So, let me get this straight: In I, Robot the robots have a pleasant blue 'heart-light', but when they want to kill Will Smith, it turns red? Uh huh. That's just neat. All the movie needs now is a classic Will Smith catch phrase like, "Oh, Hell no!" when something bad happens.

Maybe, I'm being to hard on the movie (which, I haven't even seen), but even if it is good - it still will be nothing as awesome as Anchorman! I hear talk in my newsroom of a field trip one day before work to see it (again, for many folks).


Other robot rant stuff:

Screw, Asimo - this robot can do karate, and is far less frighteningly pan-sexual. [danyk]

It's a small consumer base, but there's a mechanic/doctor that fixes used Real Dolls - semi-androidic sex toys. One word: Ewww. Also, would that void the warranty to get third-party repairs? [via utterlyboring]


When did crap like this become magic?



I can understand being trapped in a coffin underwater could be thrilling as a death defying trick. But, there has to be lingering DEATH involved! This Midwest guy, sits in this underwater coffin, and occasionally gets out to to have a 2 hour lunch - all in the name of charity, of course.

David Blaine's latest trick was to sit in a big glass cube in London for a few weeks - which is odd because David Blaine can do amazing magic tricks, so why bother with the retarded stuff? I guess that magic has become to largely ignored by the media, so the only way to get press is...anti-magic, if you will (and getting mauled by tigers). We gotta stop covering this stuff, so that they can get back to the all the smoke and mirrors, rather than the sitting and starving.

[updated 10 minutes later]
Okay, I found a death defying coffin escape - it's a start.


This is not a political blog, but...
Nader has been stirring up controversy here in Oregon, using petition signatures from mainly right-wing voters and the zealots at Oregon Family Council, to get on the Oregon ballot. And, Howard Dean calls him on it. And, if he had and shred of credibility left - he goes and gets his book published by Rupert Murdock. I wish I could suddenly talk in that political ad voice (which is also used to action movie trailers), and say - just like they do - "Ralph Nader, what exactly is your plan?"


And now for a moment of zen:

The new Miss Oregon has been crowned tonight. She then promplty rolled back her eyes and thanked her dark lord, Satan.