BOOOOOOOOOOOO! Happy Hallowe'en

In honour of today I thought everyone might be curious to know which slasher flick killer has the most similar personality to theirs'. Well wait no longer, just go here, take the quiz and find out. Feel free to share.

Turns out that I'm Captain Spaulding, played by the great Sid Haig from the Rob Zombie films House of 1000 Corpses and the Devil's Rejects. Both are must sees for horror fans, although they are both very different films (House of 1000 corpses is more like a shlock horror film from the 70's and the Devil's Rejects is more along the lines of something like Natural Born Killers . . . Maybe??).

And they both feature the incredibly hot (and incredibly married to Mr. Zombie) Sheri Moon. I don't think that I'd like a crazy girl for myself, but for some reason her playing the batshit crazy Baby Firefly in these films she was even hotter than normal. I think that's part of the reason why Angelina Jolie is so attractive, that crazy I might stab you look in her eyes . . . the lips help too.

Another bit of information for the horror fans, but according to this article Clive Barker is going to be re-writting Hellraiser for a remake and re-release. This could be a very good thing because special effects have come a long way since the first Hellraiser was made, and Barker did write the novella (The Hellbound Heart) that the movie was based upon. I'll definitely watch it when/if it gets released. This does leave the question, will Doug Bradley reprise the role of pinhead in the remake? As far as I know he's been pinhead in every other Hellraiser film made, and trust me there's been a lot of them.

And in case you are looking for some Hallowe'en trivia check out this page from our good friends over at Snopes.

And since Hallowe'en and the Apocalypse go hand in hand, here's A Brief History of the Apocalypse.

And since some people don't have kids get pets instead and treat them as pseudo children here's a link for some costumes for your aminals, you know in case you haven't got one for Fido yet. But I do have to admit I'd rather see a dog dressed up as a pirate at my house tonight than another kid dressed up as kid like the last couple of years.

And since nothing says Hallowe'en like Zombies here's a list from RetroCrush of the 20 Greatest Zombie Movies of all time . . . I've only seen 8 of them, how disapointing. But I have seen Zombies vs Vampires and let me tell you what a disapointing piece of shit that was. It would have been better if it would have had some vampires battling zombies, but for some reason that was strangely left out of the film. I mean with a title like that how can you go wrong?

And finally the good people over at M&M's have made a little picture puzzle game with the titles of 50 dark/horror films pictorially hidden in a large painting. It's a cool game, check it out here. And because I know you're all wondering the last time I gave it a go I didn't come close to getting all fifty, but I didn't spend a lot of time on it either. I know excuses excuses.

I think that's enough for now, I gotta get going.

For the metal fans

Here's a Youtube video (I know what isn't on Youtube? The video Insurgents Chillin' for one) of a couple kids rocking a little Refuse Resist by Sepultura. I wasn't this cool when I was a kid that's for sure.

For those of you who like to screw with your pizza delivery guy, don't. You just might end up on this website immortalized in jackassery as only the internet can . . . so best give the guy a tip and wait until he's out of ear shot to make fun of him. I can't vouch the amusingness of anything on that site as I only briefly looked at and enjoyed the idea of it. I think there are similar websites for/by waiters/waitresses and women who've dated bad boyfriends. I'm sure there's one for every service industry job out there so be careful . . . imagine what your hotel housekeeper has to say about you?

For some reason when I saw these pictures it reminded me of work. Can't figure out exactly why though.

I guess Clutch was right, judging from this post at the Smoking Gun Willie Nelson really does only smokes the killer weed. If you're not familiar with Clutch's work I like them a lot, but there sound is hard to pigeon hole into one category, each album although does sound like Clutch each sounds a little different. Perhaps a southern rock base? But not like Fireball Ministry (although they're probably more Stoner Camaro Rock like Fu Manchu), Nashville Pussy or Artimus Pyledriver . . . so maybe not a southern rock influence . . . maybe more stoner rock? You listen and let me know what you think.

Welcome to the insane world of Japanese vending machines. If you can imagine it you can get it from a vending machine in Japan, everything from hot noodles to cold beer to soiled school girl underpants. Yep you read that last one right, crazy eh? You can read more about this particular industry in this write up from Snopes.com. Snopes is a great source of information for those seeking some urban legend busting information or similar.

Again that's enough for now. Later.

Not shaken or stirred

Well it looks like the world has gone all topsy turvy. If you're a Bond fan (which I'm not really, most of the Bond films are pretty bad in my opinion, although I like the Connery ones the best) and/or have some serious issues with product placement in movies (personally I think that movie Minority Report had one of the worst uses of product placement in a film and Josie and the Pussycats probably the best (and it's a great film with an awesome soundtrack - Josie's vocals were provided by Kay Hanley from Letters to Cleo, in my opinion an underappreciated band from the early 90's)) you're going to hate this.

According to this article the people behind the franchise have reportedly signed a large deal with Heineken and will be featured heavily in the new Bond film. Let's hope that there will just be adds for it all over and everyone else drinking it because for some reason things just wouldn't be the same without 007's martinis.

But enough of the cinematic dreck, time for a note from the whodda thunk it files; apparently porn star the Legendary Ron Jeremy aka The Hedgehog (who BTW was in the first porno I watched, in case you were curious. oh wait you weren't? too late) played an uncreditted role as a costumed monster on the Disney saturday morning kids show Bone Chillers. Or at least that's what this article told me.

Now you may be suprised to read that I've never seen RJ's work in Bone Chillers, but I've seen him plenty of other times on screen (Mr. Jeremy is creditted with appearing in 1600 porno films and directing over 100 others), but if you haven't seen it I have to reccomend the documentary peek inside Ron Jeremy's life Porn Star - The Legend of Ron Jeremy. It's a really good movie and an interesting view into his life. After watching the movie I got the feeling that the beloved Hedgehog is a pretty sad and lonely guy.

And finally because there is no better teacher than television here are a list of 8 important lessons learned from 80's cartoons, because like my good friend GI Joe said, knowing is half the battle.

You'll shoot your eye out with that thing kid!

According to this article Ralphie's house from one of the greatest Christmas movies ever A Christmas Story is being renovated to look just like it did in the movie and turned into a tourist stop in Cleveland, complete with the house over the road being turned into the ticket buying place and gift shop.

How awesome is that? Finally something to do in Cleveland besides watching an Indians game and re-enacting the opening sequence from the Drew Carey Show.

I haven't done much poking around on this site yet but I was sent a couple links from it and they seem topshelf so I'm sure the rest of the site is pretty good too. I'm sure that this one was meant to be a scathing review of humans (or monkeys as they keep referring to them in the video) and what we do, but I enjoyed it. Probably for the constant monkey references and the choice in photos. This one is pictures of walls or I guess more precisely the graffiti on walls.

And since it is October 14 here's a bit of history for you - on this day in 1959 actor and Nazi sympathizer Errol Flynn, dubbed "the most despicable human being yet born", dies of a heart attack in Vancouver's west end. Flynn slept with both Truman Capote and Howard Hughes. How's that for accomplishments?

I'm sure you've seen it before but this website Human for Sale is an interesting little game. Basically you go in, run through a questionaire and it tells you your worth. Apparently I'm worth $1,653,260.00. I guess if I weren't going bald and were packing more it'd be a little higher, but not like it matters I don't think I can use myself as colateral at the bank for a loan . . . or can I?

So how much are you worth?

For those with a similar sense of humour I've linked to items about the Borat movie before and here's a Youtube link with several deleted scenes from the movie along with some trailers. Well worth checking out, Borat (Sascha Baron Cohen) is a comedic genius.

Now for something horrifically amazing - here's a video of wrestler Big Van Vader getting his eye punched out of its socket and continuing to work the match. I don't know about you but if I get my eye knocked out I'm not oging to finish the letter I'm working on let alone everything else I have to do that day, but maybe I'm just a big pussy. And here's another video of a blown spot - this time a botched shooting star press. And you thought that Brock Lesnar's blown SSP from Wrestlemania was bad? Okay that one was bad too.

I think that's enough for now. Later

I know it's a couple days late . . .

But did you know how big a day October 9 is/was? Not only was it Canadian Thanksgiving (Which by the way did you know was started as a holiday for wealthy Protestants and was meant to exclude Catholics, minorities and others deemed unworthy by the WASP's (so probably Stryper & Ratt as well)? Well neither did I until I read this article with some truths about the holiday) but on that day in 1951 RKO Pictures asked Marilyn Monroe to wear panties while working and in 1967 after being debriefed by CIA field agent Felix Rodriguez, Che Guevara is executed in a schoolhouse in La Higuera, Bolivia. Guevara had been captured by the Bolivian 2nd Ranger Battalion, which was specifically trained by U.S. Army Special Forces to catch him.

Speaking of not wearing underpants, according to this article from the Sun not wearing them can kill you. Now that's something that I never would have thought.

Onto something completely different after reading this article I think I'm going to have to do some serious practicing and go on holiday in Ireland. Okay maybe not completely unrelated, combine this link with the last one and you've got a damned good start on one helluva a Saturday night.

And one last link, think you know the difference between a vagina and piece of raw meat? Well take this test and find out. Beforewarned, obviously there are pictures of meat and genitalia in that quiz, so excersize from discretion when taking said test.

In case you're wondering I scored 14/15 and got this great little card to post, but I'm just going to post the link.

That's more than enough for now.

So it's been a while again . . .

Where have I been? Out and about and a week in Niagara Falls (I'll get pics up sometime soon-ish). I have to say that if you are ever in Niagara Falls you've got to check out a restarant called the Copacabana. It was awesome - it's Brazillian food, all sorts of fire roasted meats on skewers (that look like swords) that the servers bring to your table and if you want to try some, they cut you off a chunk. I think there was a place where you could get vegetables and sides too but that's not meat. For dessert they brought around pineapples that were roasted with cinnamon. Soooo-oh good.

And now on with trivial news and links that we all enjoy.

First off here are collections of the 50 best Marvel & DC comic book covers of 2006. The Catwoman #51 cover is my current Windows wall paper . . . . geek fan boy much? For those who think that things were better back in the day, here are some classic comic covers from the WWII era. Although when I looked last some of the links were broke and pictures missing.

Since this post is taking on a bit of comic book flavour here's an article announcing Marvel's plans for their own MMORPG (Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game).

I think it's fair to say that when I could afford to buy comics (I can remember when i couldn't ask my mum for $1 to buy a comic book anymore because it wasn't enough, sad times) I was more a Marvel than DC fan, although Batman has always been my favourite (probably started from watching Adam West era Batman re-runs on TV when I was a kid), well here's an article confirming that the title of the Batman Begins sequel will be The Dark Knight and that Heath Ledger (aka Mel Gibson 2K) will be playing the Joker and Christian Bale (a great actor, if you haven't checked out Equilibrium or The Machinist do yourself a favour and go rent them) will be reprising his role as Bruce Wayne/the Batman. Batman Begins was great so I can't wait for the sequel, but I have to admit it did have the least cool Batmobile ever, but nothing can be perfect can it?

If you've ever discussed comic books with me, or listened to me rant about them you've no doubt heard me say that Batman is way cooler than Superman. Well check this video clip out for more evidence of that. Just try to find me a clip of some groovy late 60's birds dancing to the theme song from Superman. Can't do it can you? Hah, in your face.

And now for a final couple comic related bits - here's a not bad/not great list of the 9 reasons why it's great to be a Super Villain and since you're hyped about being a supervillian now here are some great inspirational posters to hang up around your secret hollow volcano or undersea liar.

Is there any one of them truer than this one?

Okay I swear this is the last comic related link in this post - for some reason this pic appealed to my comic book geek fan boy pervo side. If you're anything like me you'll like it too.

It also seems that I'm a fan of lists, I like to go through lists of top whatevers and see how my opinion compares to that of the author. In fact I can remember discussing with at least one person how awesome a Top 10 List of Top 10 Lists would be. Well this isn't that, but here's a list of the 50 Greatest 1 Hit Wonders. Admit it, everyone loves a One Hit Wonder, although as a music snob I can appreciate the fact that you can't admit that you like it at the time, but have to wait at least 5 years to do so, a decade even if the song was espescially radio friendly. A little Chumbawamba anyone? Or how about a bit of Detachable Penis by King Missile - although I don't know if that one was ever popular enough to be a one hit wonder, but still amusing.

And something that actually has some merit to it to end this post. According to this article biofuel may not be the best solution for our energy crisis. In fact here's a direct quote lifted from the article:

"The grain required to fill the petrol tank of a Range Rover with ethanol is sufficient to feed one person per year. Assuming the petrol tank is refilled every two weeks, the amount of grain required would feed a hungry African village for a year"

Which begs the question - how many african villages would a barrel of crude oil feed?

And with that I disapear.