Sigh… I’ve seen a couple people talking about this list, so i figured I’d post my response as its own thing. This list is ridiculous. It’s fanboy wish fulfillment dressed up as feminism. Here are my problems with it. 1) Wonder Woman – This one is fine. Wonder Woman *SHOULD* have a movie, and one…

Wow. I love the PTC. “Hey parents we found this thing called ‘Adult Swim’ and we think it’s totally inappropriate for children. The fiends! Also have you seen the smut on the Playboy Channel?”Cartoon Network's 'Adult Swim' is the latest target of the conservative Parents Television CouncilThe Parents Television Council, a conservative watchdog group, has…

I have a dream. I have a dream of a nation where men and women of all shapes and sizes can be judged not by content of their character but by the firmness of their stomachs and the tightness of their ass.When You Sexualize Men And Women Equally, It’s Amazing How Much Fun You Can…

Has there been a shift in the past 20 years to make HS students use semicolons? Freshmen seem fond of them; they use them whenever they can.

seriously… comic book geeks’ ability to grasp at straws never ceases to amaze me. http://t.co/F8nh9fNh3gDisney CEO Says All Marvel Characters Exist In A Connected Universe | Comicbook.comYesterday, Comicbook.com reported on how Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed during a Disney financials webcast that Captain America: The Winter Soldier would be connected to both Avengers: Age of…

Ok, we all know that I’m a horrible and evil person. This is not news. But really… I just saw this story on the news. Brief synopsis: 21 year old dude dies. Family distraught. Family wants access to dude’s FB account so they can have his memories. Father makes a touching youtube plea. FB says…

Ok…. now I’m thinking… I’m walking through the woods on one of my random princely jaunts, and I run into the corpse of say, Rihanna, or Scarlett Johannson, or I dunno….Mila Kunis laying out in the woods, surrounded by a bunch of midgets. What do I do? … … … … *sigh* I think I…

To be fair, I’m the one weirdo believer in evolution that DOES think creationism should be taught in schools. Just not in science class. Of course, I also think Greek, Egyptian and Norse mythology should be taught in schools. And if I ever get my way, we’ll also be teaching HOVAism (the religion that I…

For Max Stephen Bajzek, H. Jameel Al Khafiz, Dave Van DomelenThis video shows every single transformation in the Transformer moviesMan, do you guys remember how fun that Transformers trilogy was? Back when Shia was happy muttering no no no no when things went bad, back when we weren't sure if Megan Fox was part of…

Ok. Facebook’s iOS “Paper” app is kinda awesome. I don’t know that it’s right for browsing FB but it’s a really pleasant user experience. It would be great for magazines. So that’s my official UI review. Oh yeah. I forgot I’m retired. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/paper-stories-from-facebook/id794163692?mt=8Paper – stories from FacebookGet Paper – stories from Facebook on the App…

Harry Potter vs. Ron Weasly, redux (and a poll for the masses): Ok, so last night (https://www.facebook.com/chrismaverick/posts/10152273308866654)I ranted about JK Rowling’s thing where she said that she screwed up and Harry and Hermione should have ended up together instead of Ron and Hermione (http://on.io9.com/2KbGovA). And then as always I went on to use that as…

And so it came to pass, that at that moment the assembled hordes of geek fandom, 2 billion strong across the globe cried out in anguish. But amongst them a small but devoted cadre of fan fiction writers had a sudden tingling in their nether regions that could only be surpassed by finally seeing the…