that the first 2 episodes are brain bleedingly awesome.

SQUEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Lost returns January 21. Squeeeeeee!

Tip o' the hat to T at Tubular.

Crush your enemies, drive them before you, and hear the lamentations of the women

At a loss for New Year's plans?  It's not too late to get yourself to Western New York for the Ransomville Speedway's Hangover 150.


It's a day of true stock car racing ... which from what I can tell, eventually devolves into a demolition derby.

Of course, this is my only point of reference for demolition derby.  I imagine the Hangover 150 will be a lot like this.



While you're there, do be sure to cheer on the io9 Apocalypsemobile.

I can see clearly now

My goal for this New Year's week is to clean my flat top to bottom.  Not company clean, for reals clean.  Closets will be cleaned out, cabinets will be emptied ... baseboards will be wiped down, people.

If during your winter's cleaning you come across any old eyeglasses (or non prescription sunglasses) you can donate them to the Lion's Club.  Your specs will then be distributed to people in need.  A stranger will be able to see ... and hopefully won't judge you overly much for your hideous fashion sense.  Just keep telling yourself those giant 80's frames were actually in style once. 

I only wish I was this cool

My feelings on the band Rush are well documented (they are the suck).  But when their music is played by a 13 year old Japanese girl called Sara, it becomes the awesome.


via videosift.com



via Neatorama

Issue No. 1 - WRONG! Issue No. 2 - WRONG! Issue No. 3 - WRONG!

I spent this past Christmas week at my parents' house.  I had a lovely time, but my folks live in a pretty conservative area.  It's more challenging than you might think for them to get unfiltered news from the outside world.

(They don't have cable.  Yes, I am my father's daughter.)

For example, The Chris Matthews Show is aired at 6:00 am on Saturday mornings.  Other Sunday political shows, like This Week with George Stephanopoulos and Meet the Press, are regularly interrupted.  The local affiliate will cut away to a commercial mid-sentence, usually when the guest or panelist is offering an opinion counter to the views of the station.  Presumably, the stations are just trying to protect their audience's delicate sensibilities.

It's appalling, but I tell you all this really just as an excuse to post this clip. 

Watch more SpikedHumor videos on AOL Video

Star Wars - Episode IV: What the Frak????

I hope you've recovered sufficiently from my earlier Star Wars post. Because this is only slightly easier to watch. Although I can't really hate. I loved this show back in the day. 

You know you're going to sing along with the song at the end.  No?  Just me?  



via io9

Your word of the day - Siphonophore

Siphonophore - a colony of numerous individual jellyfish-like animals that behave and function together as a single entity.

Source via Neatorama

UPDATED Eartha Kitt : C'est si bon indeed.

Tip o' the hat the Maggie!

And the terrible Eddie Murphy movie you were thinking of was Boomerang.

We're the princes of the universe

Hey, what are you doing here?  You're missing the SciFi Channel's day long Highlander marathon.

There can be only one.

You are allowed to take a break at 6:00 pm.  That's when they'll be showing the terrible, horrible, never released, straight to DVD Highlander: The Source.  

*shudder*

Thanks io9!

rrrrrrrRIP Eartha Kitt: January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008

"The most exciting woman in the world".   

That's what Christmas is all about Charlie Brown

Thundercats! HO!

Eventually, the pillagers of my childhood will get around to making a live action Thundercats movie. And when they do, it will never in elenventymillion years be as good as this fake!Thundercats trailer.  I'm already standing in line for that movie.

Did I say that was a tree?

It's a major award!

Take THAT Putin!

Helllloooo Mr. President-elect!

via The Huffington Post