Space…. The Fido Frontier….. Ok, I will say there are some people who get really creative in dressing up their pets. There is, however, one rule for dressing mans best friend, which is:
DONT DO IT DRUNK!
Click HERE to see what I mean.
Photo by Enept.
Today being 7/11,that of course means free slurpee day at 7-11!
The company celebrates it’s 82 anniversary, what better way to celebrate it by indulging our sweet teeth with sugar water and artificial ice!Fret not, you wont go into a sugar coma just yet, the promotion is valid for only a 7.11 oz treat.
Side note A: 7/11 has been a strong presence this year with it movie tie ins: Transformers, G.I. Joe, Wolverine, Terminator… Didn’t that used to be the real of fast food chains?
Side note B: Not to be outdone, Aurora Blv.”escorts” are offering a BOGO on slurpees today only!
As a movie fan, what makes you want to see a movie is your first exposure to it. It can be a rumor, an article or it just falls into you list of interests. More often than not though, what bring people to theaters is one of the most effective tools of them all: the movie trailer.
Who doesn’t remember a few years back their “WTF?” reaction after watching a trailer for Cloverfield? Or maybe for you it was the laughs while watching an ad for Police Academy. Different strokes for different folks.
The people at IFC.com released a list in which they chose the op 50 movie trailers of all time. Agree? Disagree? Here is a link to the article, where you can click on each individual movie to find out more about their selections or just read the list below:
50. Night of the Iguana (1964)
49. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
48. The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
47. Magnolia (1999)
46. Watchmen (2009)
45. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
44. The Big Sleep (1946)
43. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
42. Little Children (2006)
41. Maximum Overdrive (1986)
40. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)
39. Zabriskie Point (1970)
38. Face/Off (1997)
37. The Strangers (2008)
36. Spider-Man (2001)
35. The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003)
34. The Minus Man (1999)
33. Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
32. The Matrix (1999)
31. Corruption (1968)
30. Femme Fatale (2002)
29. Point Blank (1967)
28. The Bishop’s Wife (1947)
27. A Night at the Opera (1935)
26. Speed (1994)
25. Real Life (1979)
24. Schindler’s List (1993)
23. Red Eye (2005)
22. Sin City (2005)
21. Strange Days (1995)
20. She’s Gotta Have It (1986)
19. Unbreakable (2000)
18. Sleeper (1973)
17. Charade (1963)
16. GoldenEye (1995)
15. Pulp Fiction (1994)
14. Garden State (2005)
13. Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
12. Independence Day (1996)
11. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
10. The Shining (1980)
9. Mission: Impossible (1996)
8. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
7. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
6. Citizen Kane (1941)
5. Comedian (2002)
4. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
3. Cloverfield (2008)
2. Psycho (1960)
1. Alien (1979)
Hey all, I know I’ve been absent for a while but I totally had to come back around because the news in the world of gaming is well… generally pretty dull. This story I found on a popular web-comic was particularly interesting so I’m going to share it. (Making it SFW of course) It comes from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and their quest to stop Canada from its annual seal clubbing event that is going to take place for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler. Yes, you read that right… ANNUAL SEAL CLUBBING EVENT! Kind of makes me a little jealous because all we have in Seattle is Hempfest and Bumbershoot…
Anyway, here is the quote from the comic:
“OH… If you play World of Warcraft and you can, go to the coordinates 79, 73 on the southeastern coast of Howling Fjord, due south of the Explorers League Outpost, on Saturday, April 11, at 1 p.m. EST turn your flagging on and start clubbing baby seals. Why? Because PETA is f—— stupid. They’re using WoW to promote their protest against the clubbing of baby seals in Canada. While I’m neither condoning nor condemning this action, I think PETA’s course of action is ridiculous.” –Dueling Analogs Apr 9th, 2009.
I’m a pretty liberal minded person, but for f——‘s sake, this is a whole new kind of stupid. More importantly, it is a little crazy to push any kind of politics on the general gaming public and expect it to fall on ANYTHING but deaf ears. Apparently there are activists who play this game between raids and whatnot so kudos to them for standing up for what they believe in, but really? It seems to me that unless you are really paying attention to what you’re doing, this is just going to be a silly thing that you see in the game, akin to the Undead doing the dance from Thriller.
Now the story above story, from what I can tell, is not ENTIRELY accurate. You don’t, in fact, club the seals, but instead fight a group of Horde who are killing the seals. Which on my end, seems less fun, but I guess it sets a good precedent for the players. This is only a minor consolation for me however, because like I said before… will the world really notice? I dunno, I suppose that is up for you WoW players to decide.
As for me? I may just start playing this game again to see if I can in fact, club the seals. But I roll Horde and am a helper. Please also let me know how it went if anyone goes and tries this, I’m curious.
‘’Anyone who slaughters baby seals for their fur must surely be in service to the evil Lich King.’’ – Ryan from the PETA blog.
Further reading on the subject can be found on these two websites:
http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/04/help_battle_sea.php
http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/seal_hunt_09
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