- posted by Steven @ 3:23 p.m.

 
Penny Arcade on Doctor Phil.

Every year, my mother gets me a new self-help thing for Christmas to, I presume, salve my failures as a human being. Last year, it was a calendar of daily directives from Dr. Phil, who I firmly believe is a mongrel, more beast than man. What that creature has to tell me about being a good person I could no doubt learn from any mute animal.

I've always thought of him as a monster, myself. A fashionable monster.

- posted by Steven @ 8:00 p.m.

 
Rock!

"Dear friends, The DVD for "Freaks and Geeks" is finally coming out this April. It would not have happened without your support. So, thank you for coming through again. We will be making an official announcement in January. Here's what I can tell you now--fans who sign up on this list will be able to purchase a special limited edition collector's version of the "Freaks and Geeks" DVD. It will contain all of the episodes plus an eighty page yearbook filled with photos and fun stuff from the show, plus more extras than you can imagine. And when I say more than you can imagine, I mean it. We saved everything and will make all of it available to our hardcore fans only through this website and its mailing list. So sign up if you haven't already, and tell your friends about it as well. We will e-mail as soon as it is available. I have been working my arse off putting it together and I am really excited to get it out there for you to enjoy. So, that's the news for now. Our dream is alive!"

If you've never seen it, this show is the closest anyone could get to describing life in Welland without actually having lived there. Playing RPGs, making out at heavy metal laser shows, dating hermaphrodites, having old men crash your kegger and much more. Get on that list!




- posted by Steven @ 6:47 p.m.

 
From this thread at Rue Morgue, one poster named Rev looked through the scripts for Romero's Dead Trilogy to determine a rough timeline.

Here is a portion (from page 4, to be exact) of the Dawn of The Dead script, that sheds some light on the timeline between NOTLD and Dawn....

Another outraged cry goes up from the stagehands and observers.
Doctor Foster tries to out-scream the cries...

TV Man 2: YOU HAVE NOT LISTENED...YOU HAVE NOT LISTENED...
FOR THE LAST THREE WEEKS...WHAT DOES IT TAKE...
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE PEOPLE SEE?

And, a portion (the first few lines, actually) of the original script of Day of the Dead....
FADE IN:

EXT. THE EMPTY STREET OF A CITY - DAY

No people. A FEW CARS AND TRUCKS are parked at odd angles,
abandoned. A TITLE FADES IN, one phrase at a time.

FIVE YEARS...
SINCE THE DEAD FIRST WALKED.

Not sure just how much of this got into the actual films, so whether you consider it canonical or not is dependent on your personal level of dorkiness.
- posted by Steven @ 6:36 p.m.

 
When I find I can't remember
What comes after
"A" and before "C,"
My mother always whispers,
"Letter B."

She told me "B" starts
"Big" and "bird" and
"Ball" and "bat" and "battery."
Yes, buh-buh-buh-buh-buh means
Letter B.

Letter B, letter B, letter B, letter B.
She whispers "Buh-buh-buh means Letter B."

And when I feel downhearted,
Mother whispers
"B" words constantly,
Like "bib," "Bob," "Bulb," and "bubble,"
Letter B.

Now in my hour of darkness
There's a sound I know will comfort me,
It's the buh-buh-buh-buh-buh of
Letter B.

Letter B, letter B, letter B, letter B.
My mother whispers "B" words,
Letter B.

Letter B, letter B, letter B, letter B.
My mother whispers "B" words,
Letter B.

Letter B, letter B, letter B, letter B.
Bless the "buh-buh" sound of
Letter B.

- posted by Steven @ 4:38 p.m.